1. play v. (a CD, CD-player, etc) to produce sound 用(唱片、唱机等)播放
示例
Can you play (me) her latest CD? 给我放放她最新录制的唱片行吗?
用法
play的基本意思是“玩;玩耍;游戏”。例如:Kids are playing in the yard. 孩子们在院子里玩耍。play还可以表示“参加比赛;同某人比赛”,后面接表示球类或棋牌类的名词时,一般不用定冠词。例如:play football / chess / cards 踢足球 / 下国际象棋 / 玩纸牌。当play表示“演奏(乐器或音乐)”,后接表示乐器的名词时,一般要用定冠词。例如:play the violin / the piano / the flute演奏小提琴 / 钢琴 / 笛子。play同时也可以作名词,意思是“游戏;比赛;剧本”等。例如:She is in a play about a famous singer. 她在一出表现一位著名歌唱家的剧中担任角色。
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常用搭配:play with 和……玩耍
play a joke on somebody 开某人的玩笑
play an important part in 在……起重要作用
谚语:All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy; all play and no work makes Jack a mere boy. 只工作,不玩耍,聪明孩子要变傻;尽玩耍,不学习,聪明孩子没出息。
He who plays with fire gets burned. 玩火者必自焚。
Lookers-on see more than players. 旁观者清。
相关词:player n. 做游戏的人;参赛者;表演者
playground n. 运动场;操场
playtime n. 游戏时间;娱乐时间
playmate n. 玩伴
2. surprise v. cause (somebody) to feel surprised 使(某人)吃惊
示例
Would it surprise you to know that I'm thinking of resigning? 我正考虑辞职,你感到意外吗?
用法
surprise用作动词,是及物动词,意思是“使惊讶”。如果需要突出受惊吓的对象时,通常用“be surprised”结构。例如:She was surprised (by the man's experience). (那男人的经历使)她很吃惊。surprise还可以用作名词,意思是“惊讶;吃惊”。例如:I didn't know my parents were coming --- it was a lovely surprise. 我不知道父母要来真是个惊喜。
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相关词:surprising adj. 令人惊讶的
surprisingly adv. 令人惊讶地
surprised adj. 感到惊讶的
3. either adj. one or the other of two 两方中的任一方的;两方中的每一方的
示例
You can park on either side of the street. 在街道的哪边停车都可以。
用法
either在句中的成分比较灵活,可作主语、宾语或定语。例如:Either of the films is good. (作主语)两部电影中哪部都不错。He wrote to either of them. (作宾语)他给他们中的一个人写了信。Either teacher often answers the questions. (作定语)这两个老师都常常解答问题。either还可以表示“也不”,常用于否定句。例如:I don't like the yellow shirt, and I don't like the green one, either. 我既不喜欢这件黄色的衬衫,也不喜欢那件绿色的。常用的句型是:either ... or ..., 意思是“要么……要么……;不是……就是……”,例如:Either he could not come or he didn't want to. 他要么是不能来,要么是不想来
1. fit v. be in agreement with (something); match or suit 与(某事物)相符;适合;适应
示例
This dress fits you very well. 这件裙子你穿很合适。
用法
fit用作动词时,意思是“适合;适应;合身”。例如:I think it'll fit me quite well before long. 我想它很快就会合身的。fit用作形容词时,意思是“适合的;能胜任的;健康的”,例如:The children seem to think that I'm only fit for cooking and washing. 孩子们似乎认为我只适合洗衣做饭。He keeps himself fit by running five miles every day. 他每天跑5英里以保持身体健康。
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常用搭配:be fit for ... 适合于……
fit somebody / something for ... 使……适合……
keep fit 保持健康
谚语:Every shoe fits not every foot. 不能以己度人。
2. send v. to arrange for something to go or be taken to another place, especially by post 发送;寄
示例
My aunt sent me a birthday gift from America. 我姑姑从美国给我寄来一份生日礼物。
用法
send是一个及物动词,后面可以接双宾语,可以用send somebody something或send something to somebody的结构。例如:We sent him a letter. / We went a letter to him. 我们给他寄了一封信。
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常用搭配:send for 派人去请 send out 发出;分派
谚语:God sends fortune to fools. 傻人有傻福。
相关词:sender n. 发送人;投递人