Unit 1 Will people have robots? 词汇
1. unpleasant adj. not pleasant; not enjoyable 使人不愉快的;不合意的
示例
There is an unpleasant smell from this room. 这屋子里散发出一种难闻的气味。
用法
unpleasant可以表示“令人不快的;讨厌的”,例如:I found his manner very unpleasant. 我觉得他的态度讨厌极了。
词汇拓展
相关词:unpleasantly adv. 厌恶地
反义词:pleasant adj. 令人愉快的
记忆导航
unpleasant 是由pleasant 加上否定前缀un-构成的。类似这种构词法的词还有:able有能力的——unable没有能力的;happy高兴的——unhappy不高兴的。
2. hundred n. the number 100; a very large number of things or people (一)百;许多(事物或人)
示例
The tree was probably a hundred years old. 这棵树可能已经有一百年了。
Hundreds of people attended the famous director's farewell concert. 好几百人出席了这位著名指挥家的告别音乐会。
用法
hundred 用于数词或含有数量意义的词之后,一般不用复数形式,例如:three hundred, a few hundred 等。但当hundred 表示“成百的;许多的”意思时,它面前不用具体数字,而常用hundreds of 结构。注意hundred 在这个结构中要用复数形式,前面可加some,a few,several等词修饰。例如:Her coat cost hundreds of dollars. 她的大衣价值几百美元。类似的搭配还有thousands of数以千计的;许多的,millions of 数以百万计的;无数的。
词汇拓展
谚语:One good head is better than a hundred strong hands. 上百双有力的手,不如一个聪明的头脑。
To hear a hundred times is not so good as to see once. 百闻不如一见。
3. such adj. of the same kind as the thing or person which has already been mentioned 这(那)样的;这(那)种
示例
He noticed her necklace. Such jewels must have cost a lot, he thought. 他注意到了她的项链。他想,这样的首饰肯定价格不菲。
用法
辨析such 和so:
(1)such 是形容词,意思是“这(那)样的;这(那)种;如此的”,修饰名词。例如:I have never seen such a beautiful place before. 我从未见过这么美的地方。需要特别注意的是,such修饰单数可数名词时,应该按照如下词序:such + a / an + 形容词 + 单数可数名词。
(2)so是副词,意思是“这(那)么;这(那)样;如此地”,修饰形容词、副词和分词。例如:I have never seen so beautiful a place before. 我从未见过这么美的地方。同样,需要特别注意的是,so修饰单数可数名词时,应该按照如下词序:so + 形容词 + a / an + 单数可数名词。此外,当名词前有few,many,little,much等修饰词时,要用so。例如:so many people,so few days,so much time,so little money等。
词汇拓展
常用搭配:such as 例如 such and such 某某;这样那样的
谚语:There's no such thing as a free lunch. 世上没有免费的午餐。