1. raise; keep; support; feed
均有“养”之意,但含义有别:
⑴feed“喂养”,指具体的喂养动作,即 to give food to;指“养活(人)”时可与 keep 换用。例如:
He feed his pigs three times a day. 他一天喂猪三次。
I feed rice to the chickens. (=I feed the chickens on/with rice.) 我用大米喂鸡。
⑵raise“饲养(家禽);栽培(花等植物);抚养(子女)”,意思是 to cause sth. to grow 或 to bring sb. up,不指具体的喂养动作。例如:
He raised sheep and fish. 他养羊和养鱼。
She was raised in
⑶keep“饲养(家禽);养活(人)”,其意思与 raise 差不多,指“饲养”时两者常可换用;support 一般用来指“养人”。例如:
He made a living by keeping/raising bees. 他靠养蜂为生。
He had a large family to keep/support/feed. 他有一大家口人要养活。
2. way; method; manner; means
均有“方法;方式”的意思。method 指合理的或系统的“方法”,包括抽象的观念或具体的步骤,如为完成教学、调查、医疗等各项工作而实施的一系列步骤或方法,常与 by 连用;manner 指个人的、独特的或有特色的“方法;方式”,常与 in 连用;means 指达到某种目的的“手段“或“方法”,常与 by 连用;way 为普通用语,可以代替 method,manner 或 means 的用法,但用 way 更富有表达力,常与 in 连用。例如:
He invented a new method of teaching English. 他发明了新的英语教学法。
I don’t like his manner of walking. 我不喜欢他走路的方式。
There is/are no means of getting there. 没有办法可以到达那里。
You can finish it by this means. 你可以用这种方式去完成它。
There are a lot of ways to make friends. 交朋友的方法很多。
3. climate; weather
climate“气候”,常作可数名词,指某一地区的长期的气象状态,包括气温、降雨量、湿度、风等;weather“天气、气候、气象”,为不可数名词,常指某地一天之内的天气情况,如晴、雨、寒、暖等的变化。例如:
They have a mild climate there. 他们那里气候温和。
What will the weather be like tomorrow? 明天的天气会怎么样?
4. realize; come true
realize 为及物动词,指“实现”某个理想、计划或目标等;come true 为不及物动词,指没有把握的预言、愿望、计划等变为现实,不可用于被动式。例如:
He realized his hope. 他实现了他的愿望。
The fears were realized. 恐惧成为事实。
His dream came true. 他的梦想实现了。
5. deep; deeply
均可作副词,表示“深深地”。区别如下:
(1)修饰动词时,deep 比 deeply 常用;表示空间、时间、程度或说明事物的静止状态时常用 deep,不用 deeply。例如:
They slept deep/deeply for eleven hours last night.他们昨天晚上酣睡了十一个小时。
I sat deep in the crowd. 我坐在人群深处。
(2)修饰形容词、分词及某些抽象意义的动词时用 deeply。例如:
We are deeply grateful for your help. 我们非常感激你的帮助。
(3)deep还用于表示“时间上很晚地”。例如:
They danced deep into the night.他们跳舞到深夜。
Don’t drink deep. 别多饮酒。
(4)在被动结构中,deeply 常用于过去分词之前;deep 常用于过去分词之后。例如:
The oil-pipe lines were deeply buried.(=The oil-pipe were buried deep.) 输油管深埋地下。
6. admire; enjoy
均有“欣赏”之意。admire 后面既可接人也可接事物,含有敬佩之意;enjoy 后面通常只接事物不接人(oneself 除外),含有喜欢之意。例如:
They all admired you for your bravery. 他们都钦佩你的勇敢。
I was admiring his new car.我羡慕地看着他的新车。
I enjoy the film very much. 我非常喜欢这部电影。
相关练习:
1.We have________many flowers in our back garden.
A.fed B.raised C.kept D.supported
2.Why did you feed the meat________your dog?
A.to B.with C.for D.on
3.Smith has a wife and four children to________.
A.rise B.support C.hold D.grow
4.The way________they solve the problem is correct.
A.in which B.which C.that D.of which
5. a scientific manner, Galileo put ideas the test.
A.In; to B.On; on C.At; to D. With; into
6.For the sake of her daughter’s health, she decided to move to warm________.
A.weather B.temperature C.season D.climate
7.We were so________moved by his speech that we talked about it________into the night.
A.deep; deep B.deeply; deep
C.deep; deeply D.deeply; deeply
8.The young man________his back,________in thought.
A.lying by; deeply B.laid on; deeply
C.lied on; deep D.lay on; deep
9.The treasures were buried________in the earth the cave they once stayed in.
A.deep; close to B.deep; closely to
C.deeply; closely D.deeply; close to
Key:1—5 BABAA 6—9 DBDA