lisalisa喵喵
50. 几组易混的名词
tax税taxation课税duties关税
success成功succession继承
stairs室内楼梯steps室外楼梯
floor室内之地ground室外之地
express快车,书信expression表达
bloom(不结果实的)花blossom(结果实的)花
capital资本,首都capitol议会大厦
show(小型)展览会exhibit陈列品(展览会)exhibition博览会
principle原则principal校长,本金
surroundings(外在的)环境circumstances(内在的)环境
translation翻译interpretation口译,解析
51.下雨的不同表示方法。
A shower of rain一场倾盆大雨a flood of rain一场滂沱大雨,a fall of rain一阵雨,a storm of rain 一场暴风雨,a heavy rain 一场大雨,a heavy downpour倾盆大雨,a cloudburst大暴雨,a thunderstorm大雷雨,a drizzling rain毛毛细雨
It rained heavily=The rain fell heavily.=It rained hard.天下大雨。
The rain began pouring down.天开始下大雨。
It has stopped raining=It has rained itself out.雨停了。
The rain has passed over / off. 雨过去了。
It is raining outside, accompanied with thunder and lightning.
外面在下雨,伴随着电闪雷鸣。
52.名词的特殊结构
1)all+抽象名词,相当于very+同根的形容词或full of+名词。例如:
At that time Jack was all energy. ( very energetic, full of energy)
Helen is all kindness. (very kind)
All wisdom非常聪明all heart热诚待人all gratitude非常感激all attention全神贯注
注意以下用法:all+单数可数名词结构,该名词前不带冠词,相当于形容词,表示强调,表示“具有……特点”。例如:
Jack is all boy, playing outdoors all day long.杰克一身孩子气,整天在外面玩。
She is all woman. 她女性味道十足。
He is all famer. 他是个地地道道的农民。
2)all +复数名词,这种结构也表示强调。例如:
She was all smiles after hearing the good news.
听到这个好消息,她满面笑容。
When the teacher gave the lecture, the students were all ears.
上课时,学生们洗耳恭听。
He is all legs.
他瘦高。
They were all eyes when the plane was flying overhead.
当飞机在上空飞行时,他们盯着看。
3)抽象名词+itself,这种结构相当于(be very+该名词所表示的品质形容词。例如:
He is tidiness itself.(He is very tidy.)
她非常增洁。
He is courage itself.(He is very courageous.)
他非常勇敢。
4)of all+复数名词,表示“在所有的……中偏偏”。例如:
Why ask me to go, of all people?
为什么不叫别人去偏偏叫我去?
It rained that day of all days.
偏偏那天下雨。
Well, of all things.
唔,万万想不到。事ind your own business."as to say "od ask hours. car, her car broke down.)