1.2 英語中常用使役動詞
漢語中使役動詞較少,因此我們在平時的口語和寫作中習(xí)慣于使用“make somebody do
something”,而想不到使用英語使役動詞,其實英語中有許多使役動詞,這里僅列舉部
分使役動詞,以期達到拋磚引玉效果。
1. lose?vt?使(某人)損失
a. Such insolence will?lose?you your situation.
如此無禮的態(tài)度將會使你失去你的職位。
b.This remark?lost?him our sympathy. 此話使我們對他失去了同情心。
2. work?vt?使工作;使活動;
a. The employer?worked?me nearly to death. 老板讓我累到幾乎快死了。
b. Don’t?work?him too hard. 不要讓他工作太累。
3. absorb vt 使全神貫注
a. His business?absorbs?him. 他的業(yè)務(wù)使他全神貫注。(他全神貫注于他的業(yè)務(wù)。)
b. He?was absorbed?in a book. 他全神貫注于一本書。
4. absent vt 使缺席
Why did you?absent?yourself from school yesterday?
5. sleep vt 為(某些人)提供住宿
a.This hotel?sleeps?300 guests. 這家旅館可以容納 300 名房客。
b. Studios?sleeping?two people cost £70 a night. 兩人公寓房每晚 70 英鎊。
6. accommodate vt 供給住宿
The hotel can?accommodate?600 guests. 這家旅館可以容納 600 名房客。
7. seat vt 有座位;可容納…的座位
a.The hall?seats/ will seat 200.這個大廳有 200 人的座位。(大廳可容納 200 人。)
b. a seating plan for the dinner guest. 晚宴嘉賓的座位安排。
c. the seating capacity of the hall. 大廳的容納能力。
8. accustom vt 使習(xí)慣于
become/ be accustomed to. 習(xí)慣于。
9. acclimatize : vt 使(自己、動物、植物等)習(xí)慣于新的氣候
You will soon get acclimatized. 你會很快適應(yīng)的。
10. condition vt 使適應(yīng);使受影響;使習(xí)慣于
a. We could?be conditioned?into mistaken views.
我們可能會被影響而接受錯誤的觀點。
b. We?are conditioned to think that our lives revolve around great moments.
我們習(xí)慣性認為,我們的生活總是圍繞那些美好的時刻。
11. He will?worry?himself to death. 他會愁死。
12. The meeting was?adjourned?for a week. 會議休會一周。
13. The meeting adjourned at five o’clock. 會議五點鐘休會。
14. The noise of the shot?alarmed?hundreds of birds.
成百上千只鳥受到了槍聲驚嚇。
15. Everybody was?alarmed?at the news that war might break out.
大家都對戰(zhàn)爭可能爆發(fā)這件事感到憂慮。(alarm vt 使恐慌;使憂慮)
16. The boy was?apprenticed?to a carpenter. 這個男孩成為一個木工學(xué)徒。
17. Shame?flushed?his cheeks. 羞愧使他的臉紅了。
18. The men were?flushed?with success/ joy/insolence. 那些人因勝利而得意。
19. The ship was manned. 船上配備了人員。
20. staff a new school. 預(yù)備一個新學(xué)校的人員。
21. a well-staffed hospital. 人員充足的醫(yī)院。
22. an under-staffed office. 人員不足的機關(guān)。
23. The birds were?silhouetted?against the bright sky.
明亮的天空中映出鳥的輪廓。
24. a line of hills profiled/defined/ outlined against the night sky
以夜空為背景的群山的輪廓。(profile vt 作…之側(cè)面像;描繪…之輪廓)
25. Farm houses in the valleys today are?outlined?by trees of the scattered woodlands.
山谷中的農(nóng)房掩映在分散的樹林之中。
26. In the early dawn, the guard towers were silhouetted against the sky.
黎明時,天空映出了瞭望塔的輪廓。
27. He stopped to?rest?his horse. 他停下來讓馬休息。
28. divert the course of a river. 改變河道。(divert. 使轉(zhuǎn)向;使改道)
29. Some people are easily?diverted. 有一些人的注意力容易轉(zhuǎn)變。
30. landscape diversified by hills and woods.
由于山林穿插而變化有致的景色。
31. Our factory is trying to?diversify?(its range of products) .
我們廠正試圖使產(chǎn)品多元化。(diversify vt 使不同,使變化)
32. The enemy was strongly?entrenched?on the other side of the river.
敵軍在河的彼岸以堅固的壕溝防自己。
33. foolish behavior that?estranged?all his friends.
使所有的朋友與之疏遠的愚行。(estrange vt 使疏遠)
34. He is estranged from his wife. 他和妻子分居了。
35. By adopting this policy, they risk?alienating?many of their supporters.
他冒著與他的支持者疏遠的風險,采取這項政策。(alienate vt 使疏遠)
36. Don’t alienate yourself from the masses. 不要脫離群眾。
37. Simple praise is enough to?content?him. 簡單的稱贊就能使他滿足了。
38. And they contented themselves with the big group of caves.
他們對這組大的洞穴感到滿意。
39. To look upon its?grass-grown?yard, 看其長滿荒草的院子。
40. E. coli?sickens?73,000 Americans yearly, and in the U. K. mad-cow disease had
killed 156 people, whose brains degenerated when they ate meat contained with the
errant proteins that cause the disease.
大腸桿菌一年使 7.3 萬美國人患病,在英國,瘋牛病奪去了 156 人的生命——這些人吃了
會引起瘋牛病的傳染性蛋白質(zhì)所感染的牛肉后,他們的大腦就退化了。
41. She has?grown?her hair long. 她已經(jīng)讓她的頭發(fā)長長了。
42. It was the new, modern, undeferential Britain that celebrated Diana as a rebel
against authority,?scandalizing?those who still cling to Victorian ideas of order.
是一個新型的、現(xiàn)代的不再恭從等級秩序的英國把戴安娜當做權(quán)威的反抗者來歌頌,令那
些仍死守維多利亞時代秩序觀念的憤慨不已。
scandalize. 使驚駭;使起反感;誹謗。
43. He was cast as an oriental ruler. 他扮演一位東方統(tǒng)治者。
cast vt 給…分配角色。
44. It is three years since he graduated. 他畢業(yè)三年了。
45. The university?graduated?1500 students last year.
該大學(xué)去年有 1500 位學(xué)生畢業(yè)。
46. This certificate?qualifies?the products. 這份證書證明產(chǎn)品合格。
47. The courses qualify you as an instructor of the sport.
修完這些課程你就有資格當這項運動的教練。
48. We hope to?qualify?boxers in eight categories for the Beijing Olympics, from 48kg
to 75kg.
我們希望在 48 公斤級到 75 公斤級 8 個拳擊項目上,都能進軍北京奧運會。
詞 匯 積 累
1.?case?n 實例,例子
a. Do case studies. 案例分析。
b. in any case. 無論如何。
c. Here is one case. 舉個例子。
d. an isolated case. 個案。
d. solve the case. 破案。
2.?cash?n 現(xiàn)金
a. cash income. 現(xiàn)金收入。
b. send cash prizes. 發(fā)現(xiàn)金獎。
3.?category?n 種類;范疇
a. age categories. 年齡組。
b. category of the beauty. 美的范疇(內(nèi)涵)。
4.?cave?n 洞穴
cave people. 洞穴人。
5.?ceiling?n 天花板
ceiling light. 天花板上的燈。