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都是“宽”的意思。
Ⅰ. broad 指幅面的宽广,侧重表面上的广阔宏大,指人时多形容背、肩、胸等,在较正式或文学性较强的文体中,也可用来描写河流、街道、田野、峡谷等和地形有关的其它东西。如:
The road is 8 metres broad.
Ⅱ. wide 指一边到另一边的空间距离,侧重两端之间距离的宽大,指人时多形容眼睛、口等。如:
This skirt is too wide.
broad 和wide 的反义词都是narrow.
[语法]:度量表示法: “数词+名词(量)+wide(broad)/long长/thick厚/deep深/high高/tall 身高/around周长”
§102 build/ found/ put up/ set up
Ⅰ. build “建筑、建造”指施工建筑,如房屋、桥梁、道路等的建造,也可用于广义。如:
We are building socialism with China’s style. 我们正在建设具有中国特色的社会主义。
Ⅱ. found “创立、成立、创办”批创立一个组织、机构、国家等。如:
① They founded(=built) a school for the blind. 他们创办了一亿盲人学校。
② The People’s Republic of China was founded in 1949. 中华人民共和国成立于是1949年。
Ⅲ. put up 和set up 人含义很多,但他们在表示“搭起、竖起、挂起”以及表建筑物“建起”的意思时,可以通用。只不过put up 比set up 要常见些。如:
① The boys put up (set up) their tents in the woods. 孩子们在树林里搭起了帐篷。
② They have put up(set up) several cattle sheds for the team. 他们为队里建造了几个牛棚。
但set up 在表示“建起、成立”某一机构团体时,不能用put up 替换。如:
The factory set up a night school last month. 这个工厂上月成立了一所夜校。
§103 but/ however
Ⅰ. 都有“然而,但是”的意思。However 比较正式,可以放在句首、句中或句尾;其前面或后面要加逗号隔开,如在句中,其前后都要加逗号,不能与but 连用;而but只放在句首。如:
① I’d like to go swimming with you, but I have to tidy the garden now. 我很想和你去游泳,但是我现在必须整理花园。
② It’s raining hard, however, they’re still working in the field. 雨下得很大,然而他们仍然在地里干活。
③ Later, however, she decided to buy it. 可是后来她决定去买下它。
① He said it was so, he was mistaken, however.
§104 crowd / group / team
Ⅰ. group “小组、团体”,与 team 是同义词。指因任何目的或原因而聚集在一起所形成的群体。搭配范围较广;
team 指工作、行为或游戏时在一起的群体,尤指体育比赛的“队”, 搭配范围较窄。如:
① a study group 学习小组; a discussion group 讨论小组
② a basketball team 篮球队 a medical team 医疗队
Ⅱ. group 指“人群”时,与crowd同义。group 所指人数可多可少,但常指“较小”的人群, 且表示有组织有秩序的一群人;
crowd有“密集”“拥挤”的含义,通常指未经组织、人数众多的人群。
§105 by oneself/ for oneself/ to oneself/ of oneself
这五个介词短语均属“介词+反身代词”结构,但意义各不相同:
Ⅰ.by oneself“单独地;独立地”(=without help, alone).如:
Did you do this by yourself or did someone help you? 是你自己做的,还是别人帮你做的?
Ⅱ. “本身;本身的性质”如:
① Diamond is hard in itself. 钻石本来是硬的。
Ⅲ.for oneself “为自己(的利益而做某事);独自地(与by oneself 同义)”。如:
② He has built a house for himself. 他为自己建造了一幢房子。
③ You must find it out for yourself. 你必须自己把它找出来。
Ⅳ.of oneself “自然而然地;自动地”为不及物动词。如:
④ The fire died of oneself. 火自己熄灭了。
Ⅴ.to oneself“默默地”“暗自”,常与talk , say, think等动词连用。如;
⑤ He said to himself that there was something wrong. 他想这其中有毛病。
[注]:say to oneself “在心里想”,talk/ speak to oneself“自言自语”两者不可混淆。