Unit 1 词汇解析-2021-2022学年高中英语牛津译林版（2020）选择性必修第四册

高二 选修性必修四 词汇解析 Unit 1 1. barely /ˈbeəli/ adv. 刚好；仅仅，勉强可能；几乎不；刚才 (2) （含有否定意思） more barely, most barely We barely had time to catch the train. 我们仅有勉强赶上火车的时间。 It was barely ten o’clock at night. barely放句首句子倒装 barely … when… 刚…..就….. Hardly / Scarcely ? Barely had sb done sth when sb. Did sth. barely, hardly, rarely, scarcely Rarely have I seen him smile. 难得，不常 He can hardly jump over the fence. 简直不，很难（强调能力上有困难） He has scarcely any money left. 指不足，不太够，强调数量，几乎，勉强 但如果后面有ever, any, at all等 只能用hardly或scarcely 不能用barely，barely 不与 ever, any, at all 连用 2. *cigar /sɪˈɡɑː(r)/ n. 雪茄烟 (2) smoke his cigar In the doorway of a store stood a man, with an unlit cigar in his mouth. 3. appointment /əˈpɔɪntmənt/ n. 约定，约会；任命，委任；职务 (2) appoint sb as captain 任命某人为队长 appoint a date for sth. 约定日期 at the appointed / given time 在规定的时间 I was at the appointed place on time make an appointment with sb. 与某人有约 It’s an appointment made twenty years ago. keep / break the appointment 守