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1.significance n.重要性,意义
(1)be of (great/no/little) significance to ... 对……(很/不)重要
attach (great) significance to ... 认为……(很)重要
(2)significant adj. 重要的;重大的
significantly adv. 重要地;有重大意义地
[名师指津]
(1)“be of+抽象名词”相当于“be+抽象名词的形容词”。抽象名词前可加形容词no, little, great, some, any, much等。如:
be of value=be valuable; be of importance=be important; be of use=be useful; be of benefit=be beneficial; be of help=be helpful
(2)be of+表示大小、颜色、类别的名词(colour, age, size, height, weight, shape, type, kind, quality等),在这些名词前常用 different, all, the same, this, that, a(n)+形容词等词来修饰或说明。
[演绎法练通]
(1)单句语法填空/完成句子
①This is why decorating with plants, fruits and flowers carries special significance (significant).
②The effects of the sun can be significantly (significant) reduced if we follow certain guidelines.
③He attaches_great_significance_to taking a positive attitude to life.
他非常重视以积极的态度对待生活。
(2)同义句转换
④(2021·全国乙卷)It is very significant to be smart online learners.
→It is of_great_significance to be smart online learners.
2.insist vi.坚称;坚持主张
(1)insist on/upon (doing) sth. 坚持(做)某事
insist+(that)从句 坚持要;坚持要求;坚持认为
(2)insistence n. 坚持;坚决主张
[名师指津] 在“insist+(that)从句”中,如果insist表示“坚持要;坚持要求”,从句用虚拟语气,谓语用“should+动词原形”,should可以省略;如果insist表示“坚持认为”,从句用陈述语气,谓语的时态根据具体情况而定。
[演绎法练通]
(1)单句语法填空/完成句子
①She insists on/upon us eating healthy food.
②Her parents were united in their insistence (insist) that she go to college.
③His friends insisted he had (have) no connection with the accident.
④His friends insisted he (should)_take (take) a taxi instead of driving his own car after drinking some wine.
⑤She kept insisting_on_her_innocence.
她再三坚称自己无罪。
(2)句式升级
⑥He insisted that he was right.He didn't change his mind.(用非谓语动词作状语)
→Insisting_that_he_was_right,_he didn't change his mind.
3.puzzle vt.使困惑,使迷惑 n.疑问,不解之谜
[语境化辨义] (写出下列句中puzzle的词性及含义)
①Data from Voyager Ⅱ has presented astronomers with a puzzle about why our outermost planet exists.n.令人困惑的事物
②I'm doing a word puzzle in this newspaper.n.猜词游戏
③What puzzles me is why he le