新概念英语二册超详讲义笔记Lesson 92 Asking for trouble 自找麻烦

Lesson 92    Asking for trouble    自找麻烦

 

【New words and expressions】（5）

fast   adv. 熟（睡）

ladder   n. 梯子

shed   n. 棚子

sarcastic   adj. 讽刺的，讥笑的

tone   n. 语气，腔调

 

★fast   adv. 熟（睡）

(1)    adv. 熟（睡）(= soundly)

eg. He is fast asleep.                           他睡得很熟。

  = He is sleeping soundly.                     

  = He is sleeping deeply.

(2)    adv. 快 ( = rapidly)

eg. Airplanes can go much faster than trains.    飞机比火车快得多。

He ran to school fast.                       他飞快地奔向学校。

(3)    adv. 牢固地，坚固地

eg. His feet were stuck fast in the mud.         他稳稳地站在泥地上。

 

★ladder   n. 梯子

(1)    n. 梯子

eg. put up a ladder against a tree               把梯子靠着树

  = set up a ladder against a tree

climb up a ladder                            爬上梯子

climb down a ladder                          爬下梯子

Walking under a ladder is considered bad luck.

在梯子下走会倒霉的。

(2)    (发迹，成功的)阶段，手段

eg. the ladder to success                        成功的阶梯

  = the ladder of success

climp up the social ladder                   踏上发迹之途

knock down the ladder                        过河拆桥

  = knock away the ladder               

 

★shed   n. 棚子

(1)    n. 小屋，存放地

eg. a cattle shed                                牛棚

a wood shed                                  木料存放地

(2)    v. 滴，掉落 （shed - shed - shed）

eg. She shed tears when she heard the news of his death.

听到她的死讯她掉眼泪了。

(3)    v. 落叶，脱毛

eg. shed leaves                                  落叶

shed skin                                    脱皮

(4)    v. 散发（光，热，香气等），放射，带来

eg. The girl shed happiness on people around her.

    这个女孩给身边的人带来快乐。

 

   ★sarcastic   adj. 讽刺的，讥笑的

                                                                    sarcasm          n. 挖苦，讥讽

irony            n. 嘲弄

（与irony相比，sarcasm通常含有欲伤及对方的敌意）

 

★tone      n. 语气，腔调

(1)    n. 语气，语调

eg. She spoke in a low tone.                       她用很低的声音说。

She spoke in an angry tone.                    她用气愤的语调说。

He described the new building in tones of disapproval.

他用不以为然的语气描述那座新建筑物。

(2)    n. 音色，音调

eg. the sweet tone(s) of a clarinet                单簧管的甜美音色

(3)    n. 色调，浓淡，格调，风格

eg. The mountains were in several tones of green.

    群山呈现出各种色调的绿色。

Her dress has a bright tone.

The building has a foreign tone.

 

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