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unit1- lesson2
1.suffer suf在下 fer负重
to be badly affected by a disease,pain,sadness;
to experience something unpleasant,such as injury,defeat or loss
suffer可作及物动词直接加宾语,表示“受...之苦”
suffer作不及物动词常接from再接宾语,表示“因..受苦”
related expressions
suffer from
a bad cold患重感冒;ill health 身体不好;a headache头疼;the flood遭受水灾
suffer
pain遭受疼痛; losses遭受亏损;punishment遭受惩罚;a defeat遭受失败
We are concerned about the students suffering from tension. 现在分词短语作后置定语
我们关心紧张焦虑的学生
The man is suffering from a lack of sleep with all the noise from outside.伴随状语表原因
因为外面的噪音,这个人遭受失眠之苦
2.reduce re 向后 duc引导
to make something less or smaller in size,quantity(数量),price
to lose weight by limiting the amount and type of food you eat
reduce指重量、程度、数目、范围、速度等减小或降低,即可指量的减少还可指质的降低
related expressions
reduce the risk of..减少...的风险;reduce to tears/silence使伤心得流泪/沉默;
reduce sb/sth to 使陷入更坏的境地,使沦落;reduce waste减少浪费;
reduce..to...把..降低到(to表减少的结果);reduce...by...减少了..(by表示减少的程度)
反义词increase在此处用法相同
I have reduced my weight to 50kg.我体重减到了50kg.
I have reduced my weight by a few kilos.我减轻了几公斤
Costs have been reduced by 20% over the past year.支付费用在过去的一年里减少了20%
3.expert
n.a person with special knowledge,skill in something
adj.having or involving(涉及)great knowledge or skill;熟练地,内行的,专业的
related expressions
a computer/medical/ legal expert 一个电脑/医学/法律专家; an expert driver技术高超的司机
an expert in/at/on doing.. 做...的专家,行家;精通于..
He is an expert at fixing the computer.他是修电脑的专家
The man is sharing expert knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine on the TV show.
他正在电视节目中分享中医专业知识
4.frank
honest and direct in what you say,sometimes in a way that others might not like
related expressions
to be frank =frankly speaking坦率地,坦白说;to be frank with you坦诚相告;跟你老实说
a frank talk坦率的对话;frank attitude坦诚的态度;be frank about坦诚地说出...
Her friend is very frank about the dress not fitting her.她朋友直率地表示这条裙子不适合她
5.remove
v.to get rid of(摆脱)something unpleasant,dirty; to make something disappear
to take something/somebody away from a place
n.an amount by which two things are s