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1.distinct adj.截然不同的,有区别的,不同种类的;清楚的,清晰的→distinction n.差别;区分
2.carve vt.侵蚀,冲刷;雕,刻→carver n.雕刻家
3.suburb n.郊区,城外→suburban adj.郊区的,城外的
sample vt.尝,品尝,体验;抽样检验 n.样本,样品;取样
①I sampled the delights of Greek cooking for the first time.
vt.品尝
②12% of the children sampled said they prefer cats to dogs.
vt.抽样检验
③The blood samples are sent to the laboratory for analysis.
n.样本
apart from除了……外(还),此外;除了…… 外(都),要不是
[例]Apart from their house in London,they also have a villa in Spain.
他们在伦敦有一座房子,此外在西班牙还有一座别墅。
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(1)apart from既可以表示包含意义,也可以表示排除意义;相当于besides,in addition to,也相当于except for。
(2)apart相关短语:
take sth.apart 将……拆开
tell...apart 把……区别/分辨开
[即学即练]——完成句子
①He can take a bicycle apart(把自行车拆开) and put it back again.
②The twins look so much alike that you can hardly tell them apart(你几乎不能区别他们).
by means of依靠……方法;借助……手段
[例]The lake communicates with the sea by means of a canal.
这个湖通过运河和大海相连。
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by all means 尽一切办法;一定;务必;
(用于交际英语表示答应、同意)
当然可以,没问题
by no means/not by any means 决不(置于句首时,主句用部分倒装)
by this means 用这种方法
[即学即练]——单句语法填空/完成句子
①You must get there by all means before dark.
②The problem is by no means as simple as we first thought(绝不像我们开始想的那么简单).
bring about 引起;导致(事故,变化)
[例]Interestrate cuts have failed to bring about economic recovery.
利率下调并没有带来经济复苏。
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bring up 养育,培养;提出;呕吐
bring back 把……送回;使想起
bring down 使降低;打倒
bring in 引入;赚得
bring out 出版;使显现
[即学即练]——单句语法填空
①They try to bring out a new dictionary every other year.
②I have three parttime jobs,which bring in about £14,000 a year.
③Many women still take career breks to bring up children.
come as no surprise 不足为奇,毫不奇怪
[例]Mr.Pan's complaint will come as no surprise to his competitors.
潘先生的投诉将在竞争对手的意料之中。
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in surprise 惊奇地
to one's surprise 令某人吃惊的是
by surprise 出其不意地
[即学即练]——单句语法填空
①Paul looked at the boy in surprise,and then he said,“Would you like to take a ride in my car?”
②The armed forces seem to have been taken by surprise by the ferocity of the attack.
③To his sur