debate vt. 討論，爭(zhēng)論 n. 爭(zhēng)論，辯論
[特征]
- He debated with his father about the question.
他和父親就這個(gè)問題展開了辯論。
- After much debate he was chosen monitor of the class.
經(jīng)過廣泛的討論，他被選為班長(zhǎng)。
[備考必背] 重要詞組
be under debate 在討論中
- The new rules are under debate.
新規(guī)則正在討論中。
declare vt. 宣布；斷言
[特征]
declare是一個(gè)正式用語，意思是“正式告知或通過官方使……為人所知”，即“宣布”；還指強(qiáng)調(diào)性地或權(quán)威式地“宣稱，斷言”?？傊?，declare含有經(jīng)過考慮或通過一定程序后正式讓別人知曉的意思。
- The prime minister declared his intention in his speech.
首相在講話中聲明了他的意圖。
- He declared at the meeting that he supported me.
他在會(huì)上聲明他支持我。
[備考必背]
①declare作“宣布”講，含有“莊嚴(yán)”的意味，所以常接that從句作賓語。
- The Arab people declared that they would fight to the finish.
阿拉伯人民宣布，他們要戰(zhàn)斗到底。
② declare不能接不定式短語作賓語。
deep adj. 深的；深厚的；來自深處的 adv. 深深地
[特征]
- The river is six feet deep.
河水深6英尺。
- The boy read deep into the night.
這男孩讀書一直到深夜。
[貼心叮嚀]
deep既可以作形容詞，也可作副詞。它和deeply的辨析很重要。
[備考必背]
①deep既可以作表語，也可以作定語，如：
a deep sleep 沉睡 a deep voice 低沉的聲音
②辨析副詞deep和deeply
deep用于具體的深度，包括空間和時(shí)間，它不能修飾形容詞和分詞；deeply用于抽象、比喻意義，與表達(dá)情感的動(dòng)詞、形容詞或過去分詞連用時(shí)，常用deeply。
[練習(xí)與解答]
- He is interested in English. He often works at it until into the night.
A. deep; deeply B. deep; deep C. deeply; deep D. deeply; deeply
答案：C
（他對(duì)英語非常感興趣。他經(jīng)常學(xué)習(xí)英語到深夜。如果你仔細(xì)閱讀了上面關(guān)于deep和deeply的辨析就很清楚為什么選C了。）
defeat vt. 擊敗，戰(zhàn)勝；使破滅
[特征]
defeat是及物動(dòng)詞，可以直接跟賓語：defeat sb.（擊敗某人）。
- They defeated us in the game.
他們?cè)诒荣愔汹A了我們。
- The old granny's hopes were defeated.
老奶奶的希望破滅了。
[貼心叮嚀]
英文中有幾個(gè)單詞都有“戰(zhàn)勝，擊敗”的意思，但含義不同，要注意defeat，beat和conguer的區(qū)別。
[備考必背] 辨析defeat，beat和conguer
defeat的含義是“打敗”，但被打敗者不一定服輸；beat則表示徹底“打敗”，而且被打敗者完全服輸了；conguer更強(qiáng)調(diào)“把對(duì)方征服”，而且被征服者或被征服者的國(guó)家為征服者所有，可以任意支配。
- The public bet a lot of money on Tom, but he was defeated.
人們?yōu)闇废铝艘淮蠊P賭注，但是他被擊敗了。
- It was not until his third match that he finally beat Humphries.
直到他的第三次比賽，他才最終打敗漢弗萊斯。
- Some countries may be defeated but can never be conguered.
有些國(guó)家可能被打敗，但決不會(huì)被征服。