淘金式巧攻英語四級詞匯解析第二十一期

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1.Putting in a new window will___________ cutting away part of the roof.
    A. include B. involve C. contain D. comprise
    2.You should have been more patient __________ that customer;I'm sure that selling him the watch was a possibility.
    A. of B. with C. for D. at
    3.Government cannot operate effectively ___________ it is free from such interference.
    A. so long as B. so that C. unless D. because
    4. Your hair wants___________ .You'd better have it done tomorrow.
    A. cut B. to cut C. cutting D.being cut
    5.character,figure , part,role(人物,角色)辨析
    character:主要指小說、戲劇中塑造的人物角色,也可指真實的“人物”,前面可接表示各種性質(zhì)的形容詞作定語;
    figure :強調(diào)某人真實人物的形象、地位,前面一般帶表示重要性的形容詞作定語
    part ,role:兩次基本同義,可互換使用,原指在戲劇中扮演的角色,可引申為某人或某物在具體事情中盡的職責、起的作用,多以單數(shù)形式出現(xiàn),主要用于play a ... part/role的結(jié)構(gòu)中
    character,personality(個性,性格)辨析
    character:尤其指品性,品質(zhì)方面的“性格”,它決定一個人對待生活中重大問題的態(tài)度;
    personality :多指為人處事方面與眾不同的“個性、風度”,尤指能感染人的性格特征。
    例句:
    They are the two main characters in the play.
    他們是該劇中的兩個主角。
    His character is very different from his wife's.
    他和他妻子的性格迥然不同.
    She has a slender figure.
    她身材苗條。
    What part did you play?
    你演什么角色?
    She played the leading role in the school play.
    她在學校的戲里扮演主角。
    His personality left a deep impression on us.
    他的人品給我們留下了深刻的印象。
    練習: The American _____________ is often said to be enthusiastic .
    [譯文]:美國人的性格常被說成是熱情奔放的。
    答案:
    1.B
    [譯文]:新開一扇窗戶就得拆掉部分屋頂。
    [搭配]:involve sb. in (doing) sth 使某人牽涉進(參與)某事;be/get involved in sth. 參與、卷入了某事;be involved in trouble/disaster 卷入糾紛/陷入不幸
    [辨析]:involve,include,contain,comprise
    involve: 意為“包括、使陷入、牽涉”,強調(diào)要達到某個目的的而不得不涉及到的因素;
    include: 意為“包括,算進去”,其前面的名詞表示整體,后面的名詞則為其組成部分;
    contain: 意為“包含,容納”,常指一大物體容納多個小物體;
    comprise: 意為“包含,構(gòu)成”,指包含的人或物構(gòu)成整體,強調(diào)事物的組成結(jié)構(gòu)
    2.b
    [譯文]:當時你要是對那位顧客更耐心些,我相信他可能會買這塊手表
    [搭配]:be patient with ... 對...有耐心
    [擴展]:impatient a. 不耐煩地,熱切的;patience n.忍耐,耐心;patiently ad.耐心地
    3.C
    [譯文]:除非政府能免受這種干擾,否則它將不能有效地運行
    [用法]:unless為“除非,若不”,有時相當于if...not ,但unless不用于虛擬語氣中的假設。只有某種已經(jīng)存在的打算和情況有可能結(jié)束或完成之時,unless 才可代替if...not.
    4.C
    [譯文]: 你該理發(fā)了,你明天就去理
    [搭配]:want to do sth 要做某事;want sb to do sth 想要/加某人做某事;in want of ...缺少...
    [用法]:表示“需要”,后面接動詞的-ing 形式表示被動的意義,類似的動詞還有need,deserve , require 等
    5.character