高考必背英語(yǔ)詞匯講座 U3

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always keep the road in repair.他們總是把公路保養(yǎng)得很好。The pagoda that was built four hundred years ago, is still in (good) repair.那座四百年前建造的塔現(xiàn)在還完好無(wú)損。
    4、under the sun, in the sun
    under the sun亦可解作beneath the sun。它是個(gè)習(xí)語(yǔ),決不可譯作"在太陽(yáng)下"。它有兩個(gè)意思和用法:1.表示地點(diǎn),意為"在世界上,任何地方";2.用于加強(qiáng)語(yǔ)氣,常放在疑問(wèn)詞之后,意為"到底,究竟",等于on the earth。例如:The President's assassination shocked everyone under the sun.總統(tǒng)遇刺,全世界都為之震驚。In his opinion, California has the best climate under the sun.依他看來(lái),世界上要數(shù)加利福尼亞的氣候。What under the sun did he do it for?他做那件事到底是為了什么?
    in the sun是"在太陽(yáng)光下"的意思,指某人或某物處在太陽(yáng)光的照耀下或之中,因此,它可引申為"曬太陽(yáng)",還可轉(zhuǎn)義為"顯要的,有利的"的意思,因?yàn)樘?yáng)光耀眼奪目并有益于人類。例如:His character is as fickle as the icicle in the sun.他的性格就象陽(yáng)光下的水柱一樣說(shuō)變就變。Don't read in the sun.不要在陽(yáng)光下看書(shū)。The cat likes to sit in the sun.貓愛(ài)曬太陽(yáng)。The new generation of writers has achieved a place in the sun.新一代的作家已經(jīng)功成名就。
    5、up and down, ups and downs
    up and down是副詞詞組(如果其后接有名詞,則為介詞詞組),只有作狀語(yǔ),意為"上上下下地,前前后后地,來(lái)回地,到處"。它還可引申為"徹底