Module9·Unit 3 The meaning of colour 1、compromise vi. 让步,妥协 ◆I wanted to go to Greece, and my wife wanted to go to Spain, so we compromised on Italy.
我想去希腊,可我妻子想去西班牙,于是我们折中了一下,去意大利。 vt. 放弃;泄露 ◆They refused to compromise their principles by doing a deal with the terrorists.
他们拒绝违背自己的原则同恐怖分子做交易。 n. 让步,妥协 reach/come to/arrive at a compromise 达成妥协 make a compromise 作出让步 ◆A bad compromise is better than a good lawsuit.
(谚)吃亏的和解强似胜利的诉讼(指诉讼消耗时间及金钱)。 C make no comment 意思为“没有发表言论(=make no answer)”。
She was asked about a pay increase for the factory workers, but made no ______.
A. compromise
B. communication
C. comment
D. way 2、object
vi. 反对,不同意,不赞成
vt. 以……为由反对 ◆— Do you object to our decision? ——你反对我们的决定吗? ◆— No, I do not object at all.
——我一点也不反对。 ◆They objected that the plan was risky. 他们反对说,这项计划是冒险的。 ◆It may be objected that not enough manpower is available.
有人可能会提出反对,认为没有足够的人力可用。 n. 物体;目标,宾语 ◆I hope you will attain your object.
我希望你达到目的。 ①I object strongly to the idea. ①我坚决反对这种主张。 ________________________________________ ②I don't mind her criticizing me, but it is how she does it that I ______.
A. stick to
B. lead to
C. devote to
D. object to ②D 强调句可去掉it is…that还原句子。本句相当于…,but I object to how she does it.被强调部分是宾语从句。 3、submit vt. & vi. 使服从,使屈服; 提交,呈递 ◆We'll submit ourselves to the court's judgments. 我们将听从法庭的裁决。 ◆She refused to submit to difficulty. 她不屈服于困难。
◆I submitted my resignation to our boss yesterday.
我昨天向老板递交了辞呈。 submit oneself to+n./v.ing submit sth. to… B consider考虑,思考,认为等;support支持,拥护,维持;confirm证实,确认;submit使屈服,使经受。根据语境:镇上的大多数人都积极地拥护为孩子们建造运动场的计划。
The majority of people in the town strongly ______ the plan to build a playground for children.
A. consider
B. support
C. confirm
D. submit 4、substitute (=replace/take the place of) vt. & vi.代 替,替换,代用
substitute A for B 用A代替B ◆If you cannot go yourself, please find someone to substitute you. 你如果不能亲自去,请找人代替你。 ◆Vitamins are no substitute for exercise and a balanced diet, of course.
当然,维生素不能代替锻炼和均衡的饮食。 ◆Only art can substitute for nature. 唯有艺术能代替自然。 ①substitute ①As is suggested by the doctors, sweets cannot be the (替代物) of cigarette. ②In the past few years, this factory has substituted plastic(s) for wood in order to reduce/cut the cost(s). ②在过去几年里,这家工厂用塑料代替木头来降低成本。
1、split off from/break away from…
脱离;分裂出去;分离 ◆They split off from our company to start their own business.
他们从我们公司分离出去开创自己的事业 ◆The storm has split the branch off from the main tree trunk.
暴风雨把树枝从树干上刮了下来。 2、date back to/date from 追溯到,起源于;始自(某时期)。无被动式,通常用一般现在时态。 ◆The temple dates back to the Ming Dynasty.
这座庙宇始建于明代。 ◆My grandfather's hobby of collecting old coins dates from his childhood.
我祖父收集古币的嗜好是从孩提时代开始的。 The Shaolin Temple, ______ has many legends and mysteries surround it, ______ AD 495.
A. which; dates back to
B. where; dates back to
C. which; dated back to
D. where; dated back to A 关系代词which引导一个定语从句,修饰temple。date back to通常用一般现在时态。 此处the next time 充当了时间状语从句的引导词,the next time you choose your clothes相当于when you choose your clothes next time。许多表时间的名词都可以用来引导时间状语从句,除the next time 之外,还有each time, the first time, the moment, the minute, the instant等。 Therefore, the next time you choose your clothes, you should think more carefully about what colours you want to wear. 因此,下次当你选择衣服时,你应该对你想要穿什么颜色想得更仔细些。 ◆He'd let me down more than once so the next time he asked me for a favour I gave him the brushoff. 他已不止一次难为我,因此下次他求我帮忙时,我也让他碰碰钉子。 ◆The moment I heard the voice, I knew father was coming. 我一听声音,就知道是父亲来了。 ______ I toured Zhangjiajie, I was deeply impressed with its beautiful scenery.
A. For the first time
B. At first
C. It was the first time
D. The first time D 句意:我第一次游张家界时,就被它美丽的风景深深地吸引了。
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