a drop in the ocean六级高频词组详解第9讲

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　　1. drunk是表语，drunken是定语;The man is drunk. A drunken man

　　2. the drop in price物价下降的;a drop in the ocean沧海一粟，九牛一毛

　　3. be uneasy about sth./in doing sth为某事担心或不安----I am uneasy about his future. His words eased me of my anxiety.

　　Ease可以做动词也可以做形容词

　　Ease sb of sth---缓和，减轻---to ease the patient of pain减轻病人的痛苦

　　Ease做名词轻松容易---with ease容易地---He solved the problem with great ease.

　　Ease做名词舒适，自由自在---at ease---She feels at ease when she is with me.

　　4. economics是单复同形，如果做单数性则表示经济学，复数性则表示经济状况，经济因素

　　The economics of this project are still being considered.

　　Be economical of/with money.省钱

　　5. delegate即使名词也是动词

　　He was delegated to the negotiation.

　　The chief delegate to the negotiation.

　　Intellect:理解力，治理，非凡的材质，才华出众的人;intellectual:知识分子

　　6. in early phase早期阶段;in phase同相位的，同时协调的

　　7. be employed insth从事于--- he children were employed in painting. 孩子们忙于画画儿.

　　Tbe employed to do sth被雇佣来做--- He i employed to restore the paintings. 他被雇修复这些画.

　　s8. engagement with sb意思是与某人约会--- I have an engagement with him this afternoon. 今天午后我和他有个约会.

　　engagement to sb意思是与人的婚约

　　9. in mortgage是在抵押中;on mortgage是以抵押的方式

　　10. crazy/mad/enthusiastic + about意思是热衷，着迷

　　11. be envious/jealous + of嫉妒;但是envious还有羡慕的意思

　　12. be equal to + doing在表示胜任时，后面加doing---He is not equal to teaching English.

　　13. 在做装备，装潢解释的时候furnish/equip/decorate/ornament A with B，ornament既是名词也是动词

　　14. in essence本质上基本上;essentially本质上的基本上的

　　15. by mistake=in error

　　16. at all events无论如何---She had a terrible accident, but at all events she wasnt killed.

　　In the event of如果...发生，万一，后面接名词In the event of fire, ring the alarmbell.

　　17. with the exception of=except, except for;但是在there is no exception to这类句子中就要使用to而不用of

　　18. inhibit sth; inhibit sb from doing sth; prohibit sb from doing sth

　　forbid sb to do sth

　　prohibition against