牛津高中英語(yǔ)模塊二Unit1 重點(diǎn)詞匯精講

1、重點(diǎn)詞匯精講一、重點(diǎn)詞匯列表動(dòng)詞search, murder, support, exist名詞creature, witness, research, possibility, case, evidence, progress, treasure, strength形容詞puzzled, puzzling, convincing, disappointed, similar 重點(diǎn)詞組run into, step up, due to, go missing, show up, according to, put on, rule out, look into, make up, take c

2、harge of, so far, be similar to, be said to do, run after, on average 二、精選詞匯講解1. search (1) search vt./vi. 搜索,搜尋,搜查 search sb 搜（某人的）身；search somewhere 在某處搜查search somewhere for sth. 在某處搜尋某物；search for sth. 搜尋/尋找某物They searched him without any reason.他們毫無(wú)理由地搜了他的身。They searched every part of the templ

3、e for the murderer. 他們對(duì)這座寺廟進(jìn)行了全面搜查，以便找出兇手。Scientists are searching for a cure for the disease. 科學(xué)家正在尋找治愈這種疾病的辦法。He is searching for the missing key. 他正在尋找失蹤的鑰匙。(2) search n. 搜尋，尋找 in search of 尋找/尋求某物The villagers continued their search for the lost child in the forest. 村民們繼續(xù)在森林里尋找那個(gè)迷路的孩子。Migrant wo

4、rkers moved from city to city in search of work. 流動(dòng)工人為找工作從一個(gè)城市移居到另一個(gè)城市。He went in search of a doctor for his sick wife. 他去為他生病的妻子找醫(yī)生。2. support (1) support vt. 支撐；支持，擁護(hù)；維持, 贍養(yǎng)；證實(shí) The old man entered the room supported by his grandson. 老人由孫子扶著進(jìn)了房間。 They supported the Democratic Party. 他們支持/擁護(hù)民主黨。 The

5、 desert climate supports little plant life. 沙漠氣候使很少的植物能維持下去/存活。 He has a large family to support. 他要養(yǎng)活一大家子人。 Can you give some examples to support your argument? 你能舉幾個(gè)例子來(lái)論證你的論點(diǎn)嗎?(2) support n. 支援，幫助；擁護(hù)；支撐；供養(yǎng)； Hunter is the chief support of the family. 亨特是他家的主要贍養(yǎng)者。 Jim was a great support to us when

6、father died. 父親死后，吉姆給了我們巨大的幫助。 We need your support. 我們需要你們的支持。3. witness(1) witness n. c. 目擊者; 見(jiàn)證人；證明，見(jiàn)證 a witness to/of.是.的目擊證人 The police found the witness to the murder. 警察找到了那個(gè)謀殺案的目擊證人。 She was a witness of the accident. 她是那次事故的目擊證人。 You cannot sign your will without witnesses. 沒(méi)有見(jiàn)證人的情況下你不能簽署你的

7、遺囑。 His whole life was a witness to his honesty. 他的整個(gè)一生就是對(duì)他的誠(chéng)實(shí)的見(jiàn)證。(2) witness vt./ vi. 目擊，親眼看見(jiàn)；為作證 witness to . / to doing . 為某事作證/ 為做某事作證 Did anyone witness the robbery? 有人親眼目睹了這次搶劫案嗎？ She witnessed our wedding. 她見(jiàn)證了我們的婚禮。 He witnessed to having seen the man enter the building. 他證明說(shuō)看到那個(gè)人進(jìn)了那棟樓。 This

8、 gift witnesses to his generosity. 這件禮物見(jiàn)證了他的慷慨。4. puzzled (1) puzzle vt. 使迷惑,使困惑 The womans illness puzzled the doctor, and he couldnt find the cause. 那婦女的病使那醫(yī)生很困惑，他就是找不到病因。 The teacher was puzzled by the students question. 老師被這個(gè)學(xué)生的問(wèn)題難住了。(2) puzzle n. n. 難題,難解之事,謎 We are trying to work out a puzzle.

9、 我們正設(shè)法解出一個(gè)難題。(3) puzzled adj. 困惑的,茫然的 ； puzzling adj. 令人困惑的,莫名其妙的 a puzzled mother 一位困惑的母親；a puzzling case 一件令人困惑的案件Im puzzled about what to do next. 我很迷茫下一步該干什么。He couldnt sleep well as he was thinking about the puzzling problem. 他睡不好，因?yàn)樗恢痹谒伎贾莻€(gè)令人困惑的問(wèn)題。She listened with a puzzled expression on her

10、 face. 她臉上帶著困惑的表情在傾聽(tīng)著。(4) 注意：在英語(yǔ)中，動(dòng)詞的現(xiàn)在分詞或過(guò)去分詞可用作形容詞。當(dāng)用來(lái)表示人的情緒狀態(tài)或感覺(jué)時(shí)，常用過(guò)去分詞形式的形容詞，這些詞常用來(lái)修飾人或look, expression, voice, face 等名詞。當(dāng)表示事物的特征或?qū)傩詴r(shí)，常用現(xiàn)在分詞形式的形容詞。如： frighten vt. 使驚嚇； frightened adj. 感到害怕的； frightening adj. 令人害怕的disappoint vt.使失望； disappointed adj. 感到失望的； disappointing adj. 令人失望的 surprise vt.

11、使驚奇； surprised adj. 感到驚訝的； surprising adj. 令人驚訝的excite vt. 使興奮 excited adj. 感到興奮的，激動(dòng)的 exciting adj. 令人激動(dòng)的5. convincing(1) convincing adj. 使人信服的,有力的,令人心悅誠(chéng)服的 convincing evidence 令人信服的證據(jù)； convincing arguments 令人信服的論據(jù) No one has come up with a convincing explanation of why dinosaurs died out. 尚未有人能對(duì)恐龍的滅

12、絕作出一個(gè)令人信服的解釋。(2) convinced adj. 相信的，被說(shuō)服的 Im quite convinced. 我很相信（這件事）。(3) convince vt. 使相信，說(shuō)服 convince sb. of sth使某人相信某事；sb. be convinced of.某人相信某事convince sb. that使某人相信某事； convince sb. to do sth. 說(shuō)服某人做某事 I am convinced of her innocence. 我相信他的清白。I have been trying to convince him to see a doctor. 我

13、一直在努力說(shuō)服他去看醫(yī)生。We convinced Ann to go by train rather than plane.我們說(shuō)服Ann坐火車(chē)而不是坐飛機(jī)去。 He was convinced that it was necessary to get it across to them.他相信有必要告訴他們這件事。6. due to (1) due to （作表語(yǔ)）由于, 因?yàn)?His absence was due to the storm. 他的缺席是由于那場(chǎng)暴風(fēng)雨造成的。(2) duo to (作狀語(yǔ)) 由于，因?yàn)?He arrived late due to the storm.

14、他由于暴風(fēng)雨而遲到了。(3) 表示“由于；因?yàn)椤钡某Ｓ媒x短語(yǔ)還有： because of.; owing to.; on account of. 但thanks to. 幸虧，由于；多虧（表示的是正面的原因） Thanks to his effort, it is more successful than we have expected. 由于他的努力，我們獲得了比預(yù)期更大的成功。7. look into(1) look into 調(diào)查；檢查 look into a question 調(diào)查一個(gè)問(wèn)題；look into a case 調(diào)查一個(gè)案件 The police are looking

15、 into the reason why the plane crashed into the sea. 警察正在調(diào)查那架飛機(jī)墜海的原因。 (2) look into 注視的內(nèi)部或深處 He looked into the box/ the mirror/ her eyes. 他注視著箱底/ 鏡子/她的眼睛。 For a while the sisters could not look into each others faces. 好一陣子姐妹倆都不能互相正視對(duì)方的臉。 They stopped to look into the window. 他們停下來(lái)看看櫥窗。 He looked in

16、to the room but found nobody in. 他朝房間里看但沒(méi)發(fā)現(xiàn)有任何人在那。 與look 搭配的常用短語(yǔ)：look about四處尋找； look for尋找，期待 look after照顧，關(guān)心； look out 小心，注意；look back 回顧，追憶 look over仔細(xì)查看； look down on/upon輕視，看不起; look up仰視，好轉(zhuǎn)8. make up(1) make up編造 The whole story was just made up by him. 整件事完全是他編造出來(lái)的。(2) make up 組成 （被動(dòng)結(jié)構(gòu)：be mad

17、e up of 由組成） Twelve doctors make up the medical team. 十二名醫(yī)生組成了那個(gè)醫(yī)療隊(duì)。 The medical team was made up of twelve doctors. 那個(gè)醫(yī)療隊(duì)由十二名醫(yī)生組成。(3) make up補(bǔ)足; make up for補(bǔ)償；彌補(bǔ) We still need $50 to make up the sum required. 我們需要五十元以補(bǔ)足所需要的數(shù)目。 Her beauty cant make up for her stupidity. 她的美麗不能彌補(bǔ)她的愚蠢。 We should try o

18、ur best to make up for our loss. 我們應(yīng)該盡最大努力去彌補(bǔ)我們的損失。(4) make ( sb./ ooneself) up 化妝 She took over 30 minutes to make (herself) up. 她花了30多分鐘來(lái)化妝。 9. take charge of (1) take charge (of )負(fù)責(zé)；接管；照管 （在句中用做謂語(yǔ)） Who will take charge of the plans of the party? 誰(shuí)將負(fù)責(zé)晚會(huì)的所有計(jì)劃？ John was elected the new president of

19、the club and took charge at the next meeting. 約翰被選為俱樂(lè)部的新主席并在下一次的集會(huì)上接管了俱樂(lè)部。 I am willing to take charge of you, Bob, and to educate you, and provide for you. 鮑勃，我愿意照管你、教育你并且撫養(yǎng)你。(2) in charge of （某人）負(fù)責(zé)某事; in the charge of sb./ in sbs charge （某事）由某人負(fù)責(zé)/照料/管理； 上面兩個(gè)短語(yǔ)的區(qū)別是兩者都可以在句中用作表語(yǔ)、狀語(yǔ)、定語(yǔ)，但作表語(yǔ)時(shí)，表示人的名詞或代詞

20、作主語(yǔ)時(shí)需用前者，表示某人單位、部門(mén)、某項(xiàng)工作時(shí)需用后者。 Tom works there, in charge of the sales department. 湯姆在那工作，負(fù)責(zé)銷(xiāo)售部。 Comrade Yang will be in charge of the work for the time being.楊同志將暫時(shí)負(fù)責(zé)那項(xiàng)工作。 The boy was taken in the charge of his tutor. 這男孩受他的家庭教師管理。 This department is in the charge of Sun Qing. 這一部門(mén)由孫清主管。10. be said to do 據(jù)說(shuō)(某人/某事)(1) sb./ sth. be said to do = It is / was said that sb./ sth. 這兩個(gè)句型替換時(shí)要注意謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞作相應(yīng)的變化。 Tom is said to have gon