自考“英語(二)”完整講義(44)

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anti-slavery anti- 表反對,抗,排斥
    anti-SARS 抗非典的  anti-Virus 反病毒的
    sentiment的同義詞:feeling,但前者指比較細膩的感情;而feeling一般指感覺
    spontaneous:a.自發(fā)的,本能的,自動的
    Her speech seemed spontaneous, but was in fact carefully prepared beforehand.
    她的演講看起來是即興的,但實際上事先經(jīng)過了精心準備。
    A crowd of people gathered spontaneously at the scene of the accident.
    一群人自發(fā)地聚集在事故現(xiàn)場。
    a group of 一群
    originate vt.
    original a. 獨到的
    originality n. 獨創(chuàng),原始
    Negro=black people 黑人 ;white people 白人
    readily : 樂意地,很快地,容易地
    The younger mechanic readily fixed the car. 年輕的機修工很快地把車修好了。
    She readily accepted his proposal of marriage.她樂意地接受了他的求婚。
    詞根:-less ,-ic, -cs
    thereby:adv. 由此,從而
    She wished to travel abroad and thereby she could learn about different customs.
    她希望能去國外旅游,從而了解不同的風俗習慣。
    He became a citizen, thereby gaining the right to vote. 他成了一名公民,由此獲得了選舉權(quán)。
    passive : 被動的,消極的
    反義詞:active a. 積極的,活躍的
    You are passive when you allow things to happen, but do nothing . 當你讓這些事發(fā)生,而不做任何事來阻止它,你是消極的。
    participant : 參加者,參與者
    派生詞:participate v. 參加,參與;participation n. 參加
    All participants finishing the race will receive a medal. 所有完成比賽的參與者都將得到一枚獎牌。相關用法:participate in 參與
    We should actively participate in the mass sports activities. 我們應該積極參加群眾性體育活動。
    1.to take place: 發(fā)生
    take place = happen
    Great changes have taken place over the past 20 years. 在過去的20年里,中國發(fā)生了巨大的變化。
    The strike didn‘t take place after all. 罷工沒有發(fā)生。
    區(qū)別:take place 與take the place of
    take place“發(fā)生”;而take the place of“代替”;
    例如:Do you think the robots can take the place of man‘s tasks ?
    你認為機器人能代替人的工作嗎?
    to take over:接管,接任
    He is going to take over my job while I am on holiday. 我去度假時他將接替我的工作。
    This large company has taken over many small ones. 這個大公司已經(jīng)接管許多小公司。
    to take on 具有;擔任(工作等);雇傭
    Don‘t take on more than you can do .不要接受你擔負不了的任務。
    The city took on a festive air. 這個城市呈現(xiàn)出了一派節(jié)日氣氛。
    The firm took on a new clerk .公司雇了個新職員。