高級英語復習筆記及講解5

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Lesson Five
    1. I‘d rather …… than : prefer…… to …… .
    如:
    I‘d rather deal with a simple man than a sophisticated man .
    我寧愿與純樸的人打交道,不愿與世故的人交往。
    I had rather never have been born than see this day of humiliation.
    我寧愿自己未曾出生,也不愿遭受今天的恥辱。
    I would (had) rather …… 但愿(+that 從句中用過去式)。
    如:
    I would rather he didn‘t tell her about it .
    我真希望他不告訴她這件事。
    I had rather you did it alone .
    但愿你一人做。
    2. handicap : 1) any disadvantage that makes success more difficult . 不利的因素。
    如:
    Bad health is a handicap. 身體不好是不利因素。
    His lack of English is a great handicap to him . 他不懂英語對他是一大缺陷。
    2) a physical or mental disability 殘疾。
    如:
    Blindness is a great handicap.眼瞎是一大殘疾。
    3. at once at the same time ; simultaneously 同時。
    如:
    It‘s hard for one to do two things at once . 人很難同時做兩件事。
    4. eliminate : get rid of ; remove 消除。
    如:
    to eliminate poverty 根除貧窮; eliminate the prejudice 消除偏見。
    5. brainwash 洗腦。
    如:
    Don‘t let television commercials brainwash you into buying anything you actually don’t need .
    別讓電視廣告引誘你購買自己實際不需要的東西。
    6. invariably : always 常常,總是。
    如:
    It‘s invariably wet when they take their holidays . 他們度假時總是下雨。
    His intuition is invariably correct . 他的直覺總是對的。
    7. campaign : a connect set of actions to obtain a particular result in politics or business
    (社會,政治,選舉)運動;游說,宣傳活動。
    如:
    an election campaign 選舉活動;an advertising campaign 廣告宣傳;
    a compaign to combat crime 防止犯罪運動。
    8. stereotype : a conventional , oversimplified conception 陳腔濫調(diào);陳規(guī),老套,固定的現(xiàn)象。
    如:
    He fits the stereotype of a ‘scholar’ . 他是典型的‘’學者‘’。
    The idea is an old-fashioned stereotype . 這觀點是老一套了。
    9. predominate : be superior in numbers , etc. 占多數(shù)的。
    如:
    Greens predominated in the picture . 綠色植物是畫中最醒目的。
    presominate over 勝過。
    10. mold: work into a requied shape or from 塑造。
    如:
    Statues are molded out of bronze . 雕像是用青銅鑄成的。
    He molded his style on the best writers . 他以第一流作者為榜樣塑造了自己的文體。