大学英语3words+and+expressions+4要素.doc

Words Expressions of Unit 4 in a row: happening a number of times, one after another - Bill Gates lost $6 billion last year, but that didn’t stop him from being the richest man in the world for the 8th year in a row. - 这是接连着第三个星期天下雨了。 (=This is the third Sunday in a row that rains.) doze off: fall into a light sleep - Before I had time to doze off again, I was disturbed by a rattling of plates and dishes in the servant’s hall. - That proved to be my undoing, for I soon got back to my old bad habit of dozing off in front of the screen. - 有些学生常在课堂上打瞌睡。 (=Some students often doze off in class.) frail: adj. weak - Mrs. Warner is already 96 and too frail to live by herself. - 自从他病愈之后，就一直很虚弱，但他却有惊人的耐力。 (=Ever since his recovery he has been very frail, yet capable of surprising endurance.) CF: frail, weak, crippled fragile 这四个形容词均有“虚弱的、乏力的”之意。 frail多指因经常生病而身体虚弱，也指某物不耐用，易碎易损。 weak是普通用词，指缺乏应有的力量，可用于身体、意志或精神。 crippled指肢体部分伤残的或无法使用四肢的。 fragile语气比 frail 强，侧重脆弱，指人容易生病。 Fill in the blanks with the words above. Change the form where necessary. 1. She felt weak in the legs when she heard the bad news. 2. He was physically fragile, but spiritually strong. 3. He couldn’t walk fast because of his crippled legs. 4. The weak old man totters as he walks. 5. The child is too frail to take part in sports. strain: vt. 1) make a situation or relationship more difficult - Relations between Tokyo and Washington were further strained by the monetary crisis involving the December 1971 revaluation of the Japanese yen. - 该事件使得两国关系趋于紧张。 (=The incident has strained relations between the two countries.) 2) stretch tightly by pulling - They strained the wire between two posts. - 负载过重会把绳子拉紧到崩断的地步。 (=Too heavy a load will strain the rope to its breaking point.) Collocation： strain every nerve 尽力 strain at the leash 渴望挣脱束缚 strain one’s muscles 绷住劲 strain one’s authority 滥用职权 make ends meet: balance one’s income and expenditure - It may be difficult at times to make ends me