牛津版高中英语选修9第三单元重点单词讲解.docVIP

?1.[词条] sew ? [课文原句] These flags are more than just colourful pieces of cloth and thread sewn together.[点拨] sew在句中用作接物动词，意为“缝制，缝补”。再如： I made this skirt just by sewing two pieces of material together. [拓展] 动词sew还可与up连用，构成短语sew sth up或sew up sth，意为“把…缝起来”。如： A nurse will come and sew up that wound for you soon. 2. [词条]rid ? [课文原句]The French Revolution was successful in ridding society of inequality ,which had a great effect on many other countries ,particularly those in Europe.(Page 34,Lines 20-21) [点拨] rid ?在句中用作接物动词，意为“解除，免除，使摆脱”，后面常接of，构成短语rid sb/sth of sth/sb 。再如： Our aim is to rid this government of corruption. [拓展] (1)rid还可构成短语be rid of , 意为“免除，摆脱，去掉”。如: I didn’t enjoy marking these papaers and I was glad to be rid of them. （2）rid还可构成短语get rid of , 意为“除掉，卖掉，摆脱掉”。如： I used weedkiller to get rid of the weeds in the garden. Have you managed to get rid of your old Volvo yet? We got rid of our unwelcome guests by saying we had to go to bed. 3.[词条] elect ? [课文原句] In fact, some countries elected to subtitute their flags with tricolour flags, after the French.。[点拨] elect ?在句中用作接物动词，意为“选择，选定，决定”，后面常接不定式。再如： ?The group elected one of its members to be their spokesperson. [拓展] elect ?还可意为“选举，选拔，推选，推举”，后面通常接复合宾语，其宾语补足语是被选举的职务。 She was elected Chair of the Board of Governors. We elected him as our representative. 它的名词为election。如： ? Local government elections will take place in May. 4.[词条]tolerate [课文原句]As taxpayers,they felt that they could no longer tolerate not having a say in the government. (Page35,Lines 29-30) [点拨] tolerate在句中用作接物动词，意为“容忍，忍受”。再如： I will not tolerate that sort of behaviour in my class. [拓展] tolerate名词为tolerance,形容词为tolerant，副词为tolerantly。如： My tolerance of heat is considerably greater after having lived in the Far East for a couple of years. On the continent people are more tolerant of children in public places. I would tell my grandmother about all the crazy things Id been doing and she would just smile tolerantly. 5.[词条]oppose ? [课文原句]They desir