大学英语精读第一册UnitSeven.pptVIP

advantage:n.=sth. useful or helpful 利益, 好处, 优点 Its antonym is “disadvantage(缺点,不利条件)”。 Collocation: ⑴ take advantage of sth.= to make use of sth. Or profit from sth. 利用； e.g. He took advantage of the fine weather to play tennis yesterday. (他利用昨天的好天气去打网球了。) ⑵ take advantage of sb.=to make use of sb. as by deceiving him 欺诈，欺骗； e.g. Bob has taken advantage of his parents and cheated them out of 10, 000 dollars. (鲍勃对他的父母进行欺诈，骗走了他们1万美元。) suspect vs. doubt suspect: vt. =feel doubt about; guess or suppose “怀疑，猜测”; 侧 重于对某一事物坏的方面作出怀疑， 比较肯定, 一般后面不接whether 或if引导的从句。 e.g. At first, we suspected that he was lost. (起先，我们怀疑他失踪了。) 常用结构:suspect sb. of (doing) sth. “怀疑某人犯罪,错误” e.g. He was suspected of selling state secrets and arrested last month. (他涉嫌倒卖国家机密，于上月被捕。) 2. doubt: n./v.=to be uncertain, to consider unlikely“怀疑，看来不会”； 只是一般性怀疑，表示“拿不准”，后面的宾语从句多由whether或if引导。 e.g. I doubt whether Prof. Smith will come to our school to give a lecture this morning. (我怀疑史密斯教授今天上午是否会来我们学校做讲座。) admist vs. between vs. among ⑴ admist:prep.=in the middle of, among 在...中间；其后既可跟c.n. 和 pron.，也可跟u.n.； e.g. A gentleman in white was standing amid/admist the crowd, addressing to the public. (一位穿白色衣服的男士站在人群中向公众发表演说。) ⑵ between: 指两者之间；e.g. There are a lot of similarities between us. ⑶ among后面一般接pl. n.和pron., 指三人以上的人或事； e.g. Tokyo is among the largest cities in the world. (东京市世界上最大的城市之一。) lay(v.)---laid(p.t.)---laid(p.p.) lay out=spread out陈列，安排，展现； e.g. Many new books have been laid out on the counter. (许多新书被展示在柜台上) lay on=supply or provide 供应,提供; e.g. They laid on a party for all the old people in the village. (他们为全村的老年人举行了一次聚会。) lay up= collect or store for future use贮藏，搁置； lay off=stop working for a period停止(做有害或讨厌的事物); e.g. You’d better lay off smoking here. (你最好别在这儿吸烟。) 而lay sb. off 意为“(由于没有足够的 工作而)解雇(某人)”; e.g. They laid us off for three months. (他们停雇了我们 三个 月。) lay down=to put something down when you have finished using it; to make a firm statement or give a rule放下, 铺设, 规定,