高一牛津英语Unit 3知识点.doc

Unit 3 float (v.) 浮动，漂浮 A feather floated down on the wind. 一根羽毛随风飘落。 (n.) 漂流物 flower (v.) 种花；开花 This bush flowers in the autumn. 这丛矮树秋天开花。 relative (adj.) 相对的；比较的 After his troubles, he’s now in relative comfort. 困境过后，他现在比较舒服了。 (与to连用) 关于……的；有关……的 the facts that are relative to this question 与这个问题有关的事实 (n.) 亲人，亲戚；家人 distant relatives 远亲 near/ close relatives 近亲 root (n.) （植物的）根，根茎；（牙齿、毛发等的）根部，根基；原因；基础 The love of money is the root of all evils. 爱钱乃万恶之源。 (v.) （使）生根；（使）固定 Does this plant root easily? 这种植物容易生根吗？ take root 生根；扎根 root and branch 完全；彻底地 destroy the system root and branch 彻底摧毁这种制度 serve (v.) 服务；为……效力；接待顾客 Mrs. White can’t come to the telephone — she’s serving a customer. 怀特夫人不能来接电话——她正在接待顾客。 （与in连用）任职；服役 He serves in the navy. 他在海军服役。 可做；适于 Now the examination score serves as the only criterion for a student’s academic performance. 现在考试分数是衡量学生学业成绩的唯一标准。 开饭；上菜；serve sb. (with) sth. If you want to be served in this restaurant, you have to line. 要想在这家饭店吃饭，得排队。 度过一段时间，经历 She served two years in prison for theft. 她因为盗窃服了两年刑。 eventually (adv.) 最终 辨析：eventually, at last, finally, in the end eventually: 侧重于动作或行为的结果 It was a long journey, but we eventually arrived. 旅途很长，不过我们最终还是到了。 at last多指经主观努力，努力克服各种困难后才最终达到目的，语气强烈，有感情色彩，不用于将来时 When at last the rescue team found him, he was almost dead. 当营救队最终找到他时，他差不多都快死了。 finally可与at last互换，都用于对往事的描述，但不带感情色彩，指一系列事情的最后结局； The problem has not finally settled yet. 问题最终还是没有解决掉。 in the end与at last同义，但in the end可用于对未来的设计。 We discussed several different places for our holiday, but in the end we decided to go to Beijing again. 我们讨论了去几个不同的地方度假，但最终我们决定再去北京。 separate (adj.) 区别的；不同的 They have gone to separate places. 他们去了各不相同的地方。 单独的；独立的；各自的 The children sleep in separate beds. 孩子们分别睡在各自的床上。 分开的，不相连的 separate from He lives separate from his family. 他不和他家人住在一起。 (v.) separated, separating 分开；离开；脱离 The two children separated at the end of the road. 两个孩子在路的尽头分手了。 隔开，阻隔 A fence separated the cows from the pigs. 围栏把奶牛和猪