2013新目标英语第二单元词汇精讲.docVIP

UNIT2 housework ? n. ?家务; 家务事; 劳动 hardly ? / ?hɑ?dl?; ˋhɑrdl?/ adv only just; scarcely 刚刚; 仅仅: I hardly know her. 我不怎麽认识她. * We had hardly begun/Hardly had we begun our walk when it began to rain. 我们刚一举步就下起雨来了. * Im so tired I can hardly (ie only with difficulty) stay awake. 我疲倦得简直昏昏欲睡. (used to suggest that sth is improbable, unlikely or unreasonable 用以表示某事未必能发生﹑ 不大可能发生或不合情理): He can hardly (ie cannot possibly) have arrived yet. 他大概还没有到. * You can hardly expect me to lend you money again. 你可别指望我再借给你钱. almost no; almost not 几乎没有; 几乎不: Theres hardly any coal left. 几乎没有煤了. * Hardly anybody (ie Very few people) came. 几乎没有什麽人来. * He hardly ever (ie very seldom) goes to bed before midnight. 他很少在午夜以前就寝. * I need hardly say (ie It is almost unnecessary for me to say) that I was very upset. 无庸赘言, 我心乱如麻. =Usage at 用法见almost. ever ? / ?ev?(r); ˋ?v?/ adv (usu in negative sentences and questions, or sentences expressing doubt or condition; usu placed before the v 通常用於否定句和疑问句, 或用於含有表示怀疑或条件成分的句中, 通常置於动词之前) at any time 在任何时候; 从来: Nothing ever happens in this village. 这个村里从未发生过任何事. * Do you ever wish you were rich? 你曾希望过自己很富吗? * She seldom, if ever, goes to the cinema. 她难得看电影. * If you ever visit London, you must come and stay with us. 你要是到伦敦来, 一定要到我们这里住住. (with the perfect tenses in questions 用於疑问句中的完成时态) at any time up to the present 曾; 曾经: `Have you ever flown a helicopter? `No, never. ‘你坐过直升飞机吗?’‘没有, 从未坐过.’ * `Have you ever seen an elephant? `Yes I have. ‘你见过大象吗?’‘见过.’ * I wondered if hed ever stopped to think how I felt. 我不知道他是否曾考虑过我的感受. (Ever is rarely used in the answer: say either `Yes I have or `No, never, etc. ever很少作回答用语, 回答时用`Yes, I have.或`No, never.等) once ? / w?ns; w?ns/ adv on one occasion only; (for) one time 仅仅一次; （作为）一次: Ive only been there once. 我只去过那里一次. * He cleans the car once a week, a fortnight, etc, ie every week, every fortnight, etc. 他一星期﹑ 半月等擦一次车. * She goes to see her parents in Wales once every six months. 她每半年回威尔士看父母一次. (a) at some (indefinite