牛津高中英语M3U2词汇用法.doc

M3U2词汇P.31-39 1. character (1). 表示人的“性格”或“品质”，或表示事物的“特性”或“特征”等，可用作可数或不可数名词。 They are twins but have quite different characters.他们是双胞胎但性格却相当不同。He has a strong character./He is a man of strong character.____________________ (2). 表示小说或戏剧等中的“人物”或“角色”，是可数名词。 Who is _____________________ in the play? 这出戏中的主要人物是谁? His characters are well drawn. 他作品中的人物刻画得很好。 (3). 表示“文字”，指书写符号或印刷符号等，是可数名词。 He writes beautiful characters. 他能写一手漂亮的字。 汉字：_________________________________ 2．embarrass vt.使尴尬，使难堪 Sth. embarrassed/embarrasses sb. eg. Her questions about my private life embarrassed me. It embarrassed her to make speeches in public places. adj. embarrassed be embarrassed about sth./at sth./to do sth.对---感到尴尬 embarrassing 令人尴尬的，使人难堪的 eg. She’s embarrassed about her height. He felt embarrassed at being the centre of attention. Ex. Her remark was followed by an ____________ silence. It was so ____________ having to sing in public. n. embarrassment 3. conclusion n. 结论，推论 come to/lead to/reach/draw a conclusion 得出结论 eg. I’ve come to the conclusion that he’s not fit for the job in conclusion = finally 最后 conclude 断定，推断出，得出结论 conclude sth. from sth. 从---中得出结论 It is concluded that--- 4. stand for 代表，象征 What do the letters “UK” stand for? What does UK stand for? We stand for what is right. ____________________________ I’m not standing for it any longer. ___________________________ 5. combine vt. vi.组合；（使）联合 combine A with/and B eg. Hydrogen combines with oxygen to form water. The hotel combines comfort with convenience.既舒适又方便 You should try to ____________________________________.把锻炼和健康饮食结合起来 It took the combined efforts of both the press and the public to bring about a change in the law. 这项法律的变更来自媒体和公众的__________________。 combination 6. distinguish vt. 区分，辨别；使具有某种特征 distinguish between A and B distinguish A from B eg.At what age are children able to distinguish between right and wrong?__________ It was hard to distinguish one twin from the other. What was it that dist