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高考常考词汇解析1 ?考点1. engage, be engaged in，take up.⑴engage使从事于，使忙于（常用被动语态）；约束，约定，使订婚；占用（时间等）；雇用.例如：Housework engaged much of her time. 家务占用了她许多时间.Can you engage that all what he said is true? 你能保证他说的都是真话吗？I’ll engage to be there on time.? 我保证准时到达.⑵be engaged in doing sth 这个短语动词作“从事”讲，其中的engaged是个表语形容词例如：He is engaged in writing a book on English usage. 他正在编写一本讲英语用法的书.⑶be engaged to定婚. 例如：John is engaged to Mary.? 约翰同玛丽定了婚.注意：engage含有“占有”的意思； take up也作“占有”解.1. Studying _____ most of a serious student’s time.A. engages???????????? B. takes???????????? C. spends????????????? D. pays for 解：答案为A. 该题题意为“读书占用了认真学习的学生的大部分时间”.Engage含有“占有”的意思； take作“占有”解时后面应加up ;spend, pay off的主语应该是人.考点2. work on ,work at.work at , work on 表示从事于某事情，但work at为一般用语，深度不如work on.例如：work at math 学习数学；work on math 致力于数研究；work on some wood cuts 创作一些木刻1. Mr Zhao, an English teacher, sat up far into the night,?_____ a paper on how to teach beginners of English. A. and worked at???????? B. and worked on???? C. working at??????? D. working on 解：答案：D. work at为一般用语，其深度不如work on, work at a problem和work on a problem意思不大一样，前者可作学习中的“计算一道题”解，后者可引伸到生活和工作中的“研究或解决一个问题”. work out意为“计算出”.2. You will have to work?_____ the weak points in your English if you want to pass the examination. A. out????????? B. at???????? C. for??????? D. on 解：选A. work out解决；work on在…上工作；work hard at + subject在…科目上努力工作.考点3. ⑴more than.①more than +名词，表示超出该名词所指，意思是“不止”“不仅是”.例如：We need more than material wealth to build our country.建设我们国家，不仅仅需要物质财富.②more than +形容词或动词，表示加重语气，意思是“非常”“很”.例如：I am more happy to help you 能帮助你，我特别高兴.③more than +数词，表示超出该数，意思是“多于”“大于”.例如：More than one person has made this suggestion. 不止一人提过这个建议.④more than + (that)从句，其基本意义是“超过（=over）”，但可译成“简直不”“远非”.例如：That is more than I can understand . 那非我所能懂的.⑤如果在more than之间插入形容词或副词，这时它就有两种含义：一为普通的比较级的用法；二是用来表示“与其说… 倒不如说……”的意思，试比较：例如：The concert was more enjoyable than the lecture.? 音乐会比讲座更令人愉快.[注意]这种用法也适用于less...than结构. 例如：He was less hurt than