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M9U2 重点词汇讲解 一、重点动词讲解 1. appoint vt. 任命，委任；约定，指定（时间、地点） 任命，委任 appoint sb to be/as … 任命某人…… appoint sb to do 任命某人做…… They have appointed a new head teacher at my son’s school. 我儿子的学校已经任命了一位新校长。 She has recently been appointed to the committee. 她最近被选为委员会成员。 They appointed him (as) captain of the English team. 他们任命他为英格兰队队长。 A lawyer was appointed to represent the child. 委任了一个律师来代表这个孩子。 (2) 指定 （时间地点，常常用被动） A date for the meeting is still to be appointed. 会议的日期还没有定好。 Everyone was assembled at the appointed time. 每个人都聚集在指定的时间。 【拓展】 n. appointment 约，预约，约会；指派，委任；职位，职务 She made an appointment for her son to see the doctor. 她和儿子约定了去看医生。 The department wished him success in his new appointment as sales manager. 部门希望他担任销售经理能够成功。 2. mend vt. 修理，修补；解决（争端） He mended shoes for a living. 他以修鞋为生。 Could you mend my bike for me? 能帮我修一下车吗？ They tried to mend their differences. 他尽量修补他们的分歧。 3. divorce vt. vi. 与……离婚；使分离 They’re getting divorced. 他们打算要离婚。 She’s divorcing her husband. 他打算和她的丈夫离婚。 When he was depressed, he felt utterly divorced from reality. 他沮丧时便感到完全脱离了现实。 【拓展】 n. 离婚；分离 The marriage ended in divorce in 1996. 1996年这场婚姻以离婚而告终。 the divorce between religion and science 科学与宗教的分离 4. charge vt. 控告，指控；指责charge sb. with (doing) sth. He was charged with stealing. 他被指控偷盗。 The report charges cars with being responsible for half of the century’s air pollution problem. 该报告称汽车是半个世纪以来污染问题的罪魁祸首。 vt. vi. 要价；收费 charge (sb./sth.) for sth. 为……向某人要价 charge (sb.) sth. (for sth.) Most clubs charge for the use of tennis courts. 多数俱乐部对使用网球场都要收费。 The restaurant charged us $ 40 for the wine. 饭店收了我们40块的酒水钱。 n. 控告；费用；掌管 The project is in the charge of an experienced engineer. 这项工程在有经验的工程师的掌管下。 (1) (sb.) (be) in charge of sth. 意思是“管理；负责”，含主动含义，sb. 做主语。 The chairman declared that the manager would be in direct charge of the project. 主席宣布经理直接负责这个项目。 (2) (sth.) (be) in/under the charge of sb. = (sth.) (be) in/under the charge of sb.