1. “clean up”在句子中的意思是“彻底收拾干净”,“up”用在一些动词后面可以组成短语,表示“……完”的意思,我们可以说“use up”,意思是“用尽”,“eat up”是“吃光”,“heal up”是“完全痊愈”等等,例如: After a month, the wound had almost healed up. 2. 动词短语“clean up”的名词形式是“cleanup”,意思是“清理,清扫”。罢特,这只是个例,其他的“up”短语不可以这样变换名词形式,各位可要记住喽。
1. “die out”在句子中的意思是“灭绝”,这个意思也可以用“be extinct”来表达。例如: Dinosaurs have been extinct for millions of years. 2. “die out”指的是物种消失的结果,如果描述物种消失的过程即“一个一个死去,即将灭绝”,就可以用“die off”,例如: Many species are dying off.
1. “set someone apart”在句子中的意思是“让某人与众不同”,可以用“set someone apart from”来表达“把某人从……中区分出来”的意思,例如: Man's ability to reason sets him apart from other animals. 2. 句子中“It's… that”是个强调句型,基本结构为“it be 被强调内容 that”,而且不管被强调内容是单数还是复数,系词都要用is或is的变体,例如: It was the puppies that attracted his attention.
1. “be intent on”在句子中的意思是“下定决心要做”,类似的意思还可以用“be determined to do”来表达,例如: She was determined to win. 2. “intent”本身的意思是“专注的”,“be intent on/upon”后面可以直接加名词,意思是“对某事专注”,例如: He was so intent upon his experiment that he didn't notice the weather change.
1. “free from”在句子中的意思是“免于……”,另外这个短语也可以改作动词短语“free someone from”,表示“使某人免受”,例如: Fisher Tiger freed many people from slavery years ago. 2. “free”可以加在一些名词后面,表示“免受……的”,类似的表达有“pain-free”意思是“无痛的”,“duty-free”意思是“免税的”,“stress-free”意思是“无压力的”等等。 |
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