袁紅健

1. more than 1) 不只是;2) 超過;3) 很,非常

例如:His report is more than a survey. 他的報告不只是一份調查。

More than one answer is to your question. 你的問題答案不只是一個。

Its no more than one mile to the shops. 到商業(yè)區(qū)不過一英里。

She was dressed more than simply. 她穿著十分樸素。

His answer more than satisfied me. 他的回答使我非常滿意。

【高考鏈接】

It took building supplies to construct these energyMsaving houses. It took brains, too. (2009浙江卷)

A. other thanB. more than

C. rather thanD. less than

答案:B。

2. value 玭. 價值;效用;重要性

例如:Such a magazine has little value except that you have time to kill. 像這樣的雜志除了消磨時間以外并沒有什么價值。

Your support is of great value. 你的支持很重要。

拓展:valuable adj. 重要的;有用的;be of value = valuable

例如:The arrival of Internet was of great value to many industries. = The arrival of Internet was very valuable to many industries. 因特網(wǎng)的出現(xiàn)對許多行業(yè)具有重大的意義。

【重點提示】of+抽象名詞=相應的形容詞,在句中可作表語、補足語和定語。

3. conclusion 1) / 玭. 結束,結尾;2) 玭. 結論;

例如:I found the conclusion of his book very interesting.我覺得他這本書的結尾很有趣。

come to a conclusion 結束;bring … to a conclusion 使……結束;come to / reach / arrive at / draw a conclusion 得出結論;make a conclusion下結論

拓展:in conclusion 總之;最后;conclude v. 結束;下結論

例如:The police concluded that he was the criminal of the murder. 警察認為他是這件兇殺案的罪犯。

4. consider 玽t.

1) 認為:① consider… (as / to be) +玜dj. / 玭.

例如:I consider him (to be) best friend. 我將他視為我最好的朋友。

② consider that…

例如:I consider that the news was false. 我認為那消息不正確。

2) 考慮:① consider + 玭. / doing (即:consider + 玭. / doing)

例如:We considered his suggestion. 我們仔細考慮了他的建議。

He had considered giving up his job. 他考慮過辭職。

② consider whM

例如:We considered how we should help them.我們仔細考慮應該如何幫助他們。

拓展:1) 把……看作,認為……是的詞組還有:

take…as; treat…as; think of…as; think… to be; look on… as; refer to…as; recognize…as

2) considering (that) = given (that) 玴rep. / 玞onj. 考慮到……

例如:Considering (that) he did not study, he did well on the test.

考慮到他沒有用功,他考得還算不錯。

3) consideration 玭. 考慮

take… into consideration = take… into account 考慮……

例如:We must take the weather into consideration first when climbing mountains.

當我們爬山時首先必須考慮的是天氣。

5. tolerate 玽t. 容忍,忍耐,忍受 + 名詞 / 動名詞

例如:How was it that she could tolerate such noise?她怎么能夠忍受這樣的噪音?

She refused to tolerate being called a liar. 她拒不接受被稱為撒謊者。

拓展:與tolerate同意且用法相同的詞有:bear / stand / put up with

6. date back to 追溯到……,始于……=date from

例如:The castle dates back to the 14th century. 該城堡建于14世紀。

【重點提示】這兩個詞組的時態(tài)基本都是用一般現(xiàn)在時。

7. general 玭. 將軍 玜dj. 總的;普通的,普遍的;一般的,大致的

例如:as a general rule 一般說來;in general 一般說來,通常,總的說來;general knowledge 常識;人所共知的事

拓展:generally speaking 一般說來

【詞義辨析】general, common, usual & ordinary

general 指普遍存在于大多數(shù)人或事物之中。

common 多用于“常見的,不足為奇的”。

usual多指“習慣性的,遵循常規(guī)的,一貫如此的”。

ordinary普通的,平凡的。強調無奇特之處。

【即時操練】

1) Black is a very name in English.

2) The book describes the way of life of the people of China.

3) He was asked the questions by the police.

4) There is no rule without some exception.

答案:1) common2) ordinary3) usual4) general

8. suit 1) 適合;合某人之意;2) 相配

例如:The climate here suits me very well. 這里的氣候非常適合我。

— Does Sunday suit you? 星期日你方便嗎?

— Yes, it suits me fine. 我很方便。

The new dress suited her very well. 那套新服裝和她很相配。

拓展:be suited for / to 適合做……

例如:He is suited for / to teaching. 他適合教書。

【詞義辨析】suit, fit & match

suit 指顏色、花樣或款式適合。fit 指大小、尺寸合體。match = go with 某物在大小、色調、形狀、性質等方面與某物相配。

【即時操練】

1) These shoes doesnt me. Have you got a larger size?

2) Red and black are colours that me well.

3) I thought wed have white walls to the bath.

答案:1) fit2) suit3) match / go with