自考英语二完整讲义44
anti-slavery anti- 表反对,抗,排斥anti-SARS 抗非典的 anti-Virus 反病毒的
sentiment的同义词:feeling,但前者指比较细腻的感情;而feeling一般指感觉
spontaneous:a.自发的,本能的,自动的
Her speech seemed spontaneous, but was in fact carefully prepared beforehand.
她的演讲看起来是即兴的,但实际上事先经过了精心准备。
A crowd of people gathered spontaneously at the scene of the accident.
一群人自发地聚集在事故现场。
a group of 一群
originate vt.
original a. 独到的
originality n. 独创,原始
Negro=black people 黑人 ;white people 白人
readily : 乐意地,很快地,容易地
The younger mechanic readily fixed the car. 年轻的机修工很快地把车修好了。
She readily accepted his proposal of marriage.她乐意地接受了他的求婚。
词根:-less ,-ic, -cs
thereby:adv. 由此,从而
She wished to travel abroad and thereby she could learn about different customs.
她希望能去国外旅游,从而了解不同的风俗习惯。
He became a citizen, thereby gaining the right to vote. 他成了一名公民,由此获得了选举权。
passive : 被动的,消极的
反义词:active a. 积极的,活跃的
You are passive when you allow things to happen, but do nothing . 当你让这些事发生,而不做任何事来阻止它,你是消极的。
participant : 参加者,参与者
派生词:participate v. 参加,参与;participation n. 参加
All participants finishing the race will receive a medal. 所有完成比赛的参与者都将得到一枚奖牌。相关用法:participate in 参与
We should actively participate in the mass sports activities. 我们应该积极参加群众性体育活动。
1.to take place: 发生
take place = happen
Great changes have taken place over the past 20 years. 在过去的20年里,中国发生了巨大的变化。
The strike didn‘t take place after all. 罢工没有发生。
区别:take place 与take the place of
take place“发生”;而take the place of“代替”;
例如:Do you think the robots can take the place of man‘s tasks ?
你认为机器人能代替人的工作吗?
to take over:接管,接任
He is going to take over my job while I am on holiday. 我去度假时他将接替我的工作。
This large company has taken over many small ones. 这个大公司已经接管许多小公司。
to take on 具有;担任(工作等);雇佣
Don‘t take on more than you can do .不要接受你担负不了的任务。
The city took on a festive air. 这个城市呈现出了一派节日气氛。
The firm took on a new clerk .公司雇了个新职员。
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