(必修四U4)英语单词扩展

optimistic乐观的

pessimistic悲观的

subjective主观的

objective客观的

negative消极的

positive积极的

represent vt.代表；象征；描绘；体现；表现

representative adj.有代表性的；典型的

n.代表；代理人

represent...as/to be宣称...为...；把...描绘成...

represent sth to sb向某人说明某事/传达某事

be representative of是...的代表/典型

on behalf of代表...

approch vt.&vi.接近；靠近；走进；处理；对付

n.接近；靠近；方法；途径；路径；通道

(an)approach to (doing)sth（做某事的）方法/途径

at the approach of(=with...approaching)在快到...的时候

表示来临的：approach,draw near,around the corner

例：As Teacher's Day was approaching/With Teacher's Day approaching/As Teacher's day was drawing near our class decided to hold a party to celebrate the important day

单词对比

approach常用于an approach to

way常用于in the way（用这种方法）；the way to do/the way of(doing)sth（做某事的方法）

method常用于with a method（用一种方法）

the method?of/for(doing)sth（做某事的方法）

means常用于by means of（通过...方法）the means of(doing)sth（做某事的方法）（单复数同形）

defend v.保护；保卫；辩护

defence n.[U]防御；保卫

defender n.后卫；防御者；守卫者

defend sb/sth from/against保护某人/某物免受..

defend oneself自卫；为自己辩护

in defence of为了保卫...

例：The Monument to the People's Heres which stands high in the front of Tian'anmen Square was set up in honour of theheroes in defence of our country

in deneral=generally(speaking)总的来说；通常

as a general rule一般而言；通常

o the whole总的来说

as a whole就整体来着

in a word总之

all in all总之

in conclusion总之

in short /brief简而言之；总之

例：In general ,though;studing international customs can certainly help aroid difficulties in today's world of cultural crossroads!

at ease舒服；快活；自由自在

with ease轻易地；毫不费力地

feel/look at ease感到/看上去心情放松

put/set sb at ease使某人放松

take one's ease休息

ease the

pain减轻痛苦

ease one's mind使某人安心

ease sb of sth减轻某人的（痛苦/负担等）

例：When you feel nervous,you'

;d better listen to some light music to put yourself at ease

lose face(=lose one's face)丢脸；丢面子

save one's face挽回/保全面子

make a face做个鬼脸

face to face面对面（做状语）

in(the)face of面对（问题，困难，危险等）

facetoface adj.面对面的

be faced with面对

"the+序数词+名词+to do"结构

当the first,the last,the best,the only,the very,the right等修饰名词，且这些词与动词不定式有逻辑上的主谓关系时，常用不定式的主动形式作定语

此外，way,time,reason,chance,opprtunity,need,wish,effort,right,ambition等名词也常接不定式作定语

例：Addams became the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize in1931

be likely to do sth

sb/sth be likely to do sth=it is likely that...意为“某人/某物很有可能...”，其中likely为形容词，反义词为unlikely，用法相同

It's possible(for sb)to.../that...（某人）有可能...

There is a possibility that...有可能

There is no chance/possibility of(doing)sth=There is no chance/possibility that不可能

例：There is no chance that

is will rain today=There is no chance of rain today