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address n. 地址;住址;演说;讲话
advantage n. 优点;利益
advertisement (ad) n.公告;启事;广告
e.g. Have you read the want ad in the newspaper?
你看过报纸上的招聘广告吗?
e.g. Put an advertisement in the newspaper
advice n. 建义,劝告;信息
短语:1.a piece of advice一条建议
2.ask for advice 寻求建议
3.give advice提建议
4.take/follow one’s advice接受、遵照某人的建议
advise v.给…出主意;建议;通知
短语:1.advice sb to do sth 建议某人做某事
afraid adj. 惊慌的;恐怕
短语:1.be afraid of 害怕
e.g. Don’t be afraid of asking for help from others.不要害怕向别人求助。
2. be afraid for 担心
e.g. I’m afraid for my sister. 我担心我的妹妹。
3. I’m afraid so. /I’m afraid not. /I’m afraid that….
after adv., prep & conj. 在…之后;晚于
短语: after all
1) 终究,毕竟
e.g. It has turned out to be a nice day after all.
天气终于转晴了。
afternoon n. 下午;午后
短语:1. in the afternoon
2. on Monday afternoon
3. on the afternoon of…
again adv. 再一次;加之,此外;
短语:1. again and again 一次又一次地,反复地,再三地
e.g. I called him again and again, but he didn’t answer the telephone.
我一次又一次地给他打电话,可是他就是不接。
2. now and again 有时
e.g. He came to see me now and again.
他过去来看望我。
against prep. 1)对着,反对;
e.g. If no one is against this plan, let’s carry it out.
如果没有人反对这个计划,那我们就开始吧。
2)靠着,依着:
e.g. The policeman asked the young man to stand against the wall.
警察命令那个年轻人靠着墙站好。
age n. 年龄;时期;变老 ;
短语:1. for one’s age 论年龄
e.g. He looks older for his age because of years of hard work.
由于多年操劳,他看起来比实际年龄大。
2. at the age of 在…岁时
ago adv. 以前;以往;
短语:1. long ago 很久以前,从前:
e.g. Long long ago there loved horses. 很久以前,有一位国王,他喜爱马。
2. some time ago 不久前
e.g. Some time ago,I heard he would come to see me.
不久前,我听说他要来看我。
3. a while ago. 刚才
e.g. He was here a while ago.他刚才还在这儿。
近义词辨析:ago 和 before
ago: 应注意两点:1.用于一般过去时;2. 它所指的时间是从现在算起。
before: 也应该注意两点:1.用于过去完成时;2. 她所指的时间不是从现在算起,而是从过去某一时刻算起。
e.g. A short time before, tall trees had covered the country for many miles around. 在那时不久之前,高大的树木覆盖着方圆数英里。
agree v. 意见一致;赞成;适合;
近义词辨析:agree to 和 agree with
agree to: 意思 是“同意”,后面接表示计划、安排、意见、条件之类的名词或动词原形,表示愿意协助工作。
e.g. Do you agree to this agreement? 你同意这项协议吗?
He didn’t agree to help us. 他不同意帮助我们。
agree with: 意思是“与……(意见)一致”后面一般接人,也可接意见、看法等。但不含有协助的意思。
e.g. I don’t agree with what you said. 我不同意你说的话。
I don’t agree with your idea. 我不同意你的主意。