Word List 24

empty/ ˋempti / vt. 倒空 adj. 空的

[例] Will you please go and empty that drawer? 你能去倒一下抽屉吗？// The street was empty. 大街上空无一人。

remain/ rIˋmeIn / vi. 余下，留下 link.v. 保持，仍是

[记] 词根记忆：re（一再）+main（留）→余下，留下

[用] remain作系动词： The price has gone down, but I doubt whether it will remain so. 价格有所下降，但我怀疑它是否会持续下去。

[考] It remains to be seen... …有待观望： Having a trip abroad is certainly good for the old couple, but it remains to be seen whether they will enjoy it. 到国外旅行对那对老年夫妇当然很好，但是他们是否喜欢还有待观望。

swim/ swIm / vi. 游泳；游

[例] Few people have the courage to swim across the Gibraltar Strait. 几乎没人有勇气游过直布罗陀海峡。

thus/ ðʌs / adv. 这样；因而

[例] The new machine will work twice as fast, thus greatly reducing costs. 新机器的运转速度将提升一倍，因而大大降低了成本。

[参] hence（adv. 因此，从此）；therefore（adv. 因此，所以）

occupy/ ˋɒkjupaI / vt. 占领，占据

[例] Caring for the baby occupies most of her time. 她的大部分时间都用来照顾宝宝了。

[参] occupation（n. 占据；职业）

enthusiastic/ InˌϑjuːziˋæstIk / adj. 热心的，热情的

[记] 词根记忆：en+thusiast（神）+ic→像信仰上帝一样狂热的→热心的，热情的

[例] The actor received an enthusiastic greeting from the fans. 那名男演员受到了影迷们的热烈欢迎。

[考] be enthusiastic about 对…热情

passive/ ˋpæsIv / adj. 被动的；消极的

[记] 词根记忆：pass（感情）+ive（…的）→感情用事的→被动的；消极的

[例] passive smoking 被动吸烟

[参] active（adj. 主动的；积极的）

motivation/ ˌməʊtIˋveIʃn / n. 动机

[例] What is your motivation to quit your job? 你辞职的动机是什么？

fry/ fraI / v. 油炸，油煎

[例] She fried the eggs in a pan. 她在平底锅里煎鸡蛋。

normal/ ˋnɔːml / adj. 正常的 n. 正常，常态，普通

[例] The doctor took the sick child's temperature and found everything was normal. 医生给那个生病的孩子量了体温，发现一切正常。

[参] normally（adv. 正常地，通常地）

辨：normal, ordinary

normal指的是“正常的”，多数情况下用来形容人的情绪、行为或智力，其反义词是abnormal; ordinary意为“通常的，普通的”，强调的是“一般性，普遍性”，说明某事物并不特殊，其反义词是special。

poor/ pɔː / adj. 贫穷的，可怜的；差的

[用] the+形容词 表示作为整体的“某一类人”，如：the poor指“穷人”，有类似用法的形容词还有dead, sick, blind, young, old, rich等。此类词作主语时，谓语动词应使用复数形式。

[例] Can you believe that in such a rich country there are so many poor people? 在如此富裕的国家里居然有这么多的穷人，你能相信吗？

[参] poorly（adv. 贫穷地）

tip/ tIp / vt.（tipped, tipped, tipping） 告诫，提示；给小费 n. 顶端；小费；提示

[记] 联想记忆： 给老外一个小提示（tip），这里不用给小费（tip）

[例] Professor Smith gave some tips to his students for their experiments. 史密斯教授对学生们的实验提出了一些建议。

defend/ dIˋfend / vt. 保护，防御

[记] 词根记忆：de（使没有）+fend（打击）→使不受打击→防御；防护

联想记忆：父母的过分保护（defend） 会增加孩子的依赖（depend） 性

[考] defend oneself 自我保护： Plants can defend themselves by using both physical and chemical means. 植物可以通过物理和化学方法来进行自我保护。

[参] defence（n. 保护，防御）

potential/ pəˋtenʃl / adj. 潜在的，可能的 n. 潜力

[记] 词根记忆：pot（能力）+ent+ial→有能力的→潜力

[例] a potential danger 潜在的危险 // My coach said that I had great potential. 教练说我很有潜力。

might/ maIt / modal v. 可能；可以

[例] He might come tomorrow, but I'm not sure. 他明天可能来，不过我不确定。

creature/ ˋkriːtʃə / n. 生物；动物

[例] As is well known, man is an intelligent and sensible creature. 众所周知，人类是一种智慧而又理性的生物。

rid/ rId / vt.（rid, rid, ridding） 使…摆脱

[考] get rid of 摆脱；除去： Mary is trying to get rid of the mice in her house. 玛丽正在试图除掉她家里的老鼠。

entry/ ˋentri / n. 进入；入口

[例] The entry of the ancient tomb was blocked by a big stone. 古墓的入口被一块大石头挡住了。

analyse/ ˋænəlaIz / vt. 分析；研究

[例] People do not analyse every problem they meet. 人们不会对遇到的每一个问题都进行分析。

witness/ ˋwItnəs / v. 目击，作证 n. 证人，目击者

[记] 词根记忆：wit（知道，了解）+ness→知道或了解情况→目击，作证

[例] The police questioned the witness about the accident. 警方就事故向目击者进行询问。

instrument/ ˋInstrəmənt / n. 乐器；工具，器械

[例] musical instrument 乐器

weep/ wiːp / v.（wept, wept, weeping） 哭泣，流泪

[记] 联想记忆： 能哭（weep）出来说明伤得还不够深（deep）

[例] She wept bitter tears of disappointment. 她沮丧得痛哭流涕。

award/ əˋwɔːd / n. 奖品，奖励

[记] 联想记忆： 奥斯卡金像奖是Academy Award, 又叫学院奖

[例] The hero won an award because of his courage in the war. 这个英雄因为在战争中非凡的勇气获得奖赏。

nothing/ ˋnʌϑIŋ / pron. 没有东西，没有什么；无关紧要的东西

[记] 联想记忆： 阿迪达斯（Adidas）的广告语是Impossible Is Nothing“没有什么不可能”→没有什么

[用] nothing作主语时，谓语动词要用第三人称单数形式。

[例] There was nothing important in the letter to my parents. 我写给父母的那封信里没什么特别重要的内容。

hard⁃working/ ˌhaːdˋwɜːkIŋ / adj. 勤劳的，辛勤工作的

[例] Helen was such a hard⁃working girl that she will definitely pass the final exam. 海伦学习非常勤奋，她一定能通过期末考试。

anyone/ ˋeniwʌn / pron. 任何人，无论谁

[记] 联想记忆：any（任何）+one（一个）→任何人

[例] Henry is very hard⁃working. He works on the farm longer than anyone else. 亨利十分勤奋。他在农场的工作时间比别人都长。

then/ ðen / adv. 当时，那时；然后；那么（通常用于句首或句尾）

[例] I was 25 then and had just gotten married. 那时我25岁，刚刚结婚。// She took a shower, then went to bed. 她洗了淋浴，然后就睡觉了。

[考] 1. now and then 偶尔，时不时 2. from then on 从那时起 3. even then 尽管那样，即使在那时 4. just then 就在那时候 5. since then 从那以后

interrupt/ ˌIntəˋrʌpt / v. 打扰，打断

[记] 词根记忆：inter（在…之间） +rupt（断裂） →在中间断裂→打断

[例] I didn't mean to interrupt you. 我不是有意要打断你的。

shade/ ʃeId / n. 阴凉处，树荫处

[例] The big trees provide shade for farmers to rest in summer. 夏天，大树的树荫可供农民在树下休息。

[参] shadeless（adj. 没有阴影的）

decide/ dIˋsaId / v. 决定，下决心

[用] 1. decide+（not） to do... 决定（不） 做…： We decided not to climb the mountains because it was raining heavily. 我们决定不爬山了，因为雨下得很大。2. decide sth. 决定某事：decide the rent 决定房租 3. decide+（that） ... 决定…： He's decided that he would not play computer games. 他决定不玩电脑游戏了。

rob/ rɒb / v.（robbed, robbed, robbing） 抢夺，抢劫

[考] rob sb. of sth. 抢某人的某物： I was robbed of my bag. 我的包被抢走了。

[参] robber（n. 抢劫者）

purpose/ ˋpɜːpəs / n. 目的，意图

[考] on purpose 故意： I am sorry but I didn't do it on purpose. 对不起，我不是故意那么做的。

[参] purposefully（adv. 有目的地）；purposely（adv. 故意地）

taste/ teIst / n. 味道；品味；爱好 vt. 品尝；觉察…味道 vi. 品尝；有味道 link.v. 吃起来，滋味是

[用] taste可以用作系动词，后常接形容词或like介词短语： The chicken tastes good. 这鸡味道很好。// The coffee doesn't taste like anything I have ever had before. 这咖啡跟我以前喝过的咖啡味道完全不一样。

[例] I don't go in for rock and roll. It's much too noisy for my taste. 我不喜欢摇滚乐，它对于我来说太吵了。// I took the medicine mixed in orange juice, but I can still taste it. 我把药和橘子汁掺和起来喝，但还是能尝出药的味道。

seal/ siːl / n. 海豹

[记] 联想记忆： 顽皮的海豹（seal），偷拿（steal）零食

[例] The female seal is looking for food for her injured husband. 母海豹正在为受伤的公海豹寻找食物。

extreme/ Ikˋstriːm / adj. 极端的，偏激的

[例] extreme opinions 极端的看法

[参] extremely（adv. 极端地，非常地）

argue/ ˋaːgjuː / v. 争论；说服

[例] Susan and her brother argued over which television program to watch. 苏珊和弟弟为看哪个电视节目而争论。

neither/ ˋnaIðə / adj./pron.（两者） 都不 conj. 也不

[用] 1. neither A nor B 作主语时，主谓一致采用就近原则，即根据B的单复数来决定谓语动词和代词的形式： Neither the children nor he has ever had his supper. 他和孩子们都没吃晚餐。如果A、B部分是句子则句子要倒装，如： Neither has he been to Beijing, nor will he do so. 他没有去过北京，也不想去。2. neither of 短语作主语时，谓语动词用单数： Neither of her sons goes to college. 她的两个儿子都没上大学。3. neither/nor+be/have/do+主语，此结构表示前面的内容也适用于另一个人或物： I have never had a girlfriend. Neither has he. 我没有交过女朋友，他也一样。

辨：neither, none

neither用于否定两者： Neither of my two sisters is here. 我的两个姐姐都不在这儿。而none否定三者或三者以上： None of the pupils knew the answer. 没有一个学生知道答案。neither作主语时，谓语动词为单数，none作主语时，谓语动词用单复数皆可。

other/ ˋʌðə / pron./adj. 其他的，另外的

[考] 1. each other 彼此 2. other than 除了 3. at any other time 在其他任何时间 4. the other day 前几天 5. every other day/year每隔一天/年

辨：another, other, the other, others, the others

这几个单词或词组都可以翻译为“其他的”，但意义和用法有所区别。another指另外一个，后接单数名词（常省略或用one代替） ： I saw one girl whispering to another. 我看到一个女孩在和另一个女孩耳语。other指另外的，后接复数名词： Disney soon drew other cartoon characters like Donald Duck. 迪士尼很快又画出了其他像唐老鸭这样的卡通人物。the other指某范围中所有其余的，既可接单数名词（此时范围就是两个，the other指两者中的另外一个） ，也可接复数名词，名词常可省略： The couple has two girls. One is 8，the other is 4. 这对夫妇有两个女儿，一个8岁，另一个4岁。// Jenny was not getting on very well with the other girls in her class. 珍妮和班上的其他女孩相处得不好。others和the others是代词用法，后面不能再接名词，意义和other, the other相同，实际上是“other+复数名词”和“the other+复数名词”把名词省略后的简化形式： Some writers are greater than others. 一些作家比另一些作家更伟大。（此句中的others就相当于other writers） // Jack and the others paid no attention. 杰克和其他人都没留意。（此句中的the others相当于the other people）

单元自测题

1. Forgive him, please. I don't think he broke your mirror ______.

A. with care

B. on purpose

C. for fun

D. with aim

2. — One week's time has been wasted.

— I can't believe we did all that work for ______.（2004重庆）

A. something

B. nothing

C. everything

D. anything

3. The palace caught fire three times in the last century, and little of the original building ______ now.（2010重庆）

A. remains

B. is remained

C. is remaining

D. has been remained

4. It was hard for him to learn English in a family, in which ______ of the parents spoke the language.（2008全国2卷）

A. none

B. neither

C. both

D. each

5. My brother is really ______. He often works in his office far into the night.（2008天津）

A. open⁃minded

B. hard⁃working

C. self⁃confident

D. warm⁃hearted

6. The bell ______ the end of the period rang, ______ our heated discussion.

A. indicating; interrupting

B. indicated; interrupting

C. indicating; interrupted

D. indicated; interrupted

7. I'll spend half of my holiday practicing English and ______ half learning drawing.（2010全国1卷）

A. another

B. the other

C. other's

D. other

8. Some pre⁃school children go to a day care center, ______ they learn simple games and songs.（2007全国1卷）

A. then

B. there

C. while

D. where

9. If we ______ the other road, we might have arrived here in time for the meeting.（2010 陕西）

A. take

B. had taken

C. took

D. have taken

10. ______ in my life impressed me so deeply as my first visit to the Palace Museum.（2010天津）

A. Anything

B. Nothing

C. Everything

D. Something

11. Not until I came home last night ______ to bed.（2009四川）

A. Mum did go

B. did Mum go

C. went Mum

D. Mum went

12. The artist was born poor, ______ poor he remained all his life.（2008重庆）

A. and

B. or

C. but

D. so

13. Nine in ten parents said there were significant differences in their approach to educating their children compared with ______ of their parents.（2009江苏）

A. those

B. one

C. both

D. that

14. When he ______ the door, he found his keys were nowhere.（2009湖南）

A. would open

B. opened

C. had opened

D. was to open

15. — Why, Jack, you look so tired!

— Well, I ______ the house and I must finish the work tomorrow.（2010江苏）

A. was painting

B. will be painting

C. have painted

D. have been painting

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