摘要:beam, chuckle, giggle, grin, jeer, laugh, roar, sneer这一组都有"笑"的意思，而它们之间的差别也是明显的。beam v.本义指照耀，放光，引申为"微笑"，是正式用语，指面带喜悦或笑容，暗示对他人的友好或内心的[阅读全文]

摘要:base, foundation, ground这一组名词都有"基础"的意思。base n.指具体的有形的基础，也可指物体的底部、基部；基地，总部。They use their apartment in New York as a home base from which they travel frequent[阅读全文]

摘要:average, common, general, universal, usual这一组形容词都有"普通"的意思。average a.普通的，一般的，它强调的是一般水准或普通水准；通常在有数字出现的情况下，表示"平均的"。The average runner can run 2[阅读全文]

摘要:associate, ally, combine, unite这一组词都有"联合"的意思。associate v.交往，结交；联系，联想。多指平等友好的合作，后接with，表示与某人交往或合作，后接in表示在某个方面合作。We associate with our neigh[阅读全文]

摘要:assessment, estimate, evaluation这一组名词都有"评估"的意思。assessment n.评估,估价，常常表示对于财产、价值的评估。We have a low assessment on our property.我们对我们的资产评估很低。estimate n.估计，[阅读全文]

摘要:A 当说话人对某种设想是否合理或正当提出疑问当说话人对某种设想爱你个是否合理或正当时，可把 should用于 can’ t think why／don’t know why／see no reason why：等后面： I don’t know why you should think[阅读全文]

摘要:在某些动词之后， that+主语+should结构可以代替动名词或不定式结构。 that…should结构在被动语态中是非常有用的形式，有时是被动式的唯一可能的形式。 that…should结构要比动名词和不定式结构更正式一些，常表示[阅读全文]

摘要:A —Will it be expensive？   —I should／would think so．／I should think it would．I shouldn’t think it would．／I shouldn’t／wouldn’t think so．／I should／would think not．   —这个会[阅读全文]

摘要:A 现在的习惯性动作现在的习惯动作通常用一般现在时表示，但如果想要强调施动者的特征而非动作本身，则可用 will＋不带to的不定式（即动词原形）结构。这主要用于一般陈述句： An Englishman will usually show you[阅读全文]

摘要:How pleasant, as the sun declines, to view The spacious landscape change in form and hue! Here, vanish, as in mist, before a flood Of bright obscurity, hill, lawn, and wood;[阅读全文]

摘要:encourage, excite, inspire, motivate, stimulate这一组动词都有"鼓励、刺激"的意思。encourage v.鼓励,促进,含有"使增强勇气或给予希望"的意味He encouraged his son to go to good college.他鼓励他的儿子上名[阅读全文]

摘要:Stay near me--do not take thy flight! A little longer stay in sight! Much converse do I find in thee, Historian of my infancy![阅读全文]

摘要:演讲原文(Franklin D. Roosevelt)Mar. 4, 1933Yes the task can be helped by definite efforts to raise the value of the agricultural product and with this the power to purchase the output of our cities. I[阅读全文]

摘要:演讲原文(Franklin D. Roosevelt)Mar. 4, 1933President Hoover, Mister Chief Justice, my friends:This is a day of national consecration, and I am certain that on this day my fellow Americans expect that[阅读全文]

摘要:演讲原文(Herbert Hoover)Sept. 1, 1939Fellow Americans of the radio audience, this is one of the saddest weeks that have come to humanity in a hundred years. A senseless war seems inevitably forced upo[阅读全文]

摘要:1. Shoot the Breeze = chat informally美国人把无目的的闲聊比作是向微风射击，打风。 范例对话:A: What are you going to be doing this afternoon?B: Oh, I don't have anything in particular in mind.A: Why d[阅读全文]

摘要:演讲原文John Cleese: For 40 years, one movie hero has been carrying out more death defying feats than any other. His name -- Coyote, Wile E. Coyote. But close behind him comes the man who made it acce[阅读全文]

摘要:1. 两者都可表示“低于”，under 主要表示垂直在下的正下方，而 below 则不一定表示正下方(即可以是正下方或非正下方)。如：Look in the cupboard below [under] the sink. 到洗碗池下面的柜子里找一找。The climber[阅读全文]

摘要:I met Louisa in the shade, And, having seen that lovely Maid, Why should I fear to say That, nymph-like, she is fleet and strong, And down the rocks can leap along Like rivulets in May?[阅读全文]

摘要:    credible, credulous, plausible这一组形容词都有"可信的"意思。　　credible a.可信的，可靠的。　　That the student told the teacher a credible story that she missed classes because s[阅读全文]