Their team challenged us to a game of table tennis.要与我们赛球
注意:challenge的另一名词是challenger, 意为“提出竞争要求的人;挑战者”;开窍词为challenging,意为“提出难题的,激励的;挑战的”。如a challenging job。
15、 hunt for搜寻,追寻,寻找
I had a good hunt for the key.找了好一阵子/The police are on the hunt for further clues.正在进一步搜寻线索/It’stoo cold for the animals to hunt for food.觅食
16、 share v 分享,共有 n 共享,分额
~ sth with/among/between与共同使用/分享If you have an umbrella,open it/put it up and let me ~ it with you./Why not ~ the cost among us?/Your ~ of the cost is $10./You must take your~ of the blame.你必须承担事故的部分责任。
17、 board n 木版,甲板,会议桌 vt 上(船、车、飞机等)
Put up the list on the ~.把名单贴布告牌上/Clean the ~ before class begins./Please ~ the plane immediately.请立刻登基。Flight BA 193 for Paris is now ~ing.乘飞往巴黎的BA193班机的旅客现在可以登机。
18.lie n(C) 谎言 vi(lied,lied)说谎, (lay,lain)躺,位于
tell a lie/lies撒谎/His story is nothing but a pack of lies.他说的纯粹是一派鬼话。Don’t you dare lie to me!你敢跟我撒谎!/lie on one’s back/side仰卧/侧卧/He has lain in bed ./The factory lies about 5 kilos to the east of the town.
19.adventure n(C)冒险经历;(u)冒险
have an ~有一次奇遇/her ~s in Africa非洲的冒险经历/a life full of !充满惊险刺激的生活/~ stories惊险故事
20.have fun玩得高兴
We have lots of fun at the fair today.在游乐场玩的高兴/Hun fun(=Enjoy yourself)!尽情玩吧!
21、admit v.承认,容认,接纳
He admitted stealing the bike./承认偷了单车(he admitted that he had stolen the bike.)。/Visitors are not admitted to/into this area. 游客不允许进入这个区域/This classroom only admits 50 people. 我们的教室只能容纳50人。
注意:admit作为不及物动词,后跟介词to,形成admit to sth./doing sth.的搭配, 也可以作为及物动词,形成admit sth./doing sth.的搭配)
① The thief would not admit to stealing that man, s money.
那个小偷不肯承认偷了那人的钱。
注意:admit的形容词形式是admitted,意为“自己承认的”,多作定语,副词是admittedly,意为“无可否认的;诚然”。
① We all treat him as an admitted liar.认为他是直言不讳的说谎者
② Admittedly, I’ve never actually been there.说实在的
22.opinion n 意见,判断
What’s your ~ of the new Persident?/give his honest ~直言不讳发表意见/in one’s ~(in the ~ of) sb在某人看来/have a good/highbad/poor ~ of对
评价很好/不好
23.deserted a 荒芜的,为人所弃的
a ~ island/The office was quite ~.办公室空无一人。A ~ baby弃婴
24、collect 和gather这两个动词都可以表示“收集”“聚集”,但有几点不同。
▲作为及物动词,它们的宾语是物,gather 表示把分散的东西集中到一起;collect 指精心地、有选择地收集。
The little girl gathered some wild flowers.采集了一些野花。
▲当宾语是人或动物时,通常用gather, 这时这些人或动物都处于受支配状况。如: The teacher gathered the children round her.把孩子们聚集要周围。
注:作为不及物动词,这两个词可以换用。A crowd soon gathered/collected round him.一群人很快聚集在他周围。
25.scared a.害怕的 (1)a scared look惊吓的表情 (2)be scared of/at害怕:Are you scared of snakes? (3)be scared to do/that怕做/会:She was scared to ride on the horse?/She was scared that the horse might kick her.