初中英语重点单词用法
Attention
1. attention是名词,意为“注意,留心,专心”。常用于短语pay attention to,意为“对……注意、留心”。这里的to是介词,其后常接名词、代词或动名词。attention前可用more, close, great等来修饰,以加强语气,表示“更加注意”。如: Please pay more attention to the problem we have to face. 请多注意我们所面临的问题。
2. 在pay attention to后若无宾语,则不用 to。如:
Today is your last lesson in French. I beg you to pay attention.
今天是你们上的最后一节法语课了,恳请你们认真听。terrify
1. terrify是动词,意为“使害怕,使恐惧”。如:
His terrifying stories terrified the girls.
他讲的恐怖故事吓坏了这些女孩子。
2. be terrified of sth./ doing sth.意为“对某物/干某事感到恐惧、害怕”。如:
I was terrified of the tiger when I first saw it.
我第一次看见老虎时吓坏了。
He is terrified of speaking English in class.
他害怕在课堂上讲英语。
注:be terrified比be afraid 的语气更强,害怕的程度更
大一些。
practice
1、practice v. 练习;实习。后面多跟名词(词组)或v-ing 形式作宾语。如: I want to practice my spoken English in the English Corner this weekend.这个周末我想去英语角练习口语。Listen! Someone is practicing playing the piano.
听!有人在练习弹钢琴。
2、practice n. 实践;练习;经验。多为不可数名词。如: Practice makes perfect. [谚熟能生巧。
Have you had any practice in nursing the sick?
你有护理病人的经验吗?
Interest
1. interest 作及物动词。
①interest sb.意为“使某人感兴趣,引起某人注意”。如: Geography doesn’t interest him.
地理引不起他的兴趣。
②interest sb. in (doing) sth.意为“使某人在……方面感兴趣”。如:
He tried to interest me in buying the house.
他想说服我买这所房子。
2. interest作名词。
①意为“兴趣”时,常作不可数名词。常见短语show / have
interest in (doing) sth.,意为“对……表现出 / 有兴趣”。如:
She showed great interest in the meeting.
她对这次会议表现出极大的兴趣。
②意为“业余爱好”或“感兴趣的事”时,常作可数名词。如: He has two great interests. One is sports and the other is music.
他有两大爱好:一个是体育,另一个是音乐。
3. interested是形容词,常用结构be interested in (doing) sth.意为“对(做)……感兴趣”,主语是人。如:
John is interested in history. 约翰喜欢历史。
He is interested in drawing pictures.
他对画画感兴趣。
4. interesting也是形容词,意为“令人感兴趣的”,既可以作表语,也可以作定语。如:
The story is very interesting. 这个故事很有趣。
This is an interesting movie. 这是一部有趣的电影。prefer
prefer是及物动词,意为“更喜欢,更喜爱”,相当于like ... better。
1. prefer sth.意为“更喜欢……”。如:
He prefers country life. 他更喜欢乡村生活。
2. prefer doing / to do sth. 意为“更喜欢干……”。如:
I prefer watching / to watch TV.
我更喜欢看电视。
3. prefer sb. to do sth. 意为“宁愿某人做……”。如:
I prefer you to stay here a little longer.
我更喜欢你在这里多呆一会儿。
4. prefer sth. to sth.意为“比起……更喜欢……”。如: She prefers English to Chinese.
比起语文来她更喜欢英语。
5. prefer doing sth. to doing sth. = prefer to do sth. rather than do sth. 意为“喜欢做……而不喜欢做……,宁愿做……而不愿做……”。如:
I prefer doing to talking.
我喜欢做事,不喜欢空谈。
Children prefer to stay at home rather than go out with you.
孩子们宁愿呆在家里而不愿和你一起出去。
good
good是英语中一个比较活跃的单词,既可作形容词,也可作名词。
1. 作形容词时,在句中既可作定语,也可作表语。
(1) good意为“好的,美好的”。如:
We’ve seen this good film.
