重点词汇词组:
1. Embarrassed over having let herself be caught on the verge of such a naive untruth1, she2 coughed3 two or three times, in order to put the little prince in the wrong4.
解:1状语+2主语+3谓语+4目的状语
析:“Embarassed … such a naive untruth”为形容词短语作状语,表示原因。
be caught 陷入,被逮到
eg. How came you to be caught in this trap?
你怎么会落入这个圈套呢?
【相关词组】
be caught in a trap 落入圈套
be caught up in 被卷入
be caught dead 出洋相
on the verge of 接近于
【相关短语】
on the verge of war 战争爆发之际
on the verge of destruction 危在旦夕
on the verge of bankruptcy 在破产的边缘
verge 边缘
eg. He seemed to be on the verge of total derangement.
他似乎已濒临精神崩溃的边缘。
【辨析】表示“边缘”
①edge 指物体外部或最远端的部分
eg. I caught my leg on the edge of the table as I walked past.
我经过那张桌子的时候腿磕在桌棱上了。
②border 国境,边境,多指两国或两地域的界线内的较宽的边缘
eg. The two conties have had fequent border disputes.
两国经常发生边界纠纷。
③margin 指页的空白边缘
eg. He made some notes in the margin.
他在页边空白处做笔记。
④rim 指圆形或有曲线的物体的外缘或边缘
eg. The basketball hit the rim of the basket and bounced off.
球投到篮筐边缘又弹了回来。
⑤verge 指某一地标物体的边、边缘、边沿
eg. They set up camp on the verge of the desert.
他们在沙漠边缘扎下了营地。
⑥brim 指深容器的内边,也指帽子的边。
eg. Please don't fill my cup up to the brim.
请别把我的杯子加满。
⑦brink 峭壁、河岸等的边沿
eg. Its dangerous to stand on the brink of the cif.
站在悬崖边上是很危险的。
⑧fringe 指煤一地区的周边,或指某一群体的外围,或某活动的次要部分
eg. They lived together in a household on the fringe of a campus.
他们一起住在校园边上一处房子里。
naive 幼稚的,无知的
to be politically naive 对政治一无所知
【近义词】
innocent,simple,childlike,credulous,gullible
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