重点词汇词组
1.far from 完全不……
例:She insisted that, far from being easy, it would be a difficult period for all concerned.
她坚称,情况非但不容易,相反从各个方面来说都是一段很困难的时期
。【常见短语】
①by far 大大地
例:They are by far the best students in the class.
他们是班里最最优秀的学生
。②as/so far as I'm concerned 就我而言
例:She can come whenever she likes, as far as I'm concerned.
就我而言,她什么时候想来都可以
。【相关俚语】
①be a far cry from sth. 和……相去甚远
例:This flat is a far cry from the house they had before.
这间公寓和他们以前住的房子相去甚远
。②as far as it goes 在一定程度上
例:It's a good essay as far as it goes.
这篇短文还算不错
。2.call at (短时间)停留;停靠
例:This train calls at Didcot and Reading.
这趟列车在迪德科特和雷丁停车
。【常见短语】
①call for sth. 需要;值得
例:It's the sort of work that calls for a high level of concentration.
这类工作需要注意力高度集中
。②call sb. in 召来,叫来
例:A new team of detectives were called in to conduct a fresh inquiry.
新调来一组侦探重新进行调查
。③call sb. out 请……来做某工作
例:We had to call out a doctor.
我们不得不请一位医生来
。3.drive…away 赶走,驱散
例:Her constant nagging drove him away.
她不断的唠叨把他给赶跑了
。【常见短语】
①drive off 驱车离去
例:I got in the car and drove off.
我上车后把车开走了
。②drive sb./sth. out (of sth.) 驱散;消除
例:New fashions drive out old ones.
新款式服装使旧的款式不再流行
。【相关俚语】
①drive sb. to drink 使人焦虑
例:You guys will drive me to drink!
你们快把我给烦死了!
②drive your message/point home 充分表达想法
例:The speaker really drove his message home, repeating his main point several times.
演讲者数次重申他的主要观点,充分表达了自己的想法
。长难句解析
Jane1 confessed2 herself3 a little surprised at the match; but she4 said5 less of her astonishment than of her earnest desire6 for their happiness; nor could Elizabeth7 persuade8 her9 to consider it as improbable.
解:1主语+2谓语+3宾语+4主语+5谓语+6宾语+7主语+8谓语+9宾语
析:否定词nor位于句首时,其后要部分倒装,有类似用法的否定词/短语还有never,hardly,not,no sooner,by no means等
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