新概念第二册 Lesson 62 After the fire 单词精讲 control [k n'tr ul]n.控制 引申:除了“控制”这个基本含义,还可引申为“管理”“抑制”“操纵装置”等。例如,control one's temper(抑制某人的脾气),这里就是从“控制”这个动作引申到对情绪的管理。 搭配:in control(掌控之中),例如:The situation is in control.(情况在掌控之中。) out of control(失去控制),例如:The car went out of control.(汽车失去了控制。) under control(被控制住),例如:The fire is now under control.(火势现在被控制住了。) 造句:The government tries to control the inflation rate.(政府试图控制通货膨胀率。) 词源:由contre -(反对)和roller(滚动,检查)组成,最初的意思是“对照一份卷轴(或名单等)进行检查”,后来引申为“控制”。 smoke [sm uk]n.烟 引申:除了指“烟”这种物质,还可引申为“吸烟”这个动作,例如:No smoking.(禁止吸烟。)也可引申为“冒烟”的状态,如:The chimney is smoking.(烟囱在冒烟。) 搭配:a cloud of smoke(一团烟),例如:A cloud of smoke rose from the factory.(一团烟从工厂升起。) smoke alarm(烟雾报警器),例如:The smoke alarm went off.(烟雾报警器响了。) 造句:The room was filled with smoke.(房间里充满了烟。) desolate['des leit]a.荒凉的 引申:从形容地方“荒凉的”引申为形容人的“孤独凄凉的”,例如:He has a desolate look.(他看起来孤独凄凉。) 搭配:desolate area(荒凉地区),例如:Few people live in that desolate area.(很少有人住在那个荒凉地区。) desolate landscape(荒凉的景色),例如:The desolate landscape made her feel sad.(荒凉的景色让她感到悲伤。) 造句:The earthquake left the town desolate.(地震使这个城镇变得荒凉。) threaten ['θretn] v.威胁 引申:除了直接表示“威胁”某人,还可引申为“预示(危险、灾祸等)”,例如:Dark clouds threaten rain.(乌云预示着要下雨。) 搭配:threaten to do sth.(威胁要做某事),例如:He threatened to leave.(他威胁要离开。) be threatened with(受到……的威胁),例如:The city is threatened with flood.(这座城市受到洪水的威胁。) 造句:The robber threatened the bank clerk with a gun.(强盗用枪威胁银行职员。) surrounding [s 'raundi ]a.周围的 引申:作为形容词时表示“周围的”,可引申为“周边的,附近的”,例如:surrounding areas(周边地区)。 搭配:surrounding environment(周围环境),例如:We should protect the surrounding environment.(我们应该保护周围环境。) in the surrounding(在周围),例如:There are many trees in the surrounding.(周围有很多树。) 造句:The village is beautiful with its surrounding scenery.(这个村庄因其周围的景色而美丽。) 词源:surround源自中古英语surrounden,由sur -(在……之上)和round(圆形的,周围的)组成。 destruction[di'str k n] n.破坏,毁灭 引申:可引申为“摧毁的行为或过程”,例如:The destruction of the forest took decades.(森林的破坏持续了数十年。) 搭配:cause destruction(造成破坏),例如:The earthquake caused great destruction.(地震造成了巨大的破坏。) destruction of...(对……的破坏),例如:The destruction of historical buildings is a great loss.(历史建筑的破坏是一个巨大的损失。) 造句:The war brought destruction to the country.(战争给这个国家带来了毁灭。) 词源:由dē -( ... ...