Lesson 1.
Can We Help You?
1.spare (adj.) 多餘的;備用的;空閒的
三態: spare-spared-spared
例句: You should use your spare time to read more books.
翻譯: 你應該利用你的空閒時間去讀更多的書.
例句: I have no time to spare.
翻譯: 我撥不出時間.
補充:
sparingly (adv.) 節省地
spare tire (n.) 備用輪胎
spare time休閒時間;空閒時間
be sparing of 不甘賣力
(vt.)常用於否定句,吝惜 節省使用
(vt.)不用 撥出(時間)
例句: Spare the rod, spoil the child.
翻譯: 不打不成器.
2.pop (n.) 流行音樂 (adj.) 通俗的;大眾化的
例句: Most teenagers like this pop singer.
翻譯: 大多數的青少年喜歡流行音樂歌手.
補充:
pop up 突然發生
pop off (突然)死掉(突然)離去
pop back 急速回去;急歸
pop為popular(受歡迎的)及population(人口)的縮寫
在此為popular的縮寫
與pop相關的常用片語:
pop art: 普普藝術(1960年代流行的一種繪畫藝術風格,常見於漫畫、廣告海報等)
pop culture: 大眾文化
pop concert: 流行歌手的演唱會
3.sailor (n.) 船員 (adj.) 像水手用的
例句: Mark’s father is a sailor who seldom stays home.
翻譯: Mark的父親是位很少在家的船員.
例句: The little boys wore sailor suits and sailor caps.
翻譯: 那些小男孩穿著水手服、帶著水手帽.
補充:
sailoring (n.) 水手生活;水手的工作
sailorly (adj.) 似水手的;像船員的
sailor collar (n.) 水手領
sail (n.) 帆 hoist sail揚帆
(n.)航行 go for a sail 作一次航行
片語take in sail抑制
a bad/good sailor: 會/不會暈船的人
4.except (prep.) 除了…之外 (vt.) 把… 除外; 不計 (vi.) 反對; 表示異議
三態 (except-excepted-excepted)
同義: but for只有;only只有;unless除非;exclude除去,把…除外
例句: Everyone is ready to leave except Johnny.
翻譯: 除了Johnny以外大家都準備要離開了.
例句: She is a good wife except for her hot temper.
翻譯: 他是個好太太,只是脾氣暴躁了些.
例句: Nobody was late except me.
翻譯: 除我以外無人遲到.
補充:
exception (n.) 例外
exceptional (adj.) 例外的;異常的
be /get + ready + to V / for N 準備好
except for 除了…之外
except (that) 除去…(這一點)之外
5.privacy (n.) 隱私;祕密
private (adj.) 私人的;隱密的
反義: public (adj.) 公眾的
例句: Everyone should respect the privacy of others.
These are my private affairs, and they none of your business.
翻譯: 每個人都應該要尊重他人隱私.
這是我私人的事情,與你無關.
例句: Please don’t inquire about my private life.
翻譯: 請勿詢問我的私人生活.
補充:
respect (vt.) 尊敬
affair (n.) 事情
none of one’s business.與…不相干
private detective (n.) 私家偵探
private school (n.) 私立學校
private enterprise 私人企業
private bank: (妻子的)私房錢
in private 私底下;秘密地
privation 不自由;不方便
privately 個人地;私底下
6.share (vt.) 分享
例句: He shared a room with his brother when they were young.
翻譯: 他和他弟弟年幼時共用一個房間.
例句: She shared in my joys as well as in my sorrows.
翻譯: 他分享我的悲歡.
例句: Les’s share the little food equally.
翻譯: 我們來均分這少量的食物.
補充:
share…with 與…分享
share out 分配,均分
shareholder (n.) 【英】股東
7.untidy (adj.) 亂七八糟的
反義: tidy (adj.) 整齊的
例句: When we say “what a mess,” it means that something is untidy.
翻譯: 當我們說真是雜亂,那就是指某物真是亂七八糟.
例句: They tidy up their houses.
翻譯: 他們整理他們的房子.
補充:
tidy up 整理
untidiness (n.) 凌亂;不修邊幅
8.mess (n.) 雜亂; 困境
同義: hodgepodge (n.) 混雜物
muddle (vi.) 糊塗地做事
反義: order (n.)秩序
system (n.) 規律
例句: He is very lazy, and as a result his room is a mess.
翻譯: 他真的非常懶惰,所以他的房間很雜亂.
例句: He got into mess.
翻譯: 他陷入困境.
例句: You have made a mess of the job.
翻譯: 你把這事弄糟了.
補充:
make a mess of (sth.) 把…搞的一團糟
messy (adj.) 混亂的
a helpless mess: 不可收拾的局面
mess about/around: 閒晃;胡鬧
例句: Jason’s wife accused him of messing around with gamblers.
翻譯: 傑森的妻子指責他和一群賭徒鬼混.
9.tidy (adj.) 整齊的. (vi.) 整理
同義: neaten (vt.) 整潔
neat (adj.) 整潔的
反義: messy (adj.) 凌亂的
例句: You should keep your room tidy all the time.
翻譯: 你應該要隨時讓房間保持整齊.
例句: I must tidy myself
翻譯: 我必須使自己整潔.
補充:
tidy up 收拾
a tidy sum of money: 一筆相當可觀的錢
tidy…away: 收拾…
tidy oneself: 裝束
例句: Let’s tidy these books away.
翻譯: 我們來把這些書收拾一下吧.
10.drawer (n.) 抽屜
例句: Sarah always locks her drawer because she keeps her valuable there.
翻譯: Sarah總是鎖著她的抽屜,因為她保留了她的貴重物品在那.
補充:
valuable (n.) 貴重物品 (adj.) 有價值的;重要的
draw (vt.) 拉；拖；吸引；畫 (vi) 移動；作畫
to draw to an end 完了；終止
to draw back 猶豫退縮
to draw aside 拉至旁邊
to draw up 靠近；趕上
drawing (n) 繪畫；圖畫
11.cupboard (n.) 廚櫃
例句: Put the dish in the kitchen cupboard.
翻譯: 把盤子放進廚房的廚櫃裡.
例句: The cupboard is full of bowls and plates.
翻譯: 碗櫃裡放滿了碗碟.
補充:
to win the cup 優勝
例句: a skeleton in the cupboard.
翻譯: 家醜
12.awake (vt.) 叫醒 (adj.) 醒著的
同義：arouse (vt.) 喚起
反義：asleep (adj.) 睡的
例句: Is he awake now or sleeping?
翻譯: 他現在是醒著還睡覺？
例句: The noise of the car awakes him every morning.
翻譯: 每天早上汽車的噪音都把他吵醒.
補充:
fully (adv.) 完全地
to make (a) noise 吵鬧;發出噪音
noisy (n.) 吵鬧的
awakening (n.) 醒悟；自覺 (adj.) 醒悟的
13.hero (n.) 英雄
heroes 複數
heroine 女英雄,女主角
反義: villain (n.) 壞人;惡棍
例句: He’s always a great hero in the eyes of his children.
翻譯: 他是孩子們眼中永遠的英雄.
例句: George Washington is national hero in the United States.
翻譯: 喬治•華盛頓是個美國的國民英雄.
補充:
make a hero of 讚揚,推崇
heroism (n.)英雄的氣質,豪勇,忠烈
heroic (adj.)英雄的
coward (n.) 懦夫
14.muscle (n.) 肌肉
muscles 複數
例句: He strengthened his muscles by doing weightlifting.
翻譯: 他藉著舉重來加強他的肌肉.
例句: That young man has strong muscles.
翻譯: 那個青年有健壯的肌肉.
例句: Don’t move a muscle!
翻譯: 不要動!
補充:
strengthen (vt.) 加強 (vi.) 變強壯
strength (n.) 體力;力量
strong (adj.) 強壯
weightlifting (n.) 舉重
muscular (adj.) 肌肉的;強壯的
muscularity (n.) 肌肉發達
muscle-bound (adj.)肌肉僵硬的
muscle less (adj.)無力的
muscular (adj.)有力的
muscularity (n.)強壯
not move a muscle 神色不變
a voluntary muscle: 隨意肌
muscle in: (口語) 入侵;干涉
15.developer (n.) 發育者(較不常用),開發者
例句: Late developer
is an expression used to describe a child whose mental
ability matures later than
that of most children.
翻譯: 晚發育者是一種表現用於描寫心理上成熟晚於大部分的小孩.
補充:
develop (vi./vt.) 發展;發育
三態 (develop- developed -developed)
development (n.) 發展: 開發
developmental (adj.) 發展的;進化的;發育的
expression (n.) 措辭;表情
describe (vt.) (phr.) 描寫的;描述
mental (adj.) 精神的: 心理的
ability (n.) 才能;本領
mature (vt.) 成熟
16.cycle (vi.) 騎乘腳踏車;循環 (n.) 循環bicycle (n.) 二輪腳踏車
例句: This road is good for cycling.
翻譯: 這條路很適合騎乘腳踏車.
例句: Change of this kind forms a cycle.
翻譯: 這種變化形成循環.
補充:
tricycle (n.) 三輪腳踏車
17.inquisitve (adj.) 好奇的;好問的;多管閒事的
例句: Children are always inquisitive about everything around them.
翻譯: 孩子們總是對他們周圍的事物感到好奇.
補充:
inquisition (n.) 調查;研討
inquisitor (n.) 調查者;審訊者
be inquisitive about something or someone 對…感到好奇
18.headphone (n.) 耳機
例句: You had better use your headphones so you won’t bother others.
翻譯: 你最好使用耳機以免打擾到別人.
補充:
headpiece (n.) 盔；帽子
19.disturb (vt.) 打擾;擾亂
三態(disturb-disturbed-disturbed)
同義: bother, perturb, incommode
反義: settle, calm
例句: She opened the door quietly so as not to disturb her sleeping children.
翻譯: 她安靜地打開門是為了不要打擾到她睡覺中的孩子.
例句: They disturb the peace seriously.
翻譯: 他們嚴重擾亂治安.
例句: No sound disturbed the silence of the evening.
翻譯: 入夜時分,萬籟俱寂.
補充:
disturbance
(n.)
disturb the peace 擾亂治安
disturbed (adj.) 困擾
so as (not) to V: 以便…(才不至於)
例句: You have to come here early so as to have more time to prepare.
翻譯: 你必須早點來這裡以便有更多時間可以準備.
Idioms and Phrases
1.look after 照顧;照料
例句: His mother went back to work after she had found somebody to look after the
children.
翻譯: 他的媽媽找到人幫她照顧小孩後就回去工作了.
例句: He’s good at looking after himself
翻譯: 他很會照顧自己.
補充:
care
for
take care of 照顧
give attention
2.clean up 使潔淨
同義: tidy, clean, neat, trim, clear, neaten
例句: Tony always cleans up his room before breakfast every morning.
翻譯: 湯妮總是在每天早上早餐前整理他的房間.
例句: He cleaned up a small fortune.
翻譯: 他發了一筆小財
補充:
clean up 【俚】大撈一筆
3.as well as 和;除…外
例句: My father has much experience as well as knowledge.
翻譯: 我父親不但學富五車,而且閱歷豐富.
片語: as well 此外;也;同樣地
例句: mentioned other matters as well
翻譯: 也提及其他事情.
例句: I might as well go.
翻譯: 我該去.
片語: in well with (口語)與…交情良好;受…歡迎
例句: He's in well with management.
翻譯: 他和管理階層頗有交情.
例句: We learn by (from) experience = Experience is the best.
翻譯: 我們從經驗中學習.
knowledge (n.) 知識;學問;了解
例句: Her knowledge of medicine is poor.
翻譯: 他對醫藥的知識貧乏.
補充:
as good as 差不多;像;幾如
as late as 晚至;遲至…尚
as long as 只要
(1)as well as是對等連接詞,可用來連接兩個名詞/形容詞/副詞/動詞.
例句: She has got a boy as well as a girl.
翻譯: 他不只有個女孩還有一個男孩.
例句: He drove carefully as well as slowly.
翻譯: 他開車開的很慢而且很小心.
例句: He sings as well as playing the guitar.
翻譯: 他不僅彈吉他也唱歌.
例句: As well as singing, he plays the piano.
翻譯: 他不僅唱歌也彈鋼琴.
(2)A + as well as +B中的A和B如果是主詞的話,因在意義上較重視A,所以動詞
的人稱、單複數須與A一致.但若以not only A but also B作主詞時,動詞的人
稱、單複數就須與B一致.
例句: John, as well as his friends, was injured in the accident.
=Not only John but also his friends were injured in the accident.
翻譯: 約翰和他的朋友在那次車禍中都受傷了.
4.leave…alone 對…原封不動;不干涉…
例句: Some people can never leave things alone.
翻譯: 有些人就是喜歡多管閒事.
片語to let alone 更不用提
例句: She can't speak English, let alone French.
翻譯: 她不會說英文，更不用提法文了
alone (adv.) 獨自地;僅
例句: She always sings alone.
翻譯: 他總是單獨唱歌.
補充:
alone= all one (adj.) 獨自的;單獨的
[註]不可用在名詞之前.
leave (sb.) alone 避免搗亂;打擾…
to leave behind 遺落;棄置
to leave go to 放手;放掉
to leave out 遺漏;忽略
5.laugh (laughed-laughing-laughs) (v.) 笑；嘲笑;(vi.)感覺愉悅
例句: People laughed at him because he was ugly.
翻譯: 人們因為他長的醜而嘲笑他.
例句: laughed to herself at the memory
翻譯: 想起往事就自己笑了起來.
例句: an experience we would laugh about later on
翻譯: 令人不禁菀爾一笑的經驗.
例句: a daredevil who laughed at danger
翻譯: 蠻勇之人對危險不屑一顧.
例句: We laugh heed at her funny appearance.
翻譯: 我們因他那有趣的樣子而發笑.
補充:
to laugh at 輕蔑,嘲弄
to laugh out of court 一笑置之
to laugh over 笑著談論
laughter (n.) 笑聲
6.take up 開始;從事(某種事業或嗜好);拿起;拾起;拘捕;逮捕;接受
例句: When did you take up basketball？
翻譯: 你從什麼時候開始打籃球？
例句: The child was taken away from school.
翻譯: 這孩子被迫輟學了.
例句: The work took up all of his free time.
翻譯: 這工作佔用了他所有的空閒時間
補充:
take up for 擁護;偏袒
take up with 甘心於,忍受;與…親密
take in 收進;收容;接收
take off 除去;放開
take on 承受;假裝
take out 啟程;追趕
take over 接受;流行開來;取而代之
take away 移去;逃走;剝奪(權利)
take (sth.) up 對…有興趣
7.put… away 把…收拾整齊
例句: A child should be taught to put his or her things away after using them.
翻譯: 應該教小孩子使用完東西要把它收拾整齊.
例句: Put money away for one’s old age.
翻譯: 為老年而儲蓄.
例句: He was acting so strangely that he had to be put away.
翻譯: 他的行為十分怪異,所以不得不被禁錮起來.
例句: Put a little money away.
翻譯: 儲存一點錢
補充:
put in 放進;替人說(話)
put down 放在下面;貯藏;保存
put on 穿上;戴上;【口】假裝
put (sb.) away囚禁
put by 儲蓄;忽視
put aside 撇開
Put it there! [口] 跟我握手吧! (表示和解等的用語)
8.lock… away 把…鎖好保存
例句: These jewels are too valuable to be left here -you should lock them away somewhere.
翻譯: 這些珠寶太貴重了不能留在這-你應該把它們鎖好保存.
例句: He locked himself out of the house.
翻譯: 他忘記帶鑰匙把自己鎖在外面了.
例句: Have a secret safely locked away in one’s breast.
翻譯: 將秘密隱藏在心底.
例句: If you don’t come back before midnight, you’ll be locked out.
翻譯: 如果你半夜以前還不回來,你將被鎖在門外.
例句: The boy carefully locked away his toys.
翻譯: 那男孩小心地將玩具收藏起來
補充:
lock up上鎖;鎖住
lock…in把…關在裡面
lock…out (故意或無意中)把…關在外面
例句: John locks himself in all the time.
翻譯: 約翰老是把自己關在家裡.
例句: I locked myself out by mistake.
翻譯: 我不小心把自己鎖在門外.