高一英语上学期词汇聚焦(I)

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  1. alone此词的关键是要把握住与其相似词lonely的区别。

  alone adj.& adv. “单独的; 独自地”

  lonely adj. 修饰人时,意为“寂寞的”;修饰物时,意为“荒凉的;人烟稀少的”。如:

  The old man lived alone on the lonely island, and he felt very lonely.老人独自一人住在荒岛上,他感到很孤独。

  alone放在名词、代词后时用作adj., 意为“单独的; 独一无二的”。如:

  He alone knows the secret. 只有他一人知道这个秘密。

  The key alone will open the door. 只有这把钥匙能开这个门。

  2. majority(常与of连用)“多数;半数以上”,谓语动词单复数均可。如:

  The majority is / are for the plan. 大多数人支持这个计划。

  The majority of children in the class have brown eyes; only three have blue eyes. 班里大多数孩子是棕色眼睛,只有三个是蓝眼睛。

  另有习惯用语:in the majority “拥有多数的;占多数的”。如:

  We are in the majority. 我们是多数/占多数。

  3. widely adv. “广泛地”

  a widely used language 广泛使用的语言

  另外,wide 除了作形容词外也可作副词,如:a wide street宽阔的街道; wide interests 广泛的兴趣; open one's eyes wide 睁大眼睛。相类似的还有high / highly; close / closely等。它们的区别是:以ly构成的副词多表示抽象意义,而不加ly的副词表示的含义比较具体。如:

  James always holds his head high.(高高地) / He spoke highly of her.(高度地)

  He stood close against the wall.(接近地)/ We listen to the teacher closely in class.(仔细地)