【#英语资源# 导语】Table, ice, duck, flag... 这些简单的英语单词,它们的名词意义就算对初学英语者来说也一定是小菜一碟,但老外经常把它们当做动词用,它们的动词意义和用法你知道吗?以下内容由©文档大全网整理发布,欢迎阅读参考!更多相关讯息请关注©文档大全网!
1. table:名词,桌子;当动词用,是指开会时延期讨论提案等,也就是暂缓审议。(to postpone discussion of a bill or suggestion until future time); 例如:
They tabled the motion at the meeting.
I made the motion and he seconded it.(我提案,他同意。)
I have long prided myself on being a good teacher.
注意:to pride oneself on和 to be proud of 或 to take pride in 意思相近,只是用法和后面所跟的介词不同而已。例如:
They take great pride in her daughter who is now a famous scientist.
I am very proud of being a Chinese.
3. carpet:名词,地毯;当动词用,是覆盖的意思 。 例如:
The flower girls carpeted the floor with rose petals before the bride's entrance.
During the winter time my roof is carpeted with white snow.
4. floor:名词,地板;当动词用,是踩足汽车的油门,加速开车或使人惊讶。 例如:
As soon as I saw his gun, I floored my car.
When you see a police car, don't floor it.
The news really floored me; I hadn't been expecting it at all. (这个消息真使我吃惊地不知所措,这完全出乎我地意料。)
5. top:名词,顶端;做动词用,是做得更好,或高过某人。 例如:
If he had tried harder, he could have topped his class.
The tax-cut issue will top today's agenda.
Mr. Lin tops me by three inches.
6. flag:名词,旗帜;当动词用,是指打旗号或做手势来传达讯息。 例如:
When my car broke down, I flagged a police car.
The beach life-guards usually flag one another for communication.
7. bridge:名词,桥梁、桥牌;当动词用,是连接或沟通的意思。 例如:
The parents are trying to bridge the generation gap with their children.
These tax reforms are attempt to bridge the gap between the rich and poor. (这些税收改革旨在弥合贫富之间的差距。)
8. club:名词,俱乐部、高尔夫球棒;当动词用,意思是用棍棒打人。 例如:
The security officer should not club any suspect who does not resist arrest.
I saw the police clubbing a suspected robber.
9. soldier:名词,士兵;当动词用,是指不畏困难,坚持下去。 例如:
The Marine Corps usually have to soldier on under the hardest conditions.
He doesn't like the job but he'll solider on until they can find a replacement for him.(他不喜欢这个工作,但他会继续干下去,直到他们找到接替他的人为止。)
10. duck:名词,鸭子;当动词用,是逃避、躲避、回避的意思。 例如:
His speech was full of generalizations, and ducked all the real issues.(他的讲话全是泛泛而谈,回避了所有实质性的问题。)
11. chair:名词,椅子、主席(chairperson);当动词用,是担任主席(to be a chairperson)例如:
He has chaired a committee on international affairs.(他担任国际事务委员会的主席。)
She will chair the math department next semester. 例如:
They were charge with doctoring the election results. (他们因窜改选举结果而受到控告。)
to doctor the number 是做假账的意思,相当于 to cook the book, to make something fraudulent or false
He tried to doctor the number before tax time.
13. cushion:名词,坐垫;当动词用,是指缓和,缓和或降低对某事的撞击或震动(to soften or decrease impact of something)例如:
Powerful shock absorbers cushion our landing.
Nothing can cushion the sorrow of her mother's death. (什么也不能减轻她丧母的悲痛。)
14. cap:名词,便帽;当动词用,是指限额、约束或制止。 例如:
The new law has capped the crabbing season in our area. (即不准随时捕蟹)
Our school will cap the white student enrollment to promote its diversity programs.
15. showcase:名词,陈列柜;当动词用,是指展览或亮相 。 例如:
She fully showcased her ability in the debate.
The real estate company is showcasing many new houses in the newspaper.(该房地产公司在报纸上展示了多款新房型。)
16. grandfather:名词,祖父;当动词用,是指保护(免受限制)或保持现状 。例如:
Our current employees will be grandfathered under the existing health insurance.(现有卫生医疗制度为我们的员工提供了保障。)
Everybody would like to grandfather this regulation as it is.
The new staff members can not be grandfathered into the old pension system.
17. corner:名词,角落或壁角;当动词用,是指将某人逼入困境或令人无地自容(to put someone in a bad spot )。 例如:
Don't try to corner your spouse.
He has been cornered by his best friend.
Finally, the escaped criminal was cornered.
18. distance:名词,距离;当动词用,是指冷淡、疏远或与某人保持距离(to keep yourself a distance from someone)。例如:
It is difficult for him to distance himself from her.
The politicians will distance themselves from the controversial issues.
The parents advise their daughter to distance herself from her boyfriend.
19. book:名词,书本;当动词用,是指预订飞机座位、机票、旅馆房间等。此外还指警方将……登记如册以为指控之用(to press charge against someone, generally by the police)。 例如:
Mr. Chen has booked(或made)a reservation at a hotel.
Yesterday he booked a flight to Taiwan.
The police booked him for drunken driving.
20. house:名词,房屋;当动词用,是指供给住所 。 例如:
The farmer has housed the horse in the barn.
I would be glad to house you for the weekend.
21. radio:名词,收音机;当动词用,是指用无线电发送讯息,广播,发报(to send a message)。例如:
At airport the lady radioed for a missing child.
All U.S. ships will have to radio the Coast Guard when they are in trouble.
22. dog:名词,狗;当动词用,是指尾随某人,困扰某人或某事(to bother someone or something)。例如:
He was dogged wherever he went.
Her career was dogged by misfortune.
23. fare:名词,票价;当动词用,是指过活、进展(to get along or to turn out)。例如:
How do you fare?= How are you doing?
I fare very well. = I am doing well.
How did you fare in your exam?
I fared very well in my exam.
If he gets caught for shoplifting, he may fare a punishment.
24. father:名词,父亲;当动词用,是指为人父(to beget a child)。例如:
He has fathered two children before his remarriage.
Hopefully, Mr. Chen is going to father a child soon.
注意:如果以母方来说,就是:
She bore him two children. ; 或
She bore a son. 也就是 He begot a son.
所以"to father a child",也就是"to beget a child"
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