学士学位英语 之 【短语辨析】
1 .lie in; lie on; result in; lead to
【辨析】lie in 在于 、位于 ;lie on 位于 ;result in 导致 、 引起;lead to 导致 。
【例句】The real trouble lies in heir lack of confidence in their abilities .
真正的麻烦在于他们对自己的能力缺乏自信 。
2 . account for; care for; allow for; call for
【辨析】account for 解释 、 阐明;care for 喜欢 、喜爱;allow for 容许 、 允许;call for 要求 。
【例句】He behaves in a strange manner,and nobody can account for this .
他今天表现很奇怪 , 没人能够对此作出解释 。
3 .result in; bring in; lead into; result from
【辨析】 .result in 导致 、产生; bring in 引入 、 导入; lead into 使 . . . .进入; result from 因 . . . 引起 。
【例句】It is the girl’s laziness that .result in her failure in the exams .
正是懒惰导致了女孩考试失败 。
4 . other than; rather than; no more than
【辨析】other than 除了=except; rather than 而不是; no more than 仅仅 、 不超过 。 【例句】All parts of the house other than the windows were in good condition .
除了窗户 ,房子的其他部分都完好无损 。
5 .turn away;turn down ; turn over ; turn up
【辨析】 .turn away 转开 ;turn down 拒绝; turn over 翻转; turn up 出现
【例句】The boy who applied tojoin the army was turned down because he was under age 由于不够年龄 , 男孩申请参军时被拒绝了 。
6.gives off ;gives away;sends off ;sends away
【辨析】give off:发出,放出 (气味 、 光 、 热等);give away :赠送,捐赠 ;send off: 寄出 ,发出;send away : 邮购, 函购 。
【例句】The sun give off strong X-rays that sometimes injure our skins .
太阳放出的 X 射线有时会损伤我们的肌肤 。
7.as soon as;as well as;so far as; as long as
【辨析】as soon as 一 … 就 . . .;as well as 也,还;so far as 和 … … 一样远;as long as 只 要:
【例句】As long as he has tried his best, I don’t mind his not having finished the task on time . 只要他尽力了 , 我就不会怪他没按时完成任务 。
8 .take in,;take away,;take to ;take over
【辨析】take in :吸收,理解 ;take away:解除, 消除 ;
take to :逃往,逃到 ;take over:取而代之,接手 , 掌管 。
【例句】The physicist used so many new terms in his lecture that the students could not take in what he
was saying .
那位物理学家在他的报告中用了这么多新术语 , 以至于学生们不能理解他在讲什么 。
9 . account for; count on; take it into account; take it for granted
【辨析】take sth into consideration 考虑到,顾及到;account for 是 … … 的原因(说明 ); take it for granted 想当然地认为 ;count on 依靠 ,依赖 。
【例句】You should take into consideration that she has been working for the company for almost 20 years . 你应该顾及到她已经在这家公司工作了将近 20年了 。
10 . at least;at most;at large; at length
【辨析】at least 至少 ;at most 至多 、 最多;at large 一般来说 、 详细地说;at length 充分地 、 详尽 地 。
【例句】Since you won’t lend us your motor car, you should at least tell us where we can borrow one . 既 然你不愿借我们你的小汽车 ,你至少也应该告诉我们能在哪儿借 一辆 。