8. impression n. 印象

　 (1) impression (on sb.) (给某人)印象His speech made a strong impression on his audience.

　 (2) impression (of sth.) (对某事物)印象；想法That's my first impression of the new college.

　 (3) impress sb. with sth. 给予某人深刻印象 = impress sth. on sb. 使某人铭记 The teacher impressed on his students the importance of speaking. = The teacher impre- ssed his students with the importance of speaking.

7. hunt的用法

▲ 构词：hunter n. 猎人，搜寻者

▲ 搭配：

① hunt for / after追猎；寻找，搜寻

② hunt out 找出；调查出

[考例]He wandered in the street, ____ a new jacket for his nephew.

　　 A. hunting for　　 B. waiting for

　　 C. shooting for　　 D. aiming for

[考查目标]本题考查hunt for的意思。

[答案与解析]A hunt for原来是“猎取”的意思，引中为“搜寻，寻找”。

6. escape (vi, vt ) escaped, escaping

　 (1) 逃走；跑掉 + from / out of = run away from

　 The soldier escaped from the enemy's prison.

　 (2)逃脱；逃避 + n. / doing

　 He narrowly escaped death / being killed.

　 There's no way to escape doing the work.

　 escape还可表示：

①(液体等)漏出 gas escaping from the pipe 煤气从管中漏出Water escaped rapidly from the drainpipe. 水从排水管中迅速流出。

② 避免escaped death 免于一死There is no escaping him. 怎么也避不开他。

③ 疏忽，忽略 Nothing escaped his attention. 什么也逃不过他的注意。 You cannot expect that something may escape the teacher's attention. 你不要奢望有什么能逃过老师的注意。

escape n

① 逃走The thief made his escape. 小偷逃走了。

②(气体)漏出，泄出；解闷She reads love stories as an escape. 她读爱情小说解闷。

5. encourage的用法

▲ 构词：

① encouraging adj. 鼓励的，给予希望的，振奋人心的。令人欢欣鼓舞的

② encouraged adj. 被激励的，受到鼓舞的

③ encouragement n. 鼓励，激励

④ discourage v. 使泄气；劝阻

▲ 搭配：① encourage sb to do sth 鼓励某人做某事 ② be encouraged by 受……鼓励／鼓舞

[考例] [2004北京]My advisor encouraged ___a summer course to improve my writing skills.

　　 A. for me taking　　 　B. me taking

　　 C. for me to take 　　D. me to take

[考查目标] encourage的用法。

[答案与解析]D encourage sb to do sth鼓励某人干某事。句意为：我的导师鼓励我参加一个夏季课程来提高我的写作技巧。

4. determine的用法

▲ 构词：determination n. 决心，决断，决意；决定，确定

▲ 搭配：

① determine to do sth 决定做某事

② determine on / upon (doing) sth 决定

③ a man of determination 有决断力的人

▲ 辨析：decide；determine这两个词都有“决定”的意思。decide的含义是“不再迟疑不定”，而

determine含义是“把某件事确定下来”。

在be determined to do…这个固定的结构中。过去分词determined的词义为“下定了决心”。

decide的名词为decision，determine的名词为determination。例如：At first，she decided to go to the police，…起初，她决定去找警察……

▲ 友情提示: decide后跟宾语从句时，其含义有时是“断

定”。I decided that I must have taken a wrong turning somewhere. 我断定我一定是在某处拐错弯了。The determination of the meaning of a word is often difficult without a context. 脱离上下文来确定一个词的含义常常是困难的。

注：在determine to do...，determine on (upon)... 和determine that...。(宾语从句)三个搭配中，determine的词义和decide几乎没有多大差异。He determined / decided to learn medicine. 他决定学医。

注：decide sb to do sth 决定使某人做某事What decided you to give up your job? 什么因素使你决定放弃你的工作?

[考例][2001京皖春招] Before Sam can repair his bicycle, he must know why it does not work. For example, he must ____ the parts that are wrong.

　　 A. check　 B. determine　 C. correct　 D. recover

[考查目标]determine的用法。

[答案与解析]B　 determine和decide在一般情况下意思相同。

3. choice的用法

▲搭配：

① make a choice 选择

② make choice of 挑选，选择，选定

③ make / take one's choice 任意挑选

④ have no choice but to do sth 非……不可，除……之外别无他法

[考例][MET 1993] We've missed the last bus, I'm afraid we have no ____ but to take a taxi.

　　 A. way　 B. choice　 C. possibility　　 D. selection

[考查目标] choice的意思和习惯搭配。

[答案与解析]B　 choice是choose的名词形式．意思是

“选择”，在本句中构成固定搭配have no choice but to

do sth“不得不干……”。

2. apologize的用法

▲ 构词：apology n. 辩解，道歉

▲ 搭配：

① apologize to sb for (doing) sth = make an apology的 sb for (doing) sth向某人为某事(为做了某事)道歉

② apologize for oneself 为自己辩解或辩护

[考例][NMET 1993]The captain ____ an apology to the passengers for the delay caused by bad weather.

　　 A. made　 　B. said　　 C. put　　 D. passed

[考查目标] apologize及其名词的用法和搭配。

[答案与解析]A make an apology的意思是“道歉”。

1. afford

　 (1) (和can，could，be able to连用) 有 (时间、经济等)　 条件(做某事) + to do

　 We can't afford to pay such a price.

　 afford + n. / pron. (出得起；买得起等)

　 They donot consider whether they can afford it or not.

　 (2) 经得起 (做某事或发生某事) (多+to do)

　 He could not afford to lose his fortune entirely.

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