6. stare at，glare at，see，watch，look at

　 stare at 凝视，盯住，相当于 look steadily for a long

　 time；fix one's eyes on sth.

　 glare at 怒视，相当于look in an angry way。

　 see 指通过眼睛看到什么事物，而不取决你怎样做。

　　 watch 指在一段时间内有意地观看。

　　 look at 指有目的地用心看东西。

　　 They didn't　 fight,　 but stood there glare at one

　　 another．

　　 They watched the train until it disappeared in the

　　 distance.

5. set up，build，found，form

　 set up 侧重于把事物架起来或立起来，如建立纪念

　 碑，而且多用于抽象事物，如建立威信、关系、法制

　 等。

　 build 一般用于建造房屋、桥梁、道路等，也可用于抽

　 象事物，如建设社会主义。

　 found 意为“创设；成立；建立”，特指用基金创设，如

　 创设学校、图书馆等。

　 form “组成”或“构成”的意思，被“组成”或“构成”的

　 东西必须具有外形，或者具有一定组织结构。

　 A new telegraph line has been set up between the two

　 cities.

　 两座城市之间架设了一条新的电报线。

　 The Crystal Palace was built in Hylde Park for the

　 Great Exhibition of 1851.

　 水晶宫是为1851年的世界博览会而在海德公园建

　 造的。

　 190 you know when that political party was founded?

　 你知道那个政党是什么时候创立的吗?

　 Parents and children form a family.

　 父母和子女组成了一个家庭。

4. likely，possible，probable

　 三者均表示可能性，但意思的分寸有别。possible指

　 客观上有可能，但往往含有希望很小的意味；

　 probable 比 possible 的可能性大，表示“很可能；大

　 概”，有实际依据或逻辑上的合情合理；likely 是从外

　 表迹象进行判断，有可能发生的事。

　 lt is possible, though not probable, that he will come

　 tomorrow.

　 他明天可能来，但不一定准会来。

　 This will only be possible when scientists have learnt a

　 lot about the atmosphere that surrounds the planet.

　 只有科学家们掌握了这颗行星周围大气层的更多知

　 识时，这才可能办到。

　 The probable caLise of his failure was that he had been

　 too tired.

　 他的失败大概是太累了的缘故。

　 She's very likely to ring me tonight.

　 今晚她很可能会给我打电话。

　 It isn't likdy to rain.

　 好像不能下雨。

　 possible 不能用人作主语，也不能与人构成复合宾

　 语。possible 常用 It is possible to do sth.；It is

　 possible for sb. to do sth.；It is possible that等句型。

　 Is it possible to say so?

　 可能这样说吗?

　 [正] It is possible for me to do it.

　我可能做那件事。

　 [误] I'm possible to do it.

　 [正] It is possible to do this.

　 可能做这件事。

　 [误] This is possible to do.

　 [正] He made it possible for me to do it.

　 他使我可能做这件事。

　 [误] He made me possible to do it.

　 probable 也不能用人作主语或构成复合宾语。表示

　 某人做某事，只能用It is probable that 句型。

　 It is probable that the cost will be greater than we

　 think.

　 花费很可能比我们预想的要大。

　 [正] It is / seems probable that he will come.

　 他很可能来。

　 [误] He is probable to come.

　 [误] It is / seems probable for him to come.

　 likely 既可以用人也可以用物作主语。

　 He is likely to come.

　 = It is likely that he will come. 他可能来。

3. cure，treat

　 cure 还可以用作动词，它与treat一词的区别是：treat

　 意为“医治；治疗”，强调治疗的动作或医治的过程，

　 不涉及治疗的结果。

　 The dentist is treating my teeth.

　 牙医正在治疗我的牙齿。

　 Which doctor is treating you for this trouble?

　 哪位医生在为你治病?

　 Some skin diseases are difficult to treat.

　 有些皮肤病很难医治。

　 treatment 表示“治疗；疗法；疗程”。

　 be under treatment 在治疗中

　 a new treatment for cancer 癌症新疗法

　 treatment 专指开药方、饮食及锻炼等，或只是对起居

　 习惯方面提出建议，不过所有这些努力都是为了使

　 病人恢复健康。cure 意为“治愈；痊愈”，特别指病后

　 的恢复健康。

　 Penicillin cured him of pneumonia.

　 盘尼西林治好了他的肺炎。

　 The new treatment cured his skin disease.

　 那种新疗法治好了他的皮肤病。

2. work on，work at

　 work at 意为“学习；研究；写作；致力于”

　 work on 表示“从事(某项工作)”，可以译为“造；创

　 作；画”等

　 work on sth. 与work at sth. 的主要区别在于前者所

　 说的 something 是 work 的具体对象，而后者提到的

　 something只说明所从事工作的性质，而不在于说明

　 正在做什么。

　 -- What are you doing?

　 -- We are working on some woodcuts.

　 “你们在干什么?”

　 “我们在创作一些木板画。”

　 They worked on the old car late into the night.

　 他们修这辆旧汽车一直修到深夜。

　 She has always worked hard at collective jobs.

　 集体的活她一向于得很卖力。

　 work on 还有“继续工作；努力影响或努力说服”之

　 意。

　 They'Il work on tiIl midnight.

　 他们将继续工作到午夜。

　 We will work on those who have cheated in exam and

　 help them do right.

　 我们要对考试舞弊的人做工作，帮助他们改正。

　 Can you work(m him to make him change his mind?

　 你能努力说服他改变主意吗?

1. at the end of, by the end of, in the end

　 这几个短语都可以用来表示时间，但其起止时间的

　 界限有所不同。

　 at the end of 意为“在……末”，指年、月、日、世纪等

　 时间点。

　 by the end of 意为“不迟于”，强调最后时限，其中by

　 相当于not later than。

　 in the end意为“最终；最后”。

　 There is going to be a sports meeting at the end of this

　 month.

　 这个月底要召开运动会。

　 We will have learned 3000 words by the end of this

　 month.

　 到这个月底我们就学了3000个单词。

　 In the end things will mend.

　 车到山前必有路。

5. Then she asked me to give　 up　 smoking;　 she

　 ____ the smell of it.

　　 A. objected to　　　　 B. adjusted to

　　 C. stuck to　　　　　　 D. didn't use to

　　 ☆词语比较☆

4. You can take anything from the shelf and read, but

　 please ____ the books when you've finished with

　 them.

　　 A. put on　　　　　　 B. put down

　　 C. put back　　　　　 D. put off

3. She had proved that she could ____ in a crisis.

　　 A. trust on　　　　　　 B. be depended

　　 C. live on　　 　　　　　D. be relied on

2. When I first set ____ in Australia, I didn't know

　what the future might have in　　　　　 for me.

　　 A. my foot; the store　 B. a foot; the store

　　 C. foot; store　　　　　 D. feet; stores