【New words and expressions】(11)
send v. 寄,送
postcard n. 明信片
spoil v. 使索然无味,损坏
museum n. 博物馆
public adj. 公共的
friendly adj. 友好的
waiter n. 服务员,招待员
lend v. 借给
decision n. 决定
whole adj. 整个的
single adj. 唯一的,单一的
★send v. 寄, 送
send a letter 寄信
send sth. to sb. /send sb. sth. 给某人送(寄)什么东西
send/take children to school:take强调某人亲自送;send则是通过第三人去送, 如美国的校车
take flowers to his wife 自己送
send flowers to his wife 叫店里的人送
★postcard n. 明信片
两个爆破音在一起,前者失去爆破音。这里/t/和/k/前者失去爆破音
name card /visiting card 名片
Here is my name card. (口语常用, 同时伴随着递出的动作)
ID card 身份证 (ID 身份)
credit card 信用卡
cash card 现金卡, 储蓄卡, 工资卡(不能透支的那种)
★spoil(spoiled,spoilt) v. 使索然无味, 损坏
① vt. 弄坏,损坏,糟蹋
The sad news spoiled our weekend. 这不幸的消息使我们没能过好周末。
The rain spoiled the school sports. 这场雨把学校运动会弄得一团糟。
This spoiled my day.
What you said spoiled me.
His arrival spoiled my holiday.
② vt. 宠坏,惯坏,溺爱
Don’t spoil your children. 不能太惯孩子。
His parents spoiled the boy.
spoil: 把东西的质量变得不好; 生活中不顺心的事;宠坏, 溺爱
break: 打破; break the windows 打破玻璃
damage: 破坏, 程度不一定很重
destroy : 破坏, 彻底摧毁
以上三个是指物理上的破坏, 而spoil主要指精神上的
★museum n. 博物馆
Palace Museum 故宫
★public adj. 公共的
① adj. 公共的,公众的,社会的
There is a public library in this town.
I always sit in public gardens on Sundays.
② adj. 公开的,众人皆知的
Their secret meeting was made public 20 years later. 他们的秘密会晤20年以后才被公开。
public house(酒吧)简称pub
public place 公共场所
in public 公开的;in private 私下里的
Let’s have a conversation in private. 让我们私下谈谈?
Why not have a conversation in public? 为什么不公开谈呢?(当面说呢?)
③ n. 公众,群众,大众
The public is/are pleased with his explanation. 公众对他的解释很满意。
The museum is open to the public on Sunday.
★friendly adj. 友好的
friendly是形容词,单独使用时一般做定语;作为状语表示这个人做什么事情很友好, 用短语in a friendly way
He is not very friendly to John.
She gave me a friendly greeting.
He always greets me in a friendly way.
以-ly结尾的形容词还有lovely,brotherly,fatherly,manly,motherly
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