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本课主要语言点
1.Weakness n. 软弱,薄弱;缺点,弱点;嗜好。
Weakness 是形容词weak的名词形式。-ness这个名词后缀常用在形容词后面,构成名词。如:happiness,carelessness,sadness,uselessness等等。
1) He was too weak to walk any further.(
他没有力气再往前走了。)
2) She was born with weak eyesight.(她天生视力差。)
3) He is weak in maths.(他不擅常数学。)
4) Weak leaders won't be able to cope with this situation.(软弱无力的领导人无法应付这一局面。)
5) She recovered from her weakness after two week's rest.(经过两周的休息,她虚弱的身体得到了恢复。)
6) His recovered from pressure would give his opponent some chance.
(他在压力之下的软弱会给他的对手带来机会。)
7) They saw a weakness in Robert's method.(他们在罗伯特的方法中看到了弱点。)
8) He has a weakness for money.(他爱钱如命。)
2. Childishness n. 幼稚
同上一个单词一样,-ness这个名词后缀用在爱形容词后面,构成名词。
I was annoyed at the childishness of her remark.(她孩子气的话语令我恼火。)
请注意 childish 和childlike的异同之处:
“childish” is used to describe a person who behaves in an immature way, or to describe
something that is typical of a child. (childish用来形容某个行为不成熟的人或用来形容某件事似孩子般的。)
“childlike” is used to describe a person who is like a child in appearance, character, or
behavior. (childlike用来形容一个人的外貌、性格或举止像个孩子,天真,单纯。)
1) She is a nice person but a bit too childish.(她人不错,只是太幼稚了一点。)
2) She has a childish face.(她有张孩子气的脸。)
3) The young woman has a childlike figure.(那个年轻妇人有着孩子般的体型。)
4) It is childish to go into danger for nothing.(无谓地陷入危险是幼稚的行为。)
3. dependence n. 依靠,依赖;信赖;隶属。
-ence是常用的名词后缀,如:absence,confidence,innocence 等等。如果我们把后缀-ence变换成-ent,dependent则是个形容词;如果在dependence或dependent前面加上前缀in-,则表示相反意义,“独立”、“独立的”。
1) All living thing depend on sunlight, air and water.(一切生命依赖于阳光、空气和水。)
2) He doesn't want to live in dependence on his parents any longer.(他不想再依靠父母生活。)
3) The old man s very dependent on his son.(那位老人什么都依赖他儿子。)
4) India got its independence in 1946.(印度于1946年获得独立。)
5) He is independent of his parents.(他不依赖父母而自立。)
4. disapprove v. 不赞成。
我们在第二单元中学习过approve,在第二十三单元中学习过approval.approve是disapprove的反义词,approval则是disapproval的反义词。
disapprove和approve一样可以用作及物动词和不及物动词。用作不及物动词时,在其后需加介词of,然后才可以接宾语。如:
1) He disapproved the arrangement for the wedding.(她不赞成婚事的安排。)
2) Her parents disapproved her marriage to Jimmy.(父母不同意她与吉米的婚事。)
3) The teacher disapproved of her students going camping.(老师不反对她的学生们去露营。)
4)He disapproved of m