1、(3) vt. (正式)抛弃;背弃He has denied his country and his principles! 他背弃了他的国家和他的原则1 refuse (refused,refusing)(1) vt. 拒绝;不接受;不肯He asked her to marry him, but she refused (to marry him). 他向她求婚,但是她拒绝了。She refused his offer. 她不接受他的求婚。(2) refuse还可跟动词不定式构成refuse +to do;也可用于被动结构。She refused to go home. 她不回家。They
2、 were refused admittance. 他们被拒绝入内。(3) vi. 拒绝 He cant refuse if you ask politely. 你如果礼貌地请求,他是不会拒绝的。refuse只接不定式,不接动名词,不接不定式的复合宾语结构,也不接宾语从句,如:不说,He refused me to go (going) there. 而应说:He didnt allow me to go there 或 He refused to let me go. 他不让我去那儿。辨析:refuse与rejectrefuse和reject都有“拒绝”的意思,有时可以通用,有时用法又不同。
3、refuse强调坚定地拒绝,后可接动词不定式。reject强调当前拒绝对方的请求、提议的情况,一般后面不接动词不定式。如:He refused to speak at the meeting. 他拒绝在会上发言。He rejected my request. 他当面拒绝了我的要求。Section II 阅读2. As far as I know 据我所知 (p. 67 Useful expressions) as far as的用法和意思 as far as或so far as,此处意为“据”“就尽”,常与动词know,see等词连用。 As far as they know, the roo
4、m is empty. 据他们所知,房间是空的。 So far as I can judge, she is quite efficient. 据我判断,她的工作效率是相当高的。 There aye no mistakes as far as I can see. 在我看来没什么错误。 So far as I know, their work is far from satisfactory. 据我所知,他们的工作并不令人满意。 【注】类似的用法还有:as far as sb. / sth. is concerned,意思是“就某人 某事而言”“对某人某事来说”。 As far as I am
5、 concerned, its all nonsense.在我看来,这全是一派胡言。 This has been a difficult period as far as the countrys economy is concerned. 就我国经济而言,最近是其困难时期。【注】也可以用as far as sth. goes。 so far as content goes, it is all right.就内容而言,这还不错。 Its a perfectly good law as far as it goes, but it doesnt deal with the real probl
6、ems该法就其本身而言非常不错,但是它未解决实际问题。【注】 as far as的原意是“到达”“一直到”。 The flood waters came as far as the roof. 洪水一直漫到屋顶。 They didnt go as far as we. 他们走得不如我们远。3. The way I would go about it 我要做这件事的方法 (p. 67 Useful expressions) go about的用法 (1) go about此处意为“从事于” “进行”。 You are not going about it the right way. 你的做法不
7、对。 Peter has no idea how to go about finding a better job.彼得不知道怎样才能找到更好的工作。 Bobby is going about his homework very seriously tonight. 博比今天晚上在非常认真地做功课。 How will you go about building the bird home? 你打算怎样着手建鸟舍? (2) go about可作“流传”解释,此时about是副词,后面不需要跟宾语。 There are a lot 0f colds going about now.目前感冒传染很厉
8、害。 A story is going about that there will be another party on the 15th of August. 据说八月十五日要举行另一次聚会。 The rumor is going about that John and Mary are getting married. 谣传约翰和玛丽要结婚了。 (3) go about还有“到处走走”之意,此处about也是副词,相当于around。 People are going about more now that the weathers better. 因为天气热些了,人们外出增多了。 Is
9、 it dangerous to go about bareheaded when its mining? 下雨的时候光着头到处走有危险吗? Mother is much better, thank you, shes able to go about a bit more. 谢谢你,母亲好多了,她已能更多地走动了。4. Have mercy on Antonio, Shylock. 宽恕Antonio吧,Shylock. (p. 67 Reading 第二行) have mercy on sb. 宽恕某人 mercy n. 仁慈、怜悯、宽恕 She has mercy on little a
10、nimals. 她怜悯小动物。They showed little mercy to their enemies. 他们对敌人毫不仁慈。(1) 这一意思也可以用show mercy to sb. 或give mercy to sb. 表示。 Have mercy on me. 饶了我吧! They showed mercy to the defeated enemy. 他们饶恕了被打败的敌人。 In Iraq, the American soldiers had no mercy on the prisoners of war. 在伊拉克,美军士兵对战俘毫无怜悯之意。 The judge sh
11、owed mercy to him. 法官宽恕了他。 (2) mercy也可作可数名词,这时意为“幸运的事”“值得感激的事”。 What a mercy he escaped the fire!他从火里逃生,真是幸运。 He is thankful for small mercies. 他对小恩小惠也很感激。 It was a mercy that she wasnt seriously injured. 谢天谢地,她没有受重伤。表示被动意义时可以说:We were given no mercy. 我们没有得到宽恕。No mercy was shown to the prisoners. 对囚
12、犯毫不宽恕。联想:(复) mercies (同) charity, grace拓展:at he mercy of 任由摆布,在掌握之中; have mercy on upon sb. sth. = show mercy to sb. / sth. 对表示同情;对有怜悯之心; without mercy 毫不留情地5. Ive promised to take my pound of flesh.我说过一定要拿走我的那一磅肉。(p. 67 Reading 第三行) promise(1) vt. 答应,允诺约定I dont remember I ever promised that. 我不记得我答
13、应过这件事。(2) vt. promise + to + v. (原型) I never promised to obey her commands. 我从未答应过要服从她的命令。(3) vt. promise + n. / pron. + n. / pron. She promised me a gift for my birthday. 她答应送我一件生日礼物。(4) vt. promise + that从句He promised that he would come. 他答应来。(5) n. 诺言、约定Give me your promise that youll never do th
14、at again. 答应我你永远不要再干那种事。promise n. 诺言、约定、预示; promiser n. 做出诺言的人。make a promise 做出承诺,允诺; keep ones promise遵守诺言; break ones promise食言6. Its useless trying to argue with Shylock. 跟夏洛克讲理是没有用的。(p. 67 Reading 第七行) Its useless + doing是一固定句型,意思是“做某事没有用处”。Its useless / no use / no good + v.-ing做某事没有用处 (好处) Its no use quarreling with her. 跟她吵架没有用。s of no use arguing about it. 争论这事没有用。s no good crying over spilt milk. 后悔是没有用的。(谚语)覆水难收。Is it any good just crying? 光哭有什么用呢?7. You might
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