I would rather walk there than fly.
=I would walk there rather than fly.
=I prefer to walk there rather than fly.
我宁愿走到那儿也不愿坐飞机去。
cut down 削减;压缩
【巧记提示】 cut(减;砍)+down(下)
【经典例句】 The doctors told me to cut down (on) smoking and drinking.
医生让我少抽烟、少喝酒。
【考点聚焦】 1)反义词:increase增加
2)cut down还可指"砍倒"。如:
The farmer cut down a big tree with an axe.
农夫用斧头把树砍倒了。
3)和cut相关的短语:cut in插嘴;cut out剪除,割掉;cut up切碎。如:
Don't cut in while I'm talking.我说话时别插嘴。
The tailor was cutting out a dress.裁缝在裁剪衣服。
before long 不久
【巧记提示】 before(在......之前)+long(长)
【经典例句】 Before long,the noise dropped completely and the boat began to drift gently across the water.
不久,轰鸣声完全消失了,于是这只船开始慢悠悠地漂浮在水面上。
【考点聚焦】 1)同义词:soon不久;很快;shortly不久;即刻。
2)注意before long和long before的区别:前者为"不久以后",而后者为"很久以前"。
feel sick with对......感到恶心
【巧记提示】 feel(感到)+sick(恶心)+with(表原因)
【经典例句】 She felt sick with the dead rat.
她一见那只死老鼠就感到恶心。
【考点聚焦】 1)相关搭配sick of,可以表示very tired of对......感到厌倦;
2)sick和ill的区别:
sick可用来表示翻胃或觉得要翻胃(美国英语中可用来表达同ill一样的意思);表示健康状况不好(英国英语中,sick和ill两词都可用)。sick用作定语;ill一般用作表语。表示病人的总称可以用the sick,但不能用the ill;
ill一般作表语,偶尔也可以作定语,作定语时相当于bad或harmful。如:
That guy is in an ill condition of body and mind.那家伙身心不健康。