2)意思是"杀死",例如:
His driver was cut down in a traffic accident.
他的司机在一场事故中死亡。
3)意思是"削建;减少",例如:
Now many teachers have cut down smoking and drinking.
现在许多老师很少抽烟喝酒了。
take in 吸收
【巧记提示】 take(拿到)in(里面)来→吸收
【经典例句】 He had nowhere to live in,so we took him in.
他没处可去,我们收留了他。
【考点聚焦】 take in 用法总结
1)可以表示"接纳;收容",例如:
Though he was poor,he took in a family poorer than him.
尽管他很穷,他还是收容了比他还穷的一家人。
2)也可作"把......带到......"解,例如:
He was taken in for theft.
他因偷窃而被拘留。
意思是"收入",例如:
Our teachers take in about 35 000 yuan per year.
我们老师每年的收入大约是35 000元。
3)还有"领会;理解"的意思,例如:
The students found it easy to take in what Mr. Chen teaches in class.
学生们发现陈老师的课很容易理解。
give out 放出
【巧记提示】 向外(out)给(give)→放出
【经典例句】 Trees take in carbon dioxide and give out oxygen.
树吸收二氧化碳,释放氧气。
【考点聚焦】 辨析give out和 give off:
都可以作及物动词。
give off的宾语往往是表示气体、光线等的名词。
give out 的宾语是表示光、热、声音、信号等的名词。give out 的意义:分发;精力殆尽;发表;公布。
look through 检查;仔细查看
【巧记提示】 look(看)+through(通过)
【经典例句】 Look through magazines to find pictures that you can stick on your poster.
翻阅杂志找找能贴在你的海报上的图片。
【考点聚焦】 look through还可以作"浏览;看穿;识破;(因沉思)对......视而不见"等解。例如:
I have the habit of looking through newspapers after supper.
我有晚饭后浏览报纸的习惯。