意思。

contain 着重"其中确实包含有，侧重全部"；而include

强调部分内容或范围。例如：

The bottle contains water. 这个瓶子里有水。

Three students went there, including my English teach-

er.

hold 指"能容纳"。例如：

The house holds 20 people. 这房子能住下20人。

【考例9】[2005太原模拟] They also ____ the very

worst parts of a society: violent crime, racial discrimi-

nation and poverty.

A. maintain B. obtain

C. contain D. sustain

[考查目标] 本题考查contain的意思。

[答案与解析] C contain的常见意思是"包含"。

6. desire vt. 希望得到，[U]渴望，[C]一种强烈的欲望

We all desire happiness and health.

我们都希望得到幸福和健康。

I have long desired to meet you.

我一直渴望见到你们。

The people expressed their desire that the war (should)

come to an end soon.

人们渴望战争早日结束。

Your parents always try their best to satisfy aIl your

desires.

你父母总是尽力满足你所有的愿望。

[词组] have desire for sth. 渴望得到......

sarisfy one's desires 满足某人的欲望／愿望

desire for sth. 渴望得到......

desire to do sth. 渴望做......

desire sb. to do sth. 渴望某人做......

【考点5】discover的用法

▲构词：

① discoverer n. 发现者

② discovery n. 发现．发明的东西

▲辨析：discover；disclose

两者比较一般的含义是"揭示出来"。

discover是通用词，在表示"发现"的时候，它的内涵是

被探索或被揭示物早就客观存在。例如：

Despite her great age, she was very graceful indeed,

but so far, the archaeologists have been unable to dis-

cover her identity. 尽管她的年代离现在已经很久远了，

但是她的确很有风姿，然而至今考古学家尚不能探明

她是那尊女神。

disclose 表示把未宣布的事情"透露"出来。例如：