牛津英语模块七第一单元知识点讲解

U1 重点词汇讲解

1. contribute

[v.]出（钱﹑力﹑主意等）；捐助；捐赠；贡献：

~ (sth.) (to/towards sth.)

1) contribute (ten pounds) to a charity collection 捐献（十镑）给慈善事业

2) contribute aid for refugees 向难民提供援助

3) Everyone should contribute what he or she can afford.

人人都应该尽自己的能力作贡献。

4) The chairman encourages everyone to contribute to the discussion.

主席鼓励大家参与讨论。

~ to sth. 增加某事物; 添加到某事物中:

Her work has contributed enormously to our understanding of this difficult subject.

她的着作极有助於我们对这个困难问题的了解。

~ to sth. help to cause sth 促成某事物:

Does smoking contribute to lung cancer? 吸烟会导致肺癌吗？

~ (sth.) to sth. write (articles, etc) for a publication 撰稿；投（稿）：

She has contributed (several poems) to literary magazines.

她给文学刊物投了（几首诗）稿。

2. adopt

~ sb. (as sth.) 收养某人（尤指作为儿女或继承人）；过继：

1) Having no children of their own they decided to adopt an orphan.

他们因没有亲生儿女, 所以决定领养一个孤儿。

2) Paul’s mother had him adopted because she couldn’t look after him herself.

保罗的母亲因为自己无力抚养他, 便将他送给别人收养了。

3) He is their adopted son. 他是他们的养子。

~ sb. as sth. 挑选某人作候选人或代表:

She has been adopted as Labour candidate for York. 她被提名为约克郡的工党候选人。采纳；采取；采用：

adopt a name, a custom, an idea, a style of dress

取名﹑随俗﹑采纳一意见﹑采用一服装式样

adopt a hard line towards terrorists 对恐怖分子采取强硬态度

adoption [n.] 收养；过继；挑选；采纳；采取；采用；接受：

1) offer a child for adoption 将孩子送给他人收养

2) This textbook has had adoptions in many countries.

这本教科书已被很多国家采用。

adoptive [adj.] 有收养关系的；过继的；采纳的；接受的：

his adoptive parents 他的养父养母

3. delay [v.] 使（某人）慢或迟到; 耽搁; 延误:

1) Don’t delay! Book your holiday today! 别拖延！今天就定下你休假的日子！

2) She delayed (for) two hours and missed the train. 她耽搁两个小时, 把火车误了。

3) I was delayed by the traffic. 因交通阻塞，我迟到了。

推迟（某事）；延期：

1) We must delay our journey until the weather improves.

我们必须把旅行推迟，等天气好转再说。

2) Why have they delayed opening the school? 他们为什麽延期开学？

delay [n.]耽搁；延误；推迟；延期：

We must leave without delay. 我们必须立即离开.

被耽搁或推迟的时间：

There was a delay (of two hours) before the plane took off. 飞机起飞推迟了（两个小时）。

4. accessible [adj.]

可接近的；可进入的；可使用的：

~ (to sb.)

1) a beach accessible only from the sea 只能从海上到达的沙滩

2) documents not accessible to the public 公众无法接触到的文件.

access [n.]

~ (to sth.)（接近或进入某地的）方法；通路：

1) The only access to the farmhouse is across the fields. 要到那农舍去唯有穿过田地。

2) The village is easy/difficult of access. 到那个村子的路很容易[很难]走。

~ (to sth./sb.)（使用某物或接近某人的）机会或权利：

1) get access to classified information 得到接触秘密情报的机会

2) Students must have access to a good library. 学生要有使用好图书馆的便利条件。

3) Only high officials had access to the president. 只有高级官员才可以接近总统。

access [v.] 存取（计算机文件）:

1) She accessed three different files to find the correct information.

她存取了三个文件以找寻所要的信息。

2) The files were accessed every day to keep them up to date.

文件每日存取, 使之不断更新。

5. tear [v.] (tore, torn)

将（某物）撕开﹑扯下或撕碎：

1) tear a sheet of paper in two 把一张纸撕成两半

2) a torn handkerchief 撕破的手帕

3) He tore his shirt on a nail. 他的衬衣让钉子挂破了。

4) tear a parcel open 把包裹撕开

（在某物上）撕，扯，划，刺（洞或裂口）：

The explosion tore a hole in the wall. 墙炸开一个洞。

撕下，撕掉，扯下，扯掉（某物）：

tear a page out of a book, a notice down from a wall, the leaves off a tree

撕下一页书﹑从墙上撕下布告﹑从树上揪下树叶

~ sb from sb./sth. 强行使某人离开某人[某物]；夺去；揪走：

The child was torn from its mother’s arms. 把孩子从母亲怀抱中夺走了。

撕碎；撕裂；撕破：

1) This cloth tears easily. 这布料容易撕破。