unit4 Earthquake词汇

6. shock
vt．&vi．(使)震动，震惊； n．打击；震惊；震动
[1] The shock was deadly to him.
这次打击对他是致命的。
[2] The news did not shock either of them.
这消息没有使他们任何一个人震惊.
be shocked at 对……感到吃惊
[1] An earthquake left the whole town in ruins．
那次地震过后，整个城镇都沦为了 废墟。
[2]All our hopes for the future lay in ruins.
我们对未来所报的一切希望都破灭了。
[3]Nothing can ruin our happiness.
[3] Don’t burst in when I am speaking.
当我在说话的时候别打断我。
3. at an end = finished
结束；终结；耗尽
[1] It seemed as if the world was at an end!
好像世界末日到了。
[2] I must warn you that my patience is almost at an end.
我必须警告你我已经没有耐心了
at the end of….
。 by the end of….
在„„尽头；在„„结束时 到„„结束时；到„„时为止(常与完成时态连用）
in the end= finally = eventually =at last 最后；终于
[1] The building will be completed ____ bythe end of this month.
他跳入冰冷的水中去救落水的孩子。
[2]the child who fell into the river would have died if the young man hadn’t came to his rescue.
要不是那个青年来营救他, 落水的孩子早就没命了.
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没有什么可以破坏我们的幸福。
[4] History saw the ruin of Roman Empire.
历史见证了罗马帝国的灭亡。
damage/destroy/ruin
(1)ruin指彻底摧毁一件事物，特别是摧毁美好、珍贵的事物， 表示损坏到无法修复的地步, 但没意味着破坏到不存在, 并 没完全破坏到失去原来面貌。 (2)damage指“损坏”，表示不彻底的破坏，一般是部分性的， 只是使其不能发挥正常作用，意味损坏后价值或效率降低， 宾语一般是物。 (3)destroy指十分彻底的“破坏”，常含有不能或很难修复的 意思，表示完全摧毁损坏, 导致失去面来的面貌, 无法继续 使用, 或者不存在了
1. burst
vt.& vi. 爆裂；爆发； n.突然破裂；爆发
burst in 突然出现；打断 burst into 闯入，突然……起来 burst out doing sth 突然做某事 burst into laughter/ burst out laughing
突然大笑
burst into tears/ burst out crying
1. right away
立刻；马上
[1] I’ll return the book to you right away. 我会马上还书给你。
[2] Can you come to my office right away? 你能立刻到我办公室来吗？ right away / right now / at once / immediately
突然哭起来
[1] He couldn’t help bursting into tears when he heard the bad news.
当他听到这个坏消息时情不自禁泪流满面。
[2] He burst into the room without knocking at the door.
他没敲门就闯进房间。
[3] I was shocked at the news of her death.
7. rescue
援救；营救
rescue from 从...中援救
rescue me from danger 营救我脱离危险 go/come to one's rescue 营救某人
[1] He jumped into the icy water to rescue the child from drowning（溺水）.
At [2] ____the end of the meeting, a number of important questions were still unresolved. at an end in 1918. [3] the first world war was ____ in the end, we got to the top of the mountain. [4] ____
4. ruin
n．毁灭；毁坏； (不可数名词) 废墟；遗迹(常用复数) vt．&vi．(使)毁坏；毁灭；成为废墟；使破产
(lie) in ruins 成为废墟；严重受损 ruin one’s hopes 使某人希望破灭 ruin oneself 自取灭亡 ruin one’s health/fame 毁坏某人的健康/名誉