高三英语第二十二单元(4)
我纳闷的是为何汤姆总是不睡懒觉,约翰又为何总是很晚睡觉。
8.put aside, put away, lay up
〖明晰〗以上三个词组在作“存钱”之意时,可互换。如:
(NMET 96)It\'s wise to have some money put away(或:laid up, put aside) for old age.为养老而储蓄些钱是明智之举。
但put aside着重“把……放到边”暂不去动它,或不现做某事,而put away着重“ 把……收藏起来”以便以后使用。如:
Put your books aside. We are going to have a dictation.
把收放在一边,我们来听写。
Put all the instruments away on the shelf so that they won\'t yet broken.
把这些仪器收起来放到书架上以免打破了。
9.put an end to; put a stop to
〖明晰〗(1)put an end to 使结束,使终止,使消灭。如:
That accident put an end to his life.那次事故断送了他的命。
(2)Put a stop to=bring sth to a stop使……停下来(说明只是停止, 而不是终结)。如:
It\'s raining hard, we have to put a stop to the work.
雨下得很大,我们只好停工。
10.owe sb sth; owe sth to sb
〖明晰〗owe sb sth欠某人债务;应向某人表达……。如:
I owe her 20 yuan=I owe 20 yuan to her.我欠她20元。
We owe you an apology(=we owe an apology to you)我们应向您道歉。
owe sth to sb还可表达:应把……归功于……。如:
We owe our happy life to our Party.(注意这时不能改换为:we owe our party our happy life.)我们的幸福生活归功于党。
11.of one\'s own; on one\'s own
〖明晰〗of one\'s own“自己的”,常作定语。on one\'s own“独自地,独立地”, 常作状语。如:
We have a house of our own.我们自己有一座房屋。
He directs the film on his own.他独自导演那部影片。