1、1. work at; work on; work outwork at与work on作从事于时无明显区别,可互换。但work at侧重于表示克服,解决之意;work on侧重于表示致力于创作或发现之意;work at可用于各种时态,work on一般用于进行时或完成时;work out意为解决,找到答案,侧重于得出结果。如: He liked to work at difficult problems in mathematics. 他喜欢做数学难题。 Then he started to work on it (the problem). 接着他开始演算那道数学题。 How could
2、he work it (the mathematics problem) out? 他是怎样算出那道数学题的呢?2. in order to; so as toso as to和in order to在句中都用来引导目的状语,意思是:目的是,以便。所不同的是in order to可放于句首,而so as to则不可。但so as to可分开使用,即so. as to,引起结果状语。二者都可转换成由so that / in order that引导的目的状语从句。注意从句中须加情态助动词may, might, could, can, could, etc.。如: Would you be so
3、kind as to help me with the box? 请帮我拿一下箱子好吗? 他努力学习,以便赶得上其他同学。a. He works hard so as to / in order to keep up with other classmates.b. In order to keep up with other classmates, he works hard.c. He works hard so that / in orderthat he can keep up with other classmates. He got up early so as to/in ord
4、er to catch the early bus. 他起得很早,以便赶上早班公共汽车。3. observe; look; see; notice; watch; stare; glare1) observe的意思是用眼睛看到并注意到,通过认真地看而观察到,译成观察,如观察星星、某现象等。如:He has observed the stars all his life.他一辈子都在观察星星。2) look的意思是有意识地使用眼睛或视力,译成看;see的意思是有意或无意用眼睛的结果,译成看见。黑暗中你可以look,但不一定see。look at的意思是把眼睛转向目标,译成看或看着,如:look
5、at the blackboard 看黑板;see可表示多种意义的看,如:see a film 看电影; see a doctor 看医生,等等。如:He looked at the blackboard but he couldnt see any words on it.他看着黑板,但看不见一个字。3) notice的意思是用眼睛或其他感官或感觉注意,译成注意到或看到。如:I notice the boys playing basketball on the playground after school. 放学后我注意到男孩子们在操场上打篮球。4) watch的意思是仔细认真地跟踪运动着
6、的目标,译成观看或监视。如: He often watches TV on Saturdays. 他经常在星期六看电视。 I watched a live football match on TV last night. 昨天晚上我在电视上看了一场现场直播的足球赛。5) stare和glare虽然都有瞪眼之意,但stare表示由于吃惊、害怕或深思而睁大眼睛看,译成盯着看,注视,凝视;而glare表示由于生气睁大眼睛用强烈的目光看,译成向人瞪眼,怒目注视,另外,glare还有发出强烈的光之意。如: Crusoe stared at the footprint,full of fear. 克鲁索盯着脚印,满心恐惧。Suddenly he saw two eyes glaring at him out of the darkness. 突然他看到黑暗中有两只眼睛对他怒目而视。 The sun glared out of the blue sky. 太阳透过蓝天放出万道光芒。
