上海龙凤13141. focus on (P6) phrasal verb

to give a lot of attention to one particular person, subject or thing: 集中注意力于…

Tonight's programme focuses on the way that homelessness affects the young.

When the kitchen is finished I'm going to focus my attention on the garden and get that sorted out.

2. suitable (P7)

suit

v. [T] to be right for a particular person, situation or occasion: 适合

上海龙凤1314Corn is grown a lot in this area - the soil seems to suit it very well.

The city lifestyle seems to suit her - she's certainly looking very well.

suited

adj. 1) right for someone or sth.: 适合的

With her qualifications and experience, she would seem to be ideally suited to/for the job.

2) If two people who have a relationship are suited, they have a good relationship which will probably last, often because they share a lot of interests: 适宜的

They were never suited (to each other) from the start - they've got nothing in common.

suitable

上海龙凤1314adj. acceptable or right for someone or sth.: 适合的

上海龙凤1314The film is suitable for children.

My mother doesn't like me wearing short skirts to church - she doesn't think they're suitable.

NOTE: The opposite is unsuitable.

高考链接

- How about eight o' clock outside the cinema?

上海龙凤1314-That _______ me fine. (2004 全国)

A. fits B. meets C. satisfies D. suits

答案及解析: D. 时间地点适合某人用suit sb.

● Grammar and usage

上海龙凤13141. serve (P8)

v. [T] in a shop, restaurant or hotel, to deal with a customer by taking their order, showing or selling them goods etc: 服务,接待

Are you being served, madam?

上海龙凤1314That's the restaurant where they refused to serve Giles because he was so rude.

上海龙凤1314v. [I or T] to provide food or drinks: 提供食物,饮料等

上海龙凤1314Do they serve meals in the bar?

Breakfast is served in the restaurant between 7 and 9

We arrived at the hotel and were served with champagne and canapés.

All recipes in this book, unless otherwise stated, will serve (= be enough for) 4 to 5 people.

[+ object + adjective] Serve the tarts hot with custard or whipped cream.

上海龙凤1314v. [T] to provide with something that is needed: 提供所需之物

上海龙凤1314London's hospitals, so says the report, are out of touch with the communities that they serve.

v. [I or T] to work for; to do your duty to: 服务,工作,服役

上海龙凤1314He served in the army in India for twenty years.

She has served on the committee for the last fifteen years.

He served under Harold Wilson as Transport Minister.

service

n. [U] the act of dealing with a customer in a shop, restaurant or hotel by taking their order, showing or selling them goods, etc: 服务,接待

上海龙凤1314The only trouble with this café is that the service is so slow.

[C] a system or organization that provides for a basic public need:

the ambulance/health/postal/prison service

上海龙凤1314[C or U] the operation of a system:

上海龙凤1314There isn't any railway service on Sundays.

上海龙凤1314We hope to be operating a normal service as soon as possible.

services plural noun UK

a place beside a large road at which fuel, food, drink and other items that people want on their journey are sold:

上海龙凤1314We stopped at the services to get petrol.

servant

上海龙凤1314n. a person who is employed in another person's house, doing jobs such as cooking and cleaning, especially in the past

上海龙凤1314public servant/servant of the state a person who works for the government:

Public servants should be incorruptible.

in service

in use:

上海龙凤1314The battleship has been in service since 1965.

高考链接

1. My friend, who ______ on the International Olympic Committee all his life, is retiring next month. (2006 浙江)

A. served B. is serving C. had served D. has served

2. If you are feeling so tired, perhaps a little sleep would _____. (2004 浙江)

上海龙凤1314A. act B. help C. serve D. last

答案及解析

1. D. 为…而终生工作

2. B. 有帮助.

上海龙凤13142. raise (P9)

v. [T] 1) to take care of a person, or an animal or plant, until they are completely grown: 抚养

上海龙凤1314Her parents died when she was a baby and she was raised by her grandparents.

The lambs had to be raised by hand (= fed artificial milk by people) when their mother died.

上海龙凤1314The farmer raises (= breeds) chickens and pigs.

The soil around here isn't good enough for raising (= growing) crops.

上海龙凤13142) to cause sth. to increase or become bigger, better, higher, etc: 抬高, 提高

上海龙凤1314The government plan to raise taxes.

上海龙凤1314I had to raise my voice (= speak more loudly) to make myself heard over the noise.

The inspector said that standards at the school had to be raised.

Our little chat has raised my spirits (= made me feel happier).

3) to lift sth. to a higher position: 举起

Would all those in favor please raise their hands?

上海龙凤1314He raised the window and leaned out.

上海龙凤1314Mary Quant was the first fashion designer to raise hemlines.

3. abuse (9)

上海龙凤1314v. [T] 1) to use or treat someone or sth. wrongly or badly, especially in a way that is to your own advantage: 虐待

上海龙凤1314She is continually abusing her position/authority by getting other people to do things for her.

上海龙凤1314I never expected that he would abuse the trust I placed in him.

Several of the children had been sexually/physically/emotionally abused.

2) to speak to someone rudely or cruelly: 辱骂

上海龙凤1314The crowd started abusing him after he failed to save a goal.

上海龙凤1314n. [U] rude and offensive words said to another person: 辱骂

上海龙凤1314He had apparently experienced a lot of verbal abuse from his co-workers.

He hurled (a stream/torrent of) abuse at her (= He said a lot of rude and offensive things to her).

'Idiot!' is a mild term of abuse (= an insulting expression).

child abuse

n. [U] when adults intentionally treat children in a cruel or violent way: 虐待儿童

4. get caught (P9)

上海龙凤1314v. [L + past participle] (getting, got, got or US gotten) sometimes used instead of 'be' to form the passive:

I got shouted at by some idiot for walking past his house.

They're getting married later this year.

上海龙凤1314This window seems to have got broken.

高考链接

上海龙凤13141. －_______ David and Vicky _______married?

上海龙凤1314－For about three years. (2003 北京)

上海龙凤1314A．How long were … being B．How long have … got

C．How long have … been D．How long did … get

上海龙凤13142. --- How are the team playing?

上海龙凤1314　 --- They're playing well, but one of them hurt. (2002 全国春)

　A. got B. gets C. are D. were

3. As we joined the big crowd I got ______ from my friends. (2001 全国)

上海龙凤1314A. separated B. spared C. lost D. missed

答案及解析:

1. C.

2. A. got hurt 受伤

上海龙凤13143. A. 被分了开来.

5. pressure (P9)

press

上海龙凤1314v. [I or T; usually + adv. or prep.] to push sth. firmly, often without causing it to move permanently further away from you: 按,压

上海龙凤1314Press the button to start the machine.

上海龙凤1314He pressed his face against the window.

Can you press a bit harder on my shoulders, please?

The crowd pressed against the locked doors trying to get into the building.

Press down firmly on the lever.

上海龙凤1314[T] to make clothes smooth by ironing them: 熨烫

I'll just press these trousers.

[T] to put a weight on fruit in order to remove the juice: 榨汁

to press grapes

[T] to make a record or CD: 制唱片

Over 3000 copies of the CD were pressed and sent some out to college radio stations.

上海龙凤1314[T] to make sth. flat and firm by putting it under sth. heavy: 压扁

The children pressed some flowers.

pressed turkey breast

上海龙凤1314n. [C usually singular] a firm push against sth. using the fingers: 按,压

To start the machine, just give this button a press.

[S] when you make cloth smooth with an iron: 熨烫

Can you give this shirt a quick press?

上海龙凤1314[C] a piece of equipment which is used to put weight on something in order to crush it, remove liquid from it or to make it flat: 熨斗

a garlic/trouser/wine press

to try hard to persuade someone to do something: 强迫,迫使

[+ object + to infinitive] The committee pressed him to reveal more information.

上海龙凤1314He's pressing me for an answer.

上海龙凤1314Can I press you further on (= persuade you to say more about) this issue?

pressure

上海龙凤1314n. [U] the force you produce when you press sth.: 压力

He put too much pressure on the door handle and it snapped.

You can stop bleeding by applying pressure close to the injured area.

[C or U] the force that a liquid or gas produces when it presses against an area:

gas/water pressure

上海龙凤1314The new material allows the company to make gas pipes which withstand higher pressures.

上海龙凤1314The gas is stored under pressure (= in a container which keeps it at a higher pressure than it would usually have).

上海龙凤1314[U] when someone tries to make someone else do sth. by arguing, persuading, etc: 压力(抽象)

上海龙凤1314public/political pressure

上海龙凤1314Teachers are under increasing pressure to work longer hours.

上海龙凤1314[+ to infinitive] Pressure to abandon the new motorway is increasing.

上海龙凤1314The government is facing pressure from environmental campaigners.

He only asked her under pressure from his wife (= because his wife forced him to).

She's putting pressure on him (= trying to persuade him) to get married.

FORMAL The international community are trying to bring pressure to bear on the government (= trying to persuade them) to resolve the situation.

上海龙凤1314[C or U] a difficult situation that makes you feel worried or unhappy:

上海龙凤1314She's got a lot of pressure on her at work just now.

Be nice to him - he's been under a lot of pressure recently.

上海龙凤1314Can you work well under pressure?

the pressures of work

高考链接

Life is tough in the city. In order to lose their , some people drink alcohol. (2003 上海)

A．temper B．mood C．consciousness D．pressures

答案及解析:

D. lose one’s pressures: 缓解某人的压力

6. threat (P9)

n. [C] a suggestion that sth. unpleasant or violent will happen, especially if a particular action or order is not followed: 威胁

上海龙凤1314[+ to infinitive] She carried out her threat to throw away any clothes that were left on the floor.

The threat of jail failed to deter him from petty crime.

Drunken drivers pose a serious threat (= cause a lot of harm) to other road users.

上海龙凤1314He says he'll tell the authorities but it's just an empty threat (= it will not happen).

上海龙凤1314be under threat of sth.

to be in a situation where people are threatening you with sth. bad or unpleasant: 在……的威胁之下

She left the country under threat of arrest if she returned.

threaten

v. [T] to tell someone that you will kill or hurt them, or cause problems for them if they do not do what you want: 威胁

They threatened the shopkeeper with a gun.

上海龙凤1314[+ to infinitive] They threatened to kill him unless he did as they asked.

[I] If sth. bad threatens to happen, it is likely to happen: 预兆,征兆

上海龙凤1314Look at those clouds! There's a storm threatening.

[T] to be likely to cause harm or damage to sth. or someone: 对……造成威胁

Changing patterns of agriculture are threatening the countryside.

高考链接

Her brother to leave her in the dark room alone when she disobeyed his order. (2001 上海)

A. declared B. threatened C. warned D. exclaimed

答案及解析: B. threaten to do sth 威胁做某事

7. resist (P9)

上海龙凤1314v. [I or T] to fight against sth. or someone that is attacking you: 抗拒……的诱惑

The soldiers resisted (the enemy attacks) for two days.

[T] to refuse to accept or be changed by sth.: 拒绝

上海龙凤1314The party leader resisted demands for his resignation.

上海龙凤1314He tried to run away from the police and was charged with resisting arrest.

上海龙凤1314The new hybrid crops are much better at resisting disease.

上海龙凤1314[T] to stop yourself from doing sth. that you want to do: 克制自己去做某事

上海龙凤1314I can never resist temptation/chocolate/the urge to laugh.

[+ ing form of verb] She couldn't resist laughing at him in those clothes.

resistance

上海龙凤1314n. [U] when sth. or someone resists:

resistance to disease

上海龙凤1314Government troops offered no resistance (to the rebels).

There's a lot of resistance (= opposition) to the idea of a united Europe.

上海龙凤1314[U] a force which acts to stop the progress of sth. or make it slower:

上海龙凤1314The car's speed was reduced by air/wind resistance.

[C or U] SPECIALIZED the degree to which a substance prevents the flow of an electric current through it:

Copper has (a) low resistance.

resistant

adj. 1) not wanting to accept sth., especially changes or new ideas:

上海龙凤1314Why are you so resistant to change?

上海龙凤13142) not harmed or affected by sth.:

上海龙凤1314a stain-resistant carpet

a disease-resistant variety of tomato