1. brake [breik]
Amy was too nervous to brake in time when she saw a truck running towards them.
【全真测试】A. 刹车B. 修理C. 打碎
【翻译】艾米太紧张了,以致于看见卡车向她开过来,就不能及时刹车了。
【四级词义】vi. (braking, braked)刹车
【名师导学】在构词法中,其中之一就是转化,本词是动词和名词之间的转化。而在英文中,很多单词就含有动词和其意思相同或相近的名词,大家在学习中有所注意,就会在不知不觉中增加词汇量。
【巧记】同音异形异义brake(刹车)和break(v. 打破n. 休息,破裂)。brake以不发音的e结尾,是不发音的静悄悄的刹车,而以k结尾的是像卡擦的音——打破,爆裂。
【词性变化】n.(常用pl.)制动装置;刹车
【例句】① The town government put the brakes on all these projects by giving them less money.镇政府削减对所有这些工程的拨款,使它们都停顿下来了。
② The car, whose brake wasn’t very reliable, began to slide backward.因为刹车失灵,车开始往后滑。
2. catalog [5kAtElCg]
A catalog of all the books in the library.
【全真测试】A. 目录B. 数目C. 统计
【译文】图书馆里所有书籍的目录
【四级词义】n. 目录(册)
【巧记】cat(猫)+a(一个)+log(木头)=猫在一个木头上编目录。
【词性变化】v. 编目录Can you catalog the VCD sets you sell and send me a copy?你能不能把你们出售的VCD机编成目录,送我一份?
3. vague [veig]
He had a vague feeling that something had gone wrong.