1、熟词生义汇总 (c)讲义c1capital熟义:首都, 首都的 生义:资本;资金;资方; The Smith Company has a capital of30.000.史密斯公司有3万美元的资本。大写字母;大写的capital letters大写字母2charge熟义:vt. 收费,索价生义:n. 费用v./n. 指控(charge sb. with sth ;类似accuse sb. of sth)a charge of stealing偷窃罪的指控猛冲;攻击;The boy charged into the room.男孩冲进屋里。Suddenly the wild animal ch
2、arged at us.突然那头野兽朝我们冲过来。charge the enemy向敌人发起冲锋充电、装(满),装料charge a gun with powder用火药填满炮3coin熟义:硬币 生义:(1)造币;铸币coin gold 铸造金币(2)杜撰设计(新单词或短语)Do not coin terms that are intelligible to nobody.不要生造谁也不懂的词语。(3)adj. coin 投币式的(操作需要一块或多块金属币的);自助式的acoin washing machine投币洗衣机4collect熟义:收集 生义:(1)收(租,税,帐等);募捐coll
3、ect the electricity fee收取电费collect taxes收税collect (raise) money募集资金(2)领取(信件等);接走(人物)Today it is his turn to collect the children fromschool in the community.今天该轮到他把孩子们从社区学校接回去。(3)使镇静;集中(思想等)The old lady tried to collect her thoughts but she was too excited.老太太力图镇定下来,但是太激动了。Before you begin to make a
4、 speech, you should collect your thoughts and ideas.在你开始讲话之前,你应当集中你的思想和意念。collect ones emotions. 镇定情绪collect oneself 心平气和,平心静气,镇定一下5company熟义:公司,生义:陪伴,伴侣He kept me company. 他陪伴我。in the company of 在.陪同下I had no company on the journey. 我在旅行中没有同伴。6content熟义:n. 内容, 容量, 目录,满足(to ones hearts content 心满意足)
5、生义:adj. 满足的,满意的vt.使满意或满足Nothing contents her, she is always complaining.没有什么能使她满意,她总是抱怨。He contented himself with one piece of cake.(他)吃了一块蛋糕非常地满足。含量the content of silver in a ton of ore一吨矿砂中银的含量7corner熟义:角落, (街道)拐角处,生义:把难住;使走投无路The dog cornered the rat.狗把老鼠逼到一个角落。8count熟义:数数, 计算(count down倒计时)生义:(1
6、)依靠,依赖(on)You can count on my help.你可以依赖我的帮助(2)认为;视为;count it an honor (to do sth.)(把做某事)引以为荣(3)有价值;重要;有用Every second counts.每一秒钟都很重要。You really count with me.对我来说你确实很重要。9cover熟义:盖子, 封面;覆盖 生义:(1)占(时间或空间) The town covers 5 square miles.小镇占地5平方英里。(2)走完(一段路程)I want to cover 100 miles by dark.我想在天黑之前走完1
7、00英里(3)采访(事件)cover a fire for a newspaper为报纸采访失火的新闻(4)够付(费用)足以抵补These expenses are covered by the state.这些费用都由国家负担。cover the loss 弥补损失(5)包括;包含;论及The review covered everything we learned last term.这次复习包括上学期我们所学的全部课程。(6)看完(多少页书)cover fifty pages in 15 minutes10crazy熟义:疯狂的;精神错乱的;生义:着迷的;狂热的Shes crazy ab
8、out dancing. 她热衷于跳舞。be crazy about over 热衷于, 醉心于;爱上, 迷恋着补充:like crazy mad 口发疯似地;拼命地;猛烈地They were running around like crazy. 他们拚命地跑着。11cause熟义:n. 起因,v引起生义:n. 事业The UN has done a lot for the cause of world peace联合国为世界和平事业做了许多贡献。12chance熟义:机会生义:n. 可能性There is a chance that I will see him我有可能见到他。13check
9、熟义:vt. 检查生义:vt. 阻止,制止We should check the spread of the disease. 我们应该阻止疾病的传播。14class熟义:n. 班级生义:n. 阶级,阶层,等级lower class 下层社会upper class上层社会working class工人阶级15climate熟义:n. 气候生义:n. 风气;思潮;倾向The cultural climate here is somehow a little upsetting.这里的文化氛围有点令人不安。16cloudy熟义:adj. 阴天的,多云的生义:adj. 不明朗的,不清晰的Who di
10、d it still remains cloudy. 谁干的这事还不清楚。17contain熟义:v. 含有,包含;克制生义:vt. 抑制He is too excited to contain his laughter.他太兴奋了,不能抑制笑声。18can熟义:能生义:n.罐头 vt. 做成罐头Mother cans fruit妈妈将水果做成罐头。19course熟义:过程生义:n.课程;航线;一道菜Id like to take a refresher course to improve my driving.我想参加补习训练以提高自己的驾驶技术。The plane was off the
11、 course.飞机偏离航向。They were treated with a five-course dinner for lunch.午饭招待他们的是有五道菜的正餐。20cross熟义:v. 跨越,横穿 n. 十字生义:adj. 生气的Dont be cross with him-after all, he meant to help.别生他的气,毕竟,他是想帮忙的。21cut熟义:vt.砍,割,切生义:vt. 伤感情His rude remarks cut me.他的粗俗的话伤到我了。22case熟义:n. 情况,状况生义:n. 病例,案例There are three cases of
12、 fever in school.学校有三起发烧案例。23casual熟义:adj. 偶然的,随意的生义:adj. 临时的He was employed as a casual labourer.他被雇佣为临时工。24cater熟义:v. 为社交活动提供饮食;承办酒席生义:v. 满足需要,迎合TV must cater for many different tastes.电视必须迎合多种需求。25challenge熟义:v. 挑战生义:v. 对质疑I challenged the view. 我质疑这个观点。26conduct熟义:v. 实施,指挥,做conduct an experiment
13、 做实验生义:v. 举止,表现He conducted himself far better than expected.他表现得比预期的好得多。27consume熟义:vt. 消耗,消费生义:vt. 烧毁,毁灭The fire soon consumed the old wooden buildings in the neighbourhood.大火很快就烧毁了这一带的旧木头房子。28carry熟义:搬运,携带生义:v.持有,带有;刊登Police in many countries carry guns.许多国家的警察都带枪。Todays newspapers carry full rep
14、orts of the presidents visit.今天的报纸刊登了总统参观的详细报道。29catch熟义:抓生义:v.明白;领会Sorry, I didnt quite catch what you said.对不起,我没听清你的话。30change熟义:变化生义:n. 零钱,找头Have you got change for a five-pound note?你有没有5英镑的零钱?31cost熟义:花费;值生义:vt. 使失去(生命、健康等)The patients dangerous condition cost the doctors and nurses manysleepless nights病人的危险状态使医生、护士好几夜不曾合眼。