1、熟词生义汇总 (l)讲义l1land熟词:陆地;土地,(使)登陆,(使)登岸,(使)着陆生义:(1)国家war between lands国与国之间的战争(2)捕(鱼)抓住或钓上(鱼)land a big catfish.钓上一条大鲇鱼(3)获得,取得land a well-paid job找到一份收入很高的工作2late熟词:adj./adv.迟的,晚(期)的生义:(1)已故的,前任的the late doctor 已故的医生the late president 前任总统the late government上届政府his late wife他已亡故的妻子(2)新近的,最近的the late
2、 news 最近的新闻the late earthquake 最近的地震3last熟词:adj.最后的,最末的;紧接前面的;刚过去的生义:(1)vi. 持续,延续,维持;耐久The festival lasted two days.节日持续了两天。This cloth lasts well.这种布很耐穿。(2)vt. 够用,使得以维持The food will last us another week.食品够我们再吃一星期。(3)最不可能的;最不适当的,最不合适的(the least desirable or suitable)the last person we would have sus
3、pected我们最不可能怀疑的人the last man for the job对这项工作最不合适的人4lead熟词:领导,引导生义:(1)铅 (2)通往(向)(to)The path leads to the village.这条小路通到那村庄。(3)导致(to)lead to the thief being caught导致贼被抓(4)在比赛中领先After the first half of the race I was leading.跑了一半赛程后我领先了。She was in the lead during the race.她在赛跑中领先。(5)过(生活)He led a har
4、d life.他的日子过得很苦。(6)榜样,带头take the lead in everything所有事情都带头5leave熟词:离开,动身;留下,把(落)遗忘在某地;把交付(委托)给生义:(1)使处于某种状态 leave the work undone 丢下工作不干leave him an orphan使他成为孤儿leave him sad使他伤心leave the raincoat hanging behind the door让雨衣挂在门后leave sb. in the dark不让某人知道(2)听任leave him there 让他待在那里吧leave it as it is
5、让它保持原样I will leave you to do as you like.你爱做什么就做什么。(3)准休假,假期(不可数)ask for leave 请假ask for two daysleave(take two days off) 请两天假be on leave 在度假;在假期中grant / give sb. a leave 准某人的假(此处冠词为特殊用法)6lift熟词:举起,升高,提高;英电梯;吊车生义:(1)免费搭乘,搭便车He gave me a lift to the station in his car.他让我搭他的汽车去火车站。ask for a lift 请求搭车
6、(2)窃取(尤指小件物品);抄袭,从已发表的东西上照抄,剽取(观点和文章等)Many of his ideas were lifted from other authors.他的许多见解都是从其他作家那里剽窃来的。7line熟词:n.绳;线,路线,线路;排,列;v. (使)排列,排队生义:(1)运输公司an airline 航空公司a shipping line海运公司(2)(pl)台词spend the weekend learning her lines利用周末熟记她的台词(3)短信;便条Ill drop you a line.我会留个便条给你。8lesson熟词:功课,(一节)课, pl
7、.课程生义:教训teach sb. a lesson给某人以教训earn ones lesson得到教训be a lesson to对.是一个教训9live熟词:生活,居住生义:(1)实况地,实况转播的live broadcast现场直播(2)adj. 活的live animals 活着的动物live shrimps 活虾live 表此意仅用于修饰动物、家禽、鱼等。10let down熟词:放下来生义:辜负,使失望He said he would be here by 12 oclock, but he let us down他说他12点钟之前就到,但他让我们失望了。11let out熟词:让
8、出去生义:泄露(机密);发出(声)Ill never tell you another secret if you let this one out如果你把这个秘密说出去了,我再也不告诉你第二个秘密了。12live up to熟词:使行为和相符(勿望文生义)The WTO cannot live up to its name if it does not include a country that is home to one fifth of mankind.如果WTO不包括一个占世界人口五分之一的国家,那就名不副实。13in the long run熟词:长远来说,最后 (勿望文生义)It is difficult to save money now, but it is worth it in the long run.现在存钱很困难,但从长远来讲是值得的。14long熟词:长,久生义:v. 渴望He longed to read the novel by Qiong Yao.他极想读琼瑶的小说。The children are longing for the holidays.孩子们盼望放假。15look熟词:看生义:n. 表情,外貌,美貌She kept her looks even in her old age.即使上了年纪,她仍然风韵犹存。