词语重点22
satisfaction; content
satisfaction 满足 ,为名词,指达到希望时所感觉到的较强的满足感,其形容词为satisfactory 指事物,不可用人作主语 或satisfied 可用人,事物,作主语 。
His success gave me great satisfaction 他的成功令我非常满意。
Your work is satisfactory 你的工作令人满意。
a satisfied smile满意的微笑
His ambition was not satisfied. 他的野心没有得逞。
This kind of programme always satisfied the public. 这类节目总能使观众满意。
I am satisfied at your success 我对你的成功感到满意。
content 满足 ,为普通用语,语气较弱,其要求值不高,一般的事情只要过得去或没有什么不满就算content,可作名词或形容词 可用人,事物,作主语 。takes content in,满足
He takes content in nothing 他这人从不知足。
He takes content in everything 他这人容易满足。
He is content to live in the countryside 他满足于住在乡下。
An icecream is enough to content the child. 一块冰淇淋足以让小孩子满足了。
search;search for; search…for;in search of
search somebody 搜某人的身;search a place 搜某个地方。
The policeman is searching a thief 那警察正在搜小偷的身。
search for somebody / search for something 搜寻、寻找某人、某物。
They searched for that man everywhere 他们到处寻找那个人。
search…for somebody / search…for something 搜……寻找某人、某物。
They searched the woods for a lost child 他们在树林里搜寻一个丢失的孩子。
in search of中的search为名词,意为 寻找;寻求 。
They went to Australia in search of gold 他们去澳大利亚寻找金子。
search; search for; look for
search用作及物动词,后跟 人 时,意为 搜身 ;后跟地点名词时,表示 对某地进行搜查 。也可在宾语后加for短语,表示搜查具体目标。
The policemen searched everyone at the party . 警察对参加聚会的每个人都进行了搜身。
The enemy searched the mountain for the Red Army but they failed . 敌人在山上搜寻红军,但没找到。
search for意为 寻找 ,可视为是search for的省略式,此时search为不及物动词。
She searched for her lost cat everywhere,but failed 她到处寻找走失的猫,但没找到。
另外,search用作名词,常构成短语:in one’s search for相当于in search of 后者search前不用冠词或人称代词。
They went out in their search for food =They went out in search of food 他们外出寻找食物。
look for意为 寻找 ,但没有search for注意力集中,地点名词不可直接跟在look后作宾语,其前需加介词。
What are you looking for on the playground ? 你在操场上找什么呢?
I was just going to look for you and here you are. 我正要找你,恰好你来了。
set up;set out;set off;set about
set up 建立政权、组织、国家等。
The government has set up a working party to look into the problem of drug abuse .政府已成立工作组调查毒品泛滥问题。
set out set off 出发;动身。
They set out for Beijing yesterday 他们昨天动身去北京。 此种情况下out可用off替换 。
set out to do something 开始做某事。
She set out to break the world land speed record 她决心打破陆上速度的世界纪录。
set off使 地雷、炸弹 等爆炸。
Do be careful with those fireworks; the slightest spark could set them off
要格外小心这些烟火,稍有火星就会引起爆炸。
set somebody off doing something 使某人开始干某事。
Her imitations always set us off laughing 她模仿别人的动作,每次都把我们逗笑。
set about用于set about something . set about doing something 结构中,表示开始做某事,着手干某事。
The new government must set about finding solutions to the country's economic problems . 新政府必须立即找出解决国家经济问题的办法。
so/such
两者都可以表示 如此 、 这样 。so是副词,用来修饰形容词或副词;such是形容词,用来修饰名词,如果修饰单数可数名词 名词前常有形容词修饰 ,其后需加不定冠词a或an,即把不定冠词置于such的后面,形容词的前面。
He writes so well 他字写得这么好。
He told us such a funny story 他给我们讲了一个很有趣的故事。
另外,当名词前有many,much,few,little等词修饰时,用so,不用such;当单数可数名词前有形容词修饰时,也可以用so,但要调整冠词的位置,即冠词置于形容词之后,单数可数名词前。
They made so much noise,our teacher got angry 他们吵得这么历害,老师生气了。
It's so cold a day to day =It's such a cold day today 今天是这么寒冷的一天。
so as to; in order to; so…as to
so as to与in order to二者均表示 以便;为了 ,后接动词不定式作目的状语,可以换用;但so as to引导的目的状语不能置于句首,而in order to则可以。
He stopped working in order to/so as to take a rest 他停止工作以便休息。
In order to make a living he had to work day and night 为了谋生,他不得不日夜工作。
so+形容词/副词+as to 的意思是 如此的……以致于 ,引导表示结果的状语。
He ran so fast as to get a pain in his side 他跑得太快,结果导致腹侧疼痛。