的小树英语知识点归纳

2021年1月6日发(作者：尤萃)
in a row: happening a number of times, one after another
- Bill Gates lost $$6 billion last year, but that didn’t stop him
from being the richest man in the world for the 8th year in a
row.

doze off: fall into a light sleep
- Before I had time to doze off again, I was disturbed by a
rattling of plates and dishes in the servant’s hall.
- That proved to be my undoing, for I soon got back to my
old bad habit of dozing off in front of the screen.

frail: adj. weak
- Mrs. Warner is already 96 and too frail to live by herself.

strain: vt.
1) make a situation or relationship more difficult
- Relations between Tokyo and Washington were further
strained by the monetary crisis involving the December 1971
revaluation of the Japanese yen.
- 该事件使得两国关系趋于紧张。
(=The incident has strained relations between the two
countries.)
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2) stretch tightly by pulling
- They strained the wire between two posts.

make ends meet: balance one’s income and expenditure
- It may be difficult at times to make ends meet on your
small income.
- It was very difficult for Arthur to make ends meet when his
factory was put on a three-day week during the recession.

stretch:
1. vt.
1) make sth. longer, wider or tighter by pulling
- Where can I buy those things that stretch your shoes?
- A spider’s web can be stretched considerably without
weakening.
- 你如果拉橡皮带，它就会伸长。
(=If you stretch a piece of elastic, it becomes much longer.)
2) extend or thrust out (a limb or part of the body) and
tighten the muscles
- She went out to stretch her legs after lunch.
- 应付抽筋最有效的方法就是轻柔缓和地去伸展肌肉抽筋的
部位。
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(=The most effective treatment for muscle cramps is to
gently stretch the cramped muscle.)
2. vi. spread out over an area or a period of time; extend
- The ocean stretched as far as they could see on all sides.
- 这条道路穿过沙漠伸向远方。
(=The road stretched out across the desert into the distance.)
Collocation：
stretch one’s legs
stretch a point
at a stretch

散步
做出让步
连续地
竭尽全力 at full stretch
beyond the stretch of … 超出…范围

twist: vt.
1) turn round; revolve
- Twist the handle to the right and the box will open.
- 我扭过头去把汽车向后倒。
(=I twisted my head round to reverse the car.)
2) deliberately give a false meaning to words, etc.
- The police tried to twist the man’s statement into an
admission of guilt.
- 报纸把我的话全都歪曲了。
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(=The papers twisted everything I said.)
Pattern:
twist sth. round sth. 使某物缠绕某物
twist sth. into sth.
twist off
twist up

outbreak: n. the sudden or violent start of sth. unwelcome,
such as disease
- The area was struck by an outbreak of cholera.
- So violent was his outbreak that they hesitated to intervene.
- 由于战争爆发，这个研究计划搁浅了。
(=The research project fetched up because of the outbreak of
the war.)

alien:
1. n. anyone who does not belong in the environment in
which they are found
- Immigrant workers were classed as resident aliens.
- 背井离乡这么久，现在在他自己的国家，他觉得自己像个
外人。
(=After being away for so long, he feels like an alien in his
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把某物扭/搓成某物




扭断；拧开
扭弯；歪曲
own country now.)
2. adj.
1) very different from what you are used to, especially in a
way that is difficult to understand or accept
- Their ideas are quite alien to our ways of thinking.
- 残忍完全不合他的本性。
(=Cruelty is quite alien to his nature.)
2) being or from or characteristic of another place or part of
the world
- After the alien spacecraft had hovered over the park for a
short time, it vanished.
- 我在异国他乡遇到故知。
(=I ran into an old friend in the alien land.)

remarkable: adj.
1) striking
- He showed remarkable courage when he faced the danger.
- 他生病的整个阶段都表现出非凡的忍耐力。
(=He showed remarkable endurance throughout his illness.)
2) worthy of attention
- The social changes which occurred in China are
remarkable.
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