重点词汇词组:
Hermione1 took out2 a list of subjects and titles3 she had decided to search4 while Ron5 strode off6 down a row of books and started7 pulling them off the shelves at random.
长难句分析
解:1主语+2谓语+3宾语+4定语从句+5主语+6谓语+7谓语
析:“she had decided to search”是定语从句,修饰先行词a list of subjects and titles,此处省略了在定语从句中作宾语的关系代词;while在这里表示对比,意为“而”。
1.search…for sth. 在……搜寻某物
例:The police searched the woods for the missing boy.
警察在树林中搜寻失踪的男孩。
常见搭配:search sth./sb. out 找到,发现
例:Despite the warm weather, we searched out some snow and went skiing.
尽管天气很暖和,我们还是找到了雪地,就去滑雪了。
2.let sth. slip 无意中说出(秘密)
例:I bet he let slip that I'd gone to America.
我确信他无意中说出了我已去了美国。
常见搭配:
①slip into sth. 迅速穿上(衣服)
例:If you could wait two minutes, I'm just going to slip into a nicer dress.
希望你能等两分钟,我很快去换件好看点的裙子。
②slip away 很快地过去
例:Time was slipping away and she had to make a decision soon.
时间过得很快,她必须很快做出决定。
相关俚语:
slip through sb.'s fingers 被错过
例:You shouldn't let a job like that slip through your fingers!
你一定不要错过那样的工作!
3.find out 找出,查明
例:I'll just go and find out what's going on outside.
我这就出去看看外面究竟在干什么。
相关俚语:
①find your voice 愿意开口
例:Witnesses often find their voices when they hear a reward has been offered.
听到有悬赏时目击证人往往就愿意开口了。
②find your feet 习惯于新环境
例:Did it take you long to find your feet when you started your new job?
你刚开始新的工作时适应过程长吗?
4.take sth. out 取出
例:She opened the boot of the car and started to take out a bag of groceries.
她打开汽车的行李箱,开始拿出一袋杂货。
常见搭配:
①take sb. in 收留,收容
例:Several families took in foreign students.
有几个家庭接待外国留学生。
②take to sb./sth. 开始喜欢;对……产生好感
例:The two dogs took to each other immediately and started to play.
这两条狗立刻喜欢上了对方,开始玩了起来。
相关俚语:take the time 花费力气(做某事)
例:She didn't even take the time to wish me good morning.
她连问我一声早上好都没有。
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