31. alarm /ə'lɑːm/

 

n. 警报；警告器；闹钟；惊慌；vt. 警告；使惊恐

拓展

raise/sound the alarm 拉响警报

alarm clock 闹钟

set the alarm clock for 7 o'clock

alarmed a. 惊恐的

feel alarmed about sth.对……产生恐慌

get alarmed about 对…大惊小怪,对…感到吃惊

be alarmed by 被…吓一跳

alarming a. 使人惊恐的

例句

①We were much alarmed by the fire in the forest.

森林失火使我们大为惊慌。

②The instant they heard the alarm, they fell in for action.

他们一听到警报，就立即集合准备战斗。

串记

When the alarm sounded, all the people fled in alarm. The alarm caused great alarm in people.

警报声一响，所有的人都惊慌地逃走了。这一警报在人们中引起了极大的恐慌。

 

 

32.alive /ə'laɪv]/

 

adj. 有活力的；有生气的；活着的；仍然存在的

拓展

alive and kicking 生气勃勃，活蹦乱跳

be alive to 注意，对…有敏感

be alive with 兴旺，拥挤，(热情)洋溢

come alive 变得活跃起来

bring ... alive 使……变得活跃

keep ... alive 使……有活力/仍然存在

例句

 

①She only came alive when she sat down at the piano.

她一坐在钢琴旁就精神起来。

②His humourous story brought the atmosphere of the meeting really alive.

他的幽默故事使这次会议的气氛变得真正活跃起来了。

③He is alive to his own interests.

他斤斤计较自己利益。

串记

I watched a live TV program. There was a boy liking all living things. He kept a live fish in a small jar. Later on he decided to free it and kept the fish alivein the river.

我看了一个电视直播节目。有一个男孩喜欢所有的生活。他把一条活鱼放在一个小罐子里。后来他决定释放它，让鱼在河里活着。

辨析

alive通常作表语，如作定语用时，一般后置，多用于人。

live指“活的，有生命的”，作定语时，放在名词前，通常只用于动物，如live fish， live duck，用于人时，则转意为“生气勃勃的”；除了表示“活的”外，还表示“现场直播的”；

living指“活着的”，又指“现存的”、现在活着的”人或物，可用于一切事物，语义比较alive广，既可作表语，也可作定语。既可前置也可后置。

 

 

33. allow /ə'laʊ/

 

vt. 允/准许(同permit)；使…有可能

拓展

allow doing sth. 允许做某事

allow sb. to do sth. 允许某人做某事，

allow sb./sth. to do sth. 使某人可能做；使某事可能

allow for 考虑到；估计到；连……算在内

allowance n. 津/补贴；零用钱

例句

Why didn't he allow me to operate the machine．

他为什么不准许我开这台机器?

串记

 

Allowing for his age, the boss allows him to have a rest and won’t reduce his allowance.

考虑到他的年龄，老板允许他休息，不会减少他的津贴。

 

 

34. alone /ə'ləʊn/

 

a. 单独的，仅仅的；ad. 独自地

拓展

let (leave)……alone不管，不予理会，听之任之

let alone 更不用说，更别提

all alone 孤单的，孤独的

例句

①Money alone cannot make you happy．

光有钱并不能使你幸福。

②I have not seen him，let alone talked with him．我

见都没见过他，别说跟他谈话了。

③Please leave me alone. I need to focus on this project.

请别烦我。我需要把精力集中到这个项目上。

串讲

While the expert lives alone in a lonely island, he never feels lonely.

虽然专家独自一人住在孤岛上，但他从不感到孤独。

辨析

lonely a. 孤独的，寂寞的；偏僻的(表示内心的感受)；

alone a. & ad. 强调单独，独自，仅仅。

 

35. amaze /ə'meɪz/

 

v. 使惊奇/叹；使震惊

拓展

(1) It amazes sb. that ... ＝What amazes sb. is that ...

使某人惊讶的是……

(2) amazing adj. 令人吃惊的；令人惊讶的

It's amazing that ...　令人惊讶的是……

(3)amazed adj. 吃惊的，惊奇的

be amazed at/by ... 对……感到惊讶

be amazed to do sth. 做某事感到惊讶

(4)amazement n. 惊奇，惊愕

to one's amazement 令某人惊讶的是

in amazement 惊愕地

例句

①We were amazed to learn that she had left the hospital $18 million.

得知她把1800万美元留给了医院，我们感到很惊讶。

②What amazed me was that the old man devoted all his money to supporting the local school.

＝To my amazement, the old man devoted all his money to supporting the local school.

＝It amazed me that the old man devoted all his money to supporting the local school.

让我吃惊的是，这位老人捐出所有的钱来资助当地学校。

串记

To our amazement, the face of the city keeps changing every day. However, what is amazing to us can’t make him amazed.

令我们惊奇的是，这座城市的面貌每天都在变化。然而，让我们惊奇的事情并不能让他感到惊奇。

 

36. amount /ə'maʊnt/

 

n. 数量；v. 总计

拓展

an amount of 一些，许多(接不可数名词)

(large/huge) amounts of 大量，许多

amount to 相当于；总计达到

例句

Please charge the amount to my account.

请把这笔金额记在我的帐上。

串记

 

A large amount of allowance is afforded to the boy. It amounts to 3,000 dollars.

这个男孩得到了一大笔零用钱，总共是3000美元。

 

37. amuse /ə'mjuːz/

 

vt.（使人）快乐，逗乐

拓展

amuse oneself with…那……来消遣，以……自娱

be(feel) amused at(by，with)

对……觉得有趣(好笑)，被……引逗得发笑

amusement n．娱乐，快乐；消遣，乐趣

例句

①His foolish mistakes amused all of us．

他那愚蠢的错误使我们大家发笑。

②He amused himself with his books(by reading)．

他以读书作消遣。

③We were very much amused to see the seal perform its tricks．我们被海豹的特技表演给逗乐了。

串记

Mr. Wang is an amusing person who often amuses us with amusing stories. So staying with him is really a kind of amusement.

王先生是个有趣的人，他经常用有趣的故事逗我们。所以和他在一起真是一种娱乐。

 

 

38. anger /'æŋgə/

n. 生气，愤怒；v. 使生气，激怒

拓展

(1)in a moment of anger 一时之气，一阵气恼

in anger 生气地

tremble with anger 气得发抖

(2)angry 生气的，愤怒的

be angry at/with sb. 对某人生气

be angry about/at/over sth. 因为某事生气

例句

The employer got very angry at his employees about their poor performance.

雇主对他的雇员表现不佳很生气。

串记

“Even though you got angry over your work in the office, don’t get angry with me at home.” the wife said to her husband in anger.

即使你在办公室对你的工作感到生气，也不要在家里对我生气。妻子生气地对丈夫说。

 

39. announce /ə'naʊns/

 

vt. 宣布/告；发表(声明等)；预示

拓展

announcement n. 公告；宣告；发表；通告

announcer n. 广播员；宣告者

例句

I have an important announcement to make.

我要宣布一件重要的事情。

串记

The announcer phoned me to announce his decision to call off the annoucement.

播音员打电话给我，宣布他决定取消广播。

 

 

40. annoy /ə'nɒɪ/

 

vt. 使恼怒；使烦恼；骚扰

拓展

(1) It annoys sb. that... ……使某人恼怒

(2) annoyed adj.恼怒的; 烦闷的

be annoyed about 为…感到烦恼

be annoyed at 为…而生气

be annoyed with 对(某人)生气

(3)annoying a. 令人恼怒的; 使人烦闷的

annoyance n 恼怒; 烦闷

例句

①The young man annoyed the bull with a red rag.

那个年轻人用一幅红布把公牛激怒了。

②I'm very much annoyed at his behavior.

对于他的行为我十分恼火。

③I am very annoyed about that bus conductor.

我很生那个公共汽车售票员的气。

串记

Our children bring us both joy and annoyance. Though sometimes their annoying behavior annoys their mum, they never make me annoyed.

我们的孩子给我们带来欢乐和烦恼。虽然有时他们令人讨厌的行为惹恼了他们的妈妈，但他们从不让我生气。

 

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