5.date back to,date from

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The Great Wall dates back to the Spring and Autumn Period.

長城始建于春秋時代。

In China,the needle treatment dates from ancient times.

在中國，針灸療法起源于古代。

特別提示

date back to 也可寫作date from,后常接過去時間，動詞date用一般現(xiàn)在時，而且不用被動語態(tài)。

相關(guān)歸納

(1)bring...up to date 使……趕上時代；使……成為最新之物；給予(某人有關(guān)……的)最新消息/資料(on,about)

All the equipment has to be brought up to date.

所有裝備必須予以更新。

Please bring me up to date on the fuel requirement.

請將最新燃料需求的資料提供給我。

(2)out of date過時的，舊式的

This encyclopedia has gone out of date.

這部百科全書已過時了。

(3)up to date迄今，直到現(xiàn)在；最新的，現(xiàn)代的

Our computer is up to date.

我們的電腦是最新式的。

(4)without date沒有日期的；(美)無期限的

a letter without date一封沒有日期的信

●必背句型

4.offer up

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She offered up a prayer to God for her husband’s safe return.

她向上帝禱告，保佑她丈夫平安回來。

offer up a sacrifice作出犧牲；獻(xiàn)祭

相關(guān)歸納

(1)offer sb.sth.=offer sth.to sb.給某人提供某物

He offered me his seat.他主動讓座給我。

(2)offer to do sth.主動干某事

The boys offered to help the old woman.

孩子們要幫助那位老婦人。

(3)offer some money for sth.出價多少買某物

We offered 1 000 dollars for the computer.

我們出價1 000美圓買這臺電腦。

(4)offer sth.for some money出價多少賣某物

I offered him the house for thirty thousand yuan.

我以三萬元的價格賣給他這所房子。

(5)offer/give sb.a lift讓某人搭便車；幫助

He gave me a lift by lending me 100 dollars.

他借給我100美圓來幫助我。

3.have mercy on/upon

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He had mercy on the defeated enemy.

他寬恕了被打敗的敵人。

Have mercy on the poor sinner.

寬恕那個可憐的罪人吧。

相關(guān)歸納

(1)show mercy to sb./ sth.=have mercy on/upon sb./sth.

No mercy was shown to the prisoners.

對囚犯毫不寬恕。

(2)at the mercy of任由……擺布，在……掌握中

The ship was at the mercy of the waves.

船在浪濤中隨波逐流。

(3)give mercy to sb.憐憫某人

We were given no mercy.

我們沒得到寬恕。

(4)without mercy無情地

He was treated without mercy.

他受到無情地對待。

2.after all

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Why is he not allowed to stay here?After all,it is his home.

他干嗎不能呆在這兒？要知道，這是他的家。

Although they met with difficulties,I hear that they succeeded after all.

他們雖然遇上了困難，但我聽說他們終于成功了。

Many people in Europe in the Middle Ages thought that Galileo was wrong,but he was right after all.

中世紀(jì)歐洲有許多人都認(rèn)為伽利略是錯誤的，但他終究還是對的。

相關(guān)歸納

(1)at all 根本，絲毫(常用于否定句、條件句以加強(qiáng)語氣)

I don’t know it at all.我毫不知情。

(2)in all總共，總計

There were fifty in all.

總共有五十個。

(3)of all(+復(fù)數(shù)名詞)偏偏

He tried to rob on policeman of all people.

他偏偏要搶警察的錢。

(4)above all首先，首要地

As a student,above all,one should study hard at his lessons.

作為學(xué)生，首要的是應(yīng)努力學(xué)習(xí)自己的功課。

(5)all in all從各方面說，總的說來

All in all,their financial condition is not bad.

總體說來，他們的經(jīng)濟(jì)狀況并不壞。

All in all,you shouldn’t have scolded the boy at all,he is a child after all; above all,he made only two mistakes in all.

總的說來，你根本不該責(zé)備那男孩，他畢竟還是個孩子；更重要的是他總共才出了兩處錯。

1.so/as far as

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The golden rice fields stretch as far as the eyes can see.

金黃色的稻田一直延伸到遠(yuǎn)處。

We didn’t go as/so far as the others.

我們不像其他人走得那樣遠(yuǎn)。

As far as I know,he is always telling lies.

據(jù)我所知，他總是說謊。

As far as he was concerned,things were going well.

就他來講，一切進(jìn)展得很順利。

相關(guān)歸納

(1)so far 到現(xiàn)在為止(常用于含有完成時態(tài)的句子中)

So far no man has traveled farther than the moon.

到現(xiàn)在為止，沒有人到過比月球更遠(yuǎn)的地方。

(2)far from遠(yuǎn)離，完全不

Far from being angry,he is delighted.

他非但沒生氣，反而很高興。

(3)by far最;……得多

He is by far the wisest boy in the class.

他是班上最聰明的男孩。

(4)far away遙遠(yuǎn)的

The moon is far away from the earth.

月球離地球很遠(yuǎn)。

(5)far into the night 直到深夜

I often read far into the night.

我經(jīng)常讀書到深夜。

(6)Stand high and see far.

站得高，看得遠(yuǎn)。

7.accompany

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v.

(1)accompanied him on the trip.

我同他一起去旅行。

(2)Strong winds accompanied the rain.

狂風(fēng)伴著雨來。

(3)He accompanied me on the guitar.

他用吉他為我伴奏。

用法歸納

accompany用作動詞，主要義項有：陪伴；伴隨，和……一起發(fā)生；為……伴奏。

特別提示

accompany是動詞，而company是名詞(同伴，陪伴)。accompany準(zhǔn)確含義為“陪同……去”(go with...),本身已包含了go的含義，因而：

[誤]He accompanied us to go to the park.

[正]He accompanied us to the park.

●重點短語

6.bow

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v.&n.

The hunter first bowed to the head and then raised his bow,pulled back the cord and let the arrow fly.

這位獵手首先向這個首領(lǐng)鞠了一躬，然后舉弓、拉弦、射箭。

用法歸納

bow用作名詞和動詞，主要義項有：鞠躬，屈服，點頭；弓，弓形物。

特別提示

bow作為動詞，意為“鞠躬，屈服”。作為名詞，意為“弓，虹”。類似的詞還有tear,wind,wound等。

5.term

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n..

(1)The first term begins in September.

第一學(xué)期于9月份開始。

(2)a business term商業(yè)用語

(3)Speak in flattering terms.

用阿諛的言辭說。

(4)a four-year term=a term of four years

四年的任期

(5)On what terms are you willing to let us have this house?

照什么條件你才肯讓我們擁有這棟房子？

(6)In terms of money we’re quite rich,but not in terms of happiness.

從錢的角度說，我們可是很富有，但就幸福而言卻不然。

The figures are expressed in terms of a percentage.

那些數(shù)字是以百分?jǐn)?shù)表示的。

She referred to your picture in terms of high praise.

她對你的畫贊賞有加。

用法歸納

term用作名詞，主要義項有：學(xué)期；術(shù)語；術(shù)語專門用語；(用復(fù)數(shù))形式，措辭，說法；期限，任期；條件。常用搭配為：in terms of 用……的話；以……的觀點；……來說。

4.decorate

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v.

We decorated the Christmas tree with glass balls.

我們用玻璃球裝飾圣誕樹。

用法歸納

特別提示

decorate不接雙賓語，而采用decorate...with sth.結(jié)構(gòu)。

[誤]Some pictures of pop stars were decorated on the wall.

[正]The wall was decorated with some pictures of pop stars.

3.order

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v.

(1)The chairman ordered silence.

主席示意安靜。

He ordered a glass of beer.

他要了一杯啤酒。

(2)The boss ordered the drunken man out.

老板命令醉漢出去。

(3)He ordered us to the front.

他命令我們到前線。

The policeman ordered him to stand up.

警察命令他站起來。

(4)The leader ordered that the work(should)be started at once.

領(lǐng)導(dǎo)命令馬上開始工作。

n..

Everything in the room is in order.

屋里的一切都井井有條。

(5)He ordered his secretary to place an order for 100 books and arrange them in order of size.

他命令秘書訂購100本書并把他們按大小順序排列。

用法歸納

order 可用作名詞和動詞，主要義項有：命令，訂購，訂做，點菜；次序，順序。用作動詞時主要用法為：+名詞/ sb.to do sth./sth.to be done/sb.+adv./sb.+斜.prep.斜./that從句

特別提示

order后that從句中的謂語動詞形式為“(should)+動詞原形”。類似的詞還有：demand,desire,insist,propose,request,require,suggest等。