歷年真題:She keeps a supply of candles in the house in case of power failure.
譯文:她在房間里存有大量的蠟燭,以備停電時用。
faint n.昏厥 v.昏到 a.微弱的;虛弱的
典型例句:The colors became fainter and fainter as the sun sank.
譯文:隨著太陽的西沉,各種色彩越來越暗淡了。
名師導(dǎo)學:該詞屬于??荚~匯,相關(guān)短語為have the faintest idea of..(對……一無所知)。
想一想:①faintness ②faintly
Key:①n.微弱,模糊,衰弱 ②ad.微弱地,朦朧地,模糊地
fairly ad.公正地,公平地;相當?shù)兀€算;完全地
典型例句:He was fairly beside himself with rage.
譯文:他氣得快瘋了。
名師導(dǎo)學:該詞屬于??荚~匯,考試題型以詞義辨析為主:fairly,rather,quite都可以表示“相當?shù)?rdquo;意思,但三者在名詞之前的詞序不同,如It's a fairly/rather good book.和It's rather/quite a good book.在語氣上,fairly是最弱的,rather是最強的;rather有時可作“太”、“過分”解。
fairy n.仙女,精靈 a.仙女的
典型例句:Our grandfather knew hundreds of fairy tales, and we always loved to hear them.
譯文:我們的祖父知道許多童話故事,我們總是聽得津津有味。
faith n.信心,信仰
典型例句:He still has great talent, but he has lost faith in himself.
譯文:他還是很有才能的,但他對自己已經(jīng)失去了信心。
名師導(dǎo)學:該詞屬于??荚~匯,相關(guān)短語搭配為keep/break faith with sb.(信守/背棄對某人的諾言),in good/bad faith(真心真意/虛情假意)。