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2013 高考英语常考高频词汇举例解析( 6)
◆ raise; keep; support; feed 这四个词都有“抚养”、“养家”、“赡养”的意思,但也有区别。
◇ raise 意为“抚养(指人);饲养(指动物或禽畜)”之意。如:
He raised the children himself;his wife died years ago.
他的妻子多年以前就去世了,他一手把孩子拉扯大。
He raised those goats from new-born 。
◇ keep 表示“养活(指人);饲养(指动物或禽畜)”。如:
John has his wife and six children to keep(support).约翰要养活妻子和六个孩子。
They kept some hens and 。
◇ support 意为“养活”,不用于饲养动物。如:
She supports her old 。
He has a large family to 。
◇ feed 意为“喂  养;饲养;以……为食”。如:
Have you fed the baby/cow yet?婴儿/牛喂了吗?
She fed meat to her dog. =She fed her dog with/on 。
Foxes feed on small 。
◆ rather than/would rather(…than)
◇ rather than 是连词,前后两端所连的词性是一致的,通常译为“而不是”或“与其说是……不如说是”,
有时可用短语介词 instead of 替代。例如:
He was writing a letter rather than=(instead of)reading the 。
John should go rather than=(instead of),而不是简。
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These shoes fortable rather than ,但穿起来倒很舒服。
Evans is a doctor rather than a ,不如说是个医生。
◇ would rather 表示选择或主观上的愿望,其中的 would 亦可理解为 had。它表示“宁愿、宁可”的意思。
如果要把取舍的双方都表达出来,则应该用 would(or:had)rather…than,表示“宁愿……也不……”的
意思。例如:
My aunt invited me to the film, but I said I'd rather go on a ic with the girls.
我的姑妈邀请我去看电影,可是我说我倒愿意跟女孩子们一起去野餐。
I am sure they woul