文档介绍：单词转化法(2)
形容词转化成动词和名词
1. 有不少形容词也可以用做动词。如:
(1)The train slowed down to half its speed.(减慢)
(2)This is the chief way of narrowing the differences between them.(缩小)
(3)Please warm up the dish over the stove.(热一下)
(4)The room gradually quieted down.(安静下来)
(5)Wrongs must be righted when they are discovered.(纠正)
(6)Nothing dries sooner than a tear.(干)
(7)Shelly was unable to calm her. (使镇静)
(8)They braved the bitter cold plete the railway.(不顾)
(9)Most of these rivers empty into the Pacific Ocean.(流入)
(10)Don't dirty your clothes. (弄脏)
(11)He felt himself wronged.(受了委屈)
(12)The newspaper had been yellowed by sunlight. (使变黄)
(13)He lowered his voice. (降低)
2. 有不少形容词可用做名词。如:
(1)Nobles constituted seven per cent of the population. (贵族)
(2)When is your French oral? (口语课)
(3)Their jobless total (总数) reached a record high (高峰) since 1940.
(4)There is only one black in my class. (黑人)
(5)She is investigating the ancients’ conception of the universe. (古人)
(6)He is a natural for the job. (天生适合……的人)
(7)It is necessary to make a distinction between right and wrong. (是与非)
(8)They are running in the final . (决赛)
(9)Our six- year-old is at school. (六岁的孩子)
再如: in short, for short, in general, for free, in red, in public, mon等.
即时练习:根据黑体词在句中所作句子成分, 判断其词性及其意义。
particular, there was (and perhaps still is) a belief in fairies (仙女)
名词 in particular 尤其, 特别是
2. Only thus can we better the life of the people.
2. 动词改善
3. Thus changing the way you think about yourself is the key to changing your self-image and your whole world.
3. 名词关键
4. They finally freed themselves from slavery.
4. 动词使自由