大多数高考英语考纲词汇集,只列了单词、词性和词义,没有例句和辨析讲解。笔者试图在考纲词汇的基础上,给出例句或短语,并对个别重点词汇作出讲解、辨析,希望对老师的教学和学生的学习有所帮助。
知识在于积累。在没有特殊原因的情况下,我计划根据考纲词汇,争取坚持每天讲解几个单词,不断更新。忙很了,也可能过几天才能更新。
在讲解过程中,错误在所难免,希望读者在发现错误的时候,及时在评论区给予批评、指正。
beforeprep.在…前面,在…以前 conj.在…之前adv.以前:
Knock on the door before you enter. 进屋之前要先敲门。
I have never met him before. 以前我从来没有见过他。
【注意】before long 不久以后 / long before 很久以前
beg v.请原谅,对不起;请再说一遍:
Oh, I beg your pardon. I thought you meant next Tuesday.
哟,对不起,我还以为你是指下个星期二。
--The meeting is on Wednesday.
–I beg your pardon.
–I said the meeting’s on Wednesday.
—会议星期三开。
--请您再说一遍吧。
--我说会议星期三开。
beginv.(began, begun)开始,着手:
The bell rang for the lesson to begin. 开始上课的铃响了。
Once you begin you must continue. 你一旦开始,便不可停下来。
【注意】1.有时用于进行时态,表示“慢慢开始”、“逐渐”:
He was beginning to miss her. 他慢慢开始想念她了。
2. 其后接不定式或动名词均可,含义基本相同:
The band began to play [playing]. 乐队开始演奏。但是,当begin 本身是-ing形式时或后接表心理活动的动词时,则只能接不定式:
He began to like poetry when he was a boy. 他还是孩子时就开始喜欢诗歌。
beginning n.[C]开始,开端,起源:
Of course that’s only a beginning. 当然这只是一个开头。
【短语】at [in] the beginning 起初,在开始时
at the beginning of 在…之初,在…开始时
from the beginning 从开始,从一开始
behalf n.代表;由于(某人):
On behalf of everyone here, may I wish you a very happy retirement.
我代表在座各位祝你退休愉快。
Oh, don’t go to any trouble on my behalf.不要因为我而麻烦你。
behave v.举动,表现;检点:
I’m sorry about last night—I behaved like a child.对不起,昨天晚上我表现得太幼稚。
Did Peter behave himself while I was away?我不在时,彼得守规矩吗?
behaviour n.举止;行为;检点:
The headmaster will not tolerate bad behaviour in class.校长不会容忍班上不规矩的行为。
I want you both to be on your best behaviour at Granddad’s.
我希望你们俩在爷爷家要尽可能循规蹈矩。
behindprep.在…后面 adv.在后面:He was behind the others in ability. 他的能力比其他人差。/ If winter comes,can spring be far behind? 冬天来了,春天还会远吗?
【短语】fall [drop] behind 落在后面,落后
being n.诞生;出现;存在;生物:
a society that first came into being in 1912.于1912年成立的协会。
strange beings from outer space.来自外太空的奇怪生物。
belief n.信心,信念;信仰;信任:
It is my belief that racism remains widespread in British society.
我认为种族主义在英国社会中仍然普遍存在。
If you are selling, you have to have genuine belief in the product.
如果你卖东西,你必须对这产品真正有信心。
believev.相信,想,认为:
You can’t believe anything she says. 你不能相信她说的话。
I believe he has come. 我想他已经来了。
【注意】believe sb=相信某人的话是真的,believe in sb=相信某人为人可靠,believe in sth=相信…的存在,相信…的真实性