4.Bracket. Brackets 复数形式表示括号。动词bracket指把某和某归入一类,相提并论,Jones and Smith were bracketed in a tie for the first prize.
三.由人到物
所谓由人到物是指这个单词原本形容人,而在某些场合中可以采用拟物的手法,形容物体或事件。
1.Flatter. Flatter指谄媚、奉承。拟物后可以表示比真人好看。如You are surely flattered by this dress.
2.Flirt. Flirt最熟悉的意思是调情,而事实上,它还可以表示不当真的对待、玩笑地对待。如Flirt with the idea of resigning
3. Conspire. conspire形容人同谋、密谋,也可以形容事物联合发生共同导致。如Wretched weather, nasty food and disgusting companions conspired to reduce my picnic to be a wet blanket.
4.Coax. Coax指人用好话劝、哄诱,指物的时候作耐心地处理、小心摆弄的意思。如Pianists have their own difficulties on the piano hammers that hit the string have to be coaxed not to sound like percussion.
四.本意引申
有些单词在长期使用中,可能会慢慢衍变成其他我们更熟悉的含义。但是有时恰恰是它的本来意思可以引申出一些奇妙的用法。
1.Throw. Throw原本指的是人在马背上,被马突然摔在地上。因此就有了这样的用法,表示使处于、使陷入。如Thousands were thrown into homeless by the war.
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