The dictionary is intended for the beginners. 这本词典是为初学者编的。
mean: 常常可以和intend互换使用。但不强调决心达到某一目的。
e.g. He always meant to go back one day, but not to stay. 他总想某一天回去,但不住下。
design: 强调为达到某目的,事先作过精心安排和仔细考虑。此外,这个词还包含"预谋" 、"策划"或"以阴险的手段"达到自己的目的这一意义。
e.g. These peculiar forms not only seemed designed to shock people emotionally,
but to give them electric shocks as well!这些奇怪的造型设计,似乎不仅用来在感情上给人们以强烈的震撼,而且给人以电击般的刺激。
Did you design this, or did it just happen itself? 这件事是你有意安排的还是它自行发生的?
75.wide和broad
二者均指宽阔的。两词虽时常互用,但wide强调从一边到另一边的距离;broad强调两边之 间面积的广大,尤指比一般的大,例如:A wide ocean separates America from Europe. 广阔的大洋隔开美洲与欧洲。Ships sail on the broad ocean.船航行于广袤无垠的大海上 。
注意:open one's eyes wide / one's broad shoulders
76.be familiar with 和be familiar to
familiar指对……熟悉的,后面可接介词with或to,意义不同。
be familiar with, having a good knowledge of 熟悉的,对……熟谙的,例如:facts wi th which every schoolboy is familiar每位学童所熟悉的事实。/I am not very familia r with botanical names.我不太熟悉植物学方面的名词。
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