析: add color to 意为使有趣;使增色, give color to 意为使可信;使看起来有可能。例如:
He added color to my performance.
他使我的演出增色生辉。
The boy's torn clothes gave color to his story of a fight.
那孩子被撕破的衣服使他说的跟人打架的事显得真实可信。
4. afraid of/ afraid to
析: afraid of 意为害怕;忧虑;担忧, afraid to 意为害怕;不敢。 afraid of 后接名词、动名词或从句,它着重强调对可能产生的后果担忧或忧虑。 afraid to 后接动词原形,它着重指不敢或害怕去做某事。例如:
She was afraid of hurting my feelings.
她担心会伤了我的感情。
She was afraid to wake her husband up.
她不敢叫醒她的丈夫。
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