高中英語單詞辭彙-第39期

fear  n. & v. 害怕,畏懼;擔心
[特徵]
- the boy was shaking with fear.
男孩害怕得直發抖。
- there is no fear of his losing his way.
他不會迷路的。
- i fear that you'll be late if you don't go now.
如果你現在不走的話,我擔心你會遲到。
[貼心叮嚀]
fear是一個非常重要的單詞,要注意它的用法。
[考點]
①for fear + that從句,從句中必須有情態動詞。
- she shut the window for fear that it might rain.
她把窗戶關上,怕下雨。
②fear作名詞時,表示“對……擔心”,要用介詞of。
- there is not much fear of that.
那件事不大可能發生。
③fear作動詞,後面可接動名詞或不定式,意義相同,fear doing sth. = fear to do sth. 害怕坐某事。
[備考必背]
①重要詞組:in fear of 生怕,為……提心弔膽
- he is in fear of his life.
他為他的生命擔心。
②派生詞:
fearful  adj. 可怕的,嚇人的
fearless  adj. 不怕的,無畏的
[練習與解答]
- he got to the station early, missing the train. [2004 江蘇]
a. in case of  b. instead of  c. for fear of  d. in search of
答案:c
(因害怕誤了火車,他早早就到了車站。in case of的意思是“萬一,一旦出現……情況”。instead of的意思是“代替,而不”;in search of的意思是“尋找,搜尋”。這三個選項都不符合題意。for fear of則是“擔心,害怕”的意思。)

fierce  adj. ①兇猛的,殘暴的 ②強烈的,猛烈的
[特徵]
fierce不僅可以形容動物,也可用以描述天氣、戰鬥等。
- he was bitten by a fierce dog.
他被一隻兇猛的狗咬了。
- a fierce storm is coming.
一場狂風暴雨就要來臨。
- many soldiers died in the fierce fight.
很多戰士死於這場激烈的戰鬥中。

figure  n. ①外形,輪廓,體形 ②數字  v. 認為,估計
[特徵]
- do you see the tall figure near the door?
你看見門附近的那個高大人影了嗎?
- add up these figures, please.
請把這些數字加起來。
- i figure the manager will be back soon.
[備考必背] 重要詞組
figure out 算出;想出;理解
- we must figure out how to solve the problem.
我們必須想出解決這個問題的辦法。
figure on 指望
- we figure on your coming early to help us.
我們指望你會早些來幫助我們。

flash  n. 閃光;一瞬間  v. 閃光;閃現
[特徵]
a flash of hope 一線希望 a flash of lightning 閃電
- in a flash he remembered everything.
一剎那,他記起了所有的事情。
- the sword flashed in the sunlight.
劍在陽光中閃閃發光。
- a good idea flashed into his mind.
一個好主意閃過他的腦海。
[備考必背]
①重要詞組:in a flash 瞬間
②構詞:flashlight  n. 手電筒,閃光燈