disturb vt. 打擾，擾亂，使不安
[特徵]
- don't disturb me while i'm reading.
當我看書時不要打擾我。
- the news that my brother was fired has disturbed me very much.
我哥哥被解僱的訊息使我很不安。
[貼心叮嚀]
disturb的意思是打斷或破壞原有的安寧、安定的狀態，也可指讓別人的心緒不安寧。
[備考必背] 重要句型
be disturbed of/about ... 因……感到心神不安
be disturbed to see/hear ... 看到/聽到……感到不安
- i was disturbed about the bad news.
對於這壞訊息，我感到心神不安。
- i was disturbed to hear the bad news.
聽到這壞訊息我感到很不安。
dive vi. 潛水；跳水；俯衝 n. 跳水
[特徵]
- dare you dive from the high bridge?
你敢從這座高橋尚跳下去嗎？
- what a beautiful dive!
多么優美的跳水呀！
[備考必背] 重要詞組
dive into 跳進 make a dive for 向……衝去
- the soldier made a dive for the ditch.
這名戰士向壕溝衝去。
divide v. 分開；分割
[特徵]
- the teacher divided the students into four groups.
老師把學生分成了四個小組。
- fifteen divided by three is five.
3 除15等於5。
[備考必背]
①重要詞組
divide ... into ... 把……分成…… divide up 分配
- we divided up the money equally.
我們將錢分平了。
divide ... from ... 把……從……中分出來
- we should divide the patients from the others.
我們應該對病人進行隔離。
②辨析divide和separate
兩者都表示“分”。divide指將整體分成若干份；separate指把原來在一起的人或物分離開。
- let's divide the cake into three.
讓我們將蛋糕分成三份。
- we must find a way to separate oil from its mixture.
我們必須想個法子把油從它的混合物中分離出來。
③派生詞：division n. 分開，分割
- this group division is unreasonable.
這樣的分組不合理。
dot n. 點，圓點 vt.在……上打點
[特徵]
a dotted line 一條虛線
- i have a white shirt with blue dots.
我有一件帶藍點的白襯衫。
- on the map, towns were marked by red dots.
在地圖上，城鎮是用小紅點標出的。
- the ship became a mere dot on the horizon.
船在遠處的水平線上成了一個小點。
- why didn't you dot i?
你為什麼不在i上加點呢？