charge vt. ①索（要）價 ②指控 ③充電 n. ①費用，價錢 ②指控 ③負責，主管
[特徵]
- the shop owner charged me too much money.
這個店主收了我很多錢。
- my brother was charged with stealing a car.
我哥被指控偷了一輛汽車。
- does your truck battery charged easily?
你卡車的蓄電池容易充電嗎？
- the charge for a movie is $ 5.
電影票價是五美元。
- the park is under the charge of the city government.
這座公園由市政府管理。
[備考必背]
①辨析in charge of 和in/under the charge of
這兩個詞組都是“負責”的意思，與別在於：in charge of 表示“（某人）負責某事”，含有主動意義；in/under the charge of 則表示“某事/人由某人負責”，含有被動意義。比較下面的句子：
- i was in charge of my brother.
我在照看我弟弟。
- my brother was in the charge of me.
我弟弟由我照看。
②重要詞組
take charge of 掌管，負責
- tom will take charge of the company during the boss' absence.
老闆不在期間由湯姆負責管理公司。
charge sb. with sth. = accuse sb. of sth. 控告某人……
- he charged her with stealing.
他指控她盜竊。
choice n. 選擇；挑選的東西
[考點] 重要詞組
have no choice but to do 只好，除……外別無選擇
- you have no choice but to do the work.
你除了做這項工作沒有別的選擇。
make a choice 挑選，選擇
- it's too hard to make a choice between the two dresses.
很難在這兩件衣服中作選擇。
[貼心叮嚀]
choice是choose的名詞形式。它的詞組在歷屆考試中屢見不鮮。
clear adj. 清晰的，響亮的 adv. 清楚地，明確地 vt. 清楚，收拾
[特徵]
- the water in the river is so clear that we can see the bottom.
河水清澈見底。
- let's clear all this crap off the kitchen.
讓我們把廚房裡所有的垃圾清理掉吧。
[貼心叮嚀]
這是一個極重要的詞，需要我們倍加小心！它的詞性較多，詞組也很多，一定要掌握有關clear的詞組，它們常出現在考題中。
[考點] 重要詞組
clear off 離去；迅速地離開某地
- at the sight of the policeman the boys cleared off as quickly as they could.
男孩子們一看見警察就趕緊溜走了。
clear up 整理；完成；收拾
- would you clear up this room before our visitors arrive?
我們的客人到來之前，請你把這個房間收拾一下好嗎？
clear out 離開；逃走；徹底清理
- when they heard the police arrived, the thieves quickly cleared out of house.
聽說警察來了，那些小偷趕緊溜出了門。
[備考必背]
①辨析clear和clean
作形容詞講時，clean的意思是“乾淨的，清潔的”，其反義詞是dirty；clear的意思是“清澈的，清晰的，明朗的”。作動詞講時，clean指“把……打掃乾淨”；而clear指“把……收拾得有條理”。
- the sky became clear the next day.
第二天天晴了。
- speak louder and clearer, please.
請大聲地說清楚。
clean the classroom 把教室打掃乾淨 clear the classroom 把教室歸置好
②不用make clear that ...，而是用make it clear that ...，如：
（誤）please make clear that the answers are wrong.
（正）please make it clear that the answers are wrong.
請說明答案是錯誤的。
③派生詞：clearly adv. 明朗地，明顯地，無疑地
- clearly, they are good friends.
很明顯，他們是好朋友。
combine v. （使）聯合，（使）結合
[特徵]
- the two companies combined to make a large one.
這兩家公司合併成一家大公司。
- everything combined against him.
所有事情均對他不利。
[貼心叮嚀]
combine是一個比較重要的單詞，它的意思需要仔細琢磨。
[備考必背] 重要詞組
combine ... with ... 使……和……相結合
- the film combines education with recreation.
這部影片寓教於樂。