弘博考研|张汉熙高级英语2第3版重排版学习指南( 三 )


3. …although they lived side by side with each other, did not delve into each other’s lives:句中delve一词本意为“搜寻 , 翻查” , 此处指“探究 , 探索” , 常用于delve into/in结构中 。
4. We had traveled in five minutes to Australia:该句理解时要注意 , travel指的是“思想上的转移、话题的转换” , 而不是真正意义上的长途旅行 。 此处 , 作者用travel一词 , 突显出“闲聊”话题转移之迅速 。
5. There is always resistance in the lower classes to any attempt by an upper class to lay down rules:短语lay down此处指“制定规则、原则等”;该短语还有“贮存”“建造”之意 。 例:lay down claret贮存干红葡萄酒;lay down a new railway track建造新铁路 。
6. The Saxon peasants who tilled the land and reared the animals:句中till一词意为“耕作 , 耕种”;rear指“饲养(家禽 , 家畜等)” 。
7. …the Norman lords of course turned up their nose at it:短语turn one’s nose up at sth指“轻视、蔑视某事物;看不上” 。 例:She turned her nose up at my small donation.她嫌我捐赠微薄而嗤之以鼻 。
8. …we ought to think ourselves back into the shoes of the Saxon peasant:该句由短语be in sb’s sho
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