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1 advantage 1) c.n.優勢 ~ (over sb.) We’ve gained the ~ over our opponent.

This gives her certain ~s over other students in her class.

2) take ~ of sth./ sb. They took full ~ of the hotel’s facilities.

2 comfort 1)u.n.舒適,安慰We live in ~. He said a few words of ~ and left.

2)c.n.(sing)給於安慰的人.事Her children are a great ~ to her.

It’s a ~ to know that she is safe.

3)(pl.)使身體舒適.健康的事物 The hotel has all modern comforts.

4)v.安慰 ~ a dying man The child ran to its mother to be ~ed

5)(un)comfortable, (un)comfortably

3 name n. 1）名字

2）名譽，名聲 It’s a shop with a good/bad name.

3）by/of the name of 稱做，叫做 in the name of 代表，以名義

call sb. names 漫罵某人

Someone of/by the name of Henry wants to see you.

I greet you in the name of the President.

v. 1) 給取名，命名

Tasmania was named after its discoverer, A. J. Tasman.

2) 說出的名字

Can you name all the plants in this garden?

4 conduct v 1)領導,指導,帶領 I asked the attendant to ~ him to the door.

A guide ~ed the visitors round the museum.

2)操縱,管理,經營,主持,指揮 ~ business, a meeting, a concert, an experiment

3)傳導(熱.電) Copper ~s electricity better than other materials do.

4)conductor, conductress 指揮,收票員,乘務員,導體

5 work 1) 工作

2）（機器）運轉

This machine works by electricity.

My watch doesn’t work any longer.

3) 奏效，起作用

The medicine does work well. I’m feeling better now.

4) work at/on

They have worked at the subject for several years.

He has been working on a new novel for over a year.

5) work out

He hasn’t worked out the cost of the trip.

Can you work out the maths problem?

We’re going to work out a new plan.

6 charge

1)要價The fruit seller charged me too much money.

He charged me two yuan for repairing the bicycle.

How much do you charge for this cup of coffee?

2)（常與with連用）控告

He was charged with stealing a car.

Those young men were charged by the police with causing a disturbance in the neighbourhood.

3) 猛衝；攻擊；向前衝

Charge!

衝鋒!

The boy charged into the room.

男孩衝進屋裏。

Suddenly the wild animal charged at us.

突然那頭野獸朝我們衝過來。

4) 充電 ~ a battery

5) in ~ of, in the ~ of, take charge, free of charge

7 prove

1）證明,證實

He has proved his courage in battle.

Facts have proved that the creative power of the people knows no limits.

事實證明人民的創造力是無窮的。

He proved himself to be a better driver than the world’s champion.

Facts proved me right.

2)原來是

My advice proved to be wrong.

The task ~ed more difficult than we’d thought.

The article has proved most useful.

He proved (to be) a doctor.

3) proof(s)

8 tear

1) v(tore, torn)撕扯；撕裂；撕破；撕毀

to tear up the letter

to tear a piece of paper in two a torn handkerchief

to tear a page out of a book, a notice down from a wall, the leaves off a tree.

2) tear sb. from sb.(sth.)強行使某人離開

The child was torn from its mother’s arms.

3) vi This cloth tears easily.

Don’t pull the pages so hard or they will tear.

9 sharp

1)銳利的， 鋒利的，尖的

a sharp knife

a needle with a sharp point

2)思維敏捷的；目光敏銳的； 聽覺靈敏的

sharp eyes/ears a sharp sense of smell

It was very sharp of you to notice that detail straight away.

The famous writer is still sharp in thought though he is ninety-two.

3) 清晰的；明顯的；清楚的

a sharp outline

The TV picture isn’t very sharp.

4) 突然的；急劇的；強烈的

a sharp turn to the left

Recently there has been a sharp drop in prices.

5) (聲音)尖銳的：

a sharp whistle. He let out a sharp cry of pain.

10 sense

n.1) c.n.感覺；知覺；感知

He has a good sense of smell/taste/touch/hearing/sight.

A sense of humour/duty/shame is a great asset for a person. (喻)

幽默感是一個人的寶貴資產。

2) c.n.意義

This is a word with several senses.

3) u.n.道理，目的

What’s the sense of doing that? 爲什麼要做那件事？

There’s no sense in going alone. 一個人去沒有好處。

4) in a sense 在某種意義上

What you said is true in a sense.

5) make sense 有意義，有道理，講得通；是明智的，是合情理的

What you say makes no sense.

It doesn’t make sense to buy that expensive coat.

v.意識到，感覺到

Although she didn’t day anything, I sensed that she didn’t like the idea.

We can sense their sorrow.

11 doubt

1)v

Do you ~ my word?

I don’t doubt that he will come.

I doubt whether he will come.

2)n.

There is no room for doubt.

There’s some doubt about his suitability for the job.

I have doubts about her honesty.

She had her doubts (as to) whether he would come.

I have no doubt that you will succeed.

3)no doubt無疑地，很可能

No doubt he means to help, but in fact he just gets in the way.

12 view

1) u.n.觀看，視野，眼界

The lake came into view. We came in view of the lake as we turned the corner,

The sun disappeared from view behind a cloud. A cloud hid the sun from view.

She was soon lost from view among the crowd.

2) c.n.自然風景,風景畫

Let’s enjoy the beautiful views from the top of the mountain.

ten different views of London 倫敦十景

This is a view of Paris, done in oil.

3）c.n.(esp. pl) 意見，態度，觀點，想法

We hold the same views about/on this problem as you.

He didn’t express his view at the meeting.

4) in one’s view依…之見, in view of 鑑於，由於，考慮到

In view of the weather , we will put off the outing.