英语口语听力易混淆词学习（5）

2008-6-10 14:31

40) look up：向上看

e.g. He looked up and nodded to me.

look up to：尊敬

e.g. It must be rewarding to be looked up to by so many people.

41) make one’s way：开路

e.g. As soon as he saw us, the teacher made his way through the crowd to greet us.

make one’s way to：向……走去

e.g. In the evening we made our way to the appointed meeting place.

42) measure to：测量到某一精度

e.g. Measure this part to mm.

measure up to：够得上，可以匹敌

e.g. The new techniques measure up to advanced world standard.

43) more than：很，非常

e.g. He was more than upset by the accident.

more…than：比……更

e.g. I regarded her more highly than me.

44) much as：虽然

e.g. Much as I should like to go, I can’t go right now.

as much：同样的或同样多少的

e.g. You have always helped me and I will always do as much for you.

45. no less than：不亚于，竟达……之多

e.g. There were no less than one hundred people at the meeting.

not less than：不比……差，至少

e.g. There were not less than one hundred people at the meeting.

请大家注意区分以上两句的差别，第一句是指“竟达100人之多”，第二句则是“至少有100人”，要明白no less than是一种强调说法，它和not less than的区别在于事先假定的程度或是数量有所不同，no less than在某种意义上说来没有超过的意思，而not less than可能会超过，这种表达方式正好与no more than以及not more than相反。

46. no more than：同样不；仅仅，只有

e.g. This book is no more interesting than that one.

It is no more than empty talk.

not more than：不比……更，不如；至多

e.g. He is not more clever than you are.

There were not more than 5 factories in our city before liberation.

47. on sale：出售的；廉价出售

e.g. Many new farm tools are on sale in this store.

I got this book on sale; it was very cheap.

for sale：出售的，上市的

e.g. I shall put these goods up for sale.

在作“出售的”的意思的时候，on sale和for sale还是有一些不同的，一般来说，for sale多指物主亲自或委托代理人经

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