高中英语重点词汇(17)

高中英语重点词汇

desire：愿望，欲望。相当于hope for，wish for，long for。例如：

例239：We all desire happiness and health.

47．hurt / injure / wound / harm / damage / destroy

hurt：伤害（常用词，包括外伤和感情伤害）；疼痛（此时用作不及物动词）。例如：

例240：I hurt myself in the leg when I fell off the bike the other day, and it still hurts now.

（前几天我从自行车上摔下，伤着腿，现在还疼着呢。）

例241：I am afraid your words have hurt him.

injure：受伤。常指意外或事故伤害。例如：

例242：Several people were injured in the traffic accident.

wound：受伤。常指战争场合的伤害，如枪伤、刀伤等。例如：

例243：His father was wounded in the war 30 years ago.

harm：危害。例如：

例244：In my point of view, the rain will harm our crops.

（依我看来，这雨对我们的庄稼有害。）

例245：Reading in dim light will harm your eyes. （在昏暗的灯光下看书会损害眼睛。）damage：损害。常指不完全地破坏；侧重人为过失；不用于指人。例如：

例246：The car was slightly damaged in the accident.

destroy：毁坏。常指严重地，甚至毁灭性地摧毁；侧重外界力量；可用于指人或物。也可以指希望、计划等破灭。例如：

例247：Thousands of houses were destroyed in the earthquake.

例248：His hope of being a writer was destroyed. (他想成为一个作家的希望破灭了。) 48．interview / cover / report / broadcast

interview：采访（某人）；面试。例如：

例249：The winner was interviewed by a lot of reporters there.

例250：We’re interviewing six candidates（候选人）for the job.

cover：采访，报道（某事）。例如：

例251：He was sent to cover the whole event.

report：报告，报道（某事）。例如：

例252：We aim to report news to the people as fairly as possible.

（我们旨在尽量公正地向人们报道新闻。）