高中英语重点词汇(3)

高中英语重点词汇

例33：He promised to start at once.

例34：I promised him to see to the matter right away.

(我答应他马上处理这件事。不定式to see to 是主语I发出的。)

6．announce / declare

announce：宣布，宣告。常指首次公开或正式宣布人们关心的某件事情。例如：

例35：The government announced that the danger was past.

例36：It was announced that the national science conference would soon be held in Beijing.

另外，要表达“向某人宣布某事”，应用announce to sb sth。后接to sb的动词还有say，explain 等。例如：

例37：He announced to us the news and then said to us, “Now let me explain to you in details.”

（他向我们宣布了这个消息，然后对我们说：“现在让我详细给你们解释吧。”）

declare：宣布，声明。指以正式的话语公开宣布某件事。例如：

例38：The chairman declared the exhibition open. （主席宣布展览会开幕。）

7．answer / reply

answer：回答，回应。例如：

例39：“Tom!” No one answered.

例40：Please answer the door-bell. （请去开门。）

例41：He answered that he knew nothing about it．

例42：No one was able to answer him a word．

reply：回答，答复。作不及物动词时，后需接to再接宾语；作及物动词时，后直接接that 从句或what从句，或用于倒装句。例如：

例43：He replied to me, “I need the answer to the exercise.”

例44：He replied that he would not go．

例45：Not a word did she reply．（她一句话也不应。）

answer当名词用时，与reply一样，要接to。例如：

例46：He made no answer / reply to his questions.

8．appear / look / seem

appear：显得，好像。有时含有表面上显得，而事实未必的意味。例如：

例47：This kind of apples appears good, but in fact it tastes sour.

（这种苹果看起来好，实际吃起来酸。）