-CAL-FENGHAI.-(YICAI)-CompanyOne1-CAL-FENGHAI.-(YICAI)-CompanyOne1新概念英語第二冊第20課Lesson20Onemaninaboat獨坐孤舟Fishingismyfavouritesport.Ioftenfishforhourswithoutcatchinganything.Butthisdoesnotworryme.Somefishermenareunlucky.Insteadofcatchingfish,theycatcholdbootsandrubbish.Iamevenlesslucky.Inevercatchanything--notevenoldboots.Afterhavingspentwholemorningsontheriver,Ialwaysgohomewithanemptybag.'Youmustgiveupfishing!'myfriendssay.'It'sawasteoftime.'Buttheydon'trealizeoneimportantthing.I'mnotreallyinterestedinfishing.Iamonlyinterestedinsittinginaboatanddoingnothingatall!Newwordsandexpressions生詞和短語catchv.抓到fishermann.釣魚人，漁民bootn.靴子wasten.浪費realizev.意識到參考譯文釣魚是我特別喜愛的一項運動。我經常一釣數小時卻一無所獲，但我從不為此煩惱。有些垂釣者就是不走運，他們往往魚釣不到，卻釣上來些舊靴子和垃圾。我的運氣甚至還不及他們。我什么東西也未釣到過--就連舊靴子也沒有。我總是在河上呆上整整一上午，然后空著袋子回家。“你可別再釣魚了！”我的朋友們說，“這是浪費時間。”然而他們沒有認識到重要的一點，我并不是真的對釣魚有興趣，我感興趣的只是獨坐孤舟，無所事事！1.Onemaninaboat獨坐孤舟2.Fishingismyfavouritesport.釣魚是我特別喜愛的一項運動。1)fishing動名詞做主語2)favourite(BrE)(AmEfavorite)[?feiv?rit]\o"真人發音"adj.,n.\o"真人發音"adj.likedmorethanothersofthesamekind特別受喜愛的，最喜歡的：(無比較級和最高級)e.g.這是我特別喜歡的電影之一。It’soneofmyfavoritemovies.誰是你最喜歡的作家Whoisyourfavoritewriter

n.1.apersonorthingthatyoulikemorethantheothersofthesametype特別喜愛的人(或事物)：e.g.我尤其喜愛這首歌曲。Thissongisaparticularfavoriteofmine.2.apersonwhoislikedbetterbysb.andreceivesbettertreatmentthanothers受寵的人；得到偏愛的人：e.g.她愛所有的孫子孫女，但最寵安。ShelovedallhergrandchildrenbutAnnwasherfavorite.她最受姑姑的寵愛。Sheisafavoritewithheraunt./Sheisheraunt’sfavorite.3.Ioftenfishforhourswithoutcatchinganything.Butthisdoesnotworryme.我經常一釣數小時卻一無所獲，但我從不為此煩惱。1)fish[fi?]\o"真人發音"n.,v.n.(pl.fishorfishes)fish是通常的復數形式，較古老的形式fishes可用于表示不同種類的魚。(1.fish魚[pl.]單復數同形2.fishes指不同種類的魚)1.[c]魚e.g.他們捉到了幾條魚。Theycaughtseveralfish.他們那天早上釣到很多魚。Theycaughtmanyfishthatmorning.他研究印度洋里的魚類。HestudiesthefishesintheIndianOcean.熱帶/海/淡水魚tropical[?tr?pik?l]\o"真人發音"/marine/freshwaterfish(marine[m?'ri:n]adj.[obn]海的；海產的；海生的freshwateradj.[obn]1.淡水中生長的2.淡水的)魚群shoals(=groups)offish(shoal[???l]\o"真人發音"n.1.魚群2.淺灘；水下沙洲)魚缸/池afishtank/pond(tank[t??k]n.(貯放液體或氣體的)箱，槽，罐pond[p?nd]\o"真人發音"n.池塘(尤指人工的))abigfishinasmallpond(字面意思：一個小池塘里的一條大魚)山中無老虎，猴子稱霸王=Whenthecatisaway,themicewillplay.(當貓不在，老鼠玩得自在)teachfishtoswim班門弄斧drinklikeafish牛飲(很能喝水)afishoutofwater離水之魚；在陌生環境不得其所的人likeafishoutofwater如魚離水anodd/aqueerfish(old-fashioned,BrE)apersonwhoisslightlystrangeorcrazy奇怪的家伙；古怪的人；有些荒唐的人(queer[kwi?]adj.奇怪的；反常的)2.[u]thefleshoffisheatenasfood魚肉e.g.friedfish煎魚，炸魚freshfish鮮魚saltedfish咸魚smokedfish熏魚(salt[s?:lt]\o"真人發音"n.[u]鹽；食鹽vt.[usuallypassive]在(食物)中放鹽)fishandchipsn.[u](大眾快餐)(BrE)炸魚加土豆條；炸魚薯條e.g.SomepeopleeatfishonFridays.有些人在星期五吃魚。(天主教的人習慣在星期五吃魚代替吃肉表虔誠)v.1.vi.~(forsth)totrytocatchfishwithahook[huk],nets,etc.釣魚；捕魚：e.g.你可以在這條小溪釣鱒魚。Youcanfishfortroutinthisstream.我喜歡釣魚。Ilikefishing./Ienjoyfishing./Iamfondoffishing./Iamkeenonfishing.(bekeenonsth./doingsth.渴望；熱切；熱衷于做某事)(trout[tra?t]n.[c,u](pl.trout)鮭；鮭鱒魚；鱒魚)(stream[stri:m]n.小河；溪)2.(gofishing)tospendtimefishingforpleasure釣魚；捕魚：e.g.咱們這個周末去釣魚吧。Let’sgofishingthisweekend.去游泳goswimming去購物goshopping3.vt.totrytocatchfishintheareaofwatermentioned在…捕魚(或釣魚)e.g.他們在湖里釣魚。Theyfishedthelakeforfish.混水摸魚fishintroubledwaterPhrv.fishforsth.totrytogetsth.,ortofindoutsth.,althoughyouarepretendingnotto旁敲側擊地打聽；轉彎抹角地謀取fishforfameandcompliments([?k?mplim?nt]\o"真人發音"n.1.[c]贊揚；稱贊2.(compliments)[pl.]問候；致意；祝賀)沽名釣譽fishforinformation轉彎抹角地打聽情況2)without[wi?eaut]\o"真人發音"prep.,adv.prep.(含否定含義)可放在句首，句尾prep.+n./v.-ing/pron.1.nothaving,experiencingorshowingsth.沒有；缺乏：e.g.沒有你的幫助我無法修理這車。Ican’trepairthecarwithoutyourhelp.(名詞作介詞賓語)沒有你我活不下去。Icannotlivewithoutyou.(代詞作介詞賓語)沒有水魚活不了。Fishcannotlivewithoutwater.(名詞作介詞賓語)2.~(sb.)doingsth.notdoingtheactionmentioned不(做某事)；無；沒e.g.他們企圖不付賬就離開餐館。Theytriedtoleavetherestaurantwithoutpaying.我不是想要批評誰，只是認為你本可以做得更好一些。Withoutwantingtocriticize,Ithinkyoucouldhavedonebetter.動名詞作介詞賓語，要注意是在前后主語一致的情況下，如：e.g.他一句話也沒說就走了。Hewentoutwithoutsayinganything.=Hewentoutandhedidn’tsayanything.=Hewentoutwithoutsayinganywordsadv.nothaving,orshowingsth.沒有；缺乏：e.g.你要不要帶洗澡間的房間Doyouwantaroomwithabathoronewithout

我相信我們能湊合的。I’msurewe’llmanagewithout.3)catch[k?t?]v.,n.(caught[k?:t]\o"真人發音",caught)1.vt.tostopandholdamovingobject,esp.inyourhands接住；截住；攔住：e.g.Ijumpeduptocatchaballandfellover.我跳起來接球，結果摔了個跟頭。(fallv.fell,fallenfallovervi.跌倒；摔倒)Shemanagedtocatchthekeysastheyfell.她接住了掉下來的鑰匙。你能接住球嗎Canyoucatchtheball

2.vt.[usually+adv./prep.]totakeholdofsb./sth.抓住；握住：e.g.她試圖從他身邊擠過去，他一把抓住了她的胳膊。Hecaughtholdofherarmasshetriedtopushpasthim.湯姆抓住小偷的胳膊。Tomcaughtthethiefbythearm.3.vt.tocaptureapersonorananimalthattriesorwouldtrytoescape逮住；捕捉；捕獲：(capture[?k?pt??]\o"真人發音"vt.tocatchapersonorananimalandkeepthemasaprisonerorinanenclosedspace俘虜；俘獲；捕獲)e.g.釣魚，捕魚catchfish抓住小偷catchathief警察已逮住那個小偷。Thepolicehavecaughtthethief.這個殺人犯一直未被抓到。Themurderer([?m?:d?r?]\o"真人發音"謀殺犯)wasnevercaught.你捕到幾條魚Howmanyfishdidyoucatch

Wheredidyoucatchthefish?這條魚你在哪兒逮的？4.tofindordiscoversb.doingsth.,esp.sth.wrong撞見，當場發現(某人做壞事)：catchsb.doingsth.抓住/撞見某人正在做某事e.g.[vn-ing]我撞見她在浴室里吸煙。Icaughthersmokinginthebathroom.那個小男孩正從園子里偷蘋果的時候被抓住了。Thelittleboywascaughtstealingapplesfromthegarden.[vn+adv./prep.]偷竊時被當場抓住的竊賊thievescaughtintheact你現在來找我可不是時候。You’vecaughtmeatabadtime(=atatimewhenIambusy).5.vt.tobeintimeforabus,train,plane,etc.andgetonit乘坐；搭乘；趕上(公共汽車、火車、飛機等)：e.g.我想趕8點19分的火車去倫敦。Iwanttocatchtheeightnineteen(train)toLondon.--你沒有趕上火車嗎？Haven’tyoucaughtthetrain?--沒有，我剛好錯過。No,I’vejustmissedit.我得走了—我要趕火車。Imustgo—Ihaveatraintocatch.趕公共汽車catchthebus錯過公共汽車missthebus6.vt.togetanillness得病；染疾：e.g.Themorestressyouareunder,themorelikelyyouaretocatchacold.壓力越大，越有可能患感冒。catchacold患感冒(強調動作本身)haveacold感冒(強調狀態表正患感冒呢，正處于感冒的狀態)7.vt.~sb’sinterest,imagination,attention,etc.ifsth.catchesyourinterest,etc.,younoticeitandfeelinterestedinit引起，激發(興趣、想像、注意等)吸引某人的注意attractone’sattention/drawone’sattention/catchone’sattention=attractsb’seye/drawsb’seye/catchsb’seye(固定搭配)e.g.Myshoescaughthisattention.我的鞋子引起了他的注意。她揮手以吸引（引起）我的注意。Shewavedherhandtoattract/catchmyattention.8.vi.&vt.tobegintoburn燒著；著(火)：e.g.catchfire著火(強調動作，指火著起來)beonfire著火(強調狀態，正在燃燒)諺語：Theearlybirdcatchestheworm.捷足先登。(早起的鳥兒有蟲吃。)當catch表抓到時，同義詞區分：grab[ɡr?b]v.抓起，搶奪，熱切或拼命地抓snatch[sn?t?]v.搶奪，突然而迅速地抓起arrest[??rest]v.(依法)逮捕capture[?k?pt??]\o"真人發音"vt.tocatchapersonorananimalandkeepthemasaprisonerorinanenclosedspace俘虜；俘獲；捕獲trap[tr?p]v.設陷阱捕捉grasp[ɡrɑ:sp]v.握緊，抓住表握緊、抓住的結果seize[si:z]v.握緊，抓住表握緊、抓住的結果IDM:1.catchyourbreath1)tostopbreathingforamomentbecauseoffear,shock,etc.(由于恐懼、震驚等)屏息，屏氣2)tobreathenormallyagainafterrunningordoingsometiringexercise(跑或劇烈運動后)歇口氣2.catchit(BrE)(AmEcatchhell,getit)(spoken)tobepunishedorspokentoangrilyaboutsth.受罰；受斥責：(通常與will等連用)(hell[hel]n.1.地獄2.[u]苦難的經歷；悲慘的境況3.該死，見鬼)e.g.要是你老爸知道了，你非挨罵不可！Ifyourdadfindsoutyou’llreallycatchit!如果我回家晚了，我媽媽會罵我。IfIcomehomelate,I’llcatchitfrommymother.3.catchsb.red-handedtocatchsb.intheactofdoingsth.wrongorcommittingacrime當場抓住；現場捕獲Phr.v.1.catchontobecomepopularorfashionable([?f???n?bl]adj.流行的；時髦的)受歡迎；流行起來；變得時髦：e.g.他發明了一種電動汽車，但這種車從未真正流行起來。Heinventedanelectriccar,butitneverreallycaughton.2.catchup(withsb.)(BrEalsocatchsb.up)1)toreachsb.whoisaheadbygoingfaster趕上，追上(某人)：e.g.你先走吧，我很快會追上你的。Goahead,please.I’llsooncatchupwithyou.2)toreachthesamelevelorstandardassb.whowasbetterormoreadvanced趕上，達到(某水平)：e.g.他因病休學一學期，不得不努力學習好趕上別的同學。Aftermissingatermthroughillnesshehadtoworkhardtocatchupwiththeothers.(throughprep.bymeansof;becauseof以；憑借；因為；由于)n.1.[c]接(球等)e.g.接球tomakeacatch2.[c]總捕獲量e.g.捕獲大量的魚ahugecatchoffish3.[c]扣拴物；扣件e.g.門閂；吊扣acatchonthedoor4.[c,usuallysing.]隱藏的困難；暗藏的不利因素5.[u](兒童)傳接球游戲catchphrase[?k?t?freiz]\o"真人發音"n.名言；流行口號；時興的話4)worry[?w?ri]\o"真人發音"\o"真人發音"v.,n.v.(worries,worrying,worried,worried)1.~(about/oversb./sth.)tokeepthinkingaboutunpleasantthingsthatmighthappenoraboutproblemsthatyouhave擔心；擔憂；發愁：e.g.[v]不必擔心。我們有很多時間。Don’tworry.Wehaveplentyoftime.別為我擔憂。我會沒事的。Don’tworryaboutme.I’llbeallright.[v(that)]我擔心自己進不了大學。IworrythatIwon’tgetintocollege.2.~sb./yourself(aboutsb./sth.)tomakesb./yourselfanxious[???k??s]\o"真人發音"\o"真人發音"aboutsb./sth.使擔心；使擔憂；使發愁e.g.我的小女兒令我擔心。Mylittledaughterworriedmealot.[vn]使我發愁的是如何再找到工作。WhatworriesmeishowIamgoingtogetanotherjob.[vnthat]他還沒有回家，這叫我放心不下。Itworriesmethathehasn’tcomehomeyet.3.[vn]~sb.(withsth.)toannoyordisturbsb.騷擾；煩擾；使不安寧：e.g.這噪音似乎從不讓她厭煩。Thenoiseneverseemstoworryher.別老用許多愚蠢的問題打擾他。Don’tkeepworryinghimwithalotofsillyquestions.IDM:nottoworry(informal,esp.BrE)itisnotimportant;itdoesnotmatter別擔心；不必發愁；沒關系：e.g.別著急，我很快就能把它修理好。Nottoworry—Icansoonfixit.n.(pl.-ies)1.[u]thestateofworryingaboutsth.擔心；憂慮；發愁synonym:anxiety[?n?zai?ti]\o"真人發音"\o"真人發音"e.g.愁得要命tobesickwithworry2.[c]~(about/oversth.)/~(for/tosb.)somethingthatworriesyou令人擔憂的事；讓人發愁的事：e.g.唯一令我擔憂的是……Myonlyworryisthat…worriedadj.~(aboutsb./sth.)/~(bysth.)/~(that…)thinkingaboutunpleasantthingsthathavehappenedorthatmighthappenandthereforefeelingunhappyandafraid擔心的；擔憂的；發愁的e.g.我擔心我的小女兒。Iwasworriedaboutmylittledaughter.盡量別擔憂。Trynottogetworried.我還擔心你不來呢。Iwasworriedyouwouldn’tcome.adv.worriedlyworryingadj.thatmakesyouworry令人擔憂的；令人發愁的：e.g.令人擔憂的發展aworryingdevelopmentadv.worryinglybeworriedaboutsth.=beanxious(veryworried)aboutsth.對…感到焦慮/擔心4.Somefishermenareunlucky.Insteadofcatchingfish,theycatcholdbootsandrubbish.有些垂釣者就是不走運，他們往往魚釣不到，卻釣上來些舊靴子和垃圾。1)fisherman[?fi???m?n]\o"真人發音"n.(pl.-men)apersonwhocatchesfish,eitherasajoborasasport漁民；釣魚的人2)insteadofprep.intheplaceofsb./sth.代替；作為…的替換：(可放在句首或句尾)insteadof后面加名詞、代詞、動名詞作介詞賓語e.g.現在我可以步行去上班，而不必開車了。NowIcanwalktoworkinsteadofgoingbycar.沒有釣到魚，那些不幸的漁夫釣到一些舊靴子和垃圾。Insteadofcatchingfish,theunluckyfishermencatcholdbootsandrubbish.Theunluckyfishermencatcholdbootsandrubbish.insteadofcatchingfish.男士穿的是短襪而不是長襪。Menwearsocksinsteadofstockings.我去購物了而沒有做作業。Iwentshoppinginsteadofdoinghomework.instead[in?sted]\o"真人發音"adv.intheplaceofsb./sth.代替；頂替；反而；卻(單獨使用時一般出現在句尾)：e.g.Ifyoudon’twantaholidayinEngland,whydon’tyougotoAustraliainstead?

如果你不想在英國度假，那你為什么不去澳大利亞呢？杰克病了，所以我去了。JackwasillsoIwentinstead.3)boot[bu:t]n.1.astrongshoethatcoversthefootandankleandoftenthelowerpartoftheleg靴子：e.g.(BrE)walkingboots便靴apairofblackleather[?lee?]boots一雙黑皮靴cowboyboots牛仔靴2.(BrE)(AmEtrunk[tr??k])theenclosedspaceatthebackofacarthatyouputbags,cases,etc.in(汽車后部的)行李箱e.g.我去把行李放進行李箱里。I’llputtheluggageintheboot.haveone’sheartinone’sboots(心沉到了靴子里面)指極為悲歡消沉相似短語：haveone’sheartinone’smouth極為恐懼boots長筒靴rubberboots橡膠長靴runningshoes跑鞋leathershoes皮鞋platformshoes厚跟鞋(platform[?pl?tf?:m]n.1.站臺；月臺2.厚鞋底)sandals[?s?ndl]n.涼鞋loafer[?l?uf?]n.懶漢鞋；平底便鞋sneakers[?sni:k?]n.(AmE)=trainers[?tre?n?]\o"真人發音"運動鞋；(平時穿的)便鞋slippersn.室內便鞋；拖鞋tennisshoes網球鞋moccasin[?m?k?s?n]n.莫卡辛軟皮鞋(原為美洲土著所穿)，軟幫皮鞋shoelace[??u:le?s]n.鞋帶sole[s?ul]n.[c]鞋底；襪底(soleadj.[obn]僅有的；惟一的)heel[hi:l]n.鞋跟high-heeledshoes高跟鞋v.[vn+adv./prep.]tokicksb./sth.hardwithyourfoot猛踢phr.v.bootsb.out(ofsth.)(informal)toforcesb.toleaveaplaceorjob趕走；解雇4)rubbish[?r?bi?]\o"真人發音"n.[u]1.(esp.BrE)thingsthatyouthrowawaybecauseyounolongerwantorneedthem垃圾；廢棄物：e.g.一堆垃圾apileofrubbish/aheapofrubbish垃圾袋/桶arubbishbag/bin生活垃圾householdrubbish(pile[pail]\o"真人發音"n.1.[c]摞；沓2.[c]堆；成堆的東西3.[c]~ofsth(informal)許多；大量heap[hi:p]n.1.~(ofsth.)(凌亂的)一堆；2.[usuallypl.](informal)許多；大量bin[bin]\o"真人發音"n.(BrE)垃圾箱)2.(BrE,informal)(alsousedasanadjective也用作形容詞)somethingthatyouthinkisofpoorquality劣質的東西：e.g.我覺得這部戲很差!Ithoughttheplaywasrubbish!3.(BrE,informal)comments,ideas,etc.thatyouthinkarestupidorwrong廢話；瞎說synonym:nonsensen.謬論；胡扯；胡言亂語e.g.瞎說！你并不胖！Rubbish!You’renotfat!別說廢話了！Don’ttalkrubbish!garbage[?ɡɑ:bid?]\o"真人發音"n.[u]1.(esp.AmE)wastefood,paper,etc.thatyouthrowaway(生活)垃圾；廢物：e.g.垃圾收集garbagecollection2.(esp.AmE)aplaceorcontainerwherewastefood,paper,etc.canbeplaced垃圾場；垃圾箱；垃圾桶：e.g.把它扔到垃圾箱里去。Throwitinthegarbage.3.(informal)somethingstupidornottrue廢話；無聊的東西synonym:rubbishgarbagecan(AmE)=dustbin垃圾桶garbageman(alsoformalgarbagecollector)(AmE)=dustman(BrE)垃圾工；垃圾清潔工garbagetruck(AmE)=dustcart(BrE)垃圾車refuse[?refju:s]\o"真人發音"n.[u](written)廢棄物；垃圾5.Iamevenlesslucky.Inevercatchanything--notevenoldboots.我的運氣甚至還不及他們。我什么東西也未釣到過--就連舊靴子也沒有。1)evenadv.1.(強調出乎意料)甚至，連，即使：e.g.他根本沒打開過那封信。Heneverevenopenedtheletter.就連小孩子也能理解。Evenachildcanunderstandit.2.(用以加強比較)甚至；更，愈加，還：e.g.她甚至比她姐姐還聰明。She’sevenmoreintelligentthanhersister.我是更加不幸運。Iamevenlesslucky.2)less是little的比較級，意為“不及”、“不如”、“更少”、“更不…”(消極比較級)：更加幸運morelucky更加不幸運lesslucky1)Aisless+原級thanBA比B更不……e.g.我比以前更不愉快/更痛苦。Iamlesshappythanbefore.這個故事比那個更無聊。Thisstoryislessinterestingthanthatone.2)notas/so…as不及；不如e.g.我沒以前那么愉快。(現在不一定不快樂)Iamnotsohappyasbefore.這個故事沒那個有趣。(也許這個也很有趣)Thisstoryisnotsointerestingasthatone.3)with可以表示“有…的”、“持有…的”、“隨身帶著…”等：e.g.那個帶傘的男人是誰？Who’sthemanwiththeumbrella?那個留胡子的男人是誰？Who’sthemanwiththebeard?帶著那個小男孩的女人是誰？Who’sthewomanwiththelittleboy?withanemptybag伴隨狀語指帶著空袋子回家6.Afterhavingspentwholemorningsontheriver,Ialwaysgohomewithanemptybag.我總是在河上呆上整整一上午，然后空著袋子回家。1)After(prep.)havingspentwholemorningsontheriver,Ialwaysgohomewithanemptybag.After(conj.)Ihavespentwholemorningsontheriver,Ialwaysgohomewithanemptybag.afterprep.,conj.當且僅當從句主語與主句主語一致時，才可省略作afterdoing…e.g.說完晚安之后，這個小男孩睡覺去了。AftersayingGoodnight,theboywenttobed./AftertheboysaidGoodnight,theboywenttobed.學生們交完試卷之后，老師走了。Afterthestudentshandedintheirpapers,theteacherleft.(本句主從句主語不一致，不可省略成afterdoing形式)2)spend(sb.)spendtime/money/energyonsth.花費時間、金錢、精力在某事上面(sb.)spendtime/money/energy(in)doingsth.花費時間、金錢、精力來做某事7.'Youmustgiveupfishing!'myfriendssay.'It'sawasteoftime.'“你可別再釣魚了！”我的朋友們說，“這是浪費時間。”1)giveup放棄；停止干某事e.g.不要再釣魚了；停止釣魚giveupfishing戒煙giveupsmoking放棄作斗爭giveupfighting(動名詞作介詞賓語)2)it’s/its(it’s是主系表結構，its是形容詞性物主代詞)e.g.天很冷。It’sacoldday.天在下雨。Itisraining.Thecatdrankitsmilk.貓把它的牛奶喝了。Thisenginehaslostitspower.這個發動機失去了動力。3)waste[weist]v.,n.,adj.vt.1.~sth(onsth.)/~sth.(in)doingsth.tousemoreofsth.thanisnecessaryoruseful浪費；濫用e.g.不要浪費你的時間、金錢以及精力。Don’twasteyourtime,moneyandenergy.一切努力都被浪費了。Alltheeffortswerewasted.為什么浪費錢買你不需要的衣服呢？Whywastemoneyonclothesyoudon’tneed?你跟他解釋是在浪費時間。You’rewastingyourtime(in)tryingtoexplainittohim.(=becausehewillnotunderstand).2.[usuallypassive]tonotmakegoodorfulluseofsb./sth.未充分利用；使…屈才：e.g.這白白浪費了一次機會。Itwasawastedopportunity.你當銷售經理屈才了，你本應該做演員。You’rewastedasasalesmanager—youshouldhavebeenanactor.IDM:1.wasteyourbreathtosaysth.thatnobodytakesanynoticeof白費唇舌(breathn.1.[u]呼吸的空氣2.[c]一次吸入的空氣3.~ofsth.(fml)微量；跡象)2.wastenot,wantnot(saying諺語)ifyouneverwasteanything,esp.foodormoney,youwillalwayshaveitwhenyouneedit勤儉節約，吃穿不缺(不浪費，就不缺乏)(尤指食物或錢)=Ifyouneverwasteanything,you’llneverlackit.Phr.v.wasteaway(ofaperson人)tobecomethinandweak,esp.becauseofillness(尤指因病)變得瘦弱；(人、體力)衰弱n.1.[u,sing]~(ofsth.)theactofusingsth.inacarelessorunnecessaryway,causingittobelostordestroyed浪費；濫用：e.g.我憎恨不必要的浪費。Ihateunnecessarywaste.多么浪費紙啊！Whatawasteofpaper!gotowaste變成廢物e.g.我不愿看到好好的食物被扔掉。Ihatetoseegoodfoodgotowaste(=bethrownaway).2.[sing.]asituationinwhichitisnotworthspendingtime,money,etc.onsth.白費；糟蹋：awasteof…對…的浪費這簡直在浪費時間。It’sawasteoftime.這是對錢的浪費。It’sawasteofmoney.這是在浪費感情。It’sawasteoffeeling.這是在浪費食物。It’sawasteoffood.3.[u](alsowastes[pl.])materialsthatarenolongerneededandarethrownaway廢料；廢物；棄物；垃圾e.g.家庭垃圾；工業廢料household/industrialwaste(household[?haush?uld]adj.家庭的/\o"真人發音"n.一家人；家庭；同住一所房子的人industrial[in?d?stri?l]\o"真人發音"adj.1.工業的；產業的2.用于工業的)4.(wastes)[pl.](formal)alargeareaoflandwherethereareveryfewpeople,animalsorplants人煙稀少的地區；荒蕪地區；荒原：IDM:awasteofspace(spoken)apersonwhoisuselessornogoodatanything無用的人；干什么都不行的人；廢物；飯桶adj.[usuallybeforenoun]1.notsuitableforbuildingorgrowingthingsonandisthereforenotused荒蕪的；未開墾的；廢棄的：e.g.一塊荒地apieceofwasteground2.nolongerneededforaparticularprocessandthereforethrownaway廢棄的；丟棄的；無用的e.g.污水wastewaterwastebasket(AmE)=waste-paperbasket(BrE)廢紙簍；廢紙箱wastepapern.[u]廢紙wastedadj.[onlybeforenoun](ofanaction行動)徒勞無功的；白費的e.g.我們白跑了一趟，他們不在。Wehadawastedtrip----theyweren’tin.wastefuladj.~(ofsth.)浪費的；揮霍的e.g.對資源的大肆揮霍awastefuluseofresourceswastelandn.[c,u]荒地；荒原；不毛之地8.Buttheydon'trealizeoneimportantthing.I'mnotreallyinterestedinfishing.Iamonlyinterestedinsittinginaboatanddoingnothingatall!然而他們沒有認識到重要的一點，我并不是真的對釣魚有興趣，我感興趣的只是獨坐孤舟，無所事事！1)realize[?ri?laiz]\o"真人發音"v.(notusedintheprogressivetenses不用于進行時)(不用于被動語態，人作主語)tounderstandorbecomeawareofaparticularfactorsituation理解；領會；認識到；意識到e.g.認識到自己的錯誤torealize(vt.)one’smistake=beawareofone’smistake[v.(that)]我沒有察覺到你那么不開心。Ididn’trealize(that)youweresounhappy.我一看到她，就覺得不太對勁。ThemomentIsawher,Irealizedsomethingwaswrong.她意識到他正在說謊呢。Sherealizedthathewaslying.[v.]形勢比他們最初意識到的更為復雜。Thesituationwasmorecomplicatedthantheyhadatfirstrealized.[v.wh-]我認為你沒有意識到這對她是多么重要。Idon’tthinkyourealizehowimportantthisistoher.[vn]我希望你能認識到這一罪行的嚴重性。Ihopeyourealizetheseriousnessofthiscrime.他們沒有意識到一件重要的事情。Theydon’trealizeoneimportantthing.[vnthat]人們意識到大家都已平安歸來的時候便發出了一陣歡呼聲。Therewasacheerwhenitwasrealizedthateveryonewassafelyback.2.[vn]toachievesth.importantthatyouverymuchwanttodo實現；將……變為現實(可用于主動，也可用于被動語態)e.g.實現某人的希望realizeone’shope實現某人的夢想realizeone’sdream實現某人的計劃realizeone’splan他終于實現自己的夢想了。Herealizedhisdreamatlast.他的夢想終于被實現了。Hisdreamwasrealizedatlast.她從未能實現成為一名職業歌手的志向。(ambition[?m?bi??n]\o"真人發音"n.[u]野心；雄心；志向)Sheneverrealizedherambitionofbecomingaprofessionalsinger.我們努力幫助所有的學生充分發揮他們的潛力。Wetr