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the park’s future. They didn’t like my suggestion that she share the room with her classmate. At my suggestion we went on a piic. CF: suggestion, advice amp。 he just sits around the house all day. 2) not working Men are left idle when machines break down. 3) of no use His words were just idle threats。例如: Nothing you say will affect my decision. (無論你說什么都不會(huì)影響我的決定。例如: He soon amassed sufficient evidence to support his case. (他不久便收集到足夠的證據(jù)來為他的案子辯護(hù)。)sum up: give a brief summary (of sth.) My teacher would sum up the main points of the lesson before he ended the class. Alice summed up her Christmas holidays in one word: “Terrible.” pete: vi. try to be better than (sb. else) John peted for a place at the school, but he didn’t get it.Pattern: pete with / against The young tennis player has often peted against famous players, but so far he has always been beaten. 中國正與其他國家競(jìng)爭(zhēng)國際市場(chǎng)。)capability 與 ability 互通,也指智力(或體力)上的“能力”,可指人或物,后面接 of + doing 或 for (doing) sth.。(I’m rather ignorant about puter.)ability: n. power or skill to do, make, or think。(He was upset about the argument he had with his wife.)2) make ill in the stomach The foreign food upset me / my stomach. 3) knock over, causing confusion The boy upset the glass of milk. Her plans were upset by the change in the weather. ignorant: adj. knowing little or nothing She was ignorant of her husband’s illegal activities. Otherwise she would have done everything possible to stop him.Collocation:ignorant about / of 在…方面無知的 Some people are ignorant of the facts about global warming. 我對(duì)計(jì)算機(jī)一竅不通。例如: He has found a job more suited to his abilities. (他找到了一份更適合他能力的工作。(著重腦中的容納力)] The auditorium has a seating capacity of two thousand. (禮堂能容納二千人。)amass 指在較短的時(shí)間內(nèi)積聚到大量東西,尤指為自己而積聚。大致可分為兩種情況:1)“使…起變化”,沒有好或壞的意思;2)“對(duì)…發(fā)生不良影響”。(The machine won’t function well if you don’t oil it.) Athens (雅典) functioned as a center of trade in the thirteenth century. 2. n. a usual purpose (of a thing) or special duty (of a person) The function of an adjective is to describe or add to the meaning of a noun. idle: adj. 1) lazy The boy is really idle。在thatclause 中,動(dòng)詞要用虛擬語氣。)opinion 指對(duì)事物的一般“意見,看法”。(I’m scared to fly in a plane. I’m scared that it might crash.)plex: adj.1) difficult to understand or explain Her political ideas were too plex to get support from ordinary people. The problem was so plex that there would be no easy solution. 2) consisting of many closely connected parts When I visi