1. Twelve months constitute one year.
十二个月构成一年。
2. Laws are constituted to protect individual rights and properties.
法律是为保卫人民的权利和财产而制定的。
3. The defeat constitutes a major set-back for our diplomacy.
这次失败是我们外交上的重大挫折。
4. The committee had been improperly constituted, and therefore had no legal power.
该委员会的建立不合规定, 因而没有合法的权力.
construct: [ kən'strʌkt ] v. 构造,建造,想出
词形变化:
形容词:constructible 名词:constructor 动词过去式:constructed 过去分词:constructed 现在分词:constructing 第三人称单数:constructs
例句与用法:
This factory was constructed by our company.
这家工厂是由我们公司建设的。
contract: [ 'kɔntrækt ] n. 合约,婚约,立约v. 缩短,缩小v. 订约
词形变化:
形容词:contractible 名词:contractibility 动词过去式:contracted 过去分词:contracted 现在分词:contracting 第三人称单数:contracts
例句与用法:
1. The city contracted for a library with their firm.
市政当局和他们公司订立了修建图书馆的合同。
2. Marriage is, first of all, a contract which must be governed by justice.
婚姻首先是一种契约,它必须以公正为制约。
contribute: [ kən'tribju:t ] v. 有助于,捐助,投稿,贡献
词形变化:
形容词:contributive 副词:contributively 名词:contributiveness 动词过去式:contributed 过去分词:contributed 现在分词:contributing 第三人称单数:contributes
例句与用法:
1. Each worker contributed one dollar to the Red Cross.
每个工人都向红十字会捐献了一美元。
2. Honesty and hard work contribute to success and happiness.
诚实加苦干有助于成功和幸福。
58] Natural gas can be used to power cars by ___ their engines.
A) converting B) condensing C) transferring D) transmitting
答案:A
译文:利用转换发动机,天然气可用于汽车。
考点:近义动词辨析
解析:convert: [ kən'və:t ] v. 使转变,使...改变信仰,倒置n. 皈依者,改宗者
词形变化:
动词过去式:converted 过去分词:converted 现在分词:converting 第三人称单数:converts
例句与用法:
1. Coal can be converted to gas.
煤可以转化成煤气。
2. He is a recent convert to Christianity.
他最近改信基督教了。
3. My mother has converted to Catholicism.
我母亲已转而信仰天主教。
4. Britain converted to a decimal currency system in 1971.
英国于1971年改行十进制货币体系.
condense: [ kən'dens ] v. 浓缩,摘要,缩短
词形变化:
形容词:condensable 名词:condensability 动词过去式:condensed 过去分词:condensed 现在分词:condensing 第三人称单数:condenses
例句与用法:
1. Steam condenses into water when cooling down.
蒸汽冷却时凝结成水。
2. Steam condenses/is condensed into water when it touches a cold surface.
蒸气接触冷的表面而凝结成水珠.
transfer: [ træns'fə: ] n. 迁移,移动,换车v. 转移,调转,调任
词形变化:
形容词:transferable 名词:transferability 动词过去式:transferred 过去分词:transferred 现在分词:transferring 第三人称单数:transfers
例句与用法: