高中英语重点词汇

物。例如：

例132：She is gathering wild flowers in the field.

例133：Please gather the students for me.

例134：He wants to gather money for a motorbike. （他想攒钱买一辆摩托车。）collect：收集，集合。指精心地、有选择地收集；作为该意思时，其宾语只能是物。例如：例135：Are you fond of collecting stamps?

例136：They are collecting money for the kids in those poor areas.

（他们正在为贫困地区的孩子们集资。）

注意：作为不及物动词时，两者可以互用。例如：

例137：We’ll gather / collect at the gate of the school at 8:00 a.m. tomorrow.

27．compare with / compare to

compare with：把……和……相比。例如：

例138：Can you compare this word with that one?

compare to：比喻为，把……比作；把……和……相比。例如：

例139：Young people are usually compared to the rising sun. （年轻人常被比作初升的太阳。）例140：Don’t compare your toys to / with others’ all the time.

（别老是把你的玩具和别人的比。）

compared to / with：比起来，与……相比。过去分词短语作状语，介词用to / with均可。例如：

例141：Compared to / with other people, you were indeed very fortunate.

（比起其他人，你算够幸运的了。）

28．contain / include

contain：包含（全部），容纳。include：包括（部分）。例如：

例142：Senior Book One contains twelve units, including two (units) chosen from the old textbook. 例143：This atlas contains forty maps, including three of Great Britain.

（这地图集含有四十幅地图，包括英国地图三幅在内。）

例144：How much does this bottle contain? （这瓶能装多少？）

29．cost / spend / pay / buy / charge / sell

cost：花费，付出代价。通常以事物作主语，即sth+ cost + (sb) + 金钱、时间、劳力或其他代价。例如：