高中英语重点词汇

例145：The book cost me $10.

例146：Careless driving cost him his life. （粗心驾驶使他付出了生命的代价。）spend：花费。主语是人，可以指花金钱，也可以指花时间。spend的用法：sb + spend +时间+ (in) + v-ing / sb + spend +金钱(时间) + on sth。例如：

例147：I spent $10 on the book.

例148：I spent two hours (in) finishing the composition. 比较：

例149：It took me two hours to finish the composition.

pay：付款。例如：

例150：I paid $10 for the book.

buy：买。例如：

例151：I bought the book for $10.

charge：收费。例如：

例152：They charged me $10 for the book. （买这本书，他们收我十美元。）sell：卖。例如：

例153：They sold me the book for $10.

30．cure / treat / heal

cure：治愈（疾病），后常接介词of。例如：

例154：The new medicine cured (him of) his heart trouble. （这种新药治愈了他的心脏病。）treat：治疗。强调用药物或医疗手段进行医治的过程，并不表示治疗的结果。后常接介词for。另外还有“对待”的意思，后常接as。例如：

例155：It was difficult to treat patients (for their diseases) because of a shortage of medicine.

（由于缺少药物，所以很难给病人治疗。）

例156：He treats the orphan as his own son. （他把那个孤儿当作自己的亲生儿子看待。）heal：治愈（外伤）。例如：

例157：It took three months for my arm to heal properly.

31．die of / die from

die of：死于。常指由于疾病、饥饿、情感等原因而死亡。例如：

例158：Many of them died of hunger during the voyage.

例159：The old woman died of grief soon after her husband’s death.

die from：死于。常指除了疾病或情感以外的原因造成的死亡，及因某种具体疾病造成的