每课一词:新概念第1册第5课
【往期回顾】
接下来我们继续来看第5课的“每课一词”:
一、课文原文
Lesson 5 Nice to meet you.
Good morning.
Good morning, Mr. Blake.
This is Miss Sophie Dupont.
Sophie is a new student.
She is French.
Sophie, this is Hans.
He is German.
Nice to meet you.
And this is Naoko.
She's Japanese.
Nice to meet you.
And this is Chang-woo.
He's Korean.
Nice to meet you.
And this is Luming.
He's Chinese.
Nice to meet you.
And this is Xiaohui.
She's Chinese, too.
Nice to meet you.
——选自《新概念英语》第一册,外语教学与研究出版社,1997年10月第1版
二、每课一词
meet
【源】
直接源自古英语的metan;最初源自原始日耳曼语的motjanan,意为“发现;聚集”。
【音】
[miːt]
注意字母组合-ee-在闭音节中,一般都读作长音/iː/。
【形】
该单词在拼写时,注意meet与meat(字母组合-ea-在闭音节中也常读作长音/iː/)的区别。
【义】
该词大多情况下都用作动词,也可以用作名词。
1、动词
用作动词时,常用意思为“见面;迎接;满足”。如:
I chanced to meet an old friend in the park today. 今天我在公园碰巧遇见一位老朋友。He is going to meet you at the airport tomorrow.他明天会到机场接你。We will try our best to meet their needs.我们会尽全力去满足他们的需求。
2、名词
用作名词时,主要表示“运动会;体育比赛”。如:
They're going to have a sports meet very soon. 他们不久将开运动会。
【用】
meet常见的习语用法有:
1、meet one's eyes
该短语表示“(和某人)对视,目光相遇”,如:
She was afraid to meet my eye. 她不敢正眼看我。
2、meet sb. halfway
该短语表示“和某人妥协;对某人作出让步”,如:
The Democrats are willing to meet the president halfway.民主党愿意向总统作出妥协。
3、make (both) ends meet
该短语表示“使收支相抵;勉强维持生计”,如:
Many families struggle to make ends meet. 许多家庭只能勉强维持生计。
三、相关拓展
meet与face的区别
face也可以用作动词,表“面对”。
它们的区别是:
1、face更加口语化,侧重强调果敢地正视某人或某物2、meet则为普通用语,表示与某人相见或相遇
如:
1、He faced the difficulty with courage. 他勇敢地面对困难。2、When do we meet again?我们下次什么时候见面?