新概念英語第三冊語法總結：容易混淆的動詞2

1. receive，accept

“receive” 客觀上收到
“accept” 主觀上願意接受
I received his gift, but I wouldn't like to accept it.

2. fit, suit“適合”

“fit” 指“尺寸”的適合
“suit” 指“款式，花樣等”的適合
The dress doesn't fit me. It is too long.
Blue is the color that suits her well.

3. answer, reply “回答”

“answer” — vt.
“reply” — vi 須和 “to”連用
“You needn't know it.” He answered.
So far, they haven't answered / replied to our questions.

4. spend, cost, take “花費”

“spend” (spent, spent) 花“時間，金錢”主語須是人。
He spend 5 hours writing the article.

“cost” (cost, cost) 花費“金錢，時間，勞力”可接雙賓，主語須是“物”。
The book cost me $20 and 2 days.

“take” 通常指花“時間”主語須是“某種事情”。
It takes me 20 minuter to go to school.
The work took me longer than I expected.

5. assure，ensure

“assure” 使放心 assure sb. of sth.
assure sb. that...
I can assure you of my honesty.

“ensure” 保證 ensure sth.（其後不能接人稱）
ensure that
ensure doing sth.
I can ensure his safety.
He ensured that he finished the job in time.
He ensured coming back later.

百分重點：如ensure 含義爲“保護，使安全”，其結構爲：
ensure sb from / against sth.
He ensured the boy from drowning.

6. beat, defeat, win — vt.

“beat” (beat, beaten) 戰勝，打敗比賽，辯論中的對手
He beat John at chess yesterday.

“defeat”“擊敗”敵軍，入侵者，整個球隊
They defeated the enemy in that battle.

“win” (won, won)“贏得比賽”win over sb.（贏了某人）
The football team won the match.

7. damage，destroy，hurt，spoil，wound，injure

以上六個詞中，“hurt” 可作及物，不及物動詞外，其餘五個均爲及物動詞。
“damage” —— 損壞（害）（有修復的可能性）
“destroy” —— 摧毀，打破（希望，計劃）毀滅（無修復的可能性）
“hurt” —— 傷害（感情或身體某一部位）痛疼
“spoil” —— 破壞，糟蹋（晚會，旅遊，參觀等）寵愛，慣懷（孩子）
“wound” —— 使受傷（槍傷，刀傷）
“injure” —— 使受傷
Don't spoil your son too much.
The man has destroyed the girl's life all her hopes.
Some houses were damaged in the earthquake.
I don't mean to hurt you.
He was injured in the accident.
It was dangerous because he was wounded seriously in the war.  

測試精編

1. His newly-published novel is quite a success ________ a good income from the reading public.
A. ensuring him                       B. assuring him
C. assuring him of                     D. assuring him about 

2. My watch ________ five o'clock. 
A. says          B. tells        C. speaks             D. talks

3. “He has been working very hard recently.” “Because the burden of a big family has been ________ on his shoulder.”
A. bear          B. borne         C. born            D. bore

4. The visiting delegates were urged to ________. 
A. talk at liberty                    B. state their open minds
C. make individual expressions        D. speak freely 

（後設答案，大家不要偷看哦~(*^__^*) 嘻嘻……）

KEYS

1.C    2.A   3. B   4.D