高考高頻詞匯:step 、usually 、drink 、although 、

step [step]

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n.步；腳步；步驟；臺階

v. 踩；踏；跨步；邁步

usually [?ju??u?li]

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adv.通常；經(jīng)常地；慣常地

【派】usual [?ju??u?l] adj.通常的；尋常的；慣常的

unusual [?n?ju??u?l] adj.與眾不同的；不常見的；罕見的

unusually [?n?ju??u?li] adv.出奇地；不尋常地；異常地

drink [dr??k]

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n.酒；酒精飲料

v. 喝，飲；喝酒

【例】v.喝，飲

（2012四川）The air is clean and fresh.The water from the well has a pleasant taste, and it is perhaps the healthiest water our kids will ever drink.

【譯】空氣干凈又新鮮。井水散發(fā)著令人愉悅的味道，這也許會是我們孩子喝到的最健康的水。

【形】drunk [dr??k] adj.喝醉了的 n.醉漢；酒鬼；酗酒者

drift [dr?ft] n.漂流；漂移；趨勢；漂流物 v.漂流，使……漂流；漂移

drill [dr?l] n.訓練；鉆孔機；鉆子；播種機 v.鉆孔；訓練；條播

drip [dr?p] n.水滴；滴注器；乏味的人 v.滴下；滴出；充滿；含有

although [??l?e??]

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conj.雖然；盡管

【例】conj.雖然

（2012廣東）Although the use of the expression is an insincere, meaningless social custom at times, there is nothing wrong with the sentence except that it is a little uninteresting.

【譯】雖然使用這種表達有時是種不誠懇且毫無意義的社會習慣，但是除了有一點點無趣外，句子本身沒有什么不妥。

【形】alter [???lt?(r)] v.改變

【例】v.改變

（2014上海）Using such technology promises to alter people's behaviour afterwards—potentially for the better.Studies have shown that virtual reality can be effective in fighting racism—the bias that humans have against those who don't look or sound like them.

【譯】以后，使用這種技術有望改變人們的行為舉止，可能會使其變得更好。研究顯示，虛擬現(xiàn)實在對抗種族歧視，即人類對于和自己在外表或語言上不同的人懷有偏見這一問題上很有效。

altogether [???lt??ɡee?(r)] adv.全部地；完全地；總共

【例】adv.完全地

（2009全國II) Researchers at the University of Southern California found that breakfast skippers have a bigger chance of gaining weight than those who regularly have a morning meal.So eat something in the morning, anything.I know plenty of friends who end up having no breakfast altogether, and have just coffee or orange juice.

【譯】南加利福尼亞大學的研究人員發(fā)現(xiàn)，不吃早餐的人比那些有規(guī)律地吃早餐的人更有可能增重。所以早上無論吃什么都要吃點東西。我認識很多朋友完全不吃早餐，只喝咖啡或橙汁。

alternative [??l?t??(r)n?t?v] adj.供選擇的 n.供替代的選擇

【同義詞】though