5．bury vt. 埋葬；掩埋；隱藏

bury oneself in study 埋頭研究

bury oneself in (doing) sth. 專心致力于(做)某事

be buried in thoughts 沉思

bury one's face in one's hands 雙手掩面

be buried alive 被活埋；隱居

[即學即練5]　

(1)He was sitting with his head ______in a book.他坐著埋頭看書。

(2)He walked slowly, his hands ______ in his pockets.他走得很慢，兩手插在衣袋里。

(3)After the divorce, she __________________ her work.離婚后，她埋頭于工作。

答案是：buried；buried；buried herself in

提示：表示“專心于，致力于”意義的短語還有：be devoted to, be addicted to, be absorbed in等。

6．judge v. 斷定；判斷；判決

n. 裁判員；法官；評判員

judgement n. 判斷，審判，意見，判斷力

judging by/from 從……上看，根據(jù)……判斷

judge sb./sth. from/by... 從……來判斷

judge between right and wrong 判斷是非

as far as I can judge 據(jù)我判斷，我認為

in one's judgement 依某人看來，按某人的看法

[即學即練6]　

(1)Don't ______ a book ______ its cover. 勿以貌取人。

(2)______________ his accent, he must be a southerner.根據(jù)他的口音判斷，他一定是個南方人。

(3)He ________________________ the best actor of this year.他被評為今年的最佳男演員。

答案是：judge by；Judging from/by；Was judged to be

7．right away立刻，馬上

(1)表示“立刻，馬上”的短語

without delay/right now/immediately/at once/in no time/right off

(2)比較right away/right now

right away“立刻，馬上”，相當于at once, in no time。

right now“立即，馬上；此時此刻”，后一意義比now的語氣強，相當于at this very moment。

[即學即練7]　

(1)I want it to be sent ____________.馬上把它發(fā)出去。

(2)He cleaned the room ____________.他立即開始打掃房間。

(3)He’s not in the office ____________.他現(xiàn)在不在辦公室。

答案是：right away；right away；right now

8．at an end 終止；結束

bring...to an end (使)結束，終止

come to an end 結束，終止

at the end of 在……盡頭(末)

by the end of 到……末為止(常與完成時態(tài)連用)

in the end 最后，終于(后不加 of短語)

on end 一連，連續(xù)

to the end 到底

without end 沒完沒了

make ends meet 收支相抵

[即學即練8]　

(1)The year is __________________.這一年已到年終了。

(2)The meeting ________________________.會議結束了。

(3)Go straight and you’ll find the hospital ________________________ the road.一直往前走，你會在這條路的盡頭找到這家醫(yī)院。

(4)They argued for two hours ____________.他們一連辯論了兩個小時。

答案是：at an end；came to an end；at the end of；on end

9．a (great) number of 許多；大量的

a large/great/good number of

a great/good many

a good few

quite a few＋可數(shù)名詞復數(shù)

many a more than one＋單數(shù)可數(shù)名詞＋單數(shù)謂語動詞

a great/good deal of

a great/large amount o

quite a little＋不可數(shù)名詞

a lot/lots of

a great/large quantity of

large quantities of

plenty of＋可數(shù)名詞復數(shù)或不可數(shù)名詞

[即學即練9]　

(1)There ______ (be) a great number of books in the shelves.

(2)The number of guests invited ______ (be) 50, but a number of them ______ (be) absent for the heavy rain.

(3)Quantities of water ______ (be) polluted now.

(4)A great deal of oil ______ (be) poured into the sea and did great harm to creatures in the water.

(5)Many a famous writer ______(be) an alumnus(撰搞人) of a local newspaper.

答案是：are；was；were；are；was；is

提示：(1)a number of是“許多，大量”的意思，后接可數(shù)名詞復數(shù)，謂語動詞用復數(shù)。the number of 是“……的數(shù)目”的意思，謂語動詞用單數(shù)。

(2)large quantities of ＋(pl.)/[U]做主語，謂語動詞用復數(shù)。large amounts of＋[U] n．做主語，謂語動詞用復數(shù)。