4、add / add to / add ... to / add up / add up to
add:加、加起来,常用:add A and B 或add sth. up
e.g. If you add two and three, what / how much will you get?
又说、补充说
e.g. "I don't trust him any more." He added. = He added that he didn't trust him any more.
add to:增添、增加
e.g. His illness added to our worry.
add ... to:把......加进......里
e.g. Please add some more sugar to the water.
Add some salt to the soup, and it will be more delicious.
add up:把......加起来
e.g. Would you please add these numbers up?
add up to:总计达...... = come to
e.g. These numbers add up to 5678.
His debts added up to ten thousand yuan altogether.
5、common / ordinary / usual
common:指"因常见而不足为奇"。
e.g. In the past, cars were rare, but now cars are common.
It is a common sight to see foreigners walking in the street.
ordinary:指"平淡无奇、无特别之处"。
e.g. I don't want to wear this dress to attend this ordinary meeting.
He is one of the ordinary workers in our factory.
usual:指"习惯性的、遵循常规的、一贯如此的"。
e.g. He is reading in his usual chair.
After the flood, everything returned to usual.
常用短语:as usual:与往常一样;than usual:比平常......;as is usual with sb.:某人一贯如此
e.g. As usual, today he got up at 5:30 and prepared breakfast.
But yesterday he got up earlier than usual.
As is usual with him, he failed to do his homework.
常用句型:It is usual (for sb.) to do sth.:(某人)做......是常有的事。
e.g. It is usual for him to be late for school.
6、each other / one another
each other:(通常指两者间的)互相、相互
e.g. The two boys helped each other all the way and they got home finally.
one another:(一般指三者或三者以上的)互相、相互
e.g. Students should learn from one another.
区分:one... the other:(一般指两者中的)一个......另一个
e.g. I have two brothers. One is a worker, the other is a doctor.
7、provide / supply:提供、供应
provide:常用句式:provide sb. with sth. = provide sth. for sb.
e.g. Our school provides snacks for the students every afternoon.
The power station provides us with cheap electricity.
provide:可以解释为:抚养、瞻养,用:provide for sb.句式。