5.bury vt. 埋葬;掩埋;隐藏

bury oneself in study 埋头研究

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

be buried in thoughts 沉思

bury one's face in one's hands 双手掩面

be buried alive 被活埋;隐居

[即学即练5] 

(1)He was sitting with his head ______in a book.他坐着埋头看书。

(2)He walked slowly, his hands ______ in his pockets.他走得很慢,两手插在衣袋里。

(3)After the divorce, she __________________ her work.离婚后,她埋头于工作。

答案是:buried;buried;buried herself in

提示:表示“专心于,致力于”意义的短语还有:be devoted to, be addicted to, be absorbed in等。

6.judge v. 断定;判断;判决

n. 裁判员;法官;评判员

judgement n. 判断,审判,意见,判断力

judging by/from 从……上看,根据……判断

judge sb./sth. from/by... 从……来判断

judge between right and wrong 判断是非

as far as I can judge 据我判断,我认为

in one's judgement 依某人看来,按某人的看法

[即学即练6] 

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

(2)______________ his accent, he must be a southerner.根据他的口音判断,他一定是个南方人。

(3)He ________________________ the best actor of this year.他被评为今年的最佳男演员。

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

7.right away立刻,马上

(1)表示“立刻,马上”的短语

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

(2)比较right away/right now

right away“立刻,马上”,相当于at once, in no time。

right now“立即,马上;此时此刻”,后一意义比now的语气强,相当于at this very moment。

[即学即练7] 

(1)I want it to be sent ____________.马上把它发出去。

(2)He cleaned the room ____________.他立即开始打扫房间。

(3)He’s not in the office ____________.他现在不在办公室。

答案是:right away;right away;right now

8.at an end 终止;结束

bring...to an end (使)结束,终止

come to an end 结束,终止

at the end of 在……尽头(末)

by the end of 到……末为止(常与完成时态连用)

in the end 最后,终于(后不加 of短语)

on end 一连,连续

to the end 到底

without end 没完没了

make ends meet 收支相抵

[即学即练8] 

(1)The year is __________________.这一年已到年终了。

(2)The meeting ________________________.会议结束了。

(3)Go straight and you’ll find the hospital ________________________ the road.一直往前走,你会在这条路的尽头找到这家医院。

(4)They argued for two hours ____________.他们一连辩论了两个小时。

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

9.a (great) number of 许多;大量的

a large/great/good number of

a great/good many

a good few

quite a few+可数名词复数

many a more than one+单数可数名词+单数谓语动词

a great/good deal of

a great/large amount o

quite a little+不可数名词

a lot/lots of

a great/large quantity of

large quantities of

plenty of+可数名词复数或不可数名词

[即学即练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“许多,大量”的意思,后接可数名词复数,谓语动词用复数。the number of 是“……的数目”的意思,谓语动词用单数。

(2)large quantities of +(pl.)/[U]做主语,谓语动词用复数。large amounts of+[U] n.做主语,谓语动词用复数。