1. ease: v. 减轻,放松,缓和,缓慢移动
相关短语辨析:
1) at ease,with ease
这两个介词短语的词义范围和使用场合并不相同。at ease的意思是“安逸地”、“安心地”、“自在地”(feeling confident or relaxed),其反义短语为ill at ease;
with ease的意思是“轻松地”、“容易地”(easily or without difficulty)。
就使用场合而言,at ease即可作表语,亦可作状语;with ease 只能用作状语。例:
The old couple are now quite at ease as their son is out of danger.
这一对老夫妻现在可安心了,因为他们的儿子已经脱离危险。
I don't know why he is ill at ease.
我不知道为什么他心神不宁。
They fulfilled the task with ease.
他们轻松地完成了任务。
注:stand at ease是军事术语,义“稍息”;take one's ease是“休息”或“无拘无束”。例:
The soldiers are standing at ease now.士兵们现在在立正稍息。
We are now taking our ease.我们现在是优哉游哉。
With ease 是“容易地”、“不费力地”的意思,用作状语。例如:
He writes with ease. 他笔墨流畅。
He can jump over the wall with ease. 他能轻而易举地越过这墙。
2) Put (set) …… at ease 是“使……心安”的意思。例如:
We put Mary at her ease during hte thunderstorm by reading her stories. 在雷雨时,我们读故事给玛丽听,以使她宽心。
2. wired: 极其兴奋的
3. flail: 使劲地挥舞,挥动,用连迦打,敲打
The baby's legs flailed under the quilt.
小孩的两条小腿在被子下面乱动。
4. lens: 隐形眼镜
5. go over: 走过去