词汇精讲:

miniature:

名词 n.

1.缩样;缩图;小型物

Eg.He has a miniature of the Eiffel Tower on his desk.

他的书桌上放着一座埃菲尔铁塔的模型。

2.微型画;小画像

Eg.Mr. Hunter collects early English miniatures.

亨特先生收藏早期英国人物小画像。

3.微型图画绘画术

形容词 a. :小型的;微型的;小规模的

Eg.The little girl has miniature furniture for her dolls.

小女孩还有供洋娃娃用的迷你型家具。

及物动词 vt.:是...的缩影

重点词组解析:

set up:

1.竖立;建造

Eg.Set up their rules consciousness.

树立他们的规则意识。

2.建立,创立

Eg.A new government was set up after the war.

新政府于战后成立。

视野拓展:

1.set up sth.:创建...（组织、机构等）

Eg.They set up a supervisory institution.

他们设立了监察机构。

2.set sb up:也有设局欺骗的意思

Eg.Did she buy that brassel set her up?

她是不是相信是布拉赛尔陷害了她？

3.set sb up:还有掇合两人，介绍两个认识（多指男女二人），当掇合讲时同意的词组还有fix sb up, hook sb up

Eg.Well, what about the guy you set her up with?

嗯，你给他找的那家伙怎么样？

4.set a foot wrong:犯错误

Eg.He seems never to have put a foot wrong.

他似乎从不犯错。

5.set a term to:给...定期限

Eg.They had set a term to the contract.

他们已给合同定了期限。

pine词组解析:

pine for:渴望;十分盼望

Eg.Unaccustomed to city life, they pined for their own farm.

由于不习惯城市生活,他们非常想念自己的农场。

pine away:消瘦下去

Eg.She seems to be pining away.

她似乎日益消瘦

日常用语:

I just can't do this right now.

我现在还不能去。

Look, my family just blew up. Understand?

我家现在一团糟。