compete、pretend、cheat等重点单词详解

compete、pretend、cheat等重点单词详解知识点包括compete、pretend、cheat、audience、positive、 slim、diet、stress、error等部分，有关compete、pretend、cheat等重点单词详解的详情如下：

compete vi.竞争；对抗

[典型例句]

He's hoping to compete in the race.

他期盼参加这次比赛。

The stores have to compete for customers in the Christmas season.

圣诞节期间，商店得为争夺顾客而竞争。

We can't compete with them on price.

我们在价格上无法与他们竞争。

[思维拓展]

compete for为……而竞争

compete in参加……的比赛

compete with/against和……竞争

competition n．比赛；竞赛

competitive adj.有竞争性的

competitor n．竞争者

pretend vi.vt.假装；装扮

[典型例句]

He pretended a headache yesterday.

昨天他假装头疼。

We mustn't pretend to know what we don't know.

我们不能不懂装懂。

He pretended to be dead when he met a bear.

当他遇到熊时就装死。

[思维拓展]

pretend sth.伪称某事物(尤用做借口)

pretend to do sth.假装做某事

pretend to be＋n./adj. 假装是……

pretend to be doing... 假装正在做……

pretend to have done... 假装已做……

pretend that­clause 假装……

cheat vi.作弊；舞弊 vt.欺骗；蒙骗 n.欺骗手段；骗子

[典型例句]

He looks honest, but actually he is a cheat.

他看上去挺厚道，可实际上他是个骗子。

They tried to cheat the old lady out of her savings.

他们想把那位老太太的积蓄骗个精光。

I would rather fail than cheat in the examination.

我宁愿考试不及格，也不愿意(考试)作弊。

[思维拓展]

cheat in exams考试作弊

cheat sb. into doing sth.骗某人去做某事

cheat sb.(out)of sth.骗取某人的某物

audience n.观众；听众

[典型例句]

There was a large/small audience.

观众很多/很少。

The audience was no less than five thousand.

听众有五千人之多。

[思维拓展]

audience在句中作主语时，若强调整体，则谓语动词用单数形式；若强调个体，则谓语动词用复数形式。audience表示多或少时，用large或small修饰，而不用many或few。

positive adj.积极的；正面的；乐观的；肯定的

[典型例句]

Are you positive you locked the door?

你能肯定你锁门了吗？

She started to have a more positive outlook on life.

她开始有了更积极的人生观。

[思维拓展]

be positive of/about对……有把握

think positive往积极的方面去想

slim adj.苗条的；单薄的

[典型例句]

They divided themselves into two groups because some are slim，some are stout.

他们分成两组，因为有的瘦，有的胖。

He lived on a slim income.

他靠微薄的收入生活。

[思维拓展]

(1)同义词有thin，lean，slight等；反义词有stout，fat等。

(2)slim vi.变细；减肥

slim down减肥；变苗条；使减少

diet n.规定饮食；日常饮食 vi.节食

[典型例句]

It is important to have a balanced, healthy diet.

均衡、健康的日常饮食很重要。

Lisa always seems to be on a diet.

丽莎似乎总是在节食。

No sugar in my coffee, please. I'm dieting.

请不要给我的咖啡放糖，我在节食。

[思维拓展]

be/go on a diet 节食

put sb. on a diet 限制某人的饮食

keep a healthy/balanced diet 保持健康的/平衡的饮食

[易混辨析]

diet, food

diet	指习惯的食物或规定的、维持健康的定质或定量的食物，如病人的疗养饮食。
	既可作可数名词，又可作不可数名词。
food	一般用语，凡能吃喝且有营养的东西都可称为food。
	常用作不可数名词，强调种类时，可用复数。

The doctor put the patient on a special diet.

医生给这个病人规定了特别饮食。

Milk is the natural food for young babies.

牛奶是婴儿的天然食品。

stress n.压力；紧张；重音 vt.强调；重读；使焦虑不安 vi.使焦虑不安

[典型例句]

Things can easily go wrong when people are under stress.

人在压力之下，办事情就容易出差错。

Worrying over his job and his wife's health put him under a great stress.

担心自己的工作及妻子的健康问题使他处于极大的压力之下。

The English curriculum should stress both composition and reading.

英语课程对写作和阅读应同样重视。

[思维拓展]

stressful adj.紧张的，压力重的

stressed adj.焦虑的

a stressful job/situation/lifestyle造成沉重压力的工作/艰难的处境/紧张的生活方式

stress that.../sth.强调……

in the stress of the moment一时紧张

time of stress危难之际，非常时期

lay/place/put stress on...把重点放在……上

be/under stress处于压力之下

under the stress of...为……所迫

error n.错误；差错

[典型例句]

I think you have made an error in calculating the total.

我认为你在计算总数时出了差错。

[思维拓展]

in/by error错误地

lead sb. into error使某人犯错误

make an error出差错；犯错误