13. choose sth → opt for sth 选择某物
choose to do sth → opt to do sth 选择做某事
【例句】After graduating he opted to take a job as a database programmer.
毕业后他选择接受一份数据库程序员的工作。 14. choice n. → option 选择
【用法】option for sth，option to do sth，option of doing sth
【例句】Teenage mothers often have no option but to live with their parents.
少女妈妈常常别无选择，只能跟父母住在一起。 15. consider sth → take sth into consideration/account 考虑到某事
【例句】
①Environmental factors should be taken into consideration in the
program.
在这个项目中，环境因素必须被考虑。
②I don't think the opinion of the locals is being taken into
consideration.(bbc.co.uk)
我认为当地人的意见没有被考虑。 16. danger n. → hazard
【用法】
a danger/hazard to sb/sth 对某人或物的危险;注意，in danger表示“处于危险之中”，但一般不用in
hazard。
【例句】The road ahead will be long and full of hazards.(cnn.com)
前方的路漫长而充满危险。 17. dangerous adj. → hazardous 危险的，有害的
【用法】
be dangerous/hazardous for/to sb/sth 对某人或物是危险的、有害的
【例句】
①It is now believed that the vaccine might occasionally be
hazardous.(bbc.co.uk)
现在人们认为疫苗可能偶尔有危险。
②Exposure to foreign universities can be hazardous to careers of Vietnam's
young elites. (bbc.co.uk)
接触外国大学会对越南年轻精英有害。
③From 1966 every packet of Winstons had carried the warning that "smoking
may be hazardous to your health".(bbc.co.uk)
自1996年以来，每包云丝顿牌香烟都带有警告：吸烟可能有害于您的健康。 18. depend on → be dependent on/upon依赖(于)，对…依赖
【用法】
可用副词greatly、heavily和hugely修饰dependent。
【例句】
①Markets are too dependent on unsustainable government
stimulus.(economist.com)
市场太依赖于不可持续的政府激励措施。
②Contrary to popular wisdom， China's rapid growth is not hugely dependent
on exports.(economist.com)
与普遍的看法相反，中国的快速(经济)增长没有严重依赖出口。
发表于 2018-11-3 14:08:07