great/much/ considerable/enormous enthusiasm巨大的热情 little enthusiasm没什么热情 lack of enthusiasm缺乏热情 full of enthusiasm充满热情 show( great/considerable) enthusiasm显示出巨大的热情 lose enthusiasm失去热情 fire somebody with enthusiasm使…充满热情 generate enthusiasm激发…的热情 23. embrace: v put one s arms around someone and hold them in a friendly or loving way Jack warmly embraced his son Maggie and Laura embraced 他们相互热烈拥抱。 (They embraced each other warmly 24 dul: adj. not interesting or exciting Life is never dull when elizabeth is here It sounded pretty dull to me. There's never a dull moment when John comes to stay. CF: dull, tedious, monotonous dreary 这些形容词均表示“单调的,乏味的,厌烦的”之意。 du指缺乏鲜明、吸引力或情趣而显得乏味、沉闷。例如: The weekly meeting tends to be deadly dull tedious指文章、演讲、演出等冗长乏味或环境等单调、沉闷,缺乏活力,使人感 到不舒服。例如 Most of the students in the hall were put to sleep by the tedious lecture. monotonous指没有变化、重复单调的。例如: He spoilt the poem by reading it in a monotonous voice. dreary强调无趣味的、不活泼的事或思想状态。例如 Addressing envelopes is dreary work 25 release: vt. let someone go free, after having kept them somewhere Police arrested several men who were later released The bears are eventually released into the wild. Pattern release somebody from something He was released from the hospital yesterday. CF: release, free, liberate discharge 这些动词均含“解放,释放”之意 release指放松限制、解除监禁或免除义务。例如 The hijackers released three of the hostages free指不再受任何限制、约束、阻碍和压迫,完全可按自己的意志行事。例如: She freed the bird from its cage.8 great/much/considerable/enormous enthusiasm 巨大的热情 little enthusiasm 没什么热情 lack of enthusiasm 缺乏热情 full of enthusiasm 充满热情 show (great/considerable) enthusiasm 显示出巨大的热情 lose enthusiasm 失去热情 fire somebody with enthusiasm 使……充满热情 generate enthusiasm 激发……的热情 23. embrace: v. put one’s arms around someone and hold them in a friendly or loving way * Jack warmly embraced his son. * Maggie and Laura embraced. 他们相互热烈拥抱。 (= They embraced each other warmly.) 24. dull: adj. not interesting or exciting * Life is never dull when Elizabeth is here. * It sounded pretty dull to me. * There’s never a dull moment when John comes to stay. CF: dull, tedious, monotonous & dreary 这些形容词均表示“单调的，乏味的，厌烦的”之意。 dull 指缺乏鲜明、吸引力或情趣而显得乏味、沉闷。例如： * The weekly meeting tends to be deadly dull. tedious 指文章、演讲、演出等冗长乏味或环境等单调、沉闷，缺乏活力，使人感 到不舒服。例如： * Most of the students in the hall were put to sleep by the tedious lecture. monotonous 指没有变化、重复单调的。例如： * He spoilt the poem by reading it in a monotonous voice. dreary 强调无趣味的、不活泼的事或思想状态。例如： * Addressing envelopes is dreary work. 25. release: vt. let someone go free, after having kept them somewhere * Police arrested several men, who were later released. * The bears are eventually released into the wild. Pattern: release somebody from something * He was released from the hospital yesterday. CF: release, free, liberate & discharge 这些动词均含“解放，释放”之意。 release 指放松限制、解除监禁或免除义务。例如： * The hijackers released three of the hostages. free 指不再受任何限制、约束、阻碍和压迫，完全可按自己的意志行事。例如： * She freed the bird from its cage