1、show off
该短语动词意为“炫耀”,而show sb./sth.off 意为“显示……的优点”。如:
He is a man who is always showing off.
由show 构成的短语动词有:
show up 出现/出席,显眼;show…over/round 带……参观
show…in 领……进入;show…out 领/送……出去
如:Only three of the people we invited to the party didn’t show up.
2、sign
1)用作名词:traffic signs 交通标志;road signs 路标;signs for the rest rooms 厕所标志;
signs of heart trouble 心脏病的迹象,signs of rain/earthquake 下雨/地震的预兆。
2)用作动词,表示“签名,作手势”。如:sign one’s name 签名;sign to sb. 朝某人做手势;
sign the agreement 签署协议;sign to sb.to do sth. 做手势让某人干某事。
[应用]完成句子
①董事长在文件上签了名。
The president_______ ______ ______to the paper.
②做手势叫我停下。
The policeman ________ ________ ________ _______.
Key:①singed,his,name ②singed,me,to,stop
3、single/not a single
single 是形容词,有“单一的,单个的,单身的,唯一的”意义;
not a single 表示“一个也没有”,起强调作用,位于句首时引起倒装。
如:remain single 尚未成婚;the single person 唯一的人;
a single bed/ ticket/ man/ room 单人床/ 单程票/ 独身男子/ 单人房间
He didn’t make a single mistake in the exam./Not a single mistake did he make in the exam.
他在考试中没出一处错误。
[应用]汉译英
①今天上午这个商店里一个人也没有。
②他是能帮助我们的唯一的人。
Key: ①Not a single person has been in the shop this morning.
②He’s the single person that can help us.