高三选修10 Unit 1 Nothing ventured, nothing gained重点词汇解析

　　Unit 1  Nothing ventured, nothing gained

　　核心单词用法例析

　　1. venture　vt. & vi. 冒险；敢于去......n. 冒险行动；商业冒险，投机

　　Don’t venture too near the edge of the well; you might fall in.别冒险太靠近水井，那样你会掉进去的。

　　He failed in his ventures.他投机失败了。

　　2. strengthen　vt. & vi. 加强、巩固；变强　

　　The wind strengthened during the night.夜晚，风吹得更大了。

　　3. bear n.熊、粗鲁的人、笨拙的人；vt. & vi.　负担、忍受、佩带、经得起、生育

　　She is nice but her husband is such a bear that nobody likes him.她很好，可是她丈夫非常粗鲁，没有人喜欢他。

　　The sound of music was borne on the wind.音乐声随风飘扬。

　　She bore (has borne) her husband 5 children.她给她丈夫生了５个孩子。

　　注：bear过去分词是borne和born，born只有在were/was born短语中。比如：

　　I was born in Beijing in May.

　　4. delay vt. & vi.; n. （使）耽搁、推迟、延误

　　Don’t delay; act today.别拖延，今天就开始行动。

　　We decided to delay (going on) our holiday until next month.