们几乎不知道选取哪些好。
此句中,无论是evidence还是accumulate对于学习者来说都应该是新词,单独识记效果欠佳,若能掌握evidence + accumulate 这个搭配,则能在写作中游刃有余。又如:
the curtain went up on the final act of the play and revealed the aristocrat sitting alone behind bars in his dark cell. (l22)
大幕拉开,最后一幕戏开演,贵族独自一人坐在铁窗后阴暗的牢房里。
这一句中,curtain和go up 也是很实用的搭配。
(二)形容词+名词
此种搭配在写作中也是经常运用的,通常在一句话中充当主语、宾语、表语或同位语。下面这句中两个形容词+名词的搭配分别充当了表语和介词宾语。
punctuality is a necessary habit in all public affairs of a civilized society. (l60)
准时是文明社会中进行一切社交活动时必须养成的习惯。
又如:
kidnappers are rarely interested in animals, but they recently took considerable interest in mrs eleanor ramsay's cat. (l19)
绑架者很少对动物感兴趣。最近,绑架者却盯上了埃莉诺.拉姆齐太太的猫。
此句中,除搭配记忆considerable和interest者外,还应将前面的动词take和后面的介词in一同识记,以便掌握更大的语言单位。
有时,搭配学习的范围,还应扩展到句子,正如下句中,应当将there was tremendous excitement看作一个完整的语言模块。
the sea-bed was scour