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3、rgingontheslumarea贫民区周围的街道(2)Toapproachthenatureorconditionofsomethingspecified;comeclose.Usedwithon:接近，逼近接近具体指定的某物的性质或情况；走近。与on连用：vergeon[upon]接近,濒于eg.:Sucharemarkvergesonimpertinence.简直是唐突无礼。abrilliancevergingongenius.近乎天才的才智JNoticehowthepreposition"against"isusedtomean"nextto","t

4、ouchingorhittingthesurfaceof"(课本p.98-6)e.g.Aheavyrainwaspatteringagainstthewindows.Hestoodhisstickagainstthewall....andpheasantsrocketedoff:...andpheasantswentofflikerockets.rocketv.intr.(1)tomoveswiftlyandpowerfully,asarocket.像火箭般迅速而有力地运动(2)Tosoarorriserapidly:迅速上升或猛涨Thebookrockete

5、dtothetopofthebestsellerlist.这本书一下子就跃居畅销书榜首Compare:JFactoriesmushroomed.(Theygrewlikemushroom.)JHetriedtowormintothatorganization.(Hetriedtogetintothatorganizationlikeaworm.)JItcouldsnowballintoaseriousconflict.(Itcouldgraduallydevelopintoaseriousconflictlikeasnowball.)snowballvi.to

6、growrapidlyinsignificance,importance,orsize:滚雪球般地增长,eg.:problemsthatsnowballedbythehour.问题按小时计算滚雪球般地增长JHewaswolfingitdownasifhehadnoteatenfordays.(Hewaseatingitveryquicklylikeawolf.)Ispentmostofmytimeroamingthewoodsandfieldsalone,playingRobinHood(p.3)Jtoroamthewoods(fields,streets,h

7、illsetc):roamthestreets街头漫步roamtheclouds云中漫步roamabout/roamaround.Eg.:Thevisitorsroamedaroundthetown/city.KeepingtomyselfwasmywayofnotformingattachmentsthatIwouldonlyhavetoabandonthenexttimewemoved.ButonedayIbecameattachedthroughnodesignofmyown.(p.3):Jtokeeptooneself:(!)toliveaveryqu

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