英语六级高分必备500关键句(MP3+文本) 第284期:阅读理解(181)
日期:2017-04-01 16:42

(单词翻译:单击)

284.Treatments for chronic conditions can easily top $2,000 a month-no wonder that one in four Americans can't afford to fill their prescriptions.

慢性疾病每个月的治疗花销很容易达到2000美元--难怪有四分之一的美国人都治不起病。


六级词汇讲解:
本句的主干是Treatments...can...top $2,00O…,破折号后的内容则是对主句进行补充说明。one in four意为"四分之一"。
top在句中作动词,意为"达到,超过",此外还含有"给……加顶;给……盖盖子"之意。如:
The workers are going to top the building tomorrow.

工人们打算明天给建筑封顶。


英语六级考点归纳
top作名词时,相关的短语很常见。如:
from top to bottom/from top to toe意为"从上到下,从头到脚;完全地"。如:
I know marketing from top to bottom.
我对市场营销了如指掌。
The stranger eyed me from top to toe.

陌生人从头到脚地打量着我。


from the top意为"从头,从开始"。如:
The guitar player replayed the song from the top.

吉他手把这首歌从头开始又弹了一遍。


get on top of表示因无能为力而使(某人)感到挫败和沮丧。如:
I don't want these boring things to get on top of you.

我可不想让这些烦人的事情缠住你。


on top of意为"在……之上;除……之外"。如:
Five people were crushed when the building collapsed on top of them.
那座大楼倒塌时把下面的五个人砸死了。
On top of borrowing a large amount of money, he asked us to lend him our car.

他向我们借了一大笔钱,此外还白我们借汽车。


on top of the world本义指"在世界的顶端",引申义为"幸福到极点,兴高采烈"。如:
1 was on top of the world when Mike proposed to me.
当迈克向我求婚时,我感到幸福极了。
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