Creation/Destruction (1)
1) Did you watch the new office building being built?
你看过在建设中的新的办公楼吗?
* office 之后之所以接 being built,主要由于是指在建设中。
2) The racer's car burst into flames just as he had crawled out.当赛车手爬出车子后不久,汽车就爆炸燃烧了起来。
* burst 是爆炸的意思,有强调其忽然和猛烈有哪些用途。
3) Insecticides destroy many harmful bugs1.杀虫剂能驱除很多害虫。
* destroy 是被灭尽、扑灭,和 damage 等不同,具备完全破坏之意。
4) The young wheat sprouted3 quickly after the rain.雨后,新鲜的麦芽飞速的长了出来。
* sprout2 用于指植物长出新芽。
e.g. Brussels sprout. 芽孢。
5) Eugene could create beautiful images with his paints.尤金可以把漂亮的形象用画笔画出来。
6) Slowly, mountains are worn away by the wind.山体渐渐被风化了。
* 用 wear 表示疲倦时,可以用I'm worn out.表达。
7) The chemist discovered a new synthetic4 material.化学家发现了新的复合物质。
* discover 除去 find out 以外,也有了解的意思。
e.g. I discovered I was wrong.我了解我错了。(这是一个常用句)
8) Don't drop that bottle on the floor.不要让那只瓶子掉到地上。
9) He uses clay to form images of people.他借助粘土造各种的人像。
* organize, construct, constitute 等和 create 具备同样意思,但并不含有创造性的意义。