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1. 讲解词汇：command     greatify     satiation     majority     favor/favour     enfore     vocation     outlook     diversion     banish     economy
2. 讲解搭配：get/lay one's hands on sth./sb.     in vain     be grudged as sth.     motive for/behind sth.     outlay on/upon ...
3. 讲解句型：It may well be that ...

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1.command：也有“拥有”之意

• command great wealth：拥有大量财富
• command a large vacabulary：拥有大量词汇

2.gratify：satisfy     满足

3.satiation：令人厌恶的满足

4.sweeping/overwhelming/absolute/vast majority：绝大多数

• small/narrow majority：勉强多数
• be in the majority：占大多数     Supporters are still in the majority.      支持者仍占大多数。
• predominate：占大多数     In older age group women predominate.

5.favour/favor：v.喜爱，偏爱=prefer

• She favors her youngest child.     她偏宠最小的孩子。

6.enforce：强迫人们服从，执行

• enforced：被迫的
• enforced absence：被迫缺席     enforced isolation：被迫隔离

7.vocation：职业

• 类似：job     profession     occupation
• 对比：vacation：假期

8.outlook：大体的看法 → outlook on life：人生观

9.diversion：改变方向，改变用途

• the diversion of ship：轮船转向
• the diversion of stream：溪流改道

10.banish：放逐，赶走

11.economy：也有“n.节约”之意

12.get/lay one's hands on sb./sth.：抓住某人，得到某物

• I would read any book I could get/lay my hands on.

13.in vain：徒劳

• All her complaints were in vain.
• Police searched in vain for the missing boy.
• 同义：to no avail

14.be grudged as sth.：被当作是 ... 而讨厌接受，耿耿于怀

15.motive for/behind sth.：做某事的动机

• The motive for/behind the bombing is revenge.

16.outlay on/upon ...：the spending or disbursement of money：花费，支出=expense of/cost of

• the weekly outlay on groceries：每周在买杂货方面花的钱

17.It may well be that ...：很有可能