31. trouble

　　We are having trouble with our new car. （此句中trouble用作不可數名詞,意為“麻煩,煩惱,困難”,這是trouble的常用法。）

　　trouble還有其它用法。如:

　　① I am sorry to trouble you. (trouble用作及物動詞,意為“麻煩,打擾”。)

　　② He took a lot of trouble over this design. (trouble用作名詞,意為“工夫,力氣”。)

　　32. pull

　　Pull your chair near the table. （此句中pull用作及物動詞,意為“拉,拖”,這是pull的常用法。）

　　pull還有其它用法。如:

　　① The tides(潮汐) depend on the pull of the moon. (pull用作名詞,意為“拉力,引力,磁力”。)

　　② He was pulled up by the boss. (pull sb. up意為“糾正某人,訓斥某人”。)

　　33. stay

　　I’ll stay here till you come back.（此句中的stay是不及物動詞,意為“停留,呆”,這是其最常見的用法。）

　　stay除了此用法外,還有其它用法,如:

　　① I made some friends during my stay in Beijing. (stay用作名詞,意為“逗留/停留的一段期間”。)

　　② I don’t like you staying out so late. (stay out意為“不回家,呆在戶外”。)

　　③ I stayed up very late last night. (stay up意為“不睡覺,熬夜”。)

　　④ You stay out of it. It’s none of your business. (stay out of sth. 意為“不參與某事,不插手某事”。)

　　34. train

　　在教材中用作名詞,意思為“火車,列車”。

　　train除了以上用法外,還有以下幾種用法。如：

　　①I’ve trained my dog to fetch my slippers. (train用作動詞,意思為“培養,訓練”。)

　　②His telephone call interrupted my train of thought. (train of thought是固定短語,意思為“思路,思緒”。)

　　③He trained his camera on the birds. (train sth. on / at sth. / sb. 意思為“用……對準/瞄準某事物或某人”。)

　　35. pay

　　Her parents paid for her to go to America. （此句中pay用作動詞,意為“付錢,支付”,這是pay的常用法之一。）

　　What’s the pay like in your job?（此句中pay用作名詞,意為“工資,薪水”,這是pay的常用法之二。）

　　除了以上用法外, pay還有其它用法。如:

　　① It doesn’t pay to get angry. (pay用作動詞,意為“有利,值得”。)

　　② John has paid off all his debts. (pay off意為“付清,償清”。)

　　36. stand

　　She was too weak to stand. (stand用作動詞,意思為“站立;站著”,是教材中的第一種用法。)

　　I can’t stand him interrupting all the time. (stand用作動詞,意思為“忍受”,是教材中的第二種用法。)

　　除了上面的常見用法外,stand還有下列幾種用法。

　　①Our school stands between the bookshop and the hospital. (stand用作動詞,意思為“位于某處”。)

　　②The building stands about 40 meters high. (stand用作動詞,意思為“高度為,高達”。)

　　③There are 400 seats in the west stand. (stand用作名詞,意思為“看臺,觀禮座”。)

　　④He bought some bananas at the fruit stand. (stand用作名詞,意思為“貨攤,貨架”。)

　　37. term

　　term在教材中的意思為“學期”和“術語”,作名詞用。

　　Tom’s father was made Mayor for a term of four years.

　　People between 13 and 19 are termed teenagers.

　　上面句子中的兩個term,第一個還作名詞用,意思為“期限”;第二個作動詞用,意思為“把……稱為/叫做”。

　　第一句可譯為“湯姆的父親被選為市長,任期四年”;第二句可譯為“十三歲至十九歲之間的人被叫做青少年”。

　　38. question

　　There is no question about his success.（此句中的question是名詞,意為“懷疑,疑問”,這是其最常見的用法。）

　　另外它還有其它的用法，如:

　　①I’d like to question you on your views about the housing problem. (此句中的question作及物動詞,意為“問(某人)問題”。)

　　②His success is out of question.(out of question意為“沒問題,辦得到的”。)

　　③Watching the football match here seems to be out of the question.(out of the question意為“不可能的,辦不到的”。)

　　39. vegetable

　　vegetable在教材中的意思為“蔬菜”和“植物”,作名詞用。

　　The terrible accident turned him into a vegetable.

　　Since losing his job my brother has felt like a vegetable.

　　上面兩個句子中的vegetable還是名詞的用法,但意思發生了變化,分別為“植物人”和“生活單調乏味的人”。

　　40. raise

　　Please raise your hand if you agree with me.（此句中raise用作動詞,意為“舉起,使升高”。這是raise的常用法。）

　　raise還有其它用法。如:

　　① They are raising funds for charity.(raise用作及物動詞,意為“籌集,募捐”。)

　　② Lucy raised her eyebrows in surprise. (raise one’s eyebrows意為“揚起眉毛”,表示不贊同或驚訝。)

　　③The workers are struggling for raising salaries.(raise用作及物動詞,意為“提高”。)

　　④My uncle was raised in the USA.(raise用作及物動詞,意為“撫養，養育”。)