2020人教版英語新教材必修一詞匯表Unit3含教材例句及詞匯用法講解

2024年3月9日發(作者：大提琴英文)

2020人教版英語新教材必修一詞匯表Unit3含教材例句及詞匯用法講解

2019人教版高一英語新教材必修一詞匯表

（含教材例句及詞匯用法講解）

本詞匯表主要特色：

1.呈現教材原文例句，重視詞匯在語境中的運用。

2.詞匯用法講解緊扣新課標和新考綱，深度和廣度適中，條理清晰，系統完整。

3.精選高考真題例句、詞典例句和時文例句，例句具有典型性和示范性。

4.展示高考真題，揭示高考命題角度和思路。

5.適合高一學生同步使用以及高三學生總復習使用。

Book 1

Unit 3

1. fitness /?f?tn?s/ n. 健康; 健壯；適合

Sports and Fitness運動與健康（P35）

health and fitness 衛生與健康

a fitness center健身中心

They're doing exercis to improve their fitness. 他們為增強體質而做體操.

No one doubts his fitness for the job. 誰也不懷疑他勝任這份工作。

2. soccer / ?s?k?(r)/ n. 足球

Would you like to go to the soccer game? 你想去看足球賽嗎？（P36）

a soccer game/match /team 足球比賽/隊

I like watching soccer games. 我喜歡看足球賽。

I play soccer in my free time. 我空閑時會踢足球.

soccer players 足球運動員

3. stadium / ?ste?di?m/ n. （pl. stadiums or stadia）體育場;

運動場

Wuhan Stadium武漢球場（P36）

Wembley Stadium. 溫布利球場

a football/sports stadium足球/ 運動場

To hold the Olympic Games, veral stadiums have been built

for competitions.

為了舉辦奧運會，好幾個供比賽用的體育場被建成。

4. boxing / ?b?ks?? / n. 拳擊（運動）

a boxing match拳擊比賽

Do you want to watch the boxing match? 你想看拳擊比賽嗎？（P36）

Boxing matches were very popular in England two hundred

years ago.

兩百年前拳擊比賽在英國就很盛行。

heavyweight boxing重量級拳擊

5. badminton / ?b?dm?nt?n/ n. 羽毛球運動

How about watching badminton this afternoon? 今天下午去看羽毛球比賽怎么樣？（P36）Let's go to the badminton match. 咱們去看羽毛球比賽吧。

He can play badminton quite well now. 他羽毛球打得很好.

6. marathon / ?m?r?θ?n/ n. 馬拉松賽跑

Beijing International Marathon Day 北京國際馬拉松日（P36）

Full Marathon and Half Marathon全程和半程馬拉松賽（P36）

Why not run an exciting marathon? 為什么不參加刺激的馬拉松賽跑？（P36）

He t up a new national record in the marathon race. 他創造了馬拉松賽跑的全國新記錄。

7. event / ??vent/ n. 比賽項目；大事；公開活動

an e-sports event 電子競技項目（P36）

Badminton is traditional advantage event in China. 我國羽毛球是傳統優勢運動項目。

The 800 metres is the fourth event of the afternoon. 800米賽是下午的第四項比賽。Holding the Olympic Games is a big event

for China. 舉辦奧運會對中國是一件大事。

The discovery of X-rays was a big event in the history of

physics.

X射線的發現是物理學史上的重大事件。

Greenpeace arranged a special social event. 綠色和平組織舉辦了一次專門的社交活動。

8. come along 跟隨；到達；進步；趕快

Would you like to come along? 你一起來嗎？（P36）

There's a big party tonight .Would you like to come along?

今晚有一個大型的聚會，你一起來嗎？

Come along with me, boys, don’t keeping everybody

waiting.

孩子們跟我來, 大家都在等你倆呢。

When the right opportunity comes along, you must take it.

適當的機會來臨時，你要抓住它。Your English has come along a lot

recently. 你的英語最近進步很大。

Come along or we'll miss the train. 快點,不然就會趕不上火車。

9. ski / ski:/

adj. 滑雪的

ski race滑雪比賽（P37）

ski boots 滑雪靴

He went on a ski trip with some friends. 他和一些朋友滑雪去了。

v. 滑雪

I like to ski on the snow. 我喜歡在雪上滑雪。

He skied down the mountains. 他從山坡上滑了下來。

go skiing 去滑雪

They go skiing in Switzerland every winter. 他們每年冬天去瑞士滑雪。

The students often go skiing during winter vacation. 學生們在寒假期間經常去滑雪。

10. host /h??st/

vt. 主辦；主持

Zhangjiakou will host the Youth Ski Race in December.

十二月份張家口要舉辦青年滑雪比賽。（P37）

Does anyone want to host the Olympic Games? 會有人想承辦奧運會嗎？

He has dreamed of hosting a pop music programmer. 他夢想著主持一個流行音樂節目。n．主人；東道主；節目主持人

Our host introduced us to the other guests. 主人把我們介紹給了其他客人。

I am the host of a live radio programme. 我是一個電臺直播節目的主持人。

Most people think being a television host is exciting.

很多人認為當電視節目主持人是一件刺激的事情。

host family寄宿家庭（人們出國時所借宿的人家）

Do you want to learn to speak English well? Why not go to

England and stay with

a host family?你想學說一口好的英語嗎？為什么不去英國與房東一家人住在一起呢？【拓展】

hostess /?h??st?s/ n. 女主人; 女主持人

Mary was always the perfect hostess. 瑪麗總是最殷勤的女主人。

11. track /tr?k/

n. 跑道；足跡；鐵路軌道

track and field 田徑

track - and - field lover 田徑愛好者（P37）

What are the most important competitions in track and field?

最重要的田徑比賽有哪些?

Are you also taking part in the track - and - field events today?

你今天也要去參加田徑比賽嗎?

Suddenly an athlete fell on to the running track. 突然一名運動員摔倒在賽跑跑道上。

We followed the bear's tracks in the snow. 我們跟著熊在雪地上留下的足跡走。

After the earthquake, the railway tracks were uless pieces

of steel.

地震之后，鐵軌成了一條條廢鋼。

Neither a wi man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks

of history to wait for the train of the future to run over them.

智者和勇者都不會躺在歷史的軌道上等待未來列車碾壓他們。

vt.& vi. 跟蹤; 追蹤

The hunter tracked this wolf and killed it. 獵人跟蹤這只狼，并殺死了它。

Our radar began tracking the planes . 我們的雷達開始追蹤飛機的動向。

【拓展】

tracker /?tr?k?(r)/ n.[C] 追蹤者；跟蹤者

Web Tracker網路搜尋家

Sun Tracker太陽跟蹤器

tracker dogs警犬

12. gym / d??m / n. 健身房; 體育館

Come and work out at a gym! 來健身房鍛煉吧！（P37）

I usually go to the gym during my lunch hour. 我通常在午休時間去健身房。

Our school has recently built a new gym. 我們學校最近新建了

一個體育館。

We played basketball in the gym becau of rain.

由于天氣下雨, 我們在體育館打籃球。

13. gymnastics / d??m?n?st?ks / n. 體操（訓練）

Gymnastics is his favourite sport. 體操是他最喜愛的運動。

I love gymnastics. I think it's more exciting than badminton.

我更喜歡體操, 我認為體操比羽毛球更讓人激動。

She does gymnastics at school every day. 她在學校每天做體操訓練。

14. work out 鍛煉；計算出；解決

Come and work out at a gym! 來健身房鍛煉吧！（P37）

I work out at a gym twice a week. 我一周去健身房鍛煉兩次。

You are fat, so you must work out regularly. 你太胖了，應該定期鍛煉。

Work out how much all the things will cost. 算算買這么多東西要多少錢。She find it difficult to work out the problem. 她發現解決這問題有困難。

I can't work out how to do it. 我無法解答怎么做它。

15. sweat / swet /

vt. 使出汗；出汗弄濕

Sweat your way to good health.用汗水保持身體健康。（P37）

vi. 出汗；流汗

The long hot climb made him sweat. 長距離的激烈攀登使他出汗了。

The weather in summer is very hot, so I always sweat.

夏天的天氣那么熱，所以我總是在流汗。

n. 汗水; 出汗

The Great Wall was built with the blood and sweat of the

labouring people.

長城是用勞動人民的血汗建成的。

16. make it 獲得成功；準時到達

You can make it! 你會成功的！（P37）

Work hard and you can make it. 努力學習，你會成功的。

I believe anyone can make it if he tries hard. 我相信只要努力任何人都能成功的。

I don't know whether I can make it in science. 我不知道我能否在科學上獲得成功。The flight leaves in twenty minutes─we'll

make it.

再過二十分鐘飛機就起飛了，我們會準時到達的。

I think we'll just make it if we hurry up! 如果抓點緊，我想我們能及時到達。

17. legend / ?led??nd / n. 傳奇故事（或人物）；傳說

living legends of sports 當今體育傳奇人物（P38）

Yao Ming is a basketball legend. 姚明是一個籃球傳奇人物。

He enjoys reading ancient Greek legends. 他喜歡讀古代希臘傳說。

18. athlete / ??θli:t/ n. 運動員；運動健兒

Long Ping is not only a great athlete but also an outstanding

coach.

郎平不但是一位偉大的運動員而且是杰出的教練。

She is a natural athlete. 她是個天生的運動健兒。

19. master / ?mɑ:st?(r)/

n. 高手; 主人

Deng Yaping is a master of pingpang. 鄧亞萍是一個乒乓球高手。

He was named a "great master of language". 他被譽為“語言大師”。

The dog was running behind its master. 狗跟在它主人后面跑著。

She should be the master of her own future. 她應該把握自己

的未來。

vt. 精通；掌握

To the basketballers, the most important things is to master

the skills of basketball.

對籃球隊員來說，最重要的事是精通籃球技術。

Students are expected to master a cond language. 學生應該掌握一門第二語言。

I want to travel all over the world, so I need to master English

first.

我想周游世界，因此，首先我得精通英語才行。

20. t an example 樹立榜樣

They must be athletes who are masters in their sports and

also t good examples for others. 他們一定是一些遠動員，是他們領域的高手，并且給別人樹立好榜樣。（P38）

She arrived at the office early to t an example for the others.

她很早就來到辦公室,作為他人的表率。

Famous people should t a good example for others. 名人應該為別人樹立好榜樣。

Parents should t a good example for their children. 父母親應該為孩子樹立好榜樣.

21. honour / '?n?(r)/ n. 榮譽；尊重；榮幸

We won the game and brought honour to our school. 我們贏得了比賽，為學校贏得了榮譽。

We compete against each other just for the honour of

winning. 我們為了贏得榮譽而彼此競爭。

It was a great honour to be invited here today. 今天承蒙邀請到此，深感榮幸。

the guest of honour 貴賓

in honour of為紀念，為表示敬意

The Duanwu Festival is held in honour of the famous ancient

poet, Qu Yuan .

端午節是紀念古代著名的詩人—屈原。

We celebrate Mother's Day in honour of our mothers. 我們慶祝母親節是對母親表示敬意。They held a party in honour of the

foreign visitors. 他們為國外來訪者舉辦了晚會。

22. glory / ?gl?:ri / n. 榮譽；光榮；贊美

As a player, Lang Ping brought honour and glory to her

country.

作為一個運動員，郎平為國家帶來了無限榮光。（P38）

She won the game and was enjoying her moment of glory.

她贏得了比賽，享受自己的光榮時刻。

Glory belongs to the great motherland. 光榮歸于偉大的祖國。

23. medal / ?medl/ n. 獎章; 勛章

She won a gold medal in the Olympics. 她在奧林匹克運動會上贏得一枚金牌。

She is an Olympic gold medal winner. 她是奧運會金牌得主。

The young man was awarded a medal for bravery. 這個年輕人被授予一枚英勇勛章。

24. championship /?t??mpi?n??p / n. 錦標賽; 冠軍賽；冠軍稱號

As a coach, she led the China women's volleyball team to

medal at world championships and the Olympics.

作為一名教練，她帶領中國女排在世界錦標賽和奧林匹克運動會上贏得獎牌。（P38）

This year's national college football championship was won

by Princeton.

今年全國高校足球錦標賽普林斯頓隊獲勝。

They've held the championship for the past two years.

他們在過去的兩年里一直保持著冠軍地位。

25. champion / ?t??mpi?n/ n. 冠軍; 優勝者

Two weeks later they were world champions!兩周后她們成了世界冠軍。（P38）

At the age of eighteen, Ali was the world champion in boxing.

18歲時，阿里已經是世界拳擊冠軍。

26. determination/d??t?:m??ne??n/ n. 決心；決定

When the Chine team was preparing for the 2015 World

Cup, her determination was tested. 當中國隊正在備戰2015年世界杯時，她的決心受到了考驗。（P38）

He fought the illness with courage and determination.

他勇敢頑強地與疾病作斗爭。

【拓展】

（1）determine /d?'t?:m?n/ vt. 決定；下定決心；確定

They determined to start early. 他們決定早點出發。

A date for the meeting has not been determined. 會議日期尚待確定。

Shall we determine what we are going to do next? 我們來確定一下下一步該做什么吧?

（2）determined /d?'t?:m?nd/ adj. 堅決的；有決心的

A determined person always tries to finish the job, no matter

how hard it is.

無論工作有多困難，一個有決心的人總是會設法完成它。

be determined to do sth. 決心做某事

She was determined to become a doctor and her hard work

paid off.

她決心成為醫生，她的努力取得了成功。

/ ??pɑ:t / adv.分離；分開；成碎片

We're living apart now. 我們現在不住在一起。

I can't tell the twins apart . 我分不出這一對雙胞胎中誰是誰。

I needed to take apart my computer. 我得把我的電腦拆開。

fall apart破裂；破碎；崩潰

The team that Lang Ping had built was falling apart.

郎平組建的隊伍正在分崩離析。（P38）

The hou is so old and it's falling apart. 那座房子太破舊，都開始坍塌了。

28. injure / ??nd??(r)/ vt. 使受傷；損害

He injured his left foot playing football. 他踢足球時左腳受傷。

Three people were killed and five were injured in the crash.

撞車事故中有三人死亡，五人受傷。

d / ??nd??d / adj. 受傷的；有傷的

One of the best players had been injure.最好的球員之一受傷了。（P38）

Luckily, she isn't injured. 幸運的是，她沒受傷。

Many of them died becau they were so badly injured. 他們中很多人因傷勢過重而死亡。

an injured leg 受傷的腿

30. injury / ??nd??ri / n. 傷害；損傷

rious injury/injuries 重傷

Two players are out of the team becau of injury . 兩名隊員因傷退出了比賽。

A racing injury made him in hospital for two weeks. 一次比賽中的受傷使他住院兩周。

n / ?k?pt?n / n. (運動隊）隊長；船長；機長

One of the best players had been injure, and the team

captain had to leave becau of heart problem. 最好的球員之一受傷了，并且隊長因心臟問題不得不離開。（P38）

She was captain of the football team at school. 她過去是學校足球隊的隊長。

The captain ordered all the pasngers into lifeboats. 船長命令所有乘客進入救生艇。

32. lo heart喪失信心；泄氣

Losing two important players was a big challenge, but Lang

Ping did not lo hear.

失去兩名重要球員是一個巨大的挑戰，但郎平沒有灰心。（P38）

The scientist never lost heart when he was in trouble. 那位科學家遇到困難時從不灰心。

We shouldn't lo heart. We may have another try. 我們不應該灰心,我們可以再試一次. Although he failed in this entrance

examination, he didn't lo heart.

這次入學考試他雖名落孫山, 但他并不氣餒.

【拓展】

lo one's heart to 愛上

When he was a child, he lost his heart to poems. 他是個孩子時就喜歡上詩歌。

The first time he saw the girl he lost his heart to her. 他第一次看到這個女孩就愛上了她。

33. graceful /?gre?sfl / adj. 優美的；優雅的

The player who became known as “Air Jordan” changed

basketball with his graceful moves and jump. 這個被稱為“飛人喬丹”的球員以他優雅的動作和跳躍改變了籃球。（P38）

The ballet dancers were all tall and graceful. 這些芭蕾舞演員都個子高高的，動作十分優雅。His handwriting is flowing and

graceful. 他的字寫得流暢優美。

34. strength / stre?θ/ n.力量；體力

Jordan's skills were impressive, but the mental strength that

he showed made him unique. 喬丹的技能令人印象深刻，但他表現出來的精神力量使他與眾不同（P38）。

In general, you have to do strength training two or three days

a week.

一般來說，你每周要做二至三天的力量訓練。

It may take a few weeks for you to build up your strength

again.

可能需要幾個星期你才能恢復體力。

She didn't have the strength to walk any further. 她再也走不動了。

【拓展】

（1）strengthen /?stre?θn/

vt. 加強；鞏固；使堅強

The exercis are designed to strengthen your stomach

muscles.

這些活動目的在于增強你的腹部肌肉。

Our bodies are strengthened by taking exerci. 參加鍛煉可以增強我們的體質。

Repairs are necessary to strengthen the bridge. 這座橋需要加固。

vi. 變強

The wind strengthened overnight. 夜里，風更大了。

【高考鏈接】

He's strong enough to lift a car! 他力氣大得能抬起一輛汽車！

We should be strong enough to deal with any difficulty.

我們應該足夠堅強，能夠處理任何困難。

35. failure / ?fe?lj?(r) / n. 失敗；失敗的人（或事物）

Jordan says that the cret to his success is learning from his

failures.喬丹說他成功的秘訣是從失敗中吸取教訓。（P38）

He was a failure as a teacher. 他當教師并不成功。

Failure is the mother of success. 失敗是成功之母。

The success or failure of the plan depends on you. 這項計劃的成敗取決于你。

All my efforts ended in failure . 我的一切努力最后都無濟于事。

【拓展】

fail / fe?l/ vi. & vt. 失敗；未能（做到）；不及格

I can accept failure; everyone fails at something.我可以接受失敗；每個人都會在某件事上失敗。（P38）

What will you do if you fail? 如果你失敗了打算干什么？

She failed to get into art college. 她未能進入藝術學院。

He failed（in）his driving test. 他駕駛執照考試不及格。

36. give up放棄；投降

Losing games taught him to practi harder and never give

up.

輸掉比賽教會了他更努力訓練，永不放棄。（P38）

She doesn't give up easily. 她決不輕易認輸。

I give up--tell me the answer. 我放棄了，把答案告訴我吧。

37. compete / k?m?pi:t / vi.競爭；對抗

An athlete should think about honour and his/her fan if he /

she is competing for his/her country.如果為國家參賽，運動員應該考慮榮譽和他的球迷。（P41）

compete in sth. 參加……比賽（競爭）

How many countries competed in the ancient Olympic

Games?

有多少個國家參加古代奧林匹克運動會？

He's hoping to compete in the London marathon. 他期盼著參加倫敦馬拉松比賽。

compete with/against sb. 同某人比賽（競爭）

compete for sth. 為……比賽（競爭）

Our Greek cities ud to compete against each other just for

the honour of winning. 我們希臘各個城市之間曾經為了贏得榮譽而

彼此競爭。

They competed with each other to attract more customers.

他們互相競爭以吸引更多的顧客。【拓展】

（1）competition /?k?mp??t??n/ n. 比賽；競賽

Instead there are competitions like skiing and ice skating

which need snow and ice.

但是卻有像滑冰和滑雪這類需要冰雪的比賽項目。

in competition with與……競爭

We are in competition with four other companies for the

contract.

我們在與其他四家公司競爭這項合同。

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（2）competitor / k?m?pet?t?(r) / n. 競爭者

More than 10,000 competitors from different countries came

to Beijing to compete with each other in the Olympic Games for

medals. 來自不同國家的一萬多名參賽選手來到北京參加奧運動會為了獎牌而相互競爭。

（3）competitive /k?m?pet?t?v/ adj. 競爭的；有競爭力的

We need to work harder to remain competitive with other

companies.

我們必須更加努力工作以保持對其他公司具有競爭力。

38. make n 有道理；合乎情理；表述清楚

That doesn't make any n! 這個行不通/沒有意義。（P41）

This ntence doesn't make n. 這句話沒意義。

It doesn't make n to argue with him. 和他爭論沒有任何意義。

Her advice doesn’t make n to me. 她的建議對我來說沒有意義。

John wasn't making much n on the phone. 約翰在電話上說得不大清楚。

make n of 懂得；了解... 的意義

Can you make n of what I say?你能領會我說的意思嗎？

I can't make n of this poem. 我弄不懂這首詩的意義。

39. pretend /pr??tend/ vi.& vt.假裝；裝扮

Do you sing karaoke and pretend you are a famous singer

like Song Zuying or Liu Huan? 你是否唱卡拉OK，并假裝自己是像宋祖英或劉歡一樣著名的歌唱家？

He pretended to his family that everything was fine. 他對家人佯稱一切都好。

pretend to do sth 假裝做某事

A soccer player should not pretend to fall down even if it

helps his/her team.

足球運動員即使是幫助自己的球隊也不能假摔。（P41）

If you pretend to know what you don't know , you'll only

make a fool of yourlf.

不懂裝懂就會鬧笑話。

pretend to be doing sth 假裝正在做某事（強調動作正在進行）

The boy pretended to be doing his homework when his

mother came in．當他媽媽進來的時候，這個男孩假裝正在做作業。

pretend to have done sth 假裝做了某事（強調假裝的動作已經完成）

He pretended to have forgotten his promi．他假裝忘記了他的承諾。

40. even if/though 即使；雖然

WeChat Pay(微信支付) makes our life convenient. We can buy

things even if/though we don’t take any money. 微信支付使我們

的生活很便利。即使我們沒帶錢也可以買東西。

You will miss the flight even if/though you catch a Didi car.

即使你打滴滴車，你也趕不上航班了。

Even even if/though it should rain tomorrow,they will go for

an outing.即使明天下雨，他們也

要去游覽。

Even if/though the forest park is far away, a lot of people visit

it every year. 即使那個森林公園很遙遠，但是每年都有很多游客到那里參觀。

41. million /?m?lj?n / num. —百萬

They sold their hou for about 1.4 million pounds. 他們把的房子賣了140萬英鎊。

millions of 數百萬的

It is wrong to pay people millions of yuan to play sport.

給人們幾百萬元來參加體育運動是不對的。（P41）

Millions of people all over the world watched the football

game on TV.

全世界數百萬的人通過電視觀看這場足球賽。

/ t?i:t /

vi.作弊；舞弊

You should never chea t. 你永遠不應該作弊。（P41）

John cheated in the exam, and the teacher kicked him out of

the class.

約翰考試作弊，結果被老師趕出了教室。

vt. 欺騙；蒙騙

Although people may cheat you, be honest anyway.

雖然人們可能會欺騙你，但不管怎樣，你都要誠實。

He cheated the old lady of her money. 他騙取了老太太的錢。

n. 欺騙手段；騙子

He looks honest, but actually he is a cheat.

他看上去挺厚道，可實際上他是個騙子。

43. audience /di?ns / n. 觀眾；聽眾

I e what you mean, but the audience wants fair play.

我明白你的意思，但觀眾希望公平競爭。（P41）

The audience were greatly moved by his performance. 觀眾們被他的表演深深打動。

His speech made a strong impression on the audience.

他的演說給聽眾留下了深刻的印象。

ve / ?p?z?t?v / adj. 積極的；正面的；樂觀的；肯定的

By being positive about mylf and my body, I became both

happier and healthier.通過對自己和身體保持積極的態度，我變得更快樂、更健康。（P42）

She tried to be more positive about her new job. 她力求對新工作更有信心。

Keep a positive attitude and good things will happen. 保持樂觀的心態，好事自然會發生。

I was positive that things were going to turn out fine. 我確信事情最終會好起來的。

/ sl?m / adj. 苗條的；單薄的

I always wanted to look like the slim girls on TV even though

I knew that it was impossible.

我一直想看起來像電視上的苗條女孩即使我知道這是不可能的。（P42）

She was tall and slim. 她是個瘦高個兒。

How do you manage to stay so slim? 你是怎樣把身材保持得這么苗條的？

/ ?da??t /

n.規定飲食；日常飲食

I worried about my weight and tried every new diet I read

about online.

我擔心我的體重，嘗試了我在網上看到的每一種新的飲食。（P42）

Everybody has to eat, but do you eat a healthy diet? 人人都得吃飯，但是你有健康的飲食嗎？

a balanced diet 均衡的飲食

a low-fat, salt-free diet低脂肪無鹽的飲食

go on a diet/ be on a diet節食

I decided to go on a diet before my holiday. 我決定在休假前節食。

vi.節食

She's always dieting but she never ems to lo any weight.

她總是在節食，但體重好像并未減少。

a difference有作用或影響

I had no idea a letter could make such a difference! 我不知道一封信會有這么大影響！（P42）It shows that a knowledge of first

aid can make a real difference.

這表明懂得急救知識的確能發揮重要作用。

The dog makes a big difference to my life. 小狗對我的生活產生了很大的影響。

Whether he is here or not will make no difference to our work.

他在不在對我們的工作沒有影響。

/ ?rɑ:e?(r) / adv. 相當；有點兒

She fell and hurt her leg rather badly. 她跌倒了，腿傷得相當重。

I didn't fail the exam; in fact I did rather well!

我沒有考不及格，事實上，我考得不錯！

It was a rather difficult question. 這是個相當難的問題。

rather than 而不是

Once I started thinking about fitness rather than weight,

things began to change.

一旦我開始考慮健康而不是體重時，情況開始發生變化。（P42）