英语常用词辨析 词汇精选：couple的用法和辨析

词汇精选：couple的用法和辨析  

一、详细释义：,n.,对，双,例句：,He came back with a couple of rabbits.,他带了一对兔子回来。,例句：,They were an odd couple.,他们是奇怪的一对。,配偶，夫妻 [C],例句：,Just after a couple left my office one evening, I heard what sounded like a gunshot.,一天晚上，一对夫妇刚离开我的办公室，我就听到好像有一声枪响。,例句：,Next door to us there's a couple from the USA.,我们隔壁住着来自美国的一对夫妇。,几个，数个，两三个,例句：,This is a new pair of shoes, you have to break them in for a couple of days.,这是一双新鞋，你得试穿几天让它合脚。,例句：,Across the street from me there are a couple of police officers standing guard.,我对面的街上有几名警官在站岗。,v.,结合，连接 [I,T],例句：,The wire was coupled on the plug.,这条导线接到了插头上。,例句：,The brakeman coupled o freight cars.,制动员把两节货车连结到一起。,加上 [I],例句：,Overuse of those drugs, coupled with poor diet, leads to physical degeneration.,过量使用那些药物再加上饮食缺乏营养，导致健康状况恶化。,例句：,This, coupled with the fact that flying machines remained universally a subject for jeers and derision, made the brothers secretive.,这一点，加上飞行器仍是人们普遍嘲笑和讥讽的对象，使得兄弟俩只能暗地里行事。,性交，交配 [I,T],例句：,The degenerate man instigated his daughter to couple with hotel guests.,那个道德败坏的家伙唆使女儿与旅店的客人性交。,例句：,He began to count the women with whom he had coupled.,他算了算自己已经跟多少女人睡过觉了。,成双，结婚，成婚 [I,T],二、词义辨析：,join,bine,unite,connect,link,attach,couple,associate,relate,这些动词均有“连接，结合，联合”之意。 join侧重把原来不相连接的物紧密地连接在一起，但仍可再分开。也指把分散的人或几个部分的人联合起来，或加入到某团体中去。bine指两个或两个以上的人或物结合在一起。unite指联合、团结、结合在一起，构成一个整体。connect指两事物在某一点上相连接，但彼此又保持独立。link指连环式的连接，或用接合物或其它方式连接，还可指一事物与另一事物的联系或关系。attach指把局部连接在整体上，小的接在大的上面，活动的接在固定的上面。couple专指连接两件东西，或把事物成对进行连接。associate指人与人友好和平、平等地联合在一起；用于物时，指两事物因历史或其它原因，很自然被人们联系在一起，即产生联想。 relate指人与人有亲戚或婚烟关系；也指人或物之间尚存的实际或假想的联系。,三、词义辨析：,couple,pair,这两个名词均有“一对，一双”之意。couple多指在一起或彼此有关系的两个人或两个同样的事物。pair含义广泛，可指人或物。用于物时，指两个互属的事物，缺此或失彼都会失去使用价值，或指由相对称的两部分构成的一件东西。,四、相关短语：,a couple of,一对,一双,两三个,married couple,已婚夫妇,couple up,把...耦联起来,一、参考例句：,a couple of dogs,两只狗,The couple have no children.,这对夫妇没有孩子。,The couple lived happily afterward.,这对夫妇后来快乐地生活着。,They are a nice couple.,他们是很美满的一对。,Nowadays young couple sometimes foster.,现今年轻夫妇有时领养别人的孩子。,They were an odd couple.,他们是奇怪的一对。,The separated couple was irreconcilable.,那对分居的夫妻不可能和解。,The separated couple was irreconcilable.,那对分居的夫妻不可能和解。,The couple are very friendly.,那对夫妇十分友好。,This newly wedded couple are always quarrelling.,这对新婚夫妇总是吵架。