1. surround vt. 包圍,圍繞
【例句】 She was surrounded by reporters.
The house was surrounded by high walls.
【拓展】 be surrounded with / by 被……包圍(圍繞);surrounding adj. 周圍的,附近的;surroundings n. 周圍的事物,環(huán)境
【聯(lián)想】 經(jīng)常以復(fù)數(shù)形式出現(xiàn)的動(dòng)詞化的名詞還有:belongings所有物,財(cái)產(chǎn); earnings薪水,收入;findings發(fā)現(xiàn),研究結(jié)果;savings儲(chǔ)蓄;feelings感情;winnings獎(jiǎng)金;greetings問候
2. measure v. & n.
v. 測(cè)量;衡量、判斷;n. 計(jì)量單位,(復(fù)數(shù)形式)措施
【例句】 He measured the length of the room.
Success is not measured by how much money you have.
An hour is a measure of time.
The government has promised to take measures to help the unemployed.
【拓展】 take measures 采取措施;take one’s measure 給某人量尺寸;to one’s own measure 依照某人自己的尺寸
【妙語巧記】 Measure for measure. 以牙還牙。