用作动词(基本释义 基本要点 词汇搭配)

用作名词(基本释义 基本要点 词汇搭配)

相关短语

用作动词

corners; cornered; cornering

基本释义

vi. 1.驾车转弯 drive a car round a corner

vt. 2.垄断,囤积 gain control of the buying, selling or production of goods

vt. 3.难住 put into a difficult position

基本要点

1.corner的基本意思是“驾车转弯”,作此解时,是不及物动词。

2.corner可引申指“囤积”,即把有意要买东西的人置于无可选择的境地中,使其按要价付钱。用作及物动词时,后可接如小麦、商品等名词作宾语。

3.corner还可引申指“难住,走投无路”,即把其人逼入角落里。用作及物动词时,主语可以是人,也可以是物,宾语一定是人。可用于被动结构。

词汇搭配

～+名词

corner the thief 堵住小偷

corner the witness 为难证人

corner wheat 囤积小麦

～+副词

corner fast 快速转弯

corner well 转弯很稳

corner beautifully (车)转弯灵活

corner finally 最终无路可逃

corner politically 政治上陷入困境

corner safely 安全转弯

～+介词

corner in 在…难住

corner in commodities 囤积商品

corner sb with 反驳某人

corner with stone 用石头砌成

用作名词

基本释义

C 1.角,角落 a place where two lines, walls or roads meet

C 2.遥远的地区 area far away

U C 3. 困境 difficult or awkward situation

基本要点

1.corner的基本意思是“角”,是可数名词,指两条线或两条路相交处; 也可作“遥远的地方,天涯海角”解,此时常用复数形式; 引申可指“困境,窘况”,此时可用作可数名词,也可用作不可数名词。

2.corner接介词in,表示“在角落里”; 接介词on或at,表示“在拐角处”; 接介词round〔around〕,表示“拐过弯去”。

词汇搭配

动词+～

cut corners 走近路,节约

cut off a corner 抄近路

drive sb into a corner 逼得某人走投无路

keep a corner 保留一个角落

round a corner 拐过街角

turn a corner 拐过街角

turn the corner 摆脱困境

形容词+～

blind corner 看不见的拐角

left corner 左角

neglected corner 被忽视的角落,死角

quiet corner 安静的角落

right corner 右角

sharp corner 急转弯

tight corner 窘境,困境

top left-hand corner 左上角

名词+～

street corner 街角

介词+～

around the corner 在拐角处,在近处,即将来到

at the corner 街口

in the corner 在拐角上

on the corner 在拐角上

相关短语

1. around the corner(going to happen very soon)

即将来临

With summer just around the corner, it's time to think about getting into shape.

2. fight your corner(to defend sth you believe in, usually by presenting arguments in its favour or by arguing in general)

据理力争

You’ll really have to be ready to fight your corner if you want them to agree to your plans.

3. turn the corner(situation starts to improve after a difficult period)

渡过难关

We’ve been going through a bad patch , but I think we've turned the corner now.

4. paint yourself into a corner(to do sth which places you in a very difficult situation and limits the way you act)

陷入困境

As I’d already turned down their offer, I’ve painted myself into a corner and I can't go back to them now.

5. be back into a corner(to be forced into a difficult situation that you have no(or very little)control over)

走投无路

They’ve backed us into a corner, and now we've got no choice but to sign the contract.

6. cut corners(to do sth the easiest, quickest or cheapest way possible, this often affects the overall quality of the work being done)

抄近路

As the staff training budget wasn't very big, we had to cut a few corners, which meant the results were poor.

7. be in a tight corner(to be in a difficult situation)

陷入困境

I’ve been in tight corners before, but never one as desperate as this.

8. corner the market(to dominate the market; to be so successful at selling or making a particular product that almost no one else sells or makes)

囤积居奇

With their innovative new approach to customer service, they're completely cornered the market.