高考必背英语词汇讲座 I5

都认为他们的结合会很般配，因为约翰和朱利亚显然是天生的一对。He shouldn't have done it, of course, but he was thoughtless. And he meant to pay the money back.当然，他本来不该那么做，但他考虑不周到，再说他是打算还钱的。
　　propose：“打算，建议”，指宣布或明确确定某人的意图，含有公开宣称或清楚这一意图之意。可接名词，动名词，不定式及从句。Summarizing the year'swork, the managing director in the company proposed a greater project of the next year.公司的总经理总结了一年的工作，提出了下年度更大的工程计划。Generally speaking, what's reached in the end may be better or worse than what was proposed.一般来说，最终所达到效果总要比计划的好或差。
6、in advance, in advance of
　　in advance是介词短语，在句中作副词用，作方式状语，表示“事先，预先，提前”等意。例如：It is desirable that we should read descriptions of particular instruments in advance.我们是事先阅读特殊仪器的说明。The iron mine fulfilled the state production plan one month in advance.这个铁矿提前一个月完成了国家生产计划。
　　in advance of是一短语介词，后接名词或代词作宾语，表示“在...前面，超越”等意。例如：In the parade, the band will march in advance of the football team. *中，乐队将走在足球队的前面。Galileo's ideas were in advance of the age in which he lived. 伽利略的想法超越了他所生活的时代。