1. 表示“強調”的詞匯 emphasize, stress, highlight, underline/underscore, play up

【語境感悟】

The report emphasizes the importance of improving safety standards. 報告強調了改進安全標準的重要性。

Most schools stress the importance of parental involvement in their child’s learning. 大多數學校強調家長參與對孩子學習的重要性。

The report highlights the decline in the number of native plants and insects. 報告強調當地植物和昆蟲數量有所減少。

play up 強調某事物的重要性（有夸大的成分）

The news media played up his former mistakes. 新聞媒體夸大了他以前犯下的過錯。

2. 表示“拋棄，遺棄”

abandon, desert [ d??z??t]

3. 決定做某事

decide to do, be determined to do, choose to do, resolve to do, make up one’s mind

4. 表示“捐贈，捐助” donate, contribute, give away

contribute指捐贈錢款、提供幫助等，常和介詞 to/towards 連用。

We contributed a sum of money to the homeless survivors of the earthquake.

我們向無家可歸的地震幸存者捐獻了一筆錢。

donate 尤指向個人或組織捐贈錢款，捐獻器官。

The local people lined up to donate money to the earthquake-hit area.

當地民眾排隊給地震災區捐款。

70% of people wanted to donate their organs after death.

70% 的人想要去世后捐獻自己的器官。