他养成对威士忌的嗜好。

②We want people to ________________ instead of their cars.

我们希望人们养成使用公共交通而不是私家车的习惯。

③Yao Ming __________________ by careful study.

通过认真学习姚明掌握了英语。

【答案】

②acquire the habit of using public transport

③acquired a(good)knowledge of English

2. assess

That means you must be able to assess when people are not telling the whole truth and then try to discover it.

那就是说，当人们还没有说出全部的真相时，你必须能够做出判断，然后去发现它。(教材P26)

◆vt.评估；评定。 常见的搭配：

assess sth.at 评估某物(多少钱)

be assessed as... 被评定为......

assess＋从句 评定；估定

☛The loss of the business was assessed at ￡2.56 million.

这次生意损失估计达2,560,000英镑。

【拓展延伸】

assessor n．评审员/估价员

assessment n．评价/评定

make an assessment of评估/评价 ☛We will make an assessment of pavement quality.

我们将对路面质量进行评估。

【跟踪典例】