appreciate/??pri??ie?t/vt. 欣賞，賞識；感謝

一、單詞記憶

appreciate這個單詞是由4個部分組成的，最前面的ap是元音字母a加上輔音字母雙寫，表示強調。最后面的ate表示這是個動詞，然后ate前面的字母i是因為讀音需要，起連接作用的，中間剩下的prec就是這個單詞的詞根，看著眼熟嗎，實際上這個就是price的變體，appreciate這個單詞的意思就是“肯定價值”，通常我們翻譯為“欣賞，賞識；感謝”。

二、單詞用法

1.vt.感激，感謝

(1)appreciate sb./sth./賓語從句：感激……

Tell them you appreciate what they do.

告訴他們，你感謝他們的工作。

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①盡管非常感謝你的建議，但是我們還是決定堅持原來計劃。(appreciate)

②我們非常感激他們?yōu)楸Ｗo上海方言所付出的努力。(appreciate)

答案：①Though/Although we appreciate your proposal very much, we still decide to insist on our original plan.

②We do appreciate their efforts to preserve the Shanghai dialect.

(2)appreciate (sb./sb.’s) doing……：感激（某人）做……

I really appreciate your coming to the party.

你能來參加這次聚會我太高興啦！

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I’d appreciate your ______ (write) me back as soon as possible.

答案：writing

句意：如果你盡早回信，我將不勝感激。

(3)I would appreciate it if ……：如果……，我將不勝感激

I would appreciate it if you can pay in cash.

如果你能現金付款，我將不勝感激。

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如果你能幫我學習英語我將不勝感激。(appreciate)

I'd appreciate it very much if you could help me with my English.

2.vt.理解；意識到；領會

I appreciate the importance of a balanced life.

我意識到了平衡生活的重要性。

3.vt.欣賞，賞識

In a way, I appreciated the directness.

在某種程度上，我欣賞這種直率。

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①現在就預訂展覽會的門票，你將有機會欣賞到眾多的藝術作品。(chance)

②沿外灘一路緩步走來，你可以欣賞到從19世紀到21世紀的各種不同風格的歐式建筑。(range)

句意：

①Book the ticket for the exhibition now, and you will have the chance to appreciate a great number of works of art.

②Walking slowly along the Bund, you can appreciate all kinds of European architecture/buildings of different styles, ranging from the 19th century to the 21st century.

三、拓展

appreciation/??pri??i?e??n/n. 欣賞，鑒賞；感激，感謝

I am writing to show my appreciation of your thoughtfulness.

我給您寫信以表達我對您的周全考慮的感激之情。

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對于你慷慨幫助我擺脫困境，我的感激之情難以言表。(appreciation)

答案：My appreciation of your generously helping me out of trouble is beyond words.