anchor
n. 锚；给人安全感的物(或人)；
vt. 抛锚；担任(电视节目等的)主持人
vt. & vi. (把…)系住, (使)固定
搭配：cast/weigh anchor 抛/起锚
lie at anchor停泊着
1.They lay at anchor outside the harbour.
他们在港外抛锚停泊。
2.Letters from home were an anchor to him when he worked abroad.
他在国外工作时, 家书是他的精神支柱。
3.They anchored their ship in the river in a foggy morning.
在一个迷雾的早晨他们把船停泊在河上。
4.She anchors the top-rated news show.
她主持要闻节目。
5.We anchored the hammock to the tree.
我们把吊床牢牢地系在树上。
associate
vt. & vi. (使)发生联系, (使)联合; 结交, 结伙
n. 伙伴, 同事
搭配：associate...with （思想上）联系：（业务上）合伙
associate with 与...交往
1.I don't associate the two ideas.
这两个概念我联系不起来。
2.We should associate ourselves with the large firm.
我们应该和这家大公司联合。
3.He is a teacher of lower rank than an associate professor
他是一个比副教授级别低的大学教师 。
4.He is not a friend but a business associate.
他不是我的朋友，只是个生意合伙人。
barely
adv. 仅仅, 只不过, 几乎不；赤裸裸地; 光秃秃地, 空空地
辨析：hardly,scarcely 只表示“几乎不”的否定意义
barely还有“好容易才”的肯定意义。
1.We barely had time to catch the train.
我们几乎来不及赶火车。
2.The room is barely furnished.
室内几乎没有陈设。
3.He could barely exist on such a low wage.
他很难靠这么低的工资生存。
4.She is so excited that she can barely speak.
她很激动连话都快说不出来了。
blank
adj. 空白的, 空着的；茫然的, 无表情的
搭配：go blank 变成一片空白
look blank 发愣
辨析：blank“空白的，茫然的”，表示记忆时具有否定含义
dim “暗淡的，模糊的”，表示记忆时，具有肯定含义。
1.Suddenly my mind went blank.
猛然间我的脑子里一片空白。
2.There was a blank look on his face.
他脸上毫无表情。
3.My life before that is a blank to me.
那以前的生活对我来说已是一片空白。
4.He changed the blank practice of the elder philosophers.
他改变了前辈哲学家那种放空炮的做法。
