容易忽略的4个否定小词

下面这四个单词在我们的日常英语学习中很常见。但你知道吗，特定情况下，它们会表现出一点儿“否定”的倾向。弄清楚它们的这些含义，你才能更好地在口语或阅读中理解它们。一起在例句中感受下吧！

1. shy 不足的，缺乏的

We're only £100 shy of the total amount.
我们离总数只差100英镑了。

He won the championship with a score three points shy of a world record.
他获得了冠军，所获分数离世界纪录只差3分。

2. save 免去，避免

You can probably save wearing your new "I Heart NY" hat until you're back home.
那顶“I Heart NY”的新帽子你最好别戴了吧，等回家之后再戴。

I'll lend you a bag for your trip - it'll save you buying one specially.
你旅行时我借你个包吧，这样你就不用特地买一个了。

3. minus 沒有，缺少

After realizing he was only doing math, the flight took off minus the complaining passenger.
当意识到他只是在做数学题的时候，飞机起飞了，没有搭载之前投诉的那位乘客。

We're minus a chair for John - could you get one from the other room?
我们没有椅子给约翰坐了——你能从另一个房间再拿来一把吗？

4. check 避免，中止

They have begun to vaccinate children in an attempt to check the spread of the disease.
为了控制疾病的蔓延，他们开始给孩子注射疫苗。

He couldn't check his anger to see such cruelty to children.
看到儿童遭到如此残忍对待，他怒不可遏。

（中国日报网英语点津 杜娟）