appreciate/əˈpriːʃieɪt/vt. 欣赏，赏识；感谢

一、单词记忆

“appreciate”这个单词由4个部分构成，前缀“ap”是元音字母“a”加上辅音字母双写，表示强调。后缀“ate”表明这是一个动词，而“i”则是因读音需要，起连接作用的。而中间的“prec”则是这个单词的词根，与“price”的变体相似，所以“appreciate”的意思是“肯定价值”，通常我们翻译为“欣赏，赏识；感谢”。

二、单词用法

1. vt. 感激，感谢

(1) appreciate sb./sth./宾语从句：感激……

Tell them you appreciate what they do.

告诉他们，你感谢他们的工作。

[巩固练习]

① 尽管非常感谢你的建议，但是我们还是决定坚持原来的计划。(appreciate)

② 我们非常感激他们为保护上海方言所付出的努力。(appreciate)

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

② We 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.

你能来参加这次聚会我太高兴啦！

[巩固练习]

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

答案：writing

句意：如果你尽早回信，我将不胜感激。

(3) I would appreciate it if ……：如果……，我将不胜感激

I would appreciate it if you can pay in cash.

如果你能现金付款，我将不胜感激。

[巩固练习]

如果你能帮我学习英语，我将不胜感激。(appreciate)

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

2. vt. 理解；意识到；领会

I appreciate the importance of a balanced life.

我意识到了平衡生活的重要性。

3. vt. 欣赏，赏识

In a way, I appreciated the directness.

在某种程度上，我欣赏这种直率。

[巩固练习]

① 现在就预订展览会的门票，你将有机会欣赏到众多的艺术作品。(chance)

② 沿外滩一路缓步走来，你可以欣赏到从19世纪到21世纪的各种不同风格的欧式建筑。(range)

句意：

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

② Walking 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/əˌpriːʃiˈeɪʃn/n. 欣赏，鉴赏；感激，感谢

I am writing to show my appreciation of your thoughtfulness.

我给您写信以表达我对您的周全考虑的感激之情。

[巩固练习]

对于你慷慨帮助我摆脱困境，我的感激之情难以言表。(appreciation)

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