第一百零五讲

    Para. 6c They frequently die during transportation in over crowded trucks. Once arriving at the slaughterhouse, they may have their throats cut or be boiled alive while still conscious.

    Frequent & Frequently
    1. Frequent adj.经常性的;频繁的 If something is frequent, it happens often.
    He is a frequent visitor to the house. 他是这家的常客。
    2. frequently adv
    Iron and folic acid supplements are frequently given to pregnant women.
    铁剂和叶酸片常被配给孕妇服用。
    2. Frequent 动词常到;常去 If someone frequents a particular place, they regularly go there.
    FORMAL 正式
    I hear he frequents that restaurant. 我听说他经常光顾那家餐厅。

    have sth done
    Have 使役动词 让别人做了一件事
    Have my hair cut
    Have the car maintained
    Have the house cleaned
    Have the shirt ironed
    boil
    1. 动词（使）达到沸点；（使）沸腾；（使）烧开 When a hot liquid boils or when you boil it, bubbles appear in it and it starts to change into steam or vapor.
    I stood in the kitchen, waiting for the water to boil.
    我站在厨房，等着水烧开。
    2. 动词用开水煮；在开水中煮 When you boil food, or when it boils, it is cooked in boiling water.
    I‘d peel potatoes and put them on to boil. 我要削掉土豆皮然后把它们煮熟。
    keep the pot boiling 保持活力，保持干劲，保持兴趣
    a home win over Sheffield kept the pot boiling.
    主场战胜谢菲尔德联队使得精神愈发高涨。

    boil
    boil down into
    归根结底是，减缩成，概括成
    The teacher asked me to boil down the report into one page.
    老师让我把报告缩短为一页。
    boil down to
    重点是；将…归结为 If you say that a situation or problem boils down to a particular thing or can be boiled down to a particular thing, you mean that this is the most important or the most basic aspect of it.
    What they want boils down to just one thing. It is land... 他们说穿了就是想要一样东西，那就是土地。

    alive
    1. 形容词活着的 If people or animals are alive, they are not dead.
    She does not know if he is alive or dead.
    她不知道他是生是死。
    They kept her alive on a life support machine.
    他们用呼吸机维持她的生命。
    2. 形容词有活力的；有生气的 If you say that someone seems alive, you mean that they seem to be very lively and to enjoy everything that they do.
    Our relationship made me feel more alive... 我们的关系使我感到更有活力。
    I never expected to feel so alive in my life again. 我怎么也没想到自己会再一次这样活力焕发。

    alive
    3. 形容词热闹的；活跃的 If a place is alive with something, there are a lot of people or things there and it seems busy or exciting.
    The river was alive with birds... 沿河活跃着各种鸟类。
    The street was alive with the sounds of the soldiers. 这条街道上到处都是士兵的声音。