词汇精选：hurl的用法和辨析

一、详细释义：

n.

用力的投掷

v.

用力投掷，猛投，猛掷 [I,T]

例句：

At last they hurled huge stones at enemy's heads.

最后，他们用大石头向敌人的头上用力掷了过去。

例句：

I hurl a few more bottles after the first one, then the books after the bottles.

跟着第一个后面，我又猛投了几个瓶子，然后瓶子之后是书。

大声叫骂，愤慨地说出 [T]

例句：

How would you handle being locked in the back of a cab while the driver hurled abuse at you?

如果你被锁在出租车后座又遭司机谩骂，你会怎么办？

例句：

She hurled her dissatisfaction.

她口气激烈地说出了她的不满。

二、词义辨析：

throw,cast,fling,heave,hurl,pitch,toss

这些动词均有“抛、投、掷”之意。throw普通用词，使用广泛，仅指用力抛掷，不涉及动作方式或感情色彩。cast常可与throw互换，指迅速扔出一个重量较轻的物体。fling指用力投掷，或因感情激动而粗暴地或漫无目的地扔东西。 heave指把重物举起后扔出。hurl通常指用力投掷，动作迅猛，所投掷的距离也较远。pitch指随意地、轻轻地掷或扔，侧重方向性和有明确的目标。toss指无什么目的地、轻轻地、随意地掷或扔，所扔掷的东西一般都比较轻。

三、参考例句：

As you hurl the rock, the canoe moves forward.

当你扔石块时，小船会向前游动。

He hurl all his book out from the window.

他把书全都扔出窗外。

The best way to forget your sadness is to hurl yourself into your work.

忘掉悲伤的最好方法是将自己投入到工作中去。

The young track and field athlete could already hurl the discus 60 yards.

这个年青的田径运动员已能把铁饼投掷60码远。

The ruffians have reached a dead end and will eventually hurl themselves into the net.

歹徒已走投无路，最终会自投罗网。

Angry youths across the region gathered to hurl rocks and chant "azadi!"

愤怒的年轻人投掷石头，大声疾呼道：azadi！

I hurl a few more bottles after the first one, then the books after the bottles.

跟着第一个后面，我又猛投了几个瓶子，然后瓶子之后是书。

Professor Truscott said the skill depends on what angle the thrower chooses to hurl an object at, with the optimal for disc-shaped stones close to 20°.

特拉斯科特教授说打水漂的技术基于投掷者选取的投掷角度，就碟状石子而言，最理想的投掷角度接近于20°。

A violent eruption can blow the top few kilometres off a mountain, scatter fine ash practically all over the globe and hurl rock fragments into the stratosphere to darken the skies a continent away.

一次猛烈的火山喷发能把山最上面的几千米掀飞，能将细火山灰驱散到几乎整个地球，能把碎石块儿抛到大气的平流层上，能使远在一个大陆之外的天空变黑。