高二英语常考句型和短语

1. belief n.信仰；信任；信心 – believe v.相信 –believable adj.可信的
经典例句：His belief is to enter Beijing University for further education.
他的信念是进入北京大学，继续深造。
beyond belief无法令人相信；令人难以置信
His story is beyond belief.
他的话难以置信。
I don’t believe you.
我不信你说的话。
Do you believe in ghosts?
你相信有鬼吗?
2. convince vt.使确信；使信服 同义词：persuade
He convinced me that I should study law.他
劝我应该学法律。
It took many hours to convince the court of his guilt.
花费了许多个小时法庭才相信他有罪。
We convinced Anne to go by train rather than by plane.
我们说服了安妮放弃乘飞机而坐火车走。
3. attempt n.努力；尝试；企图；vt.尝试；企图
make an attempt at doing sth.试图做某事
make a successful attempt to do成功地做了某事=succeed in doing sth.=manage to do sth.
attempt to do sth.= try to do sth.
She made an attempt to cook the dinner.
她试着做这顿饭。
Some countries attempt to limit Chinese development.
一些国家企图限制中国的发展。