大学英语短语(六) | ||
Phrases |
Translation |
Explanations and/or Examples |
run for |
竞选,追查,探究 |
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run into |
1.碰撞上;2共计,达到..之多; 3.偶然遇见,撞见 |
1. to run on |
run off |
复印,打印 |
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run away with |
1.(感情等)战胜,不受..约束; 2 |
1. Don't let your temper run away with you. 2.He ran away with his teacher's wife. 3.He's run away with all my jewels. |
run out of |
用光,耗尽 |
We are running out of time. |
run over |
(车)碾过,撞倒 |
1. The water/cup ran over. 2.He was run over by a bus. |
run through |
1.浏览;2贯穿,普遍存在 |
Let's run through the exercises orally before writing them down. |
in the long run |
最终,从长远观点看来 |
It'll be cheaper in the long run to build it in stone. |
for the sake of |
为了,看在...的份上 |
He's just talking for the sake of hearing his own voice. |
all the same |
仍然,照样地 |
They want to thank you all the same. |
on sale |
出售,廉价出售 |
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on a large/small scale |
大/小规模地 |
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on schedule |
按预定时间, |
ahead of/on/behind schedule The train arrived on schedule. |
scrape through |
勉强通过 |
She just scraped through the examination by on |
start from scratch |
从头做起,从零开始 |
=start from the beginning or with nothing |
in secret |
秘密地,私下地 |
The meeting was held in secret. They arrange for me to meet her in secret. |
see off |
给...送行 |
He saw his friend off at the bus station. |
see through |
看穿,识破 |
enough money to see him through ( a year abroad) |
see to |
照料,负责,注意,留心 |
Will you see to the children? |
send for |
派人去请,召唤,索取 |
Send for a doctor! |
send off |
邮寄,发送 |
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send in |
呈报,提交,送来 |
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in a sense |
从某种意义上说 |
You are right in a sense,but you don't know all the facts. |
make sense |
讲得通,有意义,言之有理 |
1.No matter how you read it,this sentence doesn't make (any) sense. 2.I can't make sense of it. |
in sequence |
顺序地 |
Please keep the cards in sequence;don't mix them up. |
serve right |
活该,给应得的待遇 |
After all you've eaten it'll serve you right if you feel ill. |
set about +doing |
开始,着手 |
She set about complaining as soon as she arrived. |
set aside |
1.挑出,留出,拨出;2.把...置于一旁,不理会 |
1.She set aside a little money each week. 2.Setting aside what I think, what would you like to do? |
set back |
1.2推迟,延缓,阻碍; 3 使花费 |
1. a house set 15 meter's back from the road 2. The bad weather will set back our building plans (by three weeks). 3.That new car set me back quite a lot. |
set down |
1.记下,写下;2下车 |
1.I have set down everything that happened,as I remember it. 2.The bus sets the children down just outside the school. |
set forth |
1.启程,动身;2.提出,(正式用语)宣布,发表 |
1.=set out : begin a journey(set out is more use) 2.make known; declare: set forth on |
set off |
1.动身,出发;2. 使爆炸,3使爆发,引起;4 |
1.She set off on a trip across Europe. 2.The bomb could be set off at any time. 3.The discovery of gold in California set off a rush to get there. 4.a white belt to set off her blue dress |
set out |
1.动身,启程;2.开始;3陈述,阐明;4.摆出 |
1.=set off(1) 2He set out to paint the whole house but finished on |
set out to |
开始 |
see set out (2) |
set up |
E.建立,设立,树立 I.资助,使自立,扶持 |
1.Roadblocks were set up by the police to catch the escaped prisoner. 2.The council set up a committee to inquire into local unemployment. |
settle down |
定居,过安定生活 |
1.She settled (herself) down in chair with a book. 2.I want to get married and settle down. 3.He soon settled down in his new school. |
in the shape of |
呈...形状,以...的形式 |
a cake in the shape of a heart |
be short of |
缺乏 |
I'm short of money this week. |
cut short |
中断,打断 |
Her nap was cut short by a loud noise from outside. |
run short |
用完,耗尽,不足,不够 |
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for short |
简称,缩写 |
My name is Alexander, "Al" for short. |
in short |
简而言之,总之 |
You can't make me! I won't do it. In short-no! |
show in |
领入 |
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show off |
炫耀,卖弄 |
Don't look at him! He's just showing off! |
show up |
使显现,使醒目; 来到,露面 |
1.This bright sunlight really shows up the cracks in the wall. 2.=make known the esp. unpleasant truth about 3.Did everyone show up for the party? 4.My husband always shows me up at parties;he always gets drunk. |
shut out |
关出,把..关在外面 |
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shut off |
关掉(煤气等);切断,脱离 |
Shut off the radio please. |
sick of |
厌烦 |
I'm sick of listening to your complaints;be quiet! |
on the side |
作为兼职,正事以外 |
He's a teacher, but he makes a little money on the side by repairing cars in his free time. |
side by side |
肩并肩,一个挨一个 |
The lined up side by side for the photograph. |
side walk |
人行道 |
=pavement |
at first sight |
乍一看,初看起来 |
=at the first time of seeing or meeting |
in/out of sight |
看见/看不见,在视野以外 |
He never lets his children out of his sight. |
catch sight of |
发现,突然看见 |
I caught sight of her hurrying away. |
sit up |
迟睡,熬夜 |
1.The loud noise made her sit up in bed. 2.Don't sit up for me if I'm late. |
sit for |
参加 |
to sit (for) on |
sit in |
列席,旁听 |
The president is ill so the secretary is sitting in for her at meeting. |
on the sly |
偷偷地,冷不防地 |
=secretly |
ever so |
非常,极其 |
It's ever so cold. |
or so |
大约,左右 |
five dollars or so |
on the spot |
当场,立即,马上,在现场 |
Wherever she's needed she's quickly on the spot. |
(go) on the stage |
上舞台,做演员 |
When she was five years old, she decided that she wanted to go on the stage. |
at stake |
在危险中,利害攸关 |
=at risk |
stand by |
站在旁边,袖手旁观; 作好准备;站在一起,支持,帮助 |
1.How can you stand by and watch the country go to ruin? 2.Stand by to receive a message. |
stand for |
1是..的缩写,代表,意味着; 2.主张,支持; 3.容忍,接受 |
1.What does "PTO" stand for? 2.Before we elect her to Parliament, we want to know what she stands for. 3.I won't stand for such treatment! |
stand out |
1.清晰地显出,引人注目; 2.杰出,出色 |
1.The road sign is easy to read; the word stand out well. 2.She stood out as the best in the class. |
stand up (to) |
勇敢地面对,抵抗,经得起 |
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stand up for |
维护,支持,保卫 |
You must stand up for your rights. |
in step / out of step |
齐步,合拍(with)与..一致, 协调 /不~ |
=stepping with the left and right leg at the same time as a different time than the others |
step up |
加快,加速; 增加,逐步提高 |
to step up the work |
step in |
插入,介入 |
Mother stepped in and forbade me to go camping. |
stick out |
突出,伸出,坚持到底,继续 |
1.Her ears stick out. 2.It sticks out a mile that we aren't welcome here. |
stick to |
坚持,忠于,信守 |
to stick to on |
in stock |
现有,备有 |
Have you any blue shirts in stock? |
all of a sudden |
突然 |
=unexpectedly : He left home all of a sudden. |
in sum |
简言之.一言以蔽之 |
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sum up |
总结,概括 |
I can't sum up his whole philosophy in on |
take ... as |
把...认为是 |
I took his smile as meaning yes. |
take after |
在外貌,性格上与..相像 |
Mary takes after her mother; she's always cheerful. |
take away |
减去 |
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take down |
1.拆,拆卸;2.记下,写下 |
1.to take down a dangerous bridge 2.She took down my phone number. |
take for |
认为,以为 |
Do you take me for a fool? |
take in |
1.2.3接受,容纳,吸收; 4.领会,理解;5.诈骗,欺骗 |
1.He had nowhere to live, so we took him in.2.This is the total cost of the holiday, taking in everything.3.The dress was too big, so I took it in.4.I didn't take in what you were saying.5Iam aftaid that you have been taken in, This bank note is a forgery |
take off |
1.脱下;2.起飞;3. |
1.Take your coat off. 2.=rise into the air 3.to take off members of the royal family |
take on |
1.2呈现,具有,装出;3.承担,从事;4.开始雇用;5同..较量,接受..挑战 |
1.The firm took on a new clerk. 2.His face took on a new expr |
take over |
接管,接收 |
Our chairman has left, so Peter will take over (his job). |
take up |
1.开始从事;2.占去,占据, 3.着手处理,论及; |
1.John took up writing poetry while at school. 2.The work took up the whole of Sunday. 3.I'll take up the story where I finished yesterday. 4.Can I take up on your offer of a meal? 5.I will take this matter up with a lawyer. |
take to |
1,对...产生好感,开始喜欢; 2.形成..习惯,开始从事 |
1.Jean took to Paul as soon as they met. 2.John's taken to drinking a lot. 3.Father's ill, so he has taken to his bed. |
talk back |
顶嘴,反驳 |
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talk into |
说服 |
She talked me into buying her car. |
in tears |
流着泪,含泪,哭 |
Mary was in tears because her doll was brown. |
lose on |
发怒,发脾气 |
=become angry: He often loses his temper for no arrant reasons. |
in terms of |
在..方面,就..方面而言 |
In terms of property, we're quite rich. |
thanks to |
由于,因为,多亏 |
=because of : Thanks to your help ,I passed the exam. |
for on |
首先, 一则 |
For on |
think of |
1.考虑,关心;2.对..有特定看法/想法;3.4.想到,想起 |
1.We're thinking of going to France for our holidays. 2.What do you think of this plan? 3.I thought of the idea first. 4.I can't think of his name. |
think of ... as |
把..看作是,以为...是 |
The general thinks of himself as a common soldier. |
think over |
仔细考虑 |
It's a good offer, but I must think it over. |
think better of |
经考虑对..改变主意/想法 |
I was going to go, but I thought better of it. |
on second thoughts |
经重新考虑,一转念 |
I said I wouldn't go, but on second thoughts I think I will. |
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