1. be fond of “喜愛(ài),愛(ài)好” 接名詞、代詞或動(dòng)詞的-ing形式。
He’s fond of swimming. 他喜歡游泳。
Are you fond of fresh vegetables. 你喜歡新鮮蔬菜嗎?
He is fond of his research work. 他喜愛(ài)他的研究工作。
2. hunt for = look for 尋找
I have found the book I was hunting for.我找到了那本我在找的書(shū)。
hunt for a job 找工作
3. in order to/so as to:這兩個(gè)詞組都可引導(dǎo)不定式作目的狀語(yǔ), in order to可放于句首, so as to則不能, 其否定形式為in order not to / so as not to.
He went to Beijing in order / so as to attend an important meeting.
In order to be noticed, he shouted and waved to us.為了讓我們注意他, 他朝我們又是叫喊又是揮手。
4. care about
1) 喜歡,對(duì)……有興趣 = care for
She doesn’t care about money.她不喜歡錢。
2)關(guān)心 = care for
She thinks only of herself. She doesn’t care about other people.她只考慮自己。她不關(guān)心別人。
3)在乎,在意(接從句或不接任何成分)
These young people care nothing about what old people might say.
這些年輕人根本不在乎老人說(shuō)的話。
5. such as 意為“諸如……”,“像……”,是用來(lái)列舉人或事物的。
She teaches three subjects, such as physics and chemistry.她教三門科目,像物理、化學(xué)。
6. drop a line留下便條, 寫(xiě)封短信
7. make yourself at home 別客氣;隨便;無(wú)拘束
If you get to my house before I do, help yourself to a drink and make yourself at home.如果你在我之前到我家,自己喝點(diǎn)飲料,隨便一點(diǎn)。
8. stay up不睡;熬夜
I'll be late home, don't stay up for me.
我將回家很晚,不要等我了。
He stayed up reading until 2:00 in the morning.
他熬夜看書(shū)直到凌晨?jī)牲c(diǎn)。
9. come about引起;發(fā)生;產(chǎn)生
How did the accident come about?
這場(chǎng)事故是怎么發(fā)生的?
They didn't know how the change had come about.
他們不知道這個(gè)變化是怎樣產(chǎn)生的。
10. except for 除……之外
except 與 except for 的用法常有區(qū)別。except 多用于引起同類事物中被排除的一項(xiàng)。如:
①He answered all the questions except the last one.
除去最后一個(gè),他回答了所有問(wèn)題。
②We go there every day except Sunday.
除了星期天,我們天天去那里。
except for 用于引述細(xì)節(jié)以修正句子的主要意思。如:
①Except for one old lady, the bus was empty.
除去一個(gè)老太太,這輛公共汽車全空了。
②Your picture is good except for the colours.
你的畫(huà)兒很好,只是某些色彩有問(wèn)題。
但在現(xiàn)代英語(yǔ)中,except for也用于表示except的意思。如上述第一個(gè)例子可以是:
He answered all the questions except for the last one.
另外,在介詞短語(yǔ)之前只能用except,不能用except for。
We go to bed before ten, except in the summer.
除了夏季,我們通常十點(diǎn)之前上床睡覺(jué)。
我知道這份工作報(bào)酬不高,但從另一方面來(lái)說(shuō),我也不必工作太長(zhǎng)時(shí)間。
He is a talented musician as well as being a photographer.
她不但是攝影師還是個(gè)天才的音樂(lè)家。
take sb’s place 或take the place of 代替、取代
21. on holiday 在度假,在休假中
When I was on holiday, I visited my uncle.
我在度假的時(shí)候去看望了叔叔。
22. travel agency旅行社=travel bureau
23. take off
脫下(衣服等), 解(除)掉
He took off his wet shoes.
他脫下了濕鞋子。
(飛機(jī))起飛
The plane took off on time.
It was a smooth take-off.
飛機(jī)準(zhǔn)時(shí)起飛。起飛非常順利。
匆匆離開(kāi)
The six men got into the car and took off for the park.
這六個(gè)人上了車,匆匆離開(kāi)去公園。
24. go wrong v. 走錯(cuò)路, 誤入岐途, (機(jī)器等)發(fā)生故障
25. in all adv. 總共
26. stay away v.外出
27. look up 查詢(如賓語(yǔ)為代詞,則代詞放中間)
Look up the word in the dictionary.
在字典里查單詞。
相關(guān)詞組:look for 尋找;look after照顧,照料;look forward to期待;look into調(diào)查;look on旁觀;look out注意;look out for注意,留心,提防;look over翻閱,查看,檢查;look around環(huán)視;look through翻閱,查看。
28. run after 追逐,追求
If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.
同時(shí)追兩只兔子,你一只也抓不到。
29. on the air 廣播
We will be on the air in five minutes.
我們五分鐘以后開(kāi)始廣播。
This programme comes on the air at the same time every day.
這個(gè)節(jié)目每天在同一時(shí)間播出。
30. think highly/well/much of .對(duì)……評(píng)價(jià)很高, 贊賞, 對(duì)……印象好
He was highly thought of by the manager.
經(jīng)理對(duì)他非常贊賞。
I think well of your suggestion.
我覺(jué)得你的建議很好。
think badly/nothing/little/lowly of……認(rèn)為不好, 好……不在意, 不贊成, 覺(jué)得……不怎么樣
I don’t think much of him as a teacher.
我覺(jué)得他作為一個(gè)老師不怎么樣。
31. leave out
漏掉
You made a mistake—You’ve left out a letter “t”.
你出錯(cuò)了—你漏掉了一個(gè)字母t.
刪掉, 沒(méi)用
I haven’t changed or left out a thing.
我沒(méi)有作出變動(dòng)也沒(méi)有刪掉任何東西。
32. stare at (由于好奇、激動(dòng)等張著嘴巴,睜大眼睛地)凝視,盯著看
Don’t stare at foreigners. It’s impolite.
不要盯著外國(guó)人看,這樣不禮貌。
比較:glare at (to stare angrily at)怒視著
33. make jokes about 就……說(shuō)笑
They make jokes about my old hat.
他們就我的舊帽子說(shuō)笑我。
have a joke with … about…跟某人開(kāi)關(guān)于某事的玩笑。
He stopped to have a joke with me.
他停下來(lái)跟我開(kāi)玩笑。
play a joke on…開(kāi)某人的玩笑
We played jokes on each other.
我們互相開(kāi)玩笑。
v. joke about 取笑
They joked about my broken English.
他們?nèi)⌒ξ阴磕_的英語(yǔ)。
34. take over 接管;接替;繼承
what is good and still useful should be taken over.
好的有用的東西應(yīng)當(dāng)繼承。
Our chairman has left, so Jack will take over (his job).
我們的主席走了,因此杰克將接管(他的工作)。
35. break down
1破壞;拆散
Chemicals in the body break our food down into useful substances.
人體中的化學(xué)元素把食物分解成有用的物質(zhì)。
The peace talks are said to have broken down. (喻)據(jù)說(shuō)和談破裂了。
(機(jī)器)損壞 Our truck broke down outside town.
我們的卡車在城外拋錨了。
The car broke down halfway to the destination.
汽車在到達(dá)目的地的中途拋錨了。
失??;破裂 Their opposition broke down.
他們的反對(duì)意見(jiàn)打消了。
精神崩潰;失去控制
He broke down and wept.
他不禁失聲痛哭。
起化學(xué)變化
Food is broken down by chemicals.
化學(xué)物質(zhì)引起食物轉(zhuǎn)化。
36. get on one’s feet
站起來(lái);站起來(lái)發(fā)言
(=stand on one's feet)自立, 經(jīng)濟(jì)上獨(dú)立
(人)病好了, 可以起床了; (使)恢復(fù), 復(fù)蘇(指企業(yè))
37. go through
經(jīng)歷;經(jīng)受;遭到
These countries have gone / been through too many wars.
這些國(guó)家飽經(jīng)戰(zhàn)火。
完成;做完
I didn't want to go through college.
我不想上完大學(xué)。
通過(guò);批準(zhǔn)
The law has gone through Parliament.
議會(huì)已經(jīng)通過(guò)了這項(xiàng)法案。
Their plans went through.
他們的計(jì)劃得到了批準(zhǔn)。
全面檢查;搜查
They went through our luggage at the customs.
在海關(guān)他們檢查了我們的行李。
38.take over 接管;接替;繼承
what is good and still useful should be taken over.
好的有用的東西應(yīng)當(dāng)繼承。
Our chairman has left, so Jack will take over (his job).
我們的主席走了,因此杰克將接 管(他的工作)。
39. break down
破壞;拆散
Chemicals in the body break our food down into useful substances.
人體中的化學(xué)元素把食物分解成有用的物質(zhì)。
The peace talks are said to have broken down. (喻)據(jù)說(shuō)和談破裂了。
(機(jī)器)損壞 Our truck broke down outside town.
我們的卡車在城外拋錨了。The car broke down halfway to the destination.
汽車在到達(dá)目的地的中途拋錨了。
失敗;破裂 Their opposition broke down.
他們的反對(duì)意見(jiàn)打消了。
精神崩潰;失去控制
He broke down and wept. 他不禁失聲痛哭。
起化學(xué)變化
Food is broken down by chemicals.
化學(xué)物質(zhì)引起食物轉(zhuǎn)化。
40. “So + be/have/助動(dòng)詞/情態(tài)動(dòng)詞+主詞”的結(jié)構(gòu)。此結(jié)構(gòu)中的語(yǔ)序是倒裝的,“So”代替上句中的某個(gè)成分。如果上面一句是否定句,則使用“Neither/Nor+be/have/助動(dòng)詞/情態(tài)動(dòng)詞+主語(yǔ)”的結(jié)構(gòu)。
He’s tired,and so am I.(=I’ m also tired.)
You can swim,and so can I.(=I can also swim.)
She has had supper,and so can I.(=I’ve had lunch,too.)
Tom speaks English,and so does his sister.(=His sister speaks English,too.
A: I went to the park yesterday.
B: So did I.(=I also went to the park yesterday.)
語(yǔ)文老師叫我按時(shí)交作文, 我照辦了。
43. So it is with…或 It is the same with…句型表示 “……(的情況)也是如此。”當(dāng)前面的句子中有幾種不同形式的謂語(yǔ)時(shí),要表示相同情況,必須使用本句型,不能使用so 引起的倒裝句。
對(duì)吧!我就知道我們最終能找到的。
她說(shuō)她在發(fā)音方面有困難。
46. have a good knowledge of sth. “掌握……”,“對(duì)……有某種程度的了解”
②A good knowledge of languages is always useful.
如:She said, “Let’s go to the cinema.”She suggested going to the cinema.或She suggested that they should go to the cinema.