MPAcc聯(lián)考英語關鍵詞組詳解(五)

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He hasnt enough money for food, let alone amusements.
    他連吃飯錢都不夠,就更不用說玩兒的錢了。
    The baby can’t even walk, let alone run.
    let down加長 放下,降低;使失望
    let go (of)放開,松手
    let off排放;放過;寬??;(在…)下車
    Some judges will not let young criminals off, they make them go to prison.
    She let the boy off (doing) his music practice.
    let out放走,釋放;發(fā)出(聲音);泄露
    line up排隊,排成一行
    About a hundred people lined up in front of the theatre.
    little by little一點一點地,逐漸地
    live on靠…生活;維持生命
    the sick man lived on chicken soup for a week.
    live through經(jīng)受??;度過
    Many people lived through the earthquake.
    live up to不辜負;遵守諾言
    He was a man who lived up to his promises.
    I hope I can live up to the expectations of my parents.
    We will live up to what our parents expect of us. 我們決不辜負父母親對我們的期望
    。
    look after照顧;關心
    My friend looked after my cat while I was on holiday.
    在我去度假的時候,我的朋友照料我的貓。
    Roberts old enough to look after himself.
    羅伯特這么大了,已經(jīng)能照顧自己了。
    look at看;觀察;查閱
    look back回頭看;回顧
    From this time on, he never looked back.
    從此以后他便不斷進步了。
    After he won the first game, he never looked back. 他勝了第一局后,就節(jié)節(jié)勝利。
    look down on / upon輕視,看不起
    Some boys usually look down on little girls and refuse to play with them.
    look for尋找,尋求;期望
    look forward to盼望;期待
    We are all looking forward to our holiday.
    我們都盼望著假期。
    Im looking forward to seeing you this summer vacation. 我盼望今年暑假見到你。
    look in順便看望;順便拜服
    I’ll look in this evening to see how she is.
    look into調(diào)查,深入了解
    I’ll look into your complaint at once.
    look on觀看,旁觀
    May I look on with you?
    我可以跟你合看這本書嗎?
    The bull looked on sympathetically until the drunk was out of the way before onc
    e more turning its attention to the matador.
    這頭公牛一直同情地望著醉漢,直到醉漢不見了才重新把注意力轉(zhuǎn)向斗牛士。
    look out注意
    Look out, theres a car coming.
    留神,汽車過來了。
    Look out! There is danger ahead.
    當心!前面危險。
    look over翻閱,瀏覽
    look through瀏覽;詳細調(diào)查
    Look through these photos and try to pick out the man you saw.
    look up查閱,查出;看望
    Things are looking up! 情況正在好轉(zhuǎn)!
    When you do not understand a word, you can look it up in this dictionary.
    當你不懂一個單詞時,可以查這本詞典。
    On my way home, I looked up an old friend of mine.
    在回家的路上,我去看望了一下我的一個老朋友。
    lose heart喪失勇氣,失去信心
    lose one’s head被砍頭;喪命;慌張
    lose one’s temper發(fā)怒,發(fā)脾氣
    He lost his temper. 他發(fā)脾氣了。
    lose sight of看不見;忘記,忽略
    In the heat of the argument, we mustn’t lose sight of our main purpose.
    M
    make a / the difference區(qū)別對待;起重要作用;有影響
    make for快速走向,向…前進;促進
    The ship was making straight for the rocks.
    The large print makes for easier reading.
    大號字體便于閱讀。
    make friends交朋友
    make fun of嘲弄,取笑
    make one’s way前去;去
    make out理解,領悟;寫出;辯論
    Can you make out what he’s trying to say?
    He immediately sat down and made out a check/bill.
    make sense有意義;言之有理
    make sure弄確實,查明
    make the best / most of充分利用
    make up組成,占…比例;彌補,補償;捏造;
    化妝;化裝
    She made up her face to look prettier.
    她把臉化了妝以便看上去漂亮些。
    The boy made up a story; it was not true.
    男孩編了個故事,這故事不是真的。
    make up for彌補,補償
    This beautiful autumn makes up for the wet summer.
    Hurry, we must make up for lost time.
    How can we make up to you for what you have suffered? 我們?nèi)绾窝a償你所遭受的損害
    ?
    make up of由…組成;包含有
    make up one’s mind決心,決定
    make use of使用,利用
    make way讓路,騰出地方
    many a許多,
    many a time屢次
    may as well還不如,不妨
    There is nothing to do, so I may as well go to bed. 沒什么事可做,我還是上床睡覺
    好了。
    注意:+動詞原形
    mix up混合,混淆,搞亂,搞糊涂
    He mixed up the addresses so that no one got the right letters.
    Its common to mix him up with his brother; theyre twin brothers. 把他同他的兄
    弟混淆起來是常有的事,因為他倆是雙胞胎。
    Dont mix up those papers.
    別把那些紙弄亂了。
    If you mix up those data we shant find the one we need quickly. 要是你把這些資
    料弄亂,我們將無法迅速地找到需要的內(nèi)容了。
    more or less或多或少,有點兒
    most of all尤其是,首先
    N
    neither … or既不…也不…
    He answered me, but he spoke neither slowly nor clearly.
    他回答了我的問題,但是他說得又快又不清楚。
    never mind不要緊,不要放在心里
    next door隔壁;接近
    no doubt無疑地,很可能
    No doubt you would like a drink.
    毫無疑問你是喜歡喝一杯了。
    No doubt he was just trying to help, but hes spoiled our work.
    可能他只是想幫忙,但卻把我們的工作給弄糟了。
    no good不行,沒有用
    no less than和…一樣
    no longer不再
    no matter how (what, when, etc.)無論
    no more不再
    no more than至多;同…一樣不;僅僅
    no sooner … than一…就
    I had no sooner got back to the kitchen than the doorbell rang loud enough to wa
    ke the dead. 我剛走回廚房,門鈴又響了,響得足以把死人吵醒。
    no wonder難怪,不足為奇
    none other than不是別的,正是
    Its none other than Tom! We thought you were in Africa! 是湯姆!我們以為你還在非
    洲!
    not only … but also不但…而且…
    nothing but只,只不過
    now and then 時而,偶爾
    now that既然
    O
    of course當然
    off and on斷斷續(xù)續(xù)地,間歇地,有時
    off duty下班
    on a large scale大規(guī)模地
    on a small scale小規(guī)模地
    on account of因為,由于
    on average平均;通常;一般
    on behalf of代表,為了
    I paid the money on your behalf.
    我替你付了錢。
    Dont trouble to do it on my behalf.
    不要為了我去麻煩了。
    on board 在船(車、飛機)上
    on business辦事;因公出差
    on condition that如果;在…條件下
    on duty值班,當班
    on earth地球上,世界上;究竟;到底
    on foot步行
    on guard站崗,值班
    on hand在手邊;臨近
    on occasion(s)有時,間或地
    on (the) one hand一方面
    on one’s guard警惕,提防
    on one’s own獨自,獨立地
    on purpose故意,有意
    on sale上市,出售;減價,賤賣
    on schedule按時間表,準時
    on second thoughts經(jīng)重新考慮
    on the average平均,通常
    on the contrary正相反
    on the grounds of根據(jù),以…為理由
    on the other hand另一方面
    on the point of即將…的時候
    on the side作為兼職,作為副業(yè);私下
    an evening job to bring in a little money on the side.
    He makes a little money on the side by not reporting all his income to the taxma
    n.
    on the spot在現(xiàn)場,當場
    on the whole總的看來,大體上,基本上
    on time準時
    once again / more再一次
    once for all永遠地,一勞永逸地
    once in a while偶爾,有時
    one another互相
    or else否則,要不然
    or so大約
    other than除…之外,除非
    Theres nobody here other than me.
    除了我這里沒別人。
    out of越出…之外;從…里面(=from);離開;由于;沒有
    out of breath喘不過氣來,上氣不接下氣
    out of date過時的,落后的
    out of doors在戶外
    out of order發(fā)生故障,失調(diào),(工作)不正常
    out of place不適當?shù)?,不相稱
    out of practice 久不練習,荒疏
    out of question無疑 =beyond question
    out of sight看不見
    out of the question不可能的,辦不到的
    Their victory is out of the question: they’ve lost too many men.
    out of touch不聯(lián)系,不接觸
    over and over反復,再三
    owing to由于;因為
    They could not cross the river owing to the flood. 由于洪水,他們不能過河。
    Owing to the immediate danger of war, there will be an extraordinary meeting of
    Parliament tonight. 由于即將發(fā)生的戰(zhàn)爭危險,今晚議會將召開特別會議。
    P
    pass away去世;死了
    George’s mother had passed away three years earlier.
    pass on通過,傳給,傳遞
    pay attention to注意
    pay back還錢,償還;報復
    I owe you some money. Let me pay you back now.
    He has insulted me. I’ll pay him back later.
    Ill certainly pay you back for what you did to me! 你那樣對待我,我一定要回敬你
    的!
    How can I pay you back for all your kindness? 你的這番好意我該怎么報答呢?
    pay off還清(債);得到好結(jié)果
    Some families never pay their debts off.
    Will the Jackson’s business pay off?
    Did your plan pay off? 你的計劃成功了嗎?
    pick out挑選出;辨認出
    pick up撿起;學會;半路搭人;加快
    Where did you pick up your Russian?
    I don’t have time to come to your house, but I could pick you up at the end of
    the street.
    pick up speed 加速
    piece together 拼合
    The policeman tried to piece together the facts.
    play a part in在…中起作用
    point out指出,指明
    prior to在…之前;更重要的;優(yōu)先的
    A prior engagement will preclude me from coming. 我因有約在先,不能來了。
    I have a prior engagement and so cant go with you. 我預先有約會,所以不能跟你去
    。
    The contract will be signed prior to the ceremony. 合同將在儀式舉行之前簽字。
    This task is prior to all others.
    這項任務比所有其他任務都重要。
    I stopped playing football because my work had a prior claim on my time. 我停止
    了踢足球,因為我必須優(yōu)先處理我的工作。
    pull down拆毀;降低
    Half the houses in the street are being pulled down to make room for the new pos
    t office.
    pull out拔出,抽出;(火車)離站
    The circus is planning to pull out of the suburb park tomorrow morning.
    馬戲團計劃明天上午離開城郊公園。
    The peace-preserving army of the United Nations pulled out of the area.
    聯(lián)合國的維和部隊撤出了那個地區(qū)。
    pull up停下 ,停車
    The driver pulled up (his car) at the gate of the school. 司機在學校大門口停下了
    車。
    The car pulled up suddenly at the traffic lights.
    put across解釋清楚;使人接受
    Im not putting my meaning across very well. 我未把我的意思解釋清楚。
    A good speaker knows how to put his message across to his audience.
    The Beatles put that song across better than anyone else.
    put aside放在一邊;儲存;保留
    He puts aside $100 a month to pay for his summer holiday.
    The young lovers have been trying to put some money aside for their marriage cer
    emony.
    年青的戀人一直努力存錢以備舉行婚禮時用。
    He has a little money put aside for a rainy day. 他積蓄了一點錢以備不時之需。
    The manager had to put his work aside for a time for an urgent accident. 經(jīng)理不得
    不暫時擱下手頭的工作去處理一件緊急事故。
    put away放好;收好
    Fred generally puts his tools away.
    The boy put the food away in the cupboard after he finished his dinner.
    小男孩吃完晚飯后把食品在櫥里放好。
    put down寫下;記下;鎮(zhèn)壓
    Put down his phone number before you forget it.
    Troops were used to put down the rebellions.
    "Put it down to my account, please."
    “請把它記在我的帳上”
    put forward提出;推薦;把…提前
    The older members of the committee put forward a suggestion.
    May I put your name forward as a possible chairman of the committee?
    The warm weather has put the crops forward by a month.
    Put the clocks forward. 將鐘撥快。
    In 1860, a better plan was put forward by an Englishman, William Low. 1860年,一個
    名叫威廉.婁的英國人提出了一項更好的計劃。
    Shall we put Mr. Wellington forward as the candidate for chairman of the committ
    ee?我們提名惠靈頓先生作為委員會主席的候選人,好嗎?
    put in伸進;提出;提交;申請,請求
    If the goods were damaged in the post, you can put in a claim to the post office
    .
    如果貨物在郵遞途中遭到損壞,你可向郵局索賠.
    put in for 申請;正式要求
    Theyve put in for more money for the building of the new highway. 他們已為這條新
    公路的建設申請要更多的錢了。
    put into effect實行;執(zhí)行
    put into operation實施,使生效,使運行
    put off延期;推遲;關掉;阻止,妨礙
    Dont put off until tomorrow what can be done today. 今日可做的事不要拖到明天。
    Theres an hour to put in before we set off.
    我們還得待一小時才出發(fā)。
    The monitors thinking things over; nobody should do anything to put him off.
    班長正在細細考慮,任何人都不要使他分心。
    put on穿上;戴上;上演;增加(體重)
    He put his coat on. 他穿上外衣。
    The workers on the construction site should put on their safety helmets before s
    tarting to work. 建筑工地上的工人在開始工作以前都必須戴上安全帽。
    The students usually put on a play at the end of the year.
    So many people wanted to go to the match that another train had to be put on.
    要去觀看比賽的人那么多,只好增開一列火車。
    put on speed 增加速度
    The old gentleman likes to put grease on his hair to make it shiny.
    老先生喜歡喜歡給頭發(fā)擦上發(fā)膏使它光亮。
    put out熄滅;關燈;生產(chǎn)出,出版
    Please put out the light before you go to bed. 上床之前請把燈關掉.
    Put the fire out.
    The company puts out 13 new machines every month.
    put to use使用,利用
    put up舉起;修建;提供
    to put up a tent 架起帳篷
    Put your hands up!
    We can put up ten people for the night at a pinch. 必要時我們可以留宿十個人。
    The plans for the new theatre are all prepared, but who will put up the money?
    They put up a shed in the garden to keep tools in.
    put up with忍受;容忍
    I don’t like this noise, but I suppose we must put up with it.
    I cant put up with your hypocrisy any more.我再也不能容忍你的虛偽態(tài)度了。
    That woman, as a housewife, has a lot to put up with.
    那個女人是個家庭主婦不得不忍受許多煩惱。
    Q
    qualify for 使合格;使具有資格
    Do you qualify for the vote?
    你有投票資格嗎?
    I hope to qualify as a doctor.
    我希望取得醫(yī)生資格。
    A degree in English does not qualify you to teach English. 你的英語程度教書不夠格
    。
    quite a few不少,相當多的
    R
    rather than而不是;與其說是…不如說是…
    refer to把…提交;參考,查閱;提到
    The shop referred the complaint (back) to the makers of the article.
    If you don’t know what this means, refer to the dictionary.
    Don’t refer your sister as a silly cow!
    注意:refer to … as 把…稱作,當作
    Keats is referring to epic poetry when he mentions Homers proud demesne. 當濟
    慈提到荷馬的驕傲的領域時,他指的是史詩。
    refer to … as把…稱作,把…當作
    regardless of不管,不顧
    right away立即,立刻,馬上
    right now立刻
    ring off掛斷電話
    ring up打電話
    I rang (up) Peter to see if he could come to dinner. 我給彼得打電話問他是否能來吃
    飯。
    run across偶然遇到
    run down(被)耗盡;(健康)衰退;撞倒;誹謗;減少
    She is jealous of your success, that’s why she always running you down.
    The battery has run down.
    The coal industry is being run down.
    煤礦工業(yè)正逐步停產(chǎn)。
    run into偶然遇到;碰上(困難);與…相撞
    Who else ran into Susan?
    The car skidded and ran into a lamppost.
    車子打滑,撞上了燈柱。
    run out (of)(常與of連用)用光;耗盡
    Though they are running out of food and drink, the men are cheerful and confident that they will get out soon.
    他們雖然已經(jīng)水盡糧絕,但情緒都很好,并且深信他們很快就會出來的。