2009年考研英語(yǔ)常見(jiàn)詞匯與例句十六

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Ø exert oneself to do sth 努力,使勁
     exerted all my strength to move the box.
     使出我全身力氣去搬這個(gè)箱子
     Ø expect…of 在…期望…
     Most of the parents expect much of their children.
     大多數(shù)父母都對(duì)自己的子女寄予很大希望。
     Ø at the expense/cost of 以…為犧牲
     A reduction in price can never be made at the expense of quality.
     降低價(jià)格的同時(shí),并不以犧牲質(zhì)量為代價(jià)。
     Ø expose…to…使暴露于…, 使…受(危險(xiǎn),風(fēng)險(xiǎn))
     to expose one’s skin to the sun
     把皮膚暴露在陽(yáng)光下
     Ø beyond expression (=in a manner that cannot be expressed) 無(wú)法形容, 說(shuō)不出的
     If we did, our young lives were prized beyond expression.
     Ø give expression to sth 表達(dá), 表現(xiàn)
     You can give expression to your personal thoughts and feelings most fluently through the written word.
     Ø find expression in sth 在...中表現(xiàn)出
     Her concern has now found expression in the new environmental protection act.
     Ø to some extent 某種程度上, (多少)有一點(diǎn)
     To some extent this was the truth.
     Ø in the extreme (= extremely) 極其
     The capital is in the extreme south of the country.
     Ø look sb in the eye 正視, 打量(某人)
     Not able to look her in the eye, I dropped my gaze to her feet.
     Ø look into the future 展望未來(lái)
     Enjoy the time of youth. And look into the future!
     Ø in one’s mind’s eye 在心目中, 在想象中
     Ask your angel to travel with you to those places in your mind’s eye.
     Ø in the twinkling [5twiNkliN] of an eye 一眨眼,轉(zhuǎn)眼間
     In the twinkling of an eye, I’m already over 50 years old.
     Ø keep an eye on (=keep a watch on)照看,監(jiān)視
     I went for a run there, keeping an eye on the children the whole time.
     Ø in the eyes of adv.在...心目中
     IN the eyes of most westerners, whose own brats tend to be free-range and attention-seeking, Japanese school children are a quiet and attentive lot.
     Ø on the face of it (=judging by what one can see) 表面看來(lái)
     On the face of it, the problem seems minor.
     單從表面上判斷,這個(gè)問(wèn)題似乎較小
     Ø in the face of 面對(duì)著(困難等情況)
     He succeeded in the face of great difficulties.
     盡管有巨大的困難,但他成功了。
     Ø in one’s face在某人的臉上;
     The scruple expresses in her face.
     Ø face to face(常與with連用)面對(duì)面地
     I rashed out of the office and found myself face-to-face with the boss.
     "我沖出辦公室,面對(duì)面地碰上了老板。"
     Ø face up to 大膽面對(duì)
     She must face upto the fact that she is nolonger young. 她必須正視她已不再年輕這一事實(shí)。