In return 作為（對(duì)某物）的付款或回報(bào)
What do we give them in return.
Conceive of 想像、認(rèn)為
I laughed to myself at the men and the ladies. Who never conceived of us billion-dollar Babies（俚語(yǔ)：人）。
對(duì)于那些認(rèn)為我們從不會(huì)成為腰纏萬(wàn)貫的巨富的先生和女士們，我們總是暗自嘲笑他們。
Scores of 很多
Scores of young people.
Strike sb. as … 給某人留下印象
These conclusion strike me as reasonable.
我認(rèn)為他們的話是合情合理的
Drop out 脫離傳統(tǒng)社會(huì)
Ever since 自從
In hopes of 懷著…希望
Every since civilization began， certain individuals（人） have tried to run away from it in hopes of finding a simpler， more pastoral， and more peaceful life
Support oneself 自食其力
Run out of 沒(méi)有，用完，耗盡
Our planet is running out of noble savages and unsullied landscapes.
我們地球上高尚的野蠻人和未玷污的地方越來(lái)越少
the other way （round） 相反
come off 成功
These are the ones whose revolutions did not come off.
In need of 需要
It dawns on a familiar， workaday place， still in need of groceries and sewage disposal.
它灑在一個(gè)司空見(jiàn)慣，平凡庸碌的地方，一個(gè)仍然無(wú)法擺脫食品雜貨，污水處理的地方。
In short supply 供應(yīng)不足，短缺
Break down 瓦解，崩潰
Broke down our resolve. 喪失了我們的決心
Out of work 失業(yè)
dawn on sb. 逐漸明白
It dawned on us rather suddenly that the number of passengers on the small spaceship we inhabit is doubling about every forty years.
Come down （from…） （to…） 從一處來(lái)到另一處
Eat sth. up 吃光
In profusion 大量地
She had magnificent blonde hair， in profusion.
Take a shot 猜測(cè)
As a point of departure 起點(diǎn)
As doctors often do I take a trial shot at it as a point of departure.
作為醫(yī)生我經(jīng)常根據(jù)猜測(cè)可能出現(xiàn)的總是進(jìn)行提問(wèn)
as yet 到現(xiàn)在為止
As yet， no man has set foot on Mars.
到目前為止還沒(méi)有人登上火星。
Get somewhere 有進(jìn)展，取得一些成就
If only 只要
If only they wouldn‘t use the word “hurt” I might be able to get somewhere.
Up to sb. 取決于某人
So long as 只要
Fall in love with 愛(ài)上
After all， I had already fallen in love with the savage brat， the parents were contemptible to me.
Let out 發(fā)出（叫喊）
She let out a scream of terror.
她發(fā)出恐怖的叫喊。
Hold sb. down 控制住某人，壓制某人
I tried to hold myself down but I couldn‘t.
Open up 張開(kāi)
She open up for an instant but before I could see anything she came down again and gripped the wooden blade between her molars.
Reduce sth. to 將…化為（變成）
She reduced spatula to splinters before I could get it out
Through with sb. 結(jié)束
We are going to through with this.
Go at sth. 努力做某事
He went at the job with a lot of energy. 他工作賣力
Tear sb/sth apart 嚴(yán)厲地批評(píng)…， 徹底毀滅…
I could have torn the child apart in my own fury and enjoyed it.
Bred of … 由…造成
But a blind fury， a feeling of adult shame， bred of a longing for muscular release are the operative.
由于渴望釋放男人的體力而產(chǎn)生的不理智的憤怒，和成年人的羞辱而使我繼續(xù)下去，堅(jiān)持到底。
On the defensive 采取守勢(shì)
She had been on the defensive before but now she attacked.
Fly at 沖上去攻擊某人
Tried to get off her father‘s lap and fly at me while tears of defeat blinded her eyes.
Come to light 為人所知
New evidence has recently come to light
At one‘s request 應(yīng)某人之請(qǐng)求
An anonymous doctor claimed to have killed a 20-year-old cancer patient at her own request.
Rumble on 繼續(xù)下去
This started a debate that will rumble on into the autumn.
Hardly any 幾乎沒(méi)有
Get sth. over with 把不得不做的事做完（表示一種耐煩）
She‘ll be glad to get the exam over with.
考試結(jié)束后她就高興了。
Far gone 病重
The injured man was fairly far gone by the time the ambulance arrived.
Hold out 持續(xù)
How long can the distinction between killing and letting die hold out？
Stand to gain 以職謀權(quán)
A man stands to gain from the death of a certain child.
On request 一經(jīng)要求
Only squeamishness demands a difference between passive and active euthanasia on request……
Intrude on 干涉，介入
It is not clear why the religious objections of others should intrude on his death.
Usher in 預(yù)示
By refusing to discuss euthanasia， they usher in something worse.
而拒絕討論安樂(lè)死，將預(yù)示著更大的災(zāi)難。
Be supposed to 應(yīng)該
Her role is supposed to be to vote the way her male chairman votes.
她們所做的也只是按照男主席的方式 投一樣的票。
Break out of 改變生活方式
Run for … seat 競(jìng)選…職位
When I tried to break out of that role in 1963 and run for the New York State Assembly seat from brooklyn‘s Bedford [5bedfEd] [5bruklin]
Build up 捧某人
Why invest time and effort to build the girl up？
Drop out 退出
Have kids 生孩子
You know she‘ll only drop out of the game to have a couple of kids just about the time we’re ready torun her for mayor.
All the time 一直
Be in for 就要體驗(yàn)到
I‘m just telling you that you are in for a disappointment.
Leave sth. along 不干涉Why don‘t you just leave it alone now？
Break in 插話
“No， he isn‘t，” she broke in.
Let it go 不再（多說(shuō)、多做）
I thought she was hinting at something but I let it go.
我想她是有所指，不過(guò)我沒(méi)有理會(huì)。
Get into trouble 被捕、陷入困境
Even an experienced climber can get into trouble.
Get away 逃離
But Salina wouldn‘t let him get away so noncommittally.
Hide out 躲藏，到一個(gè)沒(méi)有人能找得到的地方
The gangsters hid out in a remote cabin until it was safe to return to the city. 暴徒們?cè)谝粋€(gè)偏僻的小屋中藏了起來(lái)，直到能夠安全回城
Go for 想要取得
You think he might go for the scholarship？
Check up 檢查
Magpie needs some relief from this constant surveillance， constant checking up.
Just about 幾乎
Just around 大約
Pick sb. up 逮捕某人
They picked him up for breaking the condition of his parole.
Now and again 偶爾，不時(shí)
I like to go to the opera now and again.
Shake out 抖開(kāi)、抖出
She had taken it out of its box that afternoon， shaken out the moth-powder， given it a good brush.
Snap at 厲聲地對(duì)某人說(shuō)
How sweet it was to see them snap at her again from the red eiderdown.
Feel like 想要
Take sth. off 取掉
He sat on the bed to take his boots off.
Go on about 長(zhǎng)時(shí)間談?wù)撃呈?BR> I got tired of him going on about all his problems.
Keep sth. on 繼續(xù)穿戴某物
You don‘t need to keep your hat on indoors.
在室內(nèi)不必戴著帽子了。
Dress up 打扮
It was the old offer dressed up as something new.
Rush/come to the/sb‘s rescue 幫助某人
Carol's brother rushes to the rescue and sent her $1000
Come along 出現(xiàn)
Run after 追逐某人
A beautiful woan came along and dropped her bunch of violets， and a little boy ran after to hand them to her.
Flick sth away （輕輕地）彈掉…
Flick the match away
Over and over （again） 多次
Knock over sb 撞倒某人
Trot on 小跑而來(lái)
Trot off 小跑而去
off （with sb） （對(duì)某人）不禮貌，不友好
He was a bit off with me this moring.
他今天早晨對(duì)我有些冷淡。
Get to know 認(rèn)識(shí)
But then 不過(guò)，然而
Let alone 更不必說(shuō)
Her skin was a rich black that would have peeled like a plum if snagged， but then no one would have thought of getting close enough to Mrs. Flowers to ruffle her dress， let alone snag her skin.
她的皮膚黝黑，如果被尖銳的東西弄破，就會(huì)像李子一樣剝落下來(lái)，然而從來(lái)沒(méi)有人會(huì)想到走近Mrs. Flowers， 去弄皺她的衣服，更不用說(shuō)去碰她的皮膚了。
Fresh in one‘s memory 記憶猶新
One summer afternoon， sweet-milk fresh in my memory， she stopped at the Store to buy provisions.
令我記憶猶新的是，一個(gè)夏天的下午，她來(lái)商店買食物。
Hang back猶豫
I hung back in the separate unasked an unanswerable questions.
但是我仍然跟在她的后邊，思考著那些既沒(méi)問(wèn)起以無(wú)法回答的問(wèn)題。
Bear in mind 記住
But bear in mind， language is man‘s way of communicating with his fellow man and it is language alone which separates him from the lower animals.
Set down 寫(xiě)下、記下
Words mean more than what is set down on paper.
Boggle at 吃驚
Imagination boggle at 難以想象
My imagination boggled at the punishment I would deserve if in fac-t I did abuse a book of Mrs. Flower‘。
我無(wú)法想象如果我真的沒(méi)好好讀Mrs. Flower借給我的書(shū)，應(yīng)當(dāng)受到什么樣的處罰。
Try one‘s hand at 嘗試
She warned that she hadn‘t tried her hand at baking sweets for some time.
她說(shuō)她已經(jīng)有一段時(shí)間沒(méi)嘗試烤甜點(diǎn)了。
Brush off 刷掉，拂去
When I finished the cookies she brushed off the table and brought a thick， small book from the bookcase.
Exchange A for B with sb. 用A和B作交換
He exchanged the black jacket for a blue one with salesman.
Single out 挑選出
I didn‘t question why Mrs. Flowers had singled me out for attention.
Do one‘s heart good 使人感到鼓舞，歡欣
Take to 對(duì)…產(chǎn)生好感
That do my heart good to see settled people take to you all.
Trailed off 聲音逐漸弱到不出聲
Her voice trailed off.
On the order of 大約
equipment costing on the order of a million dollars.
花費(fèi)近百萬(wàn)美元的設(shè)備
in sb‘s place 處于誰(shuí)的情況
Try to put yourself in my place and think how you would feel.
Get to sb. 影響某人
I has become fashionable to think that， like fast food， fast ideas are the way to get to a fast-moving， impatient public.
Feed on sth 受到…滋養(yǎng)
Hatred feeds on envy. 因妒生恨。
Think up 想出
She was trying to think up an excuse
In the shape of 以…的形式
This one was very young， with inexperience even in the shape of his mustache which he had shaved too much on the left side.
他非常年輕，從他胡子的形狀看，他很缺乏經(jīng)驗(yàn)，他左側(cè)的胡子喬得太多了。
Number off 報(bào)數(shù)
Go away 走開(kāi)
Draw lots 抽簽，抓鬮
Go by 遵照
We must draw lots， unless it is thought that we should go by ages.
Get off （with sth.） 免受處罰
got off scot-free. 逍遙法外
picture sth to oneself 想象或設(shè)想某事物
This isn‘t the last draw we shall have， and picture to yourselves what it will be like in this cell if we have a privileged class.
Leave sb/sth out of sth 排除在外
Kidd has been left out of the team.
Have it/things/everything one‘s own way
Have it your own way. 按你的意思辦吧
Scrap of paper 紙片
Feel for 摸索，尋找
In one‘s favor 占優(yōu)勢(shì)
an error in our favor. 對(duì)我方有益的錯(cuò)誤
force on sb 勉強(qiáng)某人接受某事物
let sth drop 不再做或提某事（人）
Some men drew the first slip which touched their fingers， others seemed to suspect that fate was trying to force on them a particular slip and when thety had drawn one little way from the shoe would let it drop again an choose another.
Break up 結(jié)束
Like a game of cards which has gone on too long， he only wanted someone to make a move and break up the table（game）。
Go over （from… ） （to… ） 從一處到另一處
Draw out 抽出
He went over to his roll of bedding and drew out a writing pad.
他走到他的鋪蓋卷，拿出一打書(shū)寫(xiě)紙。
Saving grace 長(zhǎng)處，可取之處
Humor is the saving grace of us.
Depend upon 確信
You may depend upon it that before I have gone very far I fell an overpowering desire for sleep. 我敢說(shuō)不管一天的什么時(shí)候，寫(xiě)不了多少就很想睡覺(jué)
A kind of 表示一種不確定性
Just a kind of dream. 可能就是一個(gè)夢(mèng)吧。
Make for 有助于
I am making for myself a better reputation there than I am in this place.
在那兒我的聲譽(yù)要比在這里好的多。
At once 同時(shí)
Plunge … into … 進(jìn)入某種狀態(tài)
Once in bed， when it is time to close the five ports（五官） of knowledge， most folks I know seem to find no difficulty in plunging their earthly parts into oblivion.
Be given to （sth./doing sth.） 有做某事的習(xí)慣
He's given to taking long walks.
他非常喜歡長(zhǎng)途散步。
Thanks to 由于
Some ski resorts opened early， thanks to a late-October snowstorm.
Take sth to heart 把…放在心上
Take these fables to heart. 用心記住這些故事。
Cast up 計(jì)算
…，no casting up the balance of the day‘s pleasure and pain.
Sink into 陷入
leave to （one's） own device 讓某人獨(dú)立處理問(wèn)題，不支配某人
They sink ， at once， into stupid， heavy slumber， leaving you to your own mental devices.
馬上會(huì)進(jìn)入愚蠢的，沉沉的睡眠狀態(tài)，剩下你自己苦思冥想。
serve turn 適用
The famous old plan of counting sheep jumping over a stile have never serve my turn. （p158）
Come up 偶遇
Make up 捏造，虛構(gòu)
I have the lonely child‘s habit of making up story and holding conversations with imaginary persons.
Get back恢復(fù)
Things will soon get back to normal.
這種情況會(huì)馬上恢復(fù)正常的。
At a time 每次
In so far as 在…范圍內(nèi)
So it is clear what kid of books I wanted to write， in so far as I could be said to want to write books at that time.
Get stuck 卡住，不能動(dòng)彈
They got stuck in a traffic jam.
Put aside 拋開(kāi)
At any rate 無(wú)論如何，至少
Put aside the need to earn a living， I think there are four great motives for writing， at any rate for writing prose.
先不說(shuō)寫(xiě)作是為了謀生，我認(rèn)為有四種寫(xiě)作動(dòng)機(jī)，至少寫(xiě)散文是這樣。
Get one‘s own back on 報(bào)復(fù)
She wanted to get her own back on Liz for ruining her party.
Store sth. up 儲(chǔ)備或儲(chǔ)存
A squirrel storing up food for the winter.
Strive after 奮斗
Desire to push the world in a certain direction， to alter other people‘s idea of the kind of society that they should strive after.
Once again 再一次
Free form 沒(méi)有
Have nothing to do with 與…無(wú)關(guān)
Once again， no book is genuinely free from political bias. The opinion that art should have nothing to do with politics is itself a political attitude.
Turn the scale 扭轉(zhuǎn)局面，改變形式
The Spanish war and other events in 1936-1937 turned the scale and thereafter I knew where I stood.
Take side 支持、領(lǐng)袖
It is simply（僅僅、不過(guò)）a question of which side one takes and what approach on follow.
In any case 無(wú)論如何
In itself 就其本身而言
Most of the work that most people have to do is not in itself interesting.
At a loss 茫然，困惑
Most people are at a loss to think of anything sufficiently pleasant to be worth doing.
At time 有時(shí)
First and foremost 首先
In comparison with 相比之下，比較起來(lái)
In comparison to other recent video games， this one isn't very exciting.
At large 整個(gè)，總的
In the long run 最后，從長(zhǎng)遠(yuǎn)看
Continuity of purpose is one of the most essential ingredients of happiness in the long run.
Well-to-do 富裕的
Kill time 消磨時(shí)間
（As） a matter of course 理所應(yīng)當(dāng)?shù)氖?BR> We will contact your former employer as a matter of course.
At one‘s best 處于狀態(tài)
It seems that men are at their best between sixty and seventy.
Not a few 相當(dāng)多
With/without one‘s knowledge 告知（未告知）某人
He sold the car without his wife‘s knowledge.
他瞞著妻子把汽車賣了。
Get by 離開(kāi)，通過(guò)
He said it would never get by his desk because the Army would rescind the magazine‘s accreditation to cover the war.
Sink in 完全理解
The message begins to sink in.
Not give a damn 毫不在乎
And the mass of people in this country literally don‘t give a damn.
Put on = switch sth on
After all， you can switch off the TV news and put on Dick Van Dyke.
畢竟你可以關(guān)掉電視新聞，換上Dick Van Dyke的節(jié)目。
So what 就算是我也不在乎
He‘s fifteen years younger than me.
So what if he is？
In the form of 以…的形式
Deal in 沉溺于
But what this country doesn‘t know is that America has created a monster in the form of millions of fighting men who have been taught to deal in violence.
In no way 決不
Stand up for 為某人說(shuō)話、工作
In a way 在某種程度上
It‘s a distortion because we in no way considered ourselves the “best men” in this country， because those he called misfits were standing up for up in a way nobody else in this country dared to
Tear sth apart 徹底毀滅
Tear this country apart.
Want of 缺乏，不足
We found that too often American men were dying in those rice paddies（稻田） from want of support from out so-called allies.
Blame sth on sb / blame sb for sth
America blamed it all on the Viet Cong.
Hand out 分配某物，分發(fā)
Relief workers were handing out emergency rations to the survivors.
Call for 要求
The situation call for prompt action.
形勢(shì)所迫，必須立即采取行動(dòng)。
Part and parcel of 重要部分，不可缺少的一部分
Badly off 潦倒，窮困
The diffusion of wealth now permits those of the poor who are less badly off than their father to do the same.
Long since 很久以前
I've long since forgiven her for what she did.
What do we give them in return.
Conceive of 想像、認(rèn)為
I laughed to myself at the men and the ladies. Who never conceived of us billion-dollar Babies（俚語(yǔ)：人）。
對(duì)于那些認(rèn)為我們從不會(huì)成為腰纏萬(wàn)貫的巨富的先生和女士們，我們總是暗自嘲笑他們。
Scores of 很多
Scores of young people.
Strike sb. as … 給某人留下印象
These conclusion strike me as reasonable.
我認(rèn)為他們的話是合情合理的
Drop out 脫離傳統(tǒng)社會(huì)
Ever since 自從
In hopes of 懷著…希望
Every since civilization began， certain individuals（人） have tried to run away from it in hopes of finding a simpler， more pastoral， and more peaceful life
Support oneself 自食其力
Run out of 沒(méi)有，用完，耗盡
Our planet is running out of noble savages and unsullied landscapes.
我們地球上高尚的野蠻人和未玷污的地方越來(lái)越少
the other way （round） 相反
come off 成功
These are the ones whose revolutions did not come off.
In need of 需要
It dawns on a familiar， workaday place， still in need of groceries and sewage disposal.
它灑在一個(gè)司空見(jiàn)慣，平凡庸碌的地方，一個(gè)仍然無(wú)法擺脫食品雜貨，污水處理的地方。
In short supply 供應(yīng)不足，短缺
Break down 瓦解，崩潰
Broke down our resolve. 喪失了我們的決心
Out of work 失業(yè)
dawn on sb. 逐漸明白
It dawned on us rather suddenly that the number of passengers on the small spaceship we inhabit is doubling about every forty years.
Come down （from…） （to…） 從一處來(lái)到另一處
Eat sth. up 吃光
In profusion 大量地
She had magnificent blonde hair， in profusion.
Take a shot 猜測(cè)
As a point of departure 起點(diǎn)
As doctors often do I take a trial shot at it as a point of departure.
作為醫(yī)生我經(jīng)常根據(jù)猜測(cè)可能出現(xiàn)的總是進(jìn)行提問(wèn)
as yet 到現(xiàn)在為止
As yet， no man has set foot on Mars.
到目前為止還沒(méi)有人登上火星。
Get somewhere 有進(jìn)展，取得一些成就
If only 只要
If only they wouldn‘t use the word “hurt” I might be able to get somewhere.
Up to sb. 取決于某人
So long as 只要
Fall in love with 愛(ài)上
After all， I had already fallen in love with the savage brat， the parents were contemptible to me.
Let out 發(fā)出（叫喊）
She let out a scream of terror.
她發(fā)出恐怖的叫喊。
Hold sb. down 控制住某人，壓制某人
I tried to hold myself down but I couldn‘t.
Open up 張開(kāi)
She open up for an instant but before I could see anything she came down again and gripped the wooden blade between her molars.
Reduce sth. to 將…化為（變成）
She reduced spatula to splinters before I could get it out
Through with sb. 結(jié)束
We are going to through with this.
Go at sth. 努力做某事
He went at the job with a lot of energy. 他工作賣力
Tear sb/sth apart 嚴(yán)厲地批評(píng)…， 徹底毀滅…
I could have torn the child apart in my own fury and enjoyed it.
Bred of … 由…造成
But a blind fury， a feeling of adult shame， bred of a longing for muscular release are the operative.
由于渴望釋放男人的體力而產(chǎn)生的不理智的憤怒，和成年人的羞辱而使我繼續(xù)下去，堅(jiān)持到底。
On the defensive 采取守勢(shì)
She had been on the defensive before but now she attacked.
Fly at 沖上去攻擊某人
Tried to get off her father‘s lap and fly at me while tears of defeat blinded her eyes.
Come to light 為人所知
New evidence has recently come to light
At one‘s request 應(yīng)某人之請(qǐng)求
An anonymous doctor claimed to have killed a 20-year-old cancer patient at her own request.
Rumble on 繼續(xù)下去
This started a debate that will rumble on into the autumn.
Hardly any 幾乎沒(méi)有
Get sth. over with 把不得不做的事做完（表示一種耐煩）
She‘ll be glad to get the exam over with.
考試結(jié)束后她就高興了。
Far gone 病重
The injured man was fairly far gone by the time the ambulance arrived.
Hold out 持續(xù)
How long can the distinction between killing and letting die hold out？
Stand to gain 以職謀權(quán)
A man stands to gain from the death of a certain child.
On request 一經(jīng)要求
Only squeamishness demands a difference between passive and active euthanasia on request……
Intrude on 干涉，介入
It is not clear why the religious objections of others should intrude on his death.
Usher in 預(yù)示
By refusing to discuss euthanasia， they usher in something worse.
而拒絕討論安樂(lè)死，將預(yù)示著更大的災(zāi)難。
Be supposed to 應(yīng)該
Her role is supposed to be to vote the way her male chairman votes.
她們所做的也只是按照男主席的方式 投一樣的票。
Break out of 改變生活方式
Run for … seat 競(jìng)選…職位
When I tried to break out of that role in 1963 and run for the New York State Assembly seat from brooklyn‘s Bedford [5bedfEd] [5bruklin]
Build up 捧某人
Why invest time and effort to build the girl up？
Drop out 退出
Have kids 生孩子
You know she‘ll only drop out of the game to have a couple of kids just about the time we’re ready torun her for mayor.
All the time 一直
Be in for 就要體驗(yàn)到
I‘m just telling you that you are in for a disappointment.
Leave sth. along 不干涉Why don‘t you just leave it alone now？
Break in 插話
“No， he isn‘t，” she broke in.
Let it go 不再（多說(shuō)、多做）
I thought she was hinting at something but I let it go.
我想她是有所指，不過(guò)我沒(méi)有理會(huì)。
Get into trouble 被捕、陷入困境
Even an experienced climber can get into trouble.
Get away 逃離
But Salina wouldn‘t let him get away so noncommittally.
Hide out 躲藏，到一個(gè)沒(méi)有人能找得到的地方
The gangsters hid out in a remote cabin until it was safe to return to the city. 暴徒們?cè)谝粋€(gè)偏僻的小屋中藏了起來(lái)，直到能夠安全回城
Go for 想要取得
You think he might go for the scholarship？
Check up 檢查
Magpie needs some relief from this constant surveillance， constant checking up.
Just about 幾乎
Just around 大約
Pick sb. up 逮捕某人
They picked him up for breaking the condition of his parole.
Now and again 偶爾，不時(shí)
I like to go to the opera now and again.
Shake out 抖開(kāi)、抖出
She had taken it out of its box that afternoon， shaken out the moth-powder， given it a good brush.
Snap at 厲聲地對(duì)某人說(shuō)
How sweet it was to see them snap at her again from the red eiderdown.
Feel like 想要
Take sth. off 取掉
He sat on the bed to take his boots off.
Go on about 長(zhǎng)時(shí)間談?wù)撃呈?BR> I got tired of him going on about all his problems.
Keep sth. on 繼續(xù)穿戴某物
You don‘t need to keep your hat on indoors.
在室內(nèi)不必戴著帽子了。
Dress up 打扮
It was the old offer dressed up as something new.
Rush/come to the/sb‘s rescue 幫助某人
Carol's brother rushes to the rescue and sent her $1000
Come along 出現(xiàn)
Run after 追逐某人
A beautiful woan came along and dropped her bunch of violets， and a little boy ran after to hand them to her.
Flick sth away （輕輕地）彈掉…
Flick the match away
Over and over （again） 多次
Knock over sb 撞倒某人
Trot on 小跑而來(lái)
Trot off 小跑而去
off （with sb） （對(duì)某人）不禮貌，不友好
He was a bit off with me this moring.
他今天早晨對(duì)我有些冷淡。
Get to know 認(rèn)識(shí)
But then 不過(guò)，然而
Let alone 更不必說(shuō)
Her skin was a rich black that would have peeled like a plum if snagged， but then no one would have thought of getting close enough to Mrs. Flowers to ruffle her dress， let alone snag her skin.
她的皮膚黝黑，如果被尖銳的東西弄破，就會(huì)像李子一樣剝落下來(lái)，然而從來(lái)沒(méi)有人會(huì)想到走近Mrs. Flowers， 去弄皺她的衣服，更不用說(shuō)去碰她的皮膚了。
Fresh in one‘s memory 記憶猶新
One summer afternoon， sweet-milk fresh in my memory， she stopped at the Store to buy provisions.
令我記憶猶新的是，一個(gè)夏天的下午，她來(lái)商店買食物。
Hang back猶豫
I hung back in the separate unasked an unanswerable questions.
但是我仍然跟在她的后邊，思考著那些既沒(méi)問(wèn)起以無(wú)法回答的問(wèn)題。
Bear in mind 記住
But bear in mind， language is man‘s way of communicating with his fellow man and it is language alone which separates him from the lower animals.
Set down 寫(xiě)下、記下
Words mean more than what is set down on paper.
Boggle at 吃驚
Imagination boggle at 難以想象
My imagination boggled at the punishment I would deserve if in fac-t I did abuse a book of Mrs. Flower‘。
我無(wú)法想象如果我真的沒(méi)好好讀Mrs. Flower借給我的書(shū)，應(yīng)當(dāng)受到什么樣的處罰。
Try one‘s hand at 嘗試
She warned that she hadn‘t tried her hand at baking sweets for some time.
她說(shuō)她已經(jīng)有一段時(shí)間沒(méi)嘗試烤甜點(diǎn)了。
Brush off 刷掉，拂去
When I finished the cookies she brushed off the table and brought a thick， small book from the bookcase.
Exchange A for B with sb. 用A和B作交換
He exchanged the black jacket for a blue one with salesman.
Single out 挑選出
I didn‘t question why Mrs. Flowers had singled me out for attention.
Do one‘s heart good 使人感到鼓舞，歡欣
Take to 對(duì)…產(chǎn)生好感
That do my heart good to see settled people take to you all.
Trailed off 聲音逐漸弱到不出聲
Her voice trailed off.
On the order of 大約
equipment costing on the order of a million dollars.
花費(fèi)近百萬(wàn)美元的設(shè)備
in sb‘s place 處于誰(shuí)的情況
Try to put yourself in my place and think how you would feel.
Get to sb. 影響某人
I has become fashionable to think that， like fast food， fast ideas are the way to get to a fast-moving， impatient public.
Feed on sth 受到…滋養(yǎng)
Hatred feeds on envy. 因妒生恨。
Think up 想出
She was trying to think up an excuse
In the shape of 以…的形式
This one was very young， with inexperience even in the shape of his mustache which he had shaved too much on the left side.
他非常年輕，從他胡子的形狀看，他很缺乏經(jīng)驗(yàn)，他左側(cè)的胡子喬得太多了。
Number off 報(bào)數(shù)
Go away 走開(kāi)
Draw lots 抽簽，抓鬮
Go by 遵照
We must draw lots， unless it is thought that we should go by ages.
Get off （with sth.） 免受處罰
got off scot-free. 逍遙法外
picture sth to oneself 想象或設(shè)想某事物
This isn‘t the last draw we shall have， and picture to yourselves what it will be like in this cell if we have a privileged class.
Leave sb/sth out of sth 排除在外
Kidd has been left out of the team.
Have it/things/everything one‘s own way
Have it your own way. 按你的意思辦吧
Scrap of paper 紙片
Feel for 摸索，尋找
In one‘s favor 占優(yōu)勢(shì)
an error in our favor. 對(duì)我方有益的錯(cuò)誤
force on sb 勉強(qiáng)某人接受某事物
let sth drop 不再做或提某事（人）
Some men drew the first slip which touched their fingers， others seemed to suspect that fate was trying to force on them a particular slip and when thety had drawn one little way from the shoe would let it drop again an choose another.
Break up 結(jié)束
Like a game of cards which has gone on too long， he only wanted someone to make a move and break up the table（game）。
Go over （from… ） （to… ） 從一處到另一處
Draw out 抽出
He went over to his roll of bedding and drew out a writing pad.
他走到他的鋪蓋卷，拿出一打書(shū)寫(xiě)紙。
Saving grace 長(zhǎng)處，可取之處
Humor is the saving grace of us.
Depend upon 確信
You may depend upon it that before I have gone very far I fell an overpowering desire for sleep. 我敢說(shuō)不管一天的什么時(shí)候，寫(xiě)不了多少就很想睡覺(jué)
A kind of 表示一種不確定性
Just a kind of dream. 可能就是一個(gè)夢(mèng)吧。
Make for 有助于
I am making for myself a better reputation there than I am in this place.
在那兒我的聲譽(yù)要比在這里好的多。
At once 同時(shí)
Plunge … into … 進(jìn)入某種狀態(tài)
Once in bed， when it is time to close the five ports（五官） of knowledge， most folks I know seem to find no difficulty in plunging their earthly parts into oblivion.
Be given to （sth./doing sth.） 有做某事的習(xí)慣
He's given to taking long walks.
他非常喜歡長(zhǎng)途散步。
Thanks to 由于
Some ski resorts opened early， thanks to a late-October snowstorm.
Take sth to heart 把…放在心上
Take these fables to heart. 用心記住這些故事。
Cast up 計(jì)算
…，no casting up the balance of the day‘s pleasure and pain.
Sink into 陷入
leave to （one's） own device 讓某人獨(dú)立處理問(wèn)題，不支配某人
They sink ， at once， into stupid， heavy slumber， leaving you to your own mental devices.
馬上會(huì)進(jìn)入愚蠢的，沉沉的睡眠狀態(tài)，剩下你自己苦思冥想。
serve turn 適用
The famous old plan of counting sheep jumping over a stile have never serve my turn. （p158）
Come up 偶遇
Make up 捏造，虛構(gòu)
I have the lonely child‘s habit of making up story and holding conversations with imaginary persons.
Get back恢復(fù)
Things will soon get back to normal.
這種情況會(huì)馬上恢復(fù)正常的。
At a time 每次
In so far as 在…范圍內(nèi)
So it is clear what kid of books I wanted to write， in so far as I could be said to want to write books at that time.
Get stuck 卡住，不能動(dòng)彈
They got stuck in a traffic jam.
Put aside 拋開(kāi)
At any rate 無(wú)論如何，至少
Put aside the need to earn a living， I think there are four great motives for writing， at any rate for writing prose.
先不說(shuō)寫(xiě)作是為了謀生，我認(rèn)為有四種寫(xiě)作動(dòng)機(jī)，至少寫(xiě)散文是這樣。
Get one‘s own back on 報(bào)復(fù)
She wanted to get her own back on Liz for ruining her party.
Store sth. up 儲(chǔ)備或儲(chǔ)存
A squirrel storing up food for the winter.
Strive after 奮斗
Desire to push the world in a certain direction， to alter other people‘s idea of the kind of society that they should strive after.
Once again 再一次
Free form 沒(méi)有
Have nothing to do with 與…無(wú)關(guān)
Once again， no book is genuinely free from political bias. The opinion that art should have nothing to do with politics is itself a political attitude.
Turn the scale 扭轉(zhuǎn)局面，改變形式
The Spanish war and other events in 1936-1937 turned the scale and thereafter I knew where I stood.
Take side 支持、領(lǐng)袖
It is simply（僅僅、不過(guò)）a question of which side one takes and what approach on follow.
In any case 無(wú)論如何
In itself 就其本身而言
Most of the work that most people have to do is not in itself interesting.
At a loss 茫然，困惑
Most people are at a loss to think of anything sufficiently pleasant to be worth doing.
At time 有時(shí)
First and foremost 首先
In comparison with 相比之下，比較起來(lái)
In comparison to other recent video games， this one isn't very exciting.
At large 整個(gè)，總的
In the long run 最后，從長(zhǎng)遠(yuǎn)看
Continuity of purpose is one of the most essential ingredients of happiness in the long run.
Well-to-do 富裕的
Kill time 消磨時(shí)間
（As） a matter of course 理所應(yīng)當(dāng)?shù)氖?BR> We will contact your former employer as a matter of course.
At one‘s best 處于狀態(tài)
It seems that men are at their best between sixty and seventy.
Not a few 相當(dāng)多
With/without one‘s knowledge 告知（未告知）某人
He sold the car without his wife‘s knowledge.
他瞞著妻子把汽車賣了。
Get by 離開(kāi)，通過(guò)
He said it would never get by his desk because the Army would rescind the magazine‘s accreditation to cover the war.
Sink in 完全理解
The message begins to sink in.
Not give a damn 毫不在乎
And the mass of people in this country literally don‘t give a damn.
Put on = switch sth on
After all， you can switch off the TV news and put on Dick Van Dyke.
畢竟你可以關(guān)掉電視新聞，換上Dick Van Dyke的節(jié)目。
So what 就算是我也不在乎
He‘s fifteen years younger than me.
So what if he is？
In the form of 以…的形式
Deal in 沉溺于
But what this country doesn‘t know is that America has created a monster in the form of millions of fighting men who have been taught to deal in violence.
In no way 決不
Stand up for 為某人說(shuō)話、工作
In a way 在某種程度上
It‘s a distortion because we in no way considered ourselves the “best men” in this country， because those he called misfits were standing up for up in a way nobody else in this country dared to
Tear sth apart 徹底毀滅
Tear this country apart.
Want of 缺乏，不足
We found that too often American men were dying in those rice paddies（稻田） from want of support from out so-called allies.
Blame sth on sb / blame sb for sth
America blamed it all on the Viet Cong.
Hand out 分配某物，分發(fā)
Relief workers were handing out emergency rations to the survivors.
Call for 要求
The situation call for prompt action.
形勢(shì)所迫，必須立即采取行動(dòng)。
Part and parcel of 重要部分，不可缺少的一部分
Badly off 潦倒，窮困
The diffusion of wealth now permits those of the poor who are less badly off than their father to do the same.
Long since 很久以前
I've long since forgiven her for what she did.