大学英语词组造句

大学英语词组造句 • Beyond the reach of sb :在某人伸手够不着的地方:Keep chemicals beyond the reach of children. • Fall in love with sb:开始爱上某人:I think I’m falling love with his brother/sister. • Flash a smile:笑容一闪She flashed a sudden smile at him. • Make an attempt to do sth:努力…., 试图….:They made another attempt to solve the problem. • End with 以…结束:The festival ended with fireworks. • Like clockwork:极有规律和准确性地,顺利地The operation went like a clockwork. • Loose end(s):尚待解决或解释的枝节问题There are some loose ends in the plot of the novel. • Miscarriage of justice:审判不公,误判There are miscarriages of justice for lack of proof. • Take on:开始具有或呈现.以…面貌出现These insects can take on the color of their surroundings. • Without doubt:无疑地,确实地Without doubt he has reached the top in his profession. • Under arrest:被捕,在押The drug dealer was under arrest last night. • Back out:打退堂鼓,不履行,食言You can’t back out after you have signed the contract. • Catch on:掌握,懂得;流行He doesn’t take hints easily, but he’ll catch on eventually. • fill in:替代某人工作Sally is off sick. Can you fill in for her for a few days? • Get through:干完,完成Let’s start; there is a lot of work to get through. • Start over:从头开始 If you make a mistake, just start over. • try sth out:试用,试验,考验He wanted to try out the new soap on real people. • With a vengeance:激烈地,猛烈地It began to rain again with a vengeance. • A pat on the back:表扬,鼓励He deserves a pat on the back for his hard work. • Attach importance to:认为…重要I don’t attach any importance to these rumors. • Be on to sth:在做有重要意义的事He is very bright. He is on to something important. • Follow up:在…之后再采取进一步行动I followed up my letter with a visit. • Lift up:鼓舞,激励She really lifted up our spirits with those moving words. • Make a habit of:养成…的习惯 I don’t make a habit of chatting to strange men at parti es. • make sb’s day:使某人的日子过得快活Hearing her voice on the phone made my day. • Pass along:传递,转交Please pass the picture along to the student. • Shy away from:回避,躲开We frequently shy away from troublemakers.. • Turn…(a)round:使…向好的方向发展Within three years she completely turned the company around. • Walk of life:行业In my job I see people from every walk of life. • Act on:根据…行事Police say they acted on information received. • blurt out:脱口而出Peter blurted the news out before we could stop him. • get out of hand:无法控制Deal with the problem before it gets completely out of hand. • If only:但愿,要是…就好了(用虚拟语气)I’m so poor now. If only I were a millionaire./ He failed for he was so lazy. If only he had worked hard. • Make…of:理解,解释What do you make of this message? • Move on:更换…等而开始另一项I think we have talked enough about the subject; let’s move on. • Once too often:次数太多,屡次He exceeded the speed limit once too often and was 1 fined 20 dollars. • Tear off :撕掉The boys tore off their clothes and jumped into the water. • to this day:至今To this day, I still don’t know why he killed himself. • Go into从事,参加Bob wants to go into the army. • Take sb/sth seriously:认真对待,认为…重要Unfortunately no one took my messages seriously • As a matter of fact:事实上I am very familiar with him. As a matter of fact we are in the same class. • Call on:叫…回答问题The teacher always called on her first. • Carry over继续,保持下去Attitudes learned at home carry over onto the playground. • Fall behind:落后In secondary school she started falling behind in her schoolwork. • Put…away:放好,收好Come on, it’s time to put these toys away. • up to:直到…We’ve kept our meetings secret up to now. • At a disadvantage:处于不利地位The children from poor families were at a distinct disad vantage. • Be accustomed to (doing) sth:习惯于I’m not accustomed to getting up so early. • Be in a minority:占少数Boys are very much in the minority at the dance class. • Be typical of具有…的典型特点This hot dish is very typical of the food in the south of the country. • Burn to death/be burnt to death:烧死At least 40 people were burnt to death when the bus caught fire. • For ages:好久Simon! I haven’t seen you for ages. • Go too far:做得过分He’s always been quite crude, but this time he’s gone too far. • Make a thing of:认为…很重要Don’t make a thing of leaving early. It’s not so impor tant. • A bunch of:一群/束/串 She went to the park with a bunch of friends • go beyond:超越,超出Their relationship had gone beyond friendship. • Light up:照明,变得明亮The candles on the Christmas tree lit up the room. • Pull together:把…重新组织好,整顿Data exist but they need pulling together. • Put together装配,组装If you take apart the clock, you’ll have trouble putting it together. • Be up to:由..做主,取决于You can pay weekly or monthly---it’s up to you. • Involve…in:使某人参与/参加Don’t involve me in solving your problems. • Sacrifice…for…为…而牺牲It’s not worth sacrificing your health for your career. • For the sake of…为了…起见He move to the seaside for the sake of his health. • Not in the least:一点也不,决不It doesn’t matter in the least if you are a bit late. • On occasion有时,间或He has, on occasion, made small mistakes. • Time and again屡次,一再I’ve told her time and again not to bring the dog here. th• Date back to可追溯到This church dates back to the 13 century. • Feed back反馈The information is fed back to the government department. • In the hope that因为希望…I didn’t phone till four o’clock in the hope that you would have finished it. • Proceed to往下几进行另一事That’s all for this. Let’s proceed to the next item. • To the point切题His argument was short but to the point. • Drop out退学,退出The boys dropped out of school and went to work. 2 • Follow one’s lead以...为榜样We should follow Leifeng’s lead to help others. • Give of 献出..来帮助别人The teacher gave of his free time to help the student with his homework. • Have a fit 大吃一惊,My father would have a fit if I made a mistake. • Look up to:尊敬When young we were taught to look up to police. • Measure up to符合,达到We should work hard to measure up to our parents’ expectatio ns. • Put/place sb on/upon a pedestal把某人当偶像崇拜In the past the Chinese people put Chairman Mao on a pedestal. • Take …too far/go too far做得过火He’s taking the joke too far and becoming rude. • Take the place of sb/take sb’s place代替No one could take the place of my mother. • You name it凡你能说得出的They sell everything: tables, chairs, books---you name it. • And the like诸如此类,等等Many students are keeping fit through jogging, playing baske tball, weight training, and the like. • Look to期待,指望we looked to her for dancing. • Measure sb/sth against拿…与…比She measured the shoe against the footprint, but it was smaller. • On the surface表面上On the surface, the painting was the original. But it was a fake. • On top of除…以外On top of borrowing 80 dollars, she asked me to lend her my car. • Be bound up with与..有密切关系 • Be up against面临,必须对付He was up against a lot of problems with his boss. • Come in for criticism/blame挨批评,受指责The police came in blame/criticism for the mistake. • Go for争取获得,选择Smith is going for gold medal in the 200 meters. • In shape处于良好健康状况Plenty of physical exercise will help you keep in shape. • Dawn on (someone)突然意识到It dawned on me that John had been right all the time. • Go well with相配Your new shoes go well with your dress. • Sign up签名参加Thirty people signed for the writing competition. • Strike someone as在某人看来似乎This activity strikes me as a waste of time. • All manner of各种各样,形形色色We will discuss all manner of subjects. • End up结束He’ll end up in prison if he is not careful. • Feed on由…助长,以…为食Hatred feeds on envy./Cows feed on grass but what they produce is milk. • In question正被讨论/谈论That is not the subject in question. • May well很可能Your job may well involve some traveling. • On the strength of基于…,由于…的影响I bought the book on the strength of your recom mendation. • Reduce …to使某人陷入更坏的状况中;将…概括/简化成…Laziness has reduced him to a beggar. / The report can be reduced to 3 main points. • Strike terror/fear into someone’s heart使某人感到恐惧/害怕The word “cancer” still strikes terror into many hearts. • Bring sth under control控制住She used diet and exercise to bring her weight under control. 3 • Bear in mind记住Bear in mind that gas stations are scarce in remote areas. • Make sense有道理,合乎情理It would make sense to leave early. • In this light从这一角度看Viewed in this light, the problem seemed less important. • By virtue of由于,凭借He got the job by virtue of being the only one to apply. • Capitalize on充分利用,尽量获利Educator has capitalized on its natural beauty to attract tourism. • Range from sth to sth else涉及,包含Courses in the school range from cookery to computing. • Line up排队The teacher lined us up against the wall. • Short cut捷径Fame can be a short cut to love and money. • Strike a chord引起共鸣,大动脉His writings strike a chord in the hearts of the ordinary people. • Act out将…表演出来,表现Describe this in detail and act it out. • Be rid of摆脱Part of his job is boring, and he is glad to be rid of it. • By no means绝不,一点也不It is by no means certain that they’ll give us a grant. • Get down to开始做某事After Christmas I’m going to get down to some job-hunting. • Look back on回顾She looks back on her childhood with affection. • Take a close look (at)仔细看If you take a close look you can just see the lighthouse. • Against all odds尽管有极大的困难Against all odds, racing driver Lauda recovered from his terrible injuries. • Cough up勉强说出某话,不情愿提供某物I’ll have to cough up 1000 dollars a year for food. • Do sth from memory凭记忆做…Sometimes she played from memory, sometimes from music. • Glaze over眼睛变呆滞Her eyes glazed over on hearing that the lottery ticket was a fake one. • In session在开会/开庭/上课The court was in session. • Lock up将某人监禁起来或送进精神病院He was locked up in the local police station. • Sit around闲坐,无所事事Since he lost his job he just sits around the house all day. • Sure enough果然,果真We said things would turn out well, and sure enough they did. • Be unaccustomed to不习惯They were unaccustomed to wearing suits and ties. • Cast out把某人赶走,逐出After the scandal he was cast out of the best society. • Chase away赶走,驱逐Ellen’s return will help to chase away some of the gloom. • Draw closer/nearer临近Next spring’s elections are drawing closer. • Intrude upon/on/into干涉,打扰The bad weather did not seem to intrude uopon her holid ay mood. • Prey on捕食(动物),折磨,使烦恼 Lions prey on foxes, rabbits and other animals./ Feeli ngs of guilt preyed on his mind. • Adjust to适应,使适合It took her two years to adjust to life in England. • Insist on坚决主张,坚决要求Her parents insist on speaking to her teacher. • Summon up鼓起(勇气)We couldn’t even summon up the energy to open the envelope. • Think of …as把…看着是…We now think of the car as being essential rather than a luxury. • Attribute to归因于Her teachers attributed her learning difficulties to emotional probl 4 ems. • Break for突然跑向…,将车开到…Teddy broke for the gate but was caught. • In all honesty坦诚地It was not, in all honesty, a very good start. • Keep pace with保持同步She followed Bobby, barely keeping pace with him. • Be subject to 易遭受,易患These areas are always subject to strong winds. • Call on短暂拜访We thought we’d call on James on the way home. • Cool one’s heels被迫久等,空等The receptionist kept me cooling my heels for over an hour. • In effect实际上,事实上In effect we’re earning less than last year because of inflation. • In question正被讨论的,谈论中的The goods in question had been stolen. • Loud and clear明晰地You should express yourself loud and clear. • Sick and tired of厌烦的确We’re getting sick and tired of listening to them argue all the time. • To the effect大意是;以便She made a decision to the effect that more investment would be put in it. 5