雅思写作必备短语及例句
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雅思写作必备短语及例句
1. to
abandon oneself to...纵情于...,沉溺于...;肆意...
At
the harvesting time, most of the villagers would
abandon themselves to wining,
eating and even
singing folk songs after dark.
秋收时节,大多数的村民在天黑以后都会开怀畅饮、大吃大喝,甚至还唱起山村
民歌。
2. to be abashed at...因...而感到惭愧,窘迫,不好意思
Sandra was very much abashed at the sight that
all the participants were wearing a
formal
dress while she was in mini-skirt.
当桑德拉看见到场的其他人都穿得很得体,而她却穿的是超短裙时,她感到非常
的尴尬。
3. to take up one’s abode with in
...和...住在一起;住在...
Sandra’s mother became very
much abashed at the news that her daughter had
taken
up her abode with a guy she got
acquainted with only recently.
当桑德拉的母亲得知她的女儿和一个她刚刚认识的男人住在了一起的时候她感
到自己都没脸见人了。
4. to abound
inwith...充满,盛产...;有大量的...
Rare and precious
herbal plants abound in the mountains to the north
of this small city,
and the deep valley to the
west of the city abounds with hot springs.
这座小
城市以北的山上生长着大量稀有珍贵的野生药材,而在位于该城西边的深
山峡谷中温泉处处可见。
5. to keep abreast of with...与...并驾齐驱;跟得上...
To survive in a world full of intense
competition, an enterprise must keep abreast with
the most advanced development in its field.
一个企业要想在这个竞争激烈的社会生存下去,就必须掌握所在行业的最先进技
术。
6. to absolve sb. from
of...免除(解除,宽恕)某人的...
The President intends to
absolve Frank from his present post as the manager
of the
production section, but he doesn’t have
the heart to. degrade him, as he had
contributed a lot to the development of the
Group. 董事长有意免去富兰克生产部经
理的职务,但由于他对集团事业的发展做出了很
大的贡献,所以他又不忍心给
他降职。
7. to be absorbed
in...专心于...,全神贯注于...;沉醉于...
The professor is
completely absorbed in the subject of his research
and the writing of
books on the subject, and
nothing seems to be able to get him sidetracked.
那位教授完全沉醉于课题研究专著的撰写之中,似乎什么事情也不能使其分心。
8. to
abstract sb.’s attention from...转移某人对...的注意力
Nothing seems to be able
to abstract the
professor’s attention from
his research
subject.
看来什么事也不能转移教授对其课题研究的注意力。
9. to
heap abuse on...辱骂,慢骂,责骂...
Soon after
George’s News Comment was out of print, many
artists and people
engaged in acting, dancing
and singing began to heap abuse on him. They
simply
went mad and their rage is like
anything.
乔治的”新闻评论”发表后不久很多艺术家和从事歌舞和电影业的人开始辱骂
乔
治。他们简直疯狂至极,怒不可遏。
10. to have access
to...能够进入,使用,得到,获得...
There are only a few
colleges in China whose students have access to
such magazines
as Time, Newsweek, Economists
and New York Post.
中国只有几所大学的学生能看到诸如《时代周刊》、《新闻周刊》、《经济学家》
以及《纽约邮报》之类的杂志。
11.
to accommodate oneself to ... 使自己适应于...
You
must learn to accommodate yourself to your
surroundings before you are able to
find a
common ground with people from all walks of life.
你必须学会使自己适应周
围的环境这样你才能找到与各界人士和睦相处的共同语言。
12.
to be accomplished in...擅长于...;在...方面很有成就
Thomas is very much accomplished in the
studies of Chinese literature and his recent
book on Chinese modem literature is much
acclaimed in the field.
托马斯在中国文学的研究方面成就斐然他最近出版的有关中国现代文学的专著
在该领域获得了很高的评价。
13. to do sth. of one’s own
accord自愿干某事,主动干某事
You offered to help her of
your own accord and now you complain about the
time you
have spent in helping her. Put that
in your pipe and smoke it and you may then realize
who are in the wrong.
你主动提出要帮助她,可是现在又来抱怨你为她花了很多时间。这个事你再好好
琢磨琢磨,也许你会认识到是谁的不对。
14. to leave sth. out
of account忽视了某事;没想到、没料到
When he was preparing
the examination paper, he had left the level of
the examinees
out of account. As a result,
most examinees complain about the contents of the
paper.
他出考题的时候,没有考虑到考生的水平。结果多数考生抱怨考试内容不妥。
15. to bring an accusation
against...控诉...;指控...
At present, there are
more and more countries which bring an accusation
against the
U.S. Government in their attempt
to monopolize the market of computer technology.
目前有越来越多的国家谴责美国政府试图垄断计算机技术市场。
16. to accuse
sb. of doing sth.控告,指责某人干某事
psychological development.
Many
parents accuse school teachers of their
indifference to their children’s
很多家长指责学校老师对学生的心理发展漠不关心。
17. to accustom
oneself to...使自己习惯,适应于...
To move to live in
another country is easy, but it’s by no means easy
to accustom
oneself to the new culture and the
new way of life of the country.
要想移居并生活在另一个国家并不难但要使自己适应移居国的文化以及该国人
的生活方式可就不是件轻而易举的事了。
18. to be acknowledged
as...被公认为是...
Freud is universally
acknowledged as the most accomplished man in the
field of
psychology and the contribution of
his psychoanalysis to the developments of many
areas, including literature and education is
also universally acclaimed.
弗洛伊德在全世界范围内被公认为是心理学领域中最有成就的人。他的心理分析
理论促进了包括文学和教育学在内的很多学科的发展其贡献也是举世公认的。
19. to
acquaint oneself with...认识,熟悉,了解......
If you
go to work in a new place, you’ll have to acquaint
yourself with not only the
work routines and
the company’s culture but also the people that are
already working
there.
如果你到了一个新的工作单位,你不仅得熟悉那里的日常工作和公司的文化,而
且还得了解已经在那里工作的所有职员。
20. to act on the
square to...以诚相待......
I’m not sure of his
honesty and I know he is not appreciative of my
help, but still I’ll
act on the square to him.
我知道他不很诚实,也知道他对我的帮助并不领情,但对他我仍是以诚相待。
21. to
adapt oneself to...使自己适应于......
If you want to get on with people in a new
place, you’ll have to learn to adapt yourself
to their ways of thinking and their ways of
doing things.
到了新的单位,如果你想和
那里的人和睦相处,你就必须学会使自己适应他们的
思维方式以及他们做事的
方法。
22. to be adept
at...善于,擅长,精于......
Why don’t you ask Robert
to take a look at the refrigerator? As far as I
know, he’s
adept at repairing things.
你为什么不让罗伯特来看一看冰箱呢?就我所知,他很擅长修理东西。
23. to be
adjacent to... 与......毗邻,邻接;靠近,贴近......
This
hotel is within a walking distance to the Square
and is adjacent to two banks and
the largest
shopping mall of the city.
该饭店与广场只有百米之遥,毗邻两家大银行,附近便是全市最大的一家商场。
24. to
adjust oneself to...使自己适应于......
I know I’ m
not their sort, but for this special task, I can
well adjust myself to their
habits and their
way of doing things.
我知道我不是他们那种人,但是为了完成这项特殊任务我完全能够使自己适应他
们的习惯和他们做事的方式方法。
25. to administer a
crushing blow at...给...以毁灭性的打击
The series of
earthquakes last year and the severe flood this
year has administered a
crashing blow at the
people’s faith that men can conquer nature.
许多人相信人能战胜大自然但是去年接二连三的地震以及今年的特大洪水给了
人们巨大的打击。
26. to admonish sb.
against...告诚某人不要...
I had already admonished
her against go out alone at night, but my advice
fell on a
deaf ear and now she was robbed of
all her belongings and knocked into the middle of
next week.
我曾告诫她夜间不要一个人出去,可是她把我的话当作了耳旁风。结果呢,她的
随身物品被洗劫一空并被人打得不省人事了。
27. to sing in
adoration of...歌颂…...;赞颂......
At the
conference, the Chairman sang in adoration of
Foreign enterprises for their
friendly
cooperation with their Chinese counterparts and
was speaking highly of their
contribution to
China’s economic development.
大会上,主席赞扬外国企业与中国企业的友好合作精神并高度评价了他们对中国
经济发展所做出的贡献。
28. to
adorn...with...用......点缀,装扮......
To celebrate
an occasion, many people would adorn their place
with flowers and other
decorations, but the
professor did it for celebrating his sixtieth
birthday in quite a
different way: he
decorated his room with all his publications.
庆祝一个活动,很多人都会用花或其它的装饰物点缀他们的房间,然而,那位教
授在庆祝他60岁寿辰时他的做法却与众不同:他是用他所发表的所有作品来点
缀
他的房间的。
29. to take advantage
of...利用......;占......的便宜
If you have been
generous to a person for a period of time, it is
most likely that the
person will take
advantage of your generosity and trade on
yourweaknessrather
than become appreciative of
your kindness.
如果你对一个人很慷慨,一段时间之后,这个人很可能会利用你的慷慨和你的
“弱点”来占你的便宜。对你的善良,他是不领情的。
30. to advertise
for...为......做广告;登广告招聘......
In 2007 many
colleges and universities began to advertise for
talents, and people that
are urgently wanted
by these universities are academicians, professors
of English,
Doctoral programs.
psychology and many other fields as
well as professors engaged in the teaching of
2007年很多高等院校开始登广告招聘人才。各大学迫切需要招聘的人才有院士、
英语及心理学教授、其他领域的教授以及从事博士生课程教学的博士生导师。
31. to
follow sb.’s advice听从接受某人的劝告、意见
Taking other
people’s advice is a good thing, but always
following their advice
without a second
thought may sometimes result in some tragedy or
disasters, as their
advice may not always fit
one’s specific situation.
听从别人的劝告是一件好事。但是,总是不加思考地接受他人的意见有时也许会
导致悲剧或灾难的发生,因为别人的意见不一定总适合你的具体情况。
32. to
advise sb. against...劝告,劝阻某人不要......
I advised
her against jump ship before she had found a job,
but she insisted on
quitting the job and
trying her luck after that.
我劝阻她不要在找到新的工作之前就跳槽,可是她坚持立刻就辞职并想先碰碰自
己的运气。
33. to have an affair
with...与......有不正当的(男女)关系
The word is that the
provincial governor has had an affair with a film
star, and that her
husband is trying to trade
on her relation with the governor for booming his
business.
人们传闻说该省长与一个电影明星有暖昧关系,而且该电影明星的丈夫为了把自
己的生意做大,竟然还以那种关系作为交换条件。
34. to be affected
with...受......的影响;与......息息相关
University
authorities tend to have their policy making and
their decisions largely
affected with the
education they have received and their
personalities.
学校的当权人士制定政策和做决策通常受所接受的教育和性格的影响。
35. to affiliate oneself
with...与......来往,结合;加入…...的行列
The general manager said that he wanted to
affiliate himself with the Sitong Group
and he
was trying to have that goal achieved.
总经理说他想使自己的公司并入四通集团,而且他正在为实现这一目标而努力。
36. to
have an affinity for...对......有吸引力;喜欢......
The thing is that if you have an affinity for
a person, you often overlook his or her
imperfections. This is one of the reasons why
we say love blind reasons.
事情是这样的,如果喜欢上一个人你就往往会忽视他的不足处。所以我们说感情
会蒙蔽理智。
37. to be afraid of...为......担心;害怕......
John started his affair with Made since they
met last month, and now he is very afraid
of
his affair being discovered by his old lady. So
he’s in two minds if he should carry
it on or
not.
约翰自从上个月与玛莉亚见面后就开始和她有了暧昧关系,但是现
在他很害怕
这件事会被他的老婆发现。所以他还拿不定主意是否 应该继续这种关系。
38.
to be dead against...断然反对......;顶着,迎着
I can’t
figure out the reason why he is dead against the
pressure from his upper
notches just to please
the local people.
我真不知道为什么他仅仅为了使当地老百姓满意,就硬着头皮顶着上面的压力。
39. to
obtain the agency for...获得......的经营权
The
manager is trying to obtain the agency for this
medicine from the Thai company
and he tries to
convince the authorities concerned that he will
enable the medicine to
have a larger market in
China.
总经理正想方设法从泰国方面得到该药品的经营权,而且,他试图使有关的权威
人士相信他一定能使该产品在中国获得更大的市场。
40. to be
aggrieved at...因......感到焦虑;对......感到悲伤
The whole country was aggrieved at the
loss of their beloved premier.
全国人民都为
失去他们最敬爱的总理感到万分悲痛。
41. to be agitated
about ... 对...感到焦虑;因...而心绪不宁
Since the
beginning of the 21st Century, many scientists
have been agitated about the
future of modem
science and the directions which it will be
misled.
自从21世纪一开始,很多科学家就一直对现代科学的前途以及科学研究可能走
上
歧途而忧心如焚。
42. to agree
on...就...取得一致意见;在...方面达成协议
After several
rounds of talks, the two countries finally agreed
on cease fire and
starting to seek more
applicable measures to resolve their conflicts.
经过多轮的谈判,两个国家终于在停火问题上达成了协议并同意就解决争端问题
开始寻求更为行之有效的解决办法。
43. to come to sb.'s
aid前来援助(求援)...
Soon after the news was in the
air that several cities in Iraq were destroyed by
severe
earthquakes , people from many
countries hurriedly came to their aid either by
providing medicine or by sending in clothing
and foods.
当伊拉克的几个城市惨遭地震袭击的消息一传开,很多国家赶忙前来救援。他们
不是送来药品就是送来衣物或食品。
44. to be aimed at旨在;目的在于
This book aims at providing a more practical
and more effective method for Chinese
students
of English in their learning and using idiomatic
expressions and in the
understanding of the
cultural elements that these expressions contain.
本书旨在向中国学生提供一个更为实用、有效的学习方法,帮助他们学习使用英
语习惯表达法,理解其中的文化内含。
45. to give sb. the
air抛弃某人;不理睬某人;解雇某人
When John
loused up the business, his boss gave him the air,
and ironically, his
daughter instantly gave
the boss the air just because of that.
当约翰把生意搞糟时,他的老板便炒了他的鱿鱼。更有讽刺意味的是,约翰的女
儿也就因此把那个老板给甩了。
46. to be alarmed
for...对...放心不下;对...提心吊胆
She seems to be very
much alarmed for her husband being charged with a
case of
being bribed.
看来她对丈夫被指控有受贿嫌疑一案很是提心吊胆的。
47. to put sb. on
the alert...使某人对...警慑起来,防备起来
Don’t make a
mention of anything about it, or you will put her
on the alert against us
before we take the
action.
这事你千万别跟她提,要不她会在我们行动之前就开始防备我们。
48.
to make an allegation mat...硬说,偏偏说...;断言...
I
saw him with my own eyes go into the massage
parlor with another guy , but her
made an
allegation that he didn’t go there.
我亲眼看见他和另一个人去按摩室了,可是他偏偏说他没有去那儿。
49. to be
allergic to...对...有过敏反应;厌恶...
We all know that
suggestions and criticisms that sound unpleasant
to the ear are
usually good to the soul but
unfortunately, many people are allergic to them
and some
become abhorrent of them.
我们都知道让人们听起来不很舒服的批评建议对心灵通常是大有裨益的,然而很
多人却不爱听这样的批评意见,有的甚至憎恨别人给自己提批评意见。
50. to
make an alliance against...联合抵御(反对)...
The two
armies are obviously making an alliance against us
by stationing troops along
our defence.
两支军队在我们的防御工事前部署部队,这无疑是试图联合抵御我们。
51. to
allure sb. into...引诱某人去...,诱惑某人去...
Money has
allured great many people into crimes, crimes that
simply didn’t exist fifty
years ago.
金钱诱惑许许多多的人去犯罪,这些犯罪在50年前根本就是没有过的现象。
52. to
have no alternative but...除了...别无选择
Under such
circumstances, a small company like ours has no
alternative but follow
others like sheep.
在这种情况下,像我们这样的小公司除了跟在别人的屁股后面跑以外别无选择。
53.
amuse oneself by with...以...自得其乐
These laid-
off workers have to amuse themselves by doing a
better job in their homes.
这些下岗工人只能是力求把家务干好而自得其乐了。
54. be analogous
to with...类似于...;与...相似
It’s obvious that his
paper is largely analogous to Freud’s paper
published in the
United States.
很显然,他的论文与弗洛伊德在美国发表的那篇论文相比极为相似。
55. be
annoyed with...因...而感到烦恼或厌烦
Many people are
annoyed with unsought advice and criticisms.
很多人讨厌别人主动提出劝告,更为他人的批评感到厌烦。
56. to come
into antagonism with...与...闹翻,对抗
The two
companies came into antagonism with each other as
a result of their reducing
the prices of their
products.
因为降低产品价格一事两个公司闹翻了。
57. to feel
an antipathy for...厌恶,嫌弃...,对...反感
It seems
that Sandra is feeling an antipathy for all her
in-laws except her
brother-in-law.
看来桑德拉很嫌弃她丈夫的家里人,只有她小叔子是个例外。
58.
to go ape over...被...搞得神魂颠倒
The Swedish Ping-
Pong players went ape over their final success in
the game.
瑞典乒乓球运动员为在这次比赛中的最后胜利而兴奋不已。
59.
make an apology to sb. for...因...而向某人道歉
The
general manager made a sincere apology to all the
employees for not being able
to carry out his
promise for a salary raise this year.
总经理因没能兑现他给大家长
工资的承诺而向全体职员表示了诚恳的歉意。
60. to
make one’s appeal to...向...发出呼吁;求助于...
At
times of war, the President of the country made
his appeal to his countrymen to
donate
military supplies and support the army.
战时,总统呼吁全国人民捐赠物资以支援军队。
61. to
apply...to...把...应用于,运用到...
What can be
applied to one circumstance may not be applicable
to another situation,
and this is what we call
“exception”.
能被应用于某一种情况的理论不一定也适用于另一种情况。这就是我们所说的
“例外”。
62. to make appointment with...与...约定,约会
The president made an appointment with his aid
for a secret talk about the. change of
foreign
policy toward the country with which it has had
problems.
总统与其助理约定进行一次秘密交谈讨论与其有瓜葛的国家外交政策的改变问
题。
63. to be appreciative of...欣赏...;感激...
He
is not actually appreciative of your advice,
though he pretends not to give you that
impression.
尽管他装作一副感激的样子,但实际上他对你的劝告并不领情。
64. to
havefeel an apprehension forover对...感到不安(焦虑、恐惧)
Most small and medium-sized enterprises are
feeling a strong apprehension for their
existence and prospects.
很多中、小型的企业对其生存和前途感到忧心忡忡。
65. to be
apprehensive for of...对...感到不安,焦虑,恐惧
Many
parents nowadays are very much apprehensive of
their children’s future.
近几年来,很多父母对其子女的前途感到焦虑不安。
66. to be become
apprised of...熟悉,了解...;得知...
We must become
apprised of the market needs before we can get a
large share of the
market.
我们要想占领大部分市场就必须深入了解市场的需求。
67. to make
approaches to...接近...;和...打交道
Soon after she
got to Chicago, she tried every means to make
approaches to the
hotshots and social
celebrities.
她到达芝加哥后不久就想方设法接近该市的大人物和社会名流。
68. to be appropriate for...适合于...;适用于...
This method might be good for teaching adult
students, but it’s not appropriate for
teaching children.
这种方法也许适合成年学生的教学,对于儿童教育,则并不适合。
69. to be
apt to do...有...的倾向;很容易...;有可能...
Parents are
apt to make such mistakes as thinking they’ re
always right in everything
they do and that
children should always be at their mercy.
很多父母认为自己做什么都对,孩子就应该听从他们。这样的错误是家长们很容
易犯的。
70. to argue sb. into doing
sth. 说服某人去干某事
A group of students had finally
argued the chairman of the department into
canceling
the courses that are irrelevant to
their areas of research.
后终于说服系主任取消那些与他们的研究领域毫不相干的课程。
71. to get
into arguments with...与...发生争执,展开辩论
The
department heads got into hot arguments with the
general manager on the issue of
whether they
should invest in the newly proposed project.
在是否应该投资搞最近提出的工程问题上,各部门的经理们与总经理展开了激烈
的辩论。
72. to arise from...从...中产生;由...而引起,起因于...
The “weightless” condition of astronauts in
orbit about the earth arises from just the
cancellation of inertial and gravitational
forces. 在围地球运转的轨道中,宇航员的”
失重”状态就是惯性与引力相互抵消的结
果。
73. to keep sb. at arm’s length对某人敬而远之
If one doesn’t know how to keep other people
at arm’s length, he may easily get lost
when
he is hit below the belt.
如果一个人不知该如何与他人保持距离,那么当别人在他背后使坏时他自然是无
计可施。
74. to make arrangements for...为...做准备,安排
Please fax to us your flight number and the
time of arrival one week in advance, so
that
we can make arrangements for meeting you at
airport and the reception.
请您提前一个星期把您的航班号和抵达的时间传真给我们,我们好安排到机场接
机并为招待会提前做好准备。
75. to arrive at
in...到达...;抵达...
He told me that he
would arrive in Chicago at about half past four on
the 15th of May
and probably arrive at your
hotel in an hour’s time after that.
他告诉我说他将于5月12日下午4点30分抵达芝加哥机场,而且很可能在到达
后的
一个半小时内到达你们饭店。
76. to be ashamed of oneself
for...因...而感到害羞,渐愧
The superstar was ashamed
of himself for acting a role in the film that has
degraded
his fame as a superstar.
那个超级影星为自己在该片中扮演了一个有损于自己名望的角色而感到羞愧。
77. to
aspire after for to towards ...渴望,向往,追求,有志于...
After he became a millionaire, he turned to
aspire after a leadership role in the city
government.
他成了百万富翁之后,转而立志于成为市政府的一名领导干部。
78. to be assigned to...被分配从事...;被派到...
John was recently assigned to Tokyo as a
section chief, taking charge of the
production
section.
约翰最近被派到东京当主管,负责生产部的管理工作。
79. to
associate oneself with...赞同,支持...;与...交往
He
tried to associate himself with the local people
but nevertheless, he found it very
hard to
adjust himself to the local customs and their way
of life.
他想方设法和当地人打成一片,然而他却发现自己很难适应当地的风俗以及当地
人的生活方式。
80. to
associate...with...把...与...联系在一起
Most
intellectuals tend to associate the name of Freud
with the theory of
psychoanalysis
and dream analysis.
大多数的知识分子往往把弗洛伊德的名字与精神分析理论和梦的解析联系在一
起。
81. to assume the role of…担任...的角色;承担...的任务
Franklin was made to assume the role of a
prostitute’s would-be husband in the film, a
role that he felt sick of playing and which
might help boom his career as a film actor.
富兰克应邀在该片中扮演一个妓女的未婚夫。他讨厌演这个角色,但这个角色可
能会有助于他的电影生涯上个新的台阶。
82. to assure sb.
of...使某人确信...,向某人保证...
She tried to assure me
of her faithfulness to me and did everything she
could to prove
that I was her only man.
她想方设法使我相信她对我是一心一意的,并且费尽了心机想向我证实我是她心
目中惟一的男人。
83. to be assured
of...得到...的保证;对...感到放心
We were very much
assured of the prospects of the project so we went
out of our way
to do a good job of it.
我们对该工程的前景确信无疑所以我们全力以赴并竭尽全力地把我们的工作干
好。
84. to be astonished at...对...感到震惊
We were
astonished at the news that the one we trusted
most had finally taken side
with our
opponents.
使我们感到震惊的是,我们最信任的人最后跑道我们的对手那边去了。
85. to be astounded at...因...而惊诧
We were
all greatly astounded at the number of rare
animals being killed in such a
small place.
在这么一个小小的地方竟然有如此之多的珍稀动物遭到杀戮,我们感到惊诧不
已。
86. to create an atmosphere of...创造...的气氛,环境
We must create a favorable atmosphere of
learning for the students before we can
possibly hope to make their learning more
fruitful.
我们必须为学生创造一个良好
的学习环境只有这样我们才有可能使他们的学习取得更大的收益。
87. to make atonement for...弥补...,报偿...
The department’s head was trying to make
atonement for the business loss resulted
from
his rash actions, but the general manager didn’t
give him a chance to make up
for the loss.
部门经理一直试图弥补因自己的莽撞而造成的重大经济损失,然而,总经理却不
给他将功折罪的机会。
88. to attach great importance
to...极其重视...
Many countries began to attach
great importance to the problem of brain drain,
though
effective measures have not been taken
curve the growth.
许多国家开始重视人才外流问题,尽管目前没有有效措施对此进行遏制。
89. to
make an attempt at...企图,试图,打算...
It was
obvious that he was making an attempt at mending
fences with the boss.
很显然,他正在试图改善与老板的关系。
90. to dance attendance on...奉承,讨好...,向...大献殷勤
From the way she is dancing attendance on the
boss, you know she is aiming at
something
–something in connection with her promotion.
看她向老板大献殷勤的那股劲儿,你就知道她是有目的的,而这个目的可能与提
升有关。
91. to catch the attention
of...引起...的注意
Before 1960, this problem had
not caught the attention of most governments,
which
have now realized the critical condition
of the problem.
在1960年以前,这个问题没有引起大多数政府的注意,而到了现在很多政府已
经
意识到了这个问题的严重性。
92. to have attraction
for...对...有吸引力
This film has great attraction
for young people, especially for those school
children.
这部电影对年轻人来说,特别是对那些上学的儿童,很有吸引力。
93. to attribute...to...把...归因于...;认为...与...有关
Most historians attribute such a phenomenon to
wars and disasters caused by these
wars.
大多数的历史学家把这种现象归咎于战争以及由战争造成的灾难。
94. to have
authority over with...对...有权威
You may go and
pick the brains of those who have the authority
over the subject, and
you may be better
advised than just reading the textbooks,
你可以去教那些该领域
的权威人士,也许你会比阅读课本更有收获。
95. to
avail oneself of...利用,趁...的机会
She knows how to
avail herself of every opportunity to practice her
English with
native speakers.
她知道怎样利用任何一个机会去和英美本国人练习说英语。
96. to be
avaricious of...贪图...;贪念...
Nowadays, many
people who are in the leading positions become
quite avaricious of
nothing but their own
profits instead of being ambitious
to upgrade
the living standard of the common folks.
近些年来,有很多担任领导职务的人不是立志提高老百姓的生活水平,而是变得
很贪婪,一门心思地为自己捞油水。
97. to be
averse to...嫌恶...;对...反感;反对...
Many Japanese
enterprises are quite averse to merging by foreign
enterprises and this
aversion in the Japanese
becomes the Number one roadblock in the
development of
foreign enterprises in the
country,
很多日本企业十分反感外国企业兼并他们,而日本人的这种反感情绪成了外国企
业在日本发展的最大障碍。
98. to be aware
of...意识到...;注意到...;明白...
I’ve been aware of
this simple truth: those who like to flatter other
people are none
out of ten seeking flatter
from those that are being flattered.
我明白了这样的一个简单的道理:那些喜欢奉承别人的人实际上是想得到被奉承
者的奉承。
99. to do away with...废除...;除掉...;干掉...
One cannot do away with his habits until he
forms a set of new habits or has
replacement
of the old ones.
一个人在形成新习惯或取代旧习惯之前不可能去掉旧习惯。
100. to be in bad with...失去...的欢心;不讨...的喜欢
I knew I was in bad with the manager when
Frank came to work in the company , but
I
didn’t think he could possibly squeeze me out of
the sales business within two years.
我知道富兰克来公司
以后我就失去了总经理的欢心,但是我想在两年内他还没有
可能把我从销售的业务中排挤掉。
101. to be banned...from 被禁止...
Freud’s
first book was banned from being published and his
first lecture on dream
analysis in the United
States was met with a failure, with only three
listeners sitting in
the lecture hall.
弗洛伊德的第一本专著被禁止出版发行,而且他在美国所开设的有关梦的解析的
讲座遇到了挫折:只有三个人听了他的讲座。
102. to bare one’s
heart to...对...讲真心话;向...倾吐衷肠
She says that she
needs someone to talk with and someone to bare her
heart to.
她说她需要有个能谈谈心的人,需要有个能向其倾吐衷肠的人。
103. to bargain with...与...讨价还价
Don’t try
to bargain with me. I won’t trade my principles of
life with anything.
不要跟我讨价还价。我不会为了任何事而拿生活原则做交易。
104. to set up
a barrier between...and...
His recent
promotion to a leading position in the city
government has automatically
set up an
emotional barrier between him and most of his
close friends.
他最近被提升担任市政府的一个领导职位这便自然而然地使他与他好友
之间产
生了一种心理上的隔阂。
105. to
base...on...把...建立在...的基础之上
Most young men
tend to base their love on the pretty looks of the
girls they fall for,
thinking light of
something that helps build a solid ground for the
development of
their love.
大多数小伙子容易把爱情建立在女
孩子外表漂亮的基础之上。往往忽视建立有助
于未来感情发展的坚实基础。
106. be
sb. sth. ...or...无论某人(某事)是...还是...
Be he a
high-ranking government official or the man in the
street, everyone is in want
of a family, and
this is so not only in our culture, but also in
other cultures as well.
无论是政府的高级官员还是普通的老百姓,人人都
想有个家庭。这一点,不仅在
我们国家如此,在其他国家也不例外。
107. to be through
with...完成...;结束...;厌倦...
After you’re through
with the book, please contact Mr. Black and I hand
it over to him
in your own flesh. He wants to
read the book for his graduation paper.
这本书你读完后请与布莱克先生取得联系并把书亲自交给他。他写毕业论文需要
看看这本书。
108. to bear resemblance to...与...相似;与...有类似之处
The Japanese character bears a great deal
resemblance to the Chinese character in
form.
就其形式而言,日本文字和中国文字极为相似。
109. to bear sth. in
mind...记住...;牢记住...
We must bear in mind that
many countries, many customs, and that one system
may
fit one country while it becomes a square
peg in a round hole in another country.
各国有各国的风俗,而且,一种制度可能适合某个国家而这个制度在另外一个国
家内却很可能格格不入,这一点我们不能忘记。
110. to beef
about...抱怨...;因...大发牢骚
The general manager was
beefing about our inability to get the contract
signed, and he
was almost throwing off his
gloves to the department manager, yelling at him
and
reprimanding him for being a born loser. <
br>我们没能把这个合同搞到手,对此,总经理一个劲儿地抱怨我们无能。而且,他
对部门经理不依不
饶的,冲着他大喊大叫,骂他是废物点心。
111. to beg of sb. to
do...恳求某人去做...
John was threatened with
divorce, but he begged of his wife to forgive him
for his
misconduct and to give him a chance to
show his determination to change.
约翰面临着离婚的威胁,但是他恳求妻子原谅他的不忠行为并请求给他一个决心
改正的机会。
112. to beguile sb.
into...欺骗(哄骗)某人干...
I know it was Frank who
had beguiled you into the fraud, but you should
face the
punishment yourself for what you have
done.
我知道是约翰哄骗你去诈骗,但对你自己的所作所为你应该接受惩罚。
113.
to cherishnurse the belief that...怀有...的信念;确信...
His business landed on the rocks for one
reason or another, but he still I seemed to
cherish the belief that he could nurse it back
to life.
由于某种原因,他的生意垮台了,但是他仍确信他能使之恢复元气。
114. to have a fire ill one’s belly
that...心里明白...
Sandra has a fire in her belly
that behind the kindness of her boss there must be
something to pay, so she intuitively keep him
at arm’s length in order to avoid the
future
trouble.
桑德拉心里明白,老板对她好,这背后肯定没有什么好事。所以她本能地和老板
保持一定距离以避免将来出现麻烦。
115. to bend one’s
efforts for...致力于...,为...全力以赴
He knew that he
could buy the position he was aiming at, so he
bent his efforts for the
preparation of it and
was trying to get in with one of his upper
notches.
他知道他完全可以用钱买到他梦寐以求的职位,所以他为此进行准备,并设法与
一个上司套近乎。
116. to bend one’s mind
to...一心想要...;专心致志地从事...
Many college teachers
have jumped ship and gone into business, but Mr.
Wang does
not get sidetracked. He bends his
mind to dig into the subject of his research and
is
determined to concentrate on writing his
book Psycho-linguistics.
很多大学老师跳槽去经商,而王先生并未因此而
分心。他专心致志地钻研他的研
究课题并决心集中精力把他的专著《心理语言学》写完。
117. to benefit
from...从...获利;受益于...
Students who
have benefited a lot from reading know the true
values of books.
那些因读书而大有收获的学生了解书的价值。
118.
to bereave sb. of all hope使某人失去一切希望
I didn’t
have the heart to bereave her of all hope, so I
decided to give her another
chance to show her
paces.
我不忍心使她失去所有的希望,所以我还是决定再给她一次证实自己能力的机
会。
119. to keep a clear berth of
sb.对...敬而远之,避开...
You are not his sort, so it
would be better for you to keep a dear berth of
him.
你不是他那号人,所以你还是对他敬而远之为好。
120. to think
better of...改变...的主意;对...评价更髙
I was thinking
of putting her in the picture about what had
happened, but I thought
better of it and
decided to keep her in the dark for the time
being.
我本打算把所发生的一切原原本本地告诉她可是我改变了主意并决定暂时先不
和她讲。
121. to be closely bound up with...与...紧密联系在一起
Economic progress is closely bound up with
educational development.
经济的进步与教育的发展紧密地联系在一起。
122. to bind sb. with...用...约束,束缚某人
As a
teacher of English, I always think that we should
not bind our students with the
number of units
they must go through. We should place more
emphasis on their
abilities to generate rules
and ideas and use the rules and ideas in their
effective
communication with other people.
作为一名教英语的老师,我一贯认为我们不应该限定学生每周必须学完几个单
元。 我们应该更注意培养学生总结规律和丰富思想的能力并使学生利用这些规
律和
思想与他人进行卓有成效的交流。
123. to bite one’s thumb
at...对...嗤之以鼻;侮辱...
I know you are the
authority in this area and have accomplished much
in the field, but
this shouldn’t be the reason
for you to bite your thumb at the younger
researchers.
我知道您在该领域是个权威人士,在该领域取得了辉煌的业绩。但是您不应
以此
为理由,对年轻的研究者们嗤之以鼻。
124. to be to blame
for...对...应负责任;因...应受到责备
Who is to blame for
this social disorder? Is the government to blame
or are the
citizens to blame?
谁应该对这种社会混乱现象负责?是应该怨政府,还是怨老百姓?
125. to be a
blank on the subject of...对...(科目)毫无研究
In
teaching English, she is not a bad teacher, but
she is a blank on the subject of
teaching
methodology and linguistics and, she should have
studied psychology, too.
在英语教学方面她也许是个不错的老师,但是在
教学方法和语言方面她却毫无研
究,并且,她也该研究研究心理学。
126. to
blind sb. to sth.使某人看不到某物
One’s love for a
person often blinds him to the imperfection to the
beloved and to the
faults
一个人爱上另一个人时,常会因爱而使其
看不到对方的缺点以及他(她)的其他不
足之处。
127. to make sb.’s
blood boil使某人无比愤怒
The government’s inability
to wage a counterattack on the hostile country has
made
the citizens’ blood boil and they are
thinking of organizing a protest against the
incompetence of the government.
政府没能对敌对国发动反击战,这便使所有的公民感到无比愤慨。于是,他们组
织集
会,抗议政府的无能。
128. to put a b1ot
on...使...留下污点;损害...的名誉
The general manager’s
love affair with the film star put a blot on his
copybook and
therefore, he had not only
degraded himself, but also done great harm to the
company’s image.
总经理和那个电影明星的暧昧关系给他自己的历史增添了一个黑点。这不仅降低
了他自己的身份,而且也大大损害了公司的形象。
129. to blush
for...因...而感到脸红
Even today he would still
blush for the remarks he made during hi! talk with
the girl,
and he could bite his tongue off
whenever he thinks of it.
直到今天,他仍为那天对姑娘说过的话而脸红,一想到这事儿他就后悔莫及。
130. to
get bogged down in...深深陷入...
The company gets
bogged down in financial crisis and many other
companies have
therefore broken ties with it.
该公司深深陷入了严重的经济危机,很多公司因此与其断绝了关系。
131. to
make no bones about...对...毫不犹豫;毫不掩饰地...
She
made no bones about her intimate relations with
the general manager and
sometimes she even
seems to have a sense of pride just because of it.
她毫不掩饰与总经理的亲密关系。有时,她还会有几分自豪感。
132. to boost
the price of...提高...的价格
If the packaging of
the product can be further improved, it may help
boost the price of
it by a big margin.
如果该产品的包装能得到进一步的改善,这也许会使其价格得到很大程度的提
高。
133. to be bored with...对...感到厌倦
The little girl seems to be bored
with living with her grandparents and therefore,
her
grandfather is trying his best to arouse
her interest in place by buying her whatever
she likes.
看来那个小女孩儿已和爷爷奶奶住腻了,所以她的爷爷就给她买她所有喜欢的东
西以使她有兴趣住下去。
134. to speak one’s bosom
freely畅所欲言,倾诉衷肠
When I am with her, I always
seem to be able to speak my bosom freely. I feel
totally
at home with her, without any
restraints.
我和她在一起时,总觉得能畅所欲言。我感到无拘无束,一点担心也没有。
135. to bother oneself about...为...大伤脑筋;为...费心
Many parents today have to bother themselves
about their children. They’re especially
worried about their going off the beams and
dooming their own future.
当今很多父母不得不为他们的子女大伤脑筋。尤其担心他们会步入歧途并葬送自
己的前程。
136. to know no bounds无限,无止境
His lust for
bucks knows no bounds and he is after fame and
material 他的贪财之欲
实无止境,而且他追求名利,不择手段。
137. to
brace oneself for...为...做好思想准备;准备...
The local
government asked the local people to well brace
themselves for fighting the
flood.
当地政府号召人们为抗洪做好充分的思想准备。
138. to
bracket...with...把...与...相提并论
I know you have
taken pains in the project, but you can’t bracket
your pains with the
mistakes you have done.
我知道你为该工程出了很多力,但是功劳和错误不能相提并论。
139. to put a brake on...对...力口以限制
To
encourage the development of national enterprises,
we may as well put a brake on
import.
为了鼓励国内企业的发展,我们不妨可以对进口加以限制。
140. to brand
sb. as...称某人是...;指责某人为...
Most teachers brand
the principal as a man without principle and
clear-cut opinions,
大多数的老师指责校长是个没有原则和鲜明主见的人。
141. to widen the breach between...and...
The event widened the breach between the two
factions of the party.
这一事件扩大了该党两派之间的裂缝。
142. to be a different breed of cat from
和...不是一回事
Rose is a different breed of cat
from Jane. The former is active while the latter
is
quiet.
罗斯和琼完全不是同一类人。前一个好动,后一个爱静。
143. to lay a gold bridge or...为...留一条退路
When you bawled at your son in rage, shouting
that you would break up with him,
you forgot
to lay a gold bridge for yourself.
当你对儿子大发雷霆,喊着要和他断绝关系时,你忘了给自己留一条退路了。
144. to
bring...under control对...加以控制;使...得到控制
At
present, many governments are going out of their
way to protect the natural
environments from
being further polluted, but it seems too late. to
bring pollution
under effective control.
目前很多国家竭尽全力保护自然环境并避免使之受到进一步的污染但要使污染
得到有效控制看来是为时已晚。
145. to
have no brow of...对...没有好感,对...印象不好
It is
strange that those whom we Chinese have no brow of
are usually highly spoken
of or highly
respected in one of two other cultures.
说来也怪那些我们中国人很讨厌的人在一两个其他国家中倒大受推崇或尊敬。
146. to
brush…aside把...搁臵一边;扫除,排除...
The principal
said that he placed much weight on suggestions put
forward by teachers
and all those that are
concerned with the reform of education, but when
we forwarded
our suggestions, he’d just brush
them aside and we no longer hear from him about
his
opinions.
该校长说他非常重视老师们和所有关心教育改革的人们所提出的
建议可是当我
们把建议提交给他时,他却将其搁臵一旁,我们也就从此再也听不到他对这些建
议的看法了。
147. to buckle down
to...认真干起...;努力从事...
Having realized the
significance of the project and the prospects of
it, he soon brushed
aside all other things and
began to buckle down to the project.
他意识到该工程的重要性及其光明的前景,所以他很快把所有的杂事搁臵一旁,
开始专心搞起了他的工程。
148. to keep oneself busy
with...使自己忙于...
I know why she keeps herself
busy with all the housework. I guess she is trying
to
bury herself in work in order to avoid the
miseries of feeling lonely.
我知道她为什么一直不停地干家务。我想她是为了使自己免受孤独之苦才埋头苦
干这些家务事的。
149. to have capacities
for...有...的能力,有能力做...
Those who have
capacities for learning a foreign language are
nine out of ten
marvelous at adjusting
themselves to his new living environments. And
these people, I
find, are
usually more successful in their communication
with people around them
than those who do not
have gifts for language.
那些有学习外语才能的人十有八九特别能够适应新的生活环境。而且我还发现,
这些人比那些没有学外语天赋的人在与其周围人的交往方面更为成功。
150. to
make a career of...在...方面有所建树;以...为生涯
She was
trying to make a career of the rug trade, but to
her dismay, luck was not
going for her.
她试图在服装业干出个大事业,可是令她失望的是,她没有这样的运气。
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