Phrazes

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1 Phrazes 锦连-2011-5-8

1、 make a difference 有影响;起(重要)作用 The sea air has made a difference to her health.海上的空气改善了她的健康。

The rain didn’t make much difference (to the game).这场雨(对比赛)影响不大。

2、 make a thing of …小题大做;认为…不得了(make a thing out of) I don’t want to make a (big) thing of it, but you have been late for class three times this week.我并非想小题大做,但是这星期你上课迟到三次了。

3、 make allowance(s) for 考虑到;顾及/ 体谅;原谅 (1)The court was asked to make allowances for his age. 人们要求法庭考虑到他的年龄。 (2)You must make allowances for him because he has been ill. 你必须体谅他,因为他一直生病。 4、 (1)make the most/best of 132 充分/尽量利用 You’ll only get one chance, so you’d better make the most of it! 你只有一次机会,所以你最好充分利用它! (2)–make use of 利用,运用/

= avail oneself of , take advantage of ,put to use You should train them to make use of reference books. 你应该训练他们使用使用参考书。 5、 make up for 补偿;弥补/compensate for 2

Hard work can often make up for a lack of intelligence. 苦干常常可以弥补智力的不足。 6. may/might as well 134倒不如;不妨 You may as well tell him the truth.你倒不如把真相告诉他。

7. owe to 把…归功于;把…归因于/ascribe to, attribute to, credit to She owes her success to good luck.她认为自己的成功是因为运气好。

8. pant for渴望/ aspire after, die/long/wish/yearn for, 141 set one’s heart on She was panting for a chance to go to college.他渴望有上大学的机会。

9. persist in 坚持;固执地继续做/keep at, stick at 144 He persisted in carrying on the work in spite of his failing health. 他不顾体力衰退,坚持继续工作。 10. play a part in 147在…中扮演角色;参与;在…中起作用 Luck played a part in his success. 他的成功有运气的成分。 11. poke fun at/ make fun of 149拿…开玩笑,取笑 He enjoys poking fun at others. 他好开别人的玩笑。 12. play up 148强调;夸大;渲染 She played up her past achievements just to impress us. 她夸耀过去的成绩就是为了让我们觉得她了不起。 3

13. prefer to 150愿意(喜欢)…而不愿意(或不喜欢) (1)At this time of day, I prefer coffee to tea. 在一天的这个时候,我喜欢喝咖啡,而不喜欢喝茶。 (2)I prefer walking to cycling.我愿意步行,而不愿意骑自行车。 14. prevail over 151战胜;胜过;压倒 =get the best of, get the better of Good will prevail over evil in the end.善良终将战胜邪恶。 15. Press on 150加紧进行;奋力前进;继续努力=push on/ 把…强加于 =impose on, inflict on (1) –You shouldn’t press your views on your students. 你不应该把自己的观点强加给学生。 (2)-Don’t be discouraged. Press on and hope for the best! 别沮丧。继续努力,要乐观! (3)We must press on with the project without wasting time. 我们要不失时机地抓紧进行这项工程。

16. Pull through 153(使)渡过难关;使恢复健康 (1)The company were in great difficulties, but the money from the bank pulled them through. 这家公司遇到了很大困难,但是从银行借的这笔钱帮助他们渡过了难关。 (2)He’s very ill, but with careful nursing he’ll pull through.

他病得很厉害,但只要细心照料,他会恢复健康的。 4

(3)All the energies of the government will be needed to pull the country through the present difficulties.政府需要作出一切努力才能使这个国家渡过目前的难关。(carry/bring/get/come /live through) 17. Put into practice 156实行;实施 =bring/carry into effect –bring/put into operation . It is one thing to have theories, and another to put them into practice. 拥有理论是一回事,将理论付诸实施是另一回事。 18. React against 160 反抗,反对 =object to, side against, side with, stand by, stand out against Children sometimes react against the things their parents believe in. 儿童有时反对父母所信奉的东西。 19. Range over 160 论及;涉及 deal with, touch on/upon , treat of Our conversation ranged over many topics. 我们的谈话涉及了许多问题。

20. (1)Reckon with考虑到,估计到/ 161 =allow for, take account of, take into consideration/account (2)处理;对付;克服 attend to, cope with, deal with – She has to reckon with this kind of complaint all day long. 她不得不整天处理这类投诉。 21. Reckon on(upon) 161指望;盼望 =count on/upon, depend on/upon, rely on/upon, rest on/upon, trust to 5

-We’re reckoning on moving house in May. 我们指望着5月搬家。 Can I reckon on you to help? 你能帮助我吗? 22. Result from 起因于,由于=arise/stem/originate from 165 result in 导致;结果是= bring about /forth/on, give rise to, lead to, culminate/end in , give birth to His death resulted from an overdose of drugs.他的死因是用药过量。

The game resulted in another victory for our team. 比赛的结果是我们队又赢得一场胜利。 23. Run across 167碰见;撞见 bump into, come across, meet with, run into, chance on/upon, stumble across/on/upon I ran across my old friend Jane in Paris last week. 上周我在巴黎遇见了我的老朋友简。 24. Run up against 169遭遇;遇到(困难、问题等) Come in for, come up against, meet with, run into We ran up against some unexpected difficulties. 我们遇到了一些意外的困难。

(1) Side against 181反对;跟…作对 = Object to, react against, stand out against; Why do u always side against me?为什么老是跟我作对? (2) side with 支持;站在…的一边=stand by Frank sided with David in the argument.弗兰克在辩论中长在戴维一边。