2017考研：英语高频短语（10）

1. at heart

内心里；本质上；关心；想到；

[例句]He always has the well-being of the masses at heart.

他总是把群众的疾苦挂在心上。

2. by heart

凭记性；

[例句]Mack knew this passage by heart.

麦克会背这一段。

3. at home

在家；在国内；在家接待客人；精通；

[例句]I was at home on furlough.

我正休假在家。

4. in honor of

为了向…表示敬意；

[例句]They erected a memorial in honor of the martyrs.

他们为烈士建了纪念碑。

5. in a hurry

立刻；迅速地；急切；乐意地；

[例句]Eric left the barge in a hurry.

埃里克匆忙离开了驳船。

6. for instance

例如，比如；拿... 来说；

[例句]There are jobs more dangerous than truck driving； for instance, training lions.

有的工作比驾驶卡车更危险，例如驯狮。

7. at intervals

不时，相隔一定距离；

[例句]At intervals there were red warning lights.

红色警示灯一明一灭地闪着。

8. in the least

丝毫；一点；

[例句]I don't think you need to worry in the least.

我看你一点也不用着急。

9. at length

终于；最后；充分地；详尽地；

[例句]At length my father went into the house.

我父亲最后还是进了屋。

10. in the light of

本着；鉴于，由于，按照；比照；依；

[例句]In the light of your remarks, we rejected her offer.

鉴于你的评语，我们拒绝了她的提议。

11. in line

一致；成一直线；协调；有秩序；

[例句]I had been standing in line for three hours.

我已经排了3个小时的队。

12. in line with

本着；跟…一致，符合；

[例句]The new proposal is in line with our general line.

新建议和我们总的原则是一致的。

13. at a loss

亏本；不知所措；困惑；神思恍惚；

[例句]I was at a loss for what to do next

下一步该怎么做，我完全没谱。

14. by all means

当然可以；一定，务必；只管；百般；

[例句]Do it, by all means, but strictly on the quiet.

这件事一定要干，不过要严守秘密。

15. by means of

用，依靠；将；借助于；

[例句]The drawing is transferred onto the wood by means of carbon paper.

这幅画是通过复写纸印到木头上的。

16. by no means

决不；并不；绝不，一点也不；

[例句]I am by no means an unsociable person.

我绝对不是一个不合群的人。

17. in memory of

作为对某人的纪念；

[例句]A prayer vigil is being held in the cathedral in memory of the bishop

为了纪念这位主教，教堂里正在举行守夜祈祷。

18. at the mercy of

任…摆布，在…前毫无办法；

[例句]Ordinary people are at the mercy of faceless bureaucrats.

普通人的命运任凭那些平庸刻板的官僚们摆布。

19. by mistake

错误地；

[例句]He has been arrested by mistake.

警方误抓了他。

20. at the moment

当时；此刻，现在，目前；

[例句]I remember now. He arrived just at the moment it happened

现在我想起来了，他恰恰在事情发生的时候到了。