2017考研：英语高频短语（29）

1. turn down

拒绝；减少，关小；驳回；顶回去；

[例句]Before this I'd have smiled and turned her down.

在这之前，我本该笑着拒绝她。

2. turn off

（把…）关掉；完成；解雇；转向；

[例句]The truck turned off the main road along the gravelly track which led to the farm.

卡车驶离大路，沿着通向农场的碎石小道行进。

3. turn on

打开（水、电视、收音机、灯、煤气等）；（使）感兴趣；（使）兴奋；发动；

[例句]I want to turn on the television.

我想开电视。

4. turn out

关掉；结果是；制造；出席；

[例句]If I had known my life was going to turn out like this, I would have let them kill me.

如果我早知道自己的人生结局会是如此，我当时宁愿让他们杀了我。

5. turn over

移交；（使）翻转；变换（电视频道）；仔细考虑；

[例句]Liz picked up the blue envelope and turned it over curiously.

莉兹拿起蓝色信封，好奇地翻过来看。

6. use up

用完，耗尽；用光；

[例句]We finally use up all of these.

我们终于用完了所有的这些东西。

7. warm up

使热；变热；（使）更活跃；（使）作准备活动；

[例句]In an hour the drivers will be warming up for the main event.

一个小时后车手们将做好准备参加这项重要的赛事。

8. wear off

磨损；磨掉；逐渐减弱；逐渐消失；

[例句]For many the philosophy was merely a fashion, and the novelty soon wore off.

对许多人来说哲学只是一种时髦罢了，不久就没新鲜感了。

9. wear out

穿破；用坏；（使）筋疲力尽；耗尽；

[例句]Every time she consulted her watch, she wondered if the batteries were wearing out.

每次她看手表，都会怀疑是不是电池没电了。

10. while away

消磨；

[例句]Miss Bennett whiled away the hours playing old films on her video-recorder.

贝内特小姐用录像机播放老电影来消磨时间。

11. wipe out

擦去，抹去；消灭，毁灭；

[例句]The spill could wipe out the Gulf's turtle population.

这次原油泄漏可能会使波斯湾的海龟灭绝。

12. work out

解决；作出；锻炼；了解某人的本质；

[例句]Negotiators are due to meet later today to work out a compromise.

谈判人员定于今天晚些时候进行会谈，商定一个折中方案。

13. devote to

把…专用于，完全用于（某事或做某事）；致力于…；倾注；

[例句]This is worth all the time and money I devote to learning and practice.

从这点看，我花在学习和联系上的时间和金钱还是值得的。

14. engage in

经营；参加，从事，忙于；

[例句]Industry leaders want scientists to engage in fundamental research, not applied research.

行业领袖希望科学家从事基础性研究，而非应用性研究。

15. feel like

摸起来像是…，有…的感觉；想要…；

[例句]Sometimes I feel like I'm living with a stranger.

有时我觉得自己和一个陌生人生活在一起。

16. insist on

坚决地宣告；督促；坚持，强调；

[例句]We'll insist on discussing this issue.

我们将抓住这个问题不放。

17. keep from

阻止；隐瞒；免于；忍住；

[例句]He had to lean on Dan to keep from falling.

他不得不靠在丹身上以免摔倒。

18. keep on

继续雇用；继续前进；继续穿着；重复；

[例句]Sometimes they keep you on a bit longer if there's no one quite ready to step into your shoes.

有时如果没有顶替你的合适人选，他们会继续雇用你一段时间。