2017考研：英语高频短语（30）

1. look forward to

期望，盼望；瞩望；属望；

[例句]He was looking forward to working with the new Prime Minister.

他期待着与新首相共事。

2. persist in

坚持；坚决做...；

[例句]He persisted in carrying on the experiment in spite of all kinds of setbacks.

尽管遇到很多挫折，他仍坚持做实验。

3. prevent from

预防，防止；

[例句]Active cure of swoon patients was important to prevent from complications.

积极救治晕厥患者，对预防并发症有重要意义。

4. set about

开始做（某事）；攻击；抨击（某人）；<非正>散布（谣言）；

[例句]He has set about carving up the company which Hammer created from almost nothing.

他已经开始动手拆分这家几乎是哈默白手起家创办的公司。

5. succeed in

在…（如某行业）中获得成功；

[例句]There can be no doubt that you will succeed in your scientific research.

毫无疑问你在科研方面会取得成功。

6. add up to

总计达；<口>等于；意味着；总起来说；

[例句]For a hit show, profits can add up to millions of dollars.

一场热门演出的利润可达数百万美元。

7. make believe

假装；装假；

[例句]Many adults feel excluded from worlds of magic, play and make believe.

一些成年人觉得自己已经脱离了神奇和玩耍的世界。

8. break away

突然离开；突然挣脱；与…决裂；从…退出；

[例句]I broke away from him and rushed out into the hall.

我挣脱了他，冲进了大厅。

9. catch up with

赶上；追上；和…算旧账；使…最终尝到苦果；

[例句]The law caught up with him yesterday.

昨天，他被捉拿归案。

10. come true

应验；实现，成真；

[例句]You can make that dream come true.

你可以让那个梦想实现。

11. come up to

达到；将近；来到近旁；比得上；

[例句]It's just coming up to ten minutes past eleven now.

现在才将近11点10分。

12. come up with

想出；提出；追赶上；设法拿出；

[例句]Several of the members have come up with suggestions of their own.

有几位成员提出了自己的建议。

13. concern with

与…有关；关心…；

[例句]They have no concern with the dispute.

他们和那纷争没有关系。

14. do away with

废除，消灭，去掉；涤除；搞掉；

[例句]The long-range goal must be to do away with nuclear weapons altogether.

远期目标必须是将核武器尽数销毁。

15. fall back on

求助于，依赖，转而依靠；

[例句]Unable to defeat him by logical discussion, she fell back on her old habit of criticizing his speech.

由于在条理上说不过他，她便转而重施故技，抓住他的演讲不放。

16. fall in with

符合；同意；交友；碰到；

[例句]Carmen's reluctance to fall in with Driver's plans led to trouble.

卡门不愿接受德赖弗的计划，由此引来了麻烦。

17. be fed up with

饱受，厌烦；

[例句]Little by little, I began to be fed up with examinations.

渐渐地，我开始厌烦起考试来。

18. get along with

进展；与…和睦相处；

[例句]I like to think I'm relatively easy to get along with.

我愿意认为自己相对比较容易相处。