2017考研:英语高频短语(32)
1. let go
放手;松手;放开,释放,发射;
[例句]Hold tight. I'm going to let go.
你抓紧,我要放手了。
2. live up to
不辜负;履行;达到高标准;实行;
[例句]Sales have not lived up to expectations this year.
今年的销售额不尽如人意。
3. look down on
轻视;俯瞰(某处);看不起(某人);
[例句]I wasn't successful, so they looked down on me.
我一无所成,所以他们瞧不起我。
4. look up to
抬头看(某人或某物),尊重[敬仰](某人);企慕;瞧得起;仰慕;
[例句]You're a popular girl, Grace, and a lot of the younger ones look up to you.
你很受大家欢迎,格雷丝,很多比你小的女孩子都很崇拜你。
5. be made up of
由…组成;
[例句]I want my staff to be made up of excellent workers.
我希望我的员工都非常出色。
6. make up for
补偿,弥补;
[例句]Ask for an extra compensation payment to make up for the stress you have been caused.
为补偿你为此承受的压力,你要申请额外的补偿金。
7. never mind
没关系,不用担心;(用于安慰)没关系,不用担心;更不用说;
[例句]I think it's going to cause chaos personally but never mind.
我个人认为它会引起混乱,但是没关系。
8. put in for
申请;推荐;
[例句]I decided to put in for a job as deputy secretary.
我决定申请副书记一职。
9. put up with
将就;忍受,容忍;容受;忍得住;
[例句]They had put up with behaviour from their son which they would not have tolerated from anyone else.
他们容忍了儿子的行为,如果换作别人他们可做不到。
10. run out of
用完;耗尽;从…跑出;
[例句]They have run out of ideas.
他们已经想不出任何办法了。
11. serve right
活该,给应得的待遇;
[例句]What snack can you serve right away?
你有什么小菜可以马上供应的?
12. set out to
打算,着手;
[例句]The shepherd set out to look for the sheep that had wandered (away).
牧羊人出发去找走失的羊。
13. stand up for
支持,坚持;
[例句]They stood up for what they believed to be right.
他们坚决捍卫自己认为是对的事。
14. stand up to
顶住;对抗,勇敢地面对;抵抗;
[例句]Is this building going to stand up to the strongest gales?
这座楼能经得住最强劲的大风吗?
15. stay by
<美口>呆在…的旁边,留在…旁边;
[例句]But you have stay by my side, night and day.
但你要留在我的身边,无论白天和黑夜。
16. take as
把…看作是…,把…当作是…;看做;
[例句]Take as long as you like, dear boy.
小伙子,随你花多长时间都行。
17. think of as
把…看作;
[例句]I like to think of myself as a free spirit.
我愿意把自己看成是个无拘无束的人。
18. think better of
转念;重新考虑决定不做,较高评价,认真考虑;
[例句]It might help people think better of him.
这可能会让人们对他的印象好点。
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