bring on phr v (=to make something happen, usually something bad)v.引起,导致,带来 bring on phr v (=to help someone to improve or make progress)v.助长,促进(某人) bring out phr v (=to make something easier to see, taste, notice etc)v.使?显现出来 bring out phr v (=to produce something that will be sold to the public)v.生产(所售之物) bring sb out of himself/herself phr v (=to make someone feel more confident and able to talk to
people)v.使(某人)变得自信,并敢于同别人谈话
bring sb through sth phr v (=to help someone to successfully deal with a very difficult event or
period of time)v.帮助(某人)度过难关或艰难时期
bring sb to phr v (=to make someone become conscious again after being unconscious)v.使
(某人)恢复知觉
bring up phr v (=to mention a subject or start to talk about it)v.提出,提及(某个讨论的话题) bring sb up to do sth phr v (=to look after and influence a child until he or she is grown up
[= raise])v.养育,教养
bristle with phr v (=to have a lot of something or be full of something)v.密集,充满,被布满 brush sb/sth aside phr v (=to refuse to listen to someone, or refuse to consider something
seriously because you feel that it is not important)v.不听(某人的话),拒绝考虑(某事)
brush off phr v (=to remove dust or dirt from someone or something by using your hands or a
brush)v.除去(灰尘、污垢等)
brush off phr v (=to refuse to listen to someone or their ideas, especially by ignoring them or
saying something rude)v.拒绝听取(别人的意见),不理睬
brush up phr v (=to practise and improve your skills or your knowledge of something that you
learned in the past)v.重温,再练,改进
buck (sb) up phr v (=to become more cheerful or more positive or to make someone more
cheerful or more positive)v.振奋,振作起来,打起精神;使(某人)振作
buck your ideas up idm (=used to tell someone to improve their behaviouror attitude)v.让(某
人)积极对待,打起精神
buckle down (to sth) idm (=to start working very hard)v.倾全力,开始努力从事(某事) build in/into phr v (=to make something so that it is a permanent part of a wall, room etc)v.使
成为固定物,使成为永久的组成部分
build into phr v (=to make something a permanent part of a system, agreement etc)v.把?永
久性纳入?
build sth on/upon sth phr v (=to base something on an idea or thing)v.把?基于?之上 build on sth phr v (=to use your achievements as a base for further development)v.以?为根
基进一步发展
build up phr v (=to increase or become larger or stronger, or to cause someone or something
to do this)v.增加,增强,增多;促进,增进
build sb/sth up phr v (= to praise someone or something so that other people think they are
really good or so that they have more confidence)v.表扬,称赞
build up to sth phr v (= to prepare for a particular moment or event)v.为?作准备
in bulk idm (=if you buy goods in bulk, you buy large amounts each time you buy them)ad.大
量,大批
bump into sb phr v (=to meet someone who you know when you were not expecting to [= run
into])v.偶然遇到,碰到(某人)
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bundle up/bundle together phr v (=to make a bundle by tying things together)v.把?捆扎起来 bundle up phr v (=to put warm clothes on someone or yourself because it is cold)v.穿暖和,
使?穿暖和
do a bunk phr v (=to suddenly leave a place without telling anyone)v.不辞而别,匆忙离去 bunk off phr v (=to stay away from school or work or to leave early, especially without
permission)v.旷课,旷工
bunk off phr v (=to sleep somewhere, especially in someone else's house)v.睡(在某处) burn down phr v (=if a building burns down or is burned down, it is destroyed by fire)v.烧毁 burn down phr v (=if a fire burns down, the flames become weaker and it produces less
heat)v.(火势)减弱
burn out/burns itself out phr v (=if a fire burns out or burns itself out, it stops burning because
there is no coal, wood etc left)v.熄灭,烧完了
be burnt out idm (=if a building or vehicle is burnt out, the inside of it is destroyed by fire)a.(建
筑物汽车等)内部被烧毁的
burn out/burn herself out phr v (=to work so hard over a period of time that you become
unable to continue working because you are tired, ill, or unable to think of any new ideas)v.累坏了,筋疲力尽了
burn up phr v (=if something burns up or is burnt up, it is completely destroyed by fire or
heat)v.烧毁,烧掉
burn sb up phr v (=to make someone very angry)v.激怒,使大怒
burst in on sb/sth phr v (=to enter a room suddenly and without warning, interrupting the
people or activity inside)v.突然闯入而打断
burst in/into phr v (=to enter a room or building suddenly and without warning)v.闯入 burst into song/tears/laughter etc phr v (=to suddenly begin to make a sound, especially to start
singing, crying, or laughing)v.突然开始?起来
burst out laughing/crying/singing etc phr v (=to suddenly start to laugh, cry etc)v.突然开始 burst out phr v (= to suddenly say something in a forceful way)v.突然非常大声地说
beat around/about the bush idm (=to avoid talking about what is important)v.拐弯抹角地说,绕
圈子
get down to business idm (=to start dealing with the matter that needs to be deal with, or doing
the work that needs to be done)v.开始着手处理,开始做事
(go) out of business idm (=if a company goes out of business, or something puts it out of
business, it stops operating, especially because of financial problems)v.(因资金问题而)停业,歇业
have no business doing sth/have no business to do sth idm (=to do something you should not be
doing)aux.v.不应该(做某事)
have no business doing sth/have no business to do sth idm (=to have no right to do something)v.
无权(做某事)
be in business idm (=to be involved in business activities)v.经商,做生意
be in business idm (=to be ready and able to start doing something that you planned)v.万事俱
备,做好了一切准备工作
mind your own business idm (=used to tell someone in a rude way that you do not want them
to ask about something private)v.少管闲事
on business idm (=for your work)ad.因公,因事
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mean business idm (=to want very much to achieve something, even if other people disagree
with you)v.当回事的,是认真的
but for idm (=used when you are saying that something would have happened if something
or someone else had not prevented it)prep.假如没有,要不是
but for sb/sth idm (=except for something or someone)prep.除了?之外(都)
can not but idm (=used to say that someone has to do something or cannot stop themselves
from doing it)aux.v.不得不(做某事),禁不住(要做某事)
butt in idm (=to interrupt a conversation rudely or to become involved in a private situation
that does not concern you)v.插嘴,插手,干涉
on the button idm (=exactly right, or at exactly the right time)ad.准确地,准时地
buy off phr v (=to pay someone money to stop them causing trouble or threatening you)v.收
买,贿赂,出钱摆脱(某种麻烦)
buy out phr v (=to buy someone's share of a business or property that you previously owned
together, so that you have complete control)v.买下?的所有股份,控股
by and by idm (=after a short period)ad.不久,没多长时间后
by and large idm (=used when making a general statement)ad.大体上来看,总的来说 by the by idm (=used when mentioning something that may be interesting but is not
particularly important)ad.顺便提一句
a piece of cake idm (=something which is very easy to do)n.容易的事,小菜一碟
call sb back phr v (=to telephone someone again, or to telephone someone who called you
earlier)v.再次打电话给(某人),回电话给(某人)
call back to do sth phr v (=to return to a place in order to see someone or collect something)v.
返回某地
call for sth phr v (=if a group of people calls for something, they ask publicly for something to
be done)v.为?呐喊,呼吁,强烈要求
call for sth phr v (=to need or deserve a particular action, remark or quality)v.应有,需要 call for sb phr v (=to meet someone at their home in order to take them somewhere)v.(到某
人家)接(某人)
call in phr v (=to ask someone to come to help in a difficult situation)v.请或叫?来帮忙 call in on/at phr v (=to visit a person or place while you are on your way to somewhere else)v.
顺路拜访
call off phr v (=to decide that a planned event will not take place or to officially decide that
something should be stopped after it has already started)v.取消,停止进行
call on/upon to do sth phr v (=to formally ask someone to do something)v.号召,呼吁,要求 call on/upon phr v (=to visit someone for a short time)v.短暂拜访,看望 call up phr v (= to telephone someone)v.给(某人)打电话
call up phr v (=to order someone to join a military organization or to ask someone to join an
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Cc
official, especially national, team)v.命令?服役(兵役等)
call up phr v (=to find and show information on a computer screen)v.在电脑上查找
call up phr v (=to bring sth back to your mind or to make you remember and think about sth)v.
使回忆起,使想起
be capable of (doing sth) idm (=having the ability, power or qualities to be able to do
something)a.有(某种)能力的,有(做某事)能力的
care for phr v (=to look after someone who is not able to look after themselves)v.照顾,照看 care for phr v (=to like or love sb or sth)v.喜欢,爱
take care phr v (=spoken used when saying goodbye to family and friends)v.再见 take care phr v (=to be careful)v.当心,小心
take care of phr v (=to look after someone or something)v.照顾,照料,照看
take care of phr v (=to deal with all the necessary work, arrangements etc)v.处理,做完 carry sth forward phr v (=to succeed in making progress with something)v.推进,推动?发展 carry off phr v (=to succeed in doing or achieving something difficult)v.(在某事上)做得很成
功;成功地完成(困难的事情)
carry off phr v (=to win a prize)v.赢得,获得(某个奖项) carry off phr v (=to cause the death of)v.造成?死亡 carry on phr v (=to continue doing something)v.继续进行
carry out phr v (=to do something that needs to be organized and planned)v.有计划地做(某
事)
carry out phr v (=to do something that you have said you will do or that someone has asked
you to do)v.实施,落实;履行,执行
carry over phr v (=if something is carried over into a new situation, it continues to exist in the
new situation)v.继续存在,持续下去
carry over phr v (=to delay sth until a later time)v.延迟,延期
carry through phr v (=to complete or finish something successfully, in spite of difficulties)v.实
现,完成
carry sb through (sth) phr v (=to help someone be able to deal with a difficult situation)v.帮助
(某人)度过难关
carve out (for yourself) phr v (=to succeed in getting the job, position, life etc that you want)v.
成功地获得了(你想要的工作、职位、生活等)
carve up phr v (=to divide land, a company etc into smaller parts and share it between people
- used especially to show disapproval)v.分割,瓜分
carve up phr v (=to drive past a car and then suddenly move in front of it so that you are too
close)v.超车抢道
a case in point idm (=an example which shows that what you are saying is true or helps to
explain why you are saying it)v.有关的事例,例证
in any case idm (=whatever happens or happened)ad.无论如何,不管怎样
in case idm (=as a way of being safe from something that might happen or might be true)conj.
以防,万一
in case of sth idm (=used to describe what you should do in a particular situation, especially
on official notices)prep.如果发生,假如
in no case conj.无论如何不,决不 cash down v.用现金支付
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cash in (on sth) phr v (=to get money or another advantage from an event or situation, often in
an unfair way)v.从?中牟利,从?捞好处
cast about/around (for) phr v (=to look around for something)v.到处寻找
cast aside/off phr v (=to remove or get rid of someone or something because you no longer
want or need them)v.把?丢在一边,除去(你不再需要的人或物)
cast off phr v (=to untie the rope that fastens your boat to the shore so that you can sail
away)v.解缆出航,解(船)
cast off phr v (=to get rid of sth bad or sth that you do not like)v.丢弃,摆脱
cast off phr v (=to finish a piece of knitting by removing the stitches from the needle to make
an edge that will not come undone)v.收针,缝完
cast out phr v (=to force someone or something to leave a place)v.驱除,赶走,驱逐 catch at phr v (=to try to take hold of something)v.试图抓住 catch on phr v (=to become popular and fashionable)a.流行起来
catch on phr v (=to begin to understand or realize something)v.开始理解,懂得 catch out phr v (=to detect in error or wrongdoing)v.发觉?有错误(或做坏事)
catch out phr v (=to make someone make a mistake, especially deliberately and in order to
prove that they are lying)v.刁难,拆穿
catch out phr v (=if something unexpected catches you out, it puts you in a difficult situation
because you were not expecting it or not fully prepared for it)v.(未料到的事)使?处于困难境界,棘手
catch up (with sb/sth) phr v (=to reach sb/sth in front of you by going faster than them)v.追上,
赶上
catch up phr v (=to do something you did not have time to do earlier)v.赶做(某事)
catch up with sb phr v (=If something bad that you have done or that has been happening to
you catches up with you, it begins to cause problems for you)v.对?产生恶果,罪有应得
catch up with sb phr v (=to finally find someone who has been doing something illegal and
punish them)v.终于查到(某人)头上
per cent idm (=one part in every hundred)n.百分之 per cent idm (=by in or for every hundred)ad.每一百中 a/one hundred per cent idm (=completely)ad.完全地
for certain idm (=without doubt [= for sure])ad.毫无疑问地,肯定地,确实地 by chance idm (=in the haphazard course of events)ad.偶然,碰巧
by any chance idm (=spoken used to ask politely whether something is true)ad.(用于疑问句,
表示有礼貌的惊奇)真正地,确实地
chance on/upon/across sb/sth idm (=to find something or meet someone when you are not
expecting to)v.偶然间找到(某物),偶然间(碰见)
stand/have a chance (of sth/of doing sth) idm (=if someone or something stands a chance of
doing something, it is possible that they will succeed)v.有?的希望,有?的机会,有?的可能
take a chance idm (=take a chance to do something that involves risks)v.冒险,碰运气 in character idm (=in accord with a person's usual qualities or traits)ad.(与某人个性)相符 out of character idm (=not in accord with a person's usual qualities or traits)ad.(与某人个性)
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