例:Please switch off the ligth when you leave. 2.switch over to 变换到
例:Please switch over to channel 5. 3.switch on 把开关打开;接通
stand
1.stand by 袖手旁观
例:How can you stand by when he is in trouble. 2.stand no one 's own feet依靠自己,自主 3.stand by sb 支持某人 stand by sth 坚持某事 5.stand out 显眼 突出 6.stand for 代表,象征
例:The letters \7.cannot stand doing 不能忍受做某事(一般用在疑否句) 8.stand still 站着不动
speak
1.speak of/about大胆讲话;大声说出来
例:He dared to speak about his opinion at the meeting. Set
1.set aside(为某种目的)留出,节省;对?不予考虑 例:You'd better set aside some money for special use. Set aside my wishes in this matter.
2.set about doing sth.(=set to do sth/set out to do sth/get down to doing sth)开始??;着手??
例:We'll set about doing this next month. 3..set out/off出发;开始
例:We set out to work at five in the early morning and hoped to finish it before dark. 4.set off引爆
例:Polonium is used to set of a nuclear bumb. 5.set up建立;树立;设立,创建
例:Many new buildings have been set up in this area in the past ten years. 6.set sb.free释放
例:In the end all slaves were set free. 7.set fire to/set?on fire放火烧??
例:The man who set fire to the building was arrested. 8.set in 以?为背景,故事发生在
例:The film was set in California in the middle of the nineteenth century. 9.set an example to树立榜样
例:His courage set an example to us. Send
1.send for找人来,找计程车,叫救护车,请医生来
例:The police were sent for as soon as the accident took place. 2.send
致、送Your sister sends you greetings and ask when you will be in London. (跟符合结构,使变得)That noise will send me mad. 3.send up发射
例:A number of man-made satellites have been sent up into space in the past few years. 4.send off寄出,派遣;给??送行
例:Many of his friends sent him off at the airport. (see him off) 5.send in寄送某处进行处理 、
例:He sent in 3 drawings for the competition. 6.sent ?to sleep
例:We've just sent her to sleep.
Show
1.show播出、展示、放映;把?拿给人看
例:He told the BBC that he wanted 17 hours of nonstop TV time so that both concerts could be shown on television.
Please show me the book. 2.show ?to? 带某人到某处
例:Come along .I'll show you to your room myself. 3.show off炫耀
例:Many children showed off in front of visitors. 4.show sb.in领某人进来
例:The man in charge of the shop came up to show us in. 5.show sb.out领某人出去 例:Please show the lady out. 6.show sb.around领某人参观
例:We were showed around the new factory by the chief engineer.
strike 1.strike
袭击On Friday 16th October,1987,a hurricane struck the southeast of England. 打The boy struck the man with a stick. 击中,打中A stone struck me an the head.
擦然(火柴)I struck a match and held it to his cigarette.
(某种想法)忽然出现,忽然想起An idea suddenly struck me. (钟)敲响I left immediately the clock struck twelve.
罢工They are striking for higher pay.(=They are on strike for higher pay.) 2.be struck by给人印象深刻
例:He was struck by her beauty. T
Tell
1.tell A from B( =tell the difference between A and B)区分A和B,
例:Can you tell American English from British English﹖ 你能分辨出美国英语和英国英语吗?
I really can’t tell the differences between the Maori and American Indians我真的分不清毛利人和印第安人。 Try
1.try on试穿
例:He is trying on a new suit. 2.try out试用;“试验或试用”某种机器、理论或方法 例:Any TV set must be tried out before it leaves the factory. 3.try one’s best to do尽力去做?? 例:We all try our best to help others. 4. try to do努力做?? try doing尝试做?? Take
1.take up占用(时间;空间);从事;对?突然感兴趣;拿起;继续讲述 例:The piano takes up too much space in the room. When he left school he took up journalism. take up arms 拿起武器
The teacher took up the lesson where he left off yesterday. 2.take?out拿出去
例:We don’t allow taking books out of the reading room 3.take sides站在??一边
例:witzerland didn’t take sides in the First World War. 4.take place发生
例:The strike took place just before liberation. 5.take the place of代替
例:Now cotton can be taken the place of by many other materials. take one’s place就座;代替某人职位
例:They took their places before the meeting began. 6.take action/steps/measures采取行动 7.take it easy别着急
例:Take it easy.and you are not badly ill. take?seriously 认真对待? 8.take off脱掉;起飞;成功 例:The plane takes off at eight.
They not just made progress but took off. 9.take part in参加
例:Martin Luther King took a leading part in the great march 10.take pride in以??而自豪
例:He took pride in being a student in Beijing University.
11.take away(from)拿走;使停留,使离开
例:The child was taken away from school,not allowed to at. 12.take in欺骗;吸收;(衣服)改小 例:The pretty girl took in my feeling. You’d better take in some fruits. 13.take on从事;呈现(品质、面貌);雇用 例:I'll take on the work.
The Great Wall has taken on a new look since the liberation. Is the supermarket taking on any more assistants?
14.take over接管
例:The new headmaster took over yesterday. He is taking over my job while I'm on holiday. 15.take ?by surprise 突然袭击
例:He led the ships down the river to a place where the British army could land safely and take the enemy by surprise . 16.take back 收回
例:I take back what I said.
17.take the trouble to do 不辞辛劳做??
例:She had taken the trouble to buy the books for me. Turn
1.turn up出现;开大(音量);到达,发生
例:He didn’t turn up until two o'clock yesterday afternoon 2.turn against背叛
She will never turn against her country
3.turn on旋开(电灯等);对?感兴趣 例:Turn on TV please.
Mozart's music always turn me on. 4.turn off关上(电灯等)
Please turn off the light before you 1eave. 5.turn down开小(音量);拒绝接受
例:Would you mind turning down the radio?
He was poor but proud and turned down every offer of help. 6.turn over 翻转 ; 移交,交给;翻页
例:It is spring now,and peasants are turning over the fields Bob turns over most of the money he earns to his mother. Please turn over this page. 7.turn in交出,交;上床睡觉
例:Jane turned in the wallet found at the school gate. The campers usually turn in as soon as it got dark. 8.turn to找某人寻求帮助;查字典
They always turn to me when they are in trouble. Turn to the dictionary if you can't spell the word. 9.turn into变成
例:It turned into a nice day.
10.turn out(to be)结果是/关掉/查明 例:The examination turnd out (to be) easy.
Do you think the crops will turn out well this year?
The day turn out fine. 11.turn away转身不看,撵走
例:Because the hall was full ,many people were turned away. 12.turn a blind eye to /on 视而不见 turn a deaf ear to /on 充耳不闻 13.turn about 向后转 14.turn back 回来,返回
15.by turns 轮流(=take turns) in turn 一个挨一个,反过来 talk
talk to/with sb.和某人谈话
例:The woman I talked to just now is in charge of the office.
Think
1.think of 想起,认为
例:Last night,before I went to bed,I thought of my parents.昨晚我睡觉前,想起了我的父母。
What do you think of that book?你认为那本书怎么样? 2.think about 考虑,思考
例:Think about what you have done!想想你所做的这一切吧! 3.think over仔细考虑,认真思考
例:Before you answer this question,think it over.在回答这个问题之前,请认真考虑一下。 W work
1.work on从事,创作,进行
例: Miss Liu is working on a new book.刘老师正在写一部新书。 We'll work on till midnight.我们将继续工作到午夜。 2.work at致力于,从事于,研究,学习
例:Mr.Zhang is working at a new invention.张先生正从事于一项新的发明。 3.work out制定,拟定定出;算出,计算出;弄懂;判断,说出 例:We must work out a plan as quickly as we can. Wait
1.wait for等待
例:Hurry up! They must be waiting for us. 2.wait on服侍;伺候
例:Mrs.Smith waited on her husband from morning till night