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TEXTA
be lost in / lose
oneself in:
be absorbed in; be fully occupied with
- He was lost in playing
computer games so he was unaware of my entering
the room.
- I had lost myself in
thought.
-
他忙于这项工作而对周围的一切都很漠然。
(He was lost to the world in this task.)
available:
adj.
1. able to be got, obtained, used, etc.
-
If
you
don’t
want to buy
a kite,
you
can make
your
own
using
directions
available
in
the book.
- We
have already used up all the available space.
-
对不起
,
这种外套没有你要的颜色和尺码。(I’m sorry. Those overcoats are not available in your
color and size. )
2. able to
be visited or seen; not too busy
-
律师现在没空。
(The lawyer is not available now.)
or something:
used when you are not very sure about what you have just said
- The air fare was a
hundred and ninety-nine pounds or something.
-
Here’s some money. Get yourself a sandwich or something.
NB:
同义的短语：
or something like that
go
ahead:
continue; begin (sometimes followed by
with + n.
)
-
The board of directors will vote today on whether
to go ahead with the plan.
- Henry
will be late but we will go ahead with the meeting
anyway.
estimate:
1.
vt.
form a
judgment about (a quantity or value)
-
Bill’s personal riches were estimated at $$368 million.
- I estimate that
the total cost for the treatment of the disease
will go from $$5,000 to $$8,000.
-
我估计她有
35
岁。
(I estimate her age at 35. )
2. n.
approximate calculation or judgment
made about a quantity or value
-
According to some estimates, the number of farms
has increased by 50 percent.
- My
estimate of her character was wrong.
CF: estimate, evaluate & value
这组词都有“估计”或“估价”的意思。
estimate
指先于实际的测量、
计算或测试而作 的某种估计或估价，
可以是经过仔细考虑，
也可以是随意的。
- He estimated he would do the hundred
miles by noon. (
他估计自已到中午时能走完这一百英里路。
)
- I asked three building firms to
estimate for the repairs to the house.
(
我请三个建筑公司
估计修缮房屋的费用。
)
evaluate
很少表示用金钱来估计某物的市场价值，而是对其相对或内在价值的评定。
- The research project has only been
under way for three
months, so it’s too early to evaluate
its success.
(
这个研究项目进行了不过三个月，所以要对它的效果作出评价为时尚早。
)
value
指估计某物的价值、价格。
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- He valued the house for me at
￡
3,500. (
他为我给这幢房子估价，价值
3,500
英镑。
)
Put into each
gap one of the above words. Change the form where
necessary.
1. How do teachers evaluate
their students’ work?
2.
It was estimated that there were more than
2,250,000 spiders in one acre of grass field.
3. They have gone to have their jewels
valued.
might / may (just)
as well:
If you say that you might / may (just) as well do sth., you mean
that
you will do it although you do not have a strong
desire to do it and may even feel slightly
reluctant about it.
-
Anyway, you’re here; you might as well stay.
- The post office is
rea
lly busy. We’ll have to queue for ages to get served. We might as well
go
home.
-
这道甜食我还是不吃了吧。
(I might as well give the sweet course a miss.)
not much of:
not a good …
-
天气不是很好。
(It is not much of a day. )
- Some people may think that doing
housework for others is not much of a career.
- He is not much of a father, but he is
an outstanding professor.
keep up:
continue without stopping
- They risk losing their
homes because they can no longer keep up the
repayments.
- I was so hungry all the
time that I could not keep the diet up for longer
than a month.
Collocation:
keep t
坚持；信守
keep up with
keep on
keep
off
keep out of
跟上；赶上
继续进行；反复地做
躲开；
（使）置身于…之外
避开；不让…接近
Put into
each gap one of the above phrases. Change the form
where necessary.
1. Keep off the
grass!
2. If this rain keeps up, the
garden will be ruined.
3. Try to keep
out of trouble.
4. Don’t run —
I can’t
keep up with you.
5. He just kept on writing, paying no
attention to the cry of the baby.
6.
He always keeps to his promises.
correspondence:
n.
1. the act of
writing, receiving or sending letters (often
followed by
with + n.
)
- His interest in writing came from a
long correspondence with a close college friend.
-
敌人空袭后通信中断了。(The correspondence dropped after the enemy’s air raid. )
2. the letters that sb. receives or
sends (used as an uncountable noun)
-
Mary really never mentions her step-mother in her
correspondence.
- The library bought
all the correspondence between Queen Victoria and
her daughters.
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carry
on correspondence
break off
correspondence
personal correspondence
in correspondence with
practically:
adv.
almost, but not
completely or exactly
-
她几乎每天上班迟到。(She’s practically always late for work. )
-
He’d known the old man for practically ten years.
- I know people who find it practically
impossible to give up smoking.
kind of / sort of:
(“kind of” esp. AmE, “sort of” esp. BrE) a little bit; in some way or
degree (used
before verb
or after a link
verb)
-
The boy’s description kind of gives us an idea of what’s happening.
-
She wasn’t beautiful. But she was kind of cute.
-
她有点希望能受到邀请。
(She kind of hoped to be invited. )
lose touch (with
sb.):
meet and contact sb. less and less often, gradually stop writing to,
telephoning, or visiting them
- I lost touch with my former
classmates after graduation.
- In my
job one tends to lose touch with friends.
a couple of:
a few; more than one but not many
-
Do you have a moment? There are a couple of things I’d like to talk to you about.
- They promised the students that they
would find a substitute teacher in a couple of
days.
on one’s
mind:
in one’s th
oughts; of concern to one (If sth. is on your mind, you are worried
or concerned about it and think
about it a lot.)
- Dealings on the
stock market have been on his mind all the time.
- This travel plan has been on my mind
all week.
- You are always on my mind.
keep in touch (with
sb.):
If you
keep
in
touch with someone, you
write to,
phone,
or visit
each
other regularly.
- The old
man kept in touch with his children while living
in a nursing home.
- While doing the
research work in the Antarctic, the professor kept
in touch with his students
via email.
Collocation:
stay in touch
with
get in touch with
come up:
1.
happen or occur, esp. unexpectedly
-
Sorry, I am late
—
something came up at home.
与…保持联系
与…取得联系
进行通信
中断通信
business /
commercial correspondence
商业书信
私人通信
与…有通信联系
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- Other projects came up and the
emphasis of my work changed.
2. be
mentioned or discussed
- The issue of
safety came up twice during the meeting.
- News about Project Hope has come up a
lot after the earthquake in various media.
Collocation:
come across
come along
come down
come over
偶遇，碰到
进展；出现
流传下来；落魄，失势
从远处来，过来；短暂造访
come
through
come up with
经历（困难）
，安然度过
想出（计划、答案、回答等）
Put
into each gap one of the phrases. Change the form
where necessary.
1. He couldn’t
come up with an appropriate answer just at the time.
2. How’s your work
coming along?
3. These legends
came down to us from the 15th century.
4. The old man was 90 years old and
lucky to come through his operation.
5. We’ve just
come across
an old friend we haven’t see
n for ages.
6. Come over and see us
sometime.
urge:
vt.
try very hard to
persuade
- They urged the local
government to approve plans for their reform
program.
- Sir Fred urged that Britain
(should) join the European Monetary System.
-
当老朋友布赖恩怂恿我接受一支香烟时，
我实在忍不 住了。
(When
my
old
friend
Brian
urged
me
to
accept
a cigarette, it was more
than I could bear. )
Pattern:
urge sb. to do sth.
urge + that-clause. (In the
that-
clause, “should” or the base form of a verb is used.)
postpone:
vt.
delay (usu. followed by
n. /
gerund
)
- The couple had
postponed having children to establish their
careers.
-
我们把比赛从
3
月
5
日推迟到
3
月
19
< p>日举行。(We
postponed
the
match
from
March
5th
to
March
19th.
)
CF: postpone & delay
这组词都有“延缓”或“耽搁”的意思。
postpone
指将某事推迟或耽搁延后进行，也可以用来比喻将某 人或某物置于次要地位。例如：
- The ball game
was postponed because of the rain.
(
球赛因雨延期。
)
- It is not
right for him to postpone the public interest.
(
他将公众利益放在后面是不对的。
)
delay
指由于干扰或意外事故而延误，特别是延误了某事的预期完成或某人某物的按时到达。有时也可能
是由于主观原因故意造成的拖延或耽搁。例如：
- The flood seriously delayed the train
service. (
洪水严重延误了铁路运输。
)
- Our debtor delays payment from day to
day. (
欠我们债的人一天又一天地拖延还款。
)
Put into each gap one of the above
words. Change the form where necessary.
1. The ship was delayed two hours.
2. We are postponing our trip until the
weather grows warmer.
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reference:
n.
1. the act of
talking about sb. / sth., or mentioning them (usu.
followed by
to
)
- It was strange that he made no
reference to any work experience in his resume.
- His recent book makes references to
the political events of those days.
2.
sth.
that
shows
you
where
else
to
look
for
information,
for
example
the
page
number
of
another
place in a book
- Make a
note of the reference number shown on the form.
3. the act of looking at sth. for
information
- Use the dictionary for
easy reference.
- Keep their price
list for further reference.
Collocation:
a reference
book
a reference library
for reference
reunion:
n.
a
party attended
by members of the same
family, school, or other group who
have not
seen each other for a
long time
- Before she went abroad for
further study, the whole family had a big family
reunion.
- The soccer club holds an
annual / a yearly reunion.
Collocation:
a class
reunion
hang out:
1. (infml; used mainly in
AmE
)
stay in or near a
place, for no particular reason, not doing very
much
- I often hung out in
coffee bars while I was unemployed.
-
We can just hang out and have a good time.
-
That’s the corner where all the kids hang out.
2. hang
clothes on a piece of string outside in order to
dry them
- I was worried that I had no
time to hang out my washing.
- What a
pain!
—
It’s raining and I’ve just hung the washing out.
Collocation:
hang about /
around
hang on
hang over
hang up
（在…）闲逛
（打电话时用语）不挂断；坚持下去
挂在…上；笼罩，威胁
挂断电话；搁置，拖延
毕业后的同班同学聚会
a family
reunion
家人团聚
参考书，工具书
（不外借书的）参考书阅览室
作参考
in / with reference
to
关于
Put into each gap
one of the above phrases. Change the form where
necessary.
1. I was so angry that I
hung up on her.
2. I’m afraid that the
line is busy. Would you like to
hang on?
3. The danger of war hung over Europe
for 21 years.
4. Don’t
hang about / around. We have a train to catch!
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