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Unit 2 Book 1
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.
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.
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。
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。
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 really 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.
keep to
坚持；信守
keep up with
跟上；赶上
keep on
继续进行；反复地做
keep out of
躲开；
（使）置身于?之外
keep off
避开；不让?接近
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.
carry on correspondence
进行通信
break off
correspondence
中断通信
business / commercial
correspondence
商业书信
personal
correspondence
私人通信
in correspondence with
与?有通信联系
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 on
e’s thoughts; 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.
stay in touch with
与?保持联系
get in
touch with
与?取得联系
come up:
1. happen or occur, esp. unexpectedly
Sorry, I am late
—
something came up at home.
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.
come across
偶遇，碰到
come along
进展；出现
come down
流传下来；落魄，失势
come
over
从远处来，过来；短暂造访
come
through
经历（困难）
，安然度过
come up with
想出（计划、答案、回答等）