自考《高级英语》重要词组总汇

In return

作为（对某物）的付款或回报

What do we give them in return.

Conceive of

想像、认为

I laughed to myself at the men and the ladies. Who never conceived

of us billion-dollar Babies

（俚语：人）。

对于那些认为我们从不会成为腰缠万贯的巨富的先生和女士们 ，

我们总是暗

自嘲笑他们。

Scores of

很多

Scores of young people.

Strike sb. as

…

给某人留下印象

These conclusion strike me as reasonable.

我认为他们的话是合情合理的

Drop out

脱离传统社会

Ever since

自从

In hopes of

怀着…希望

Every

since

civilization

began

，

certain

individuals

（人）

have

tried

to run away from it in hopes of finding a simpler

，

more pastoral

，

and

more peaceful life

Support oneself

自食其力

Run out of

没有，用完，耗尽

Our

planet

is

running

out

of

noble

savages

and

unsullied

landscapes.

我们地球上高尚的野蛮人和未玷污的地方越来越少

the other way < /p>

（

round

）

相反

come off

成功

These are the ones whose revolutions did not come off.

In need of

需要

It

dawns

on

a

familiar

，

workaday

place

，

still

in

need

of

groceries

and sewage disposal.

它洒在一个 司空见惯，

平凡庸碌的地方，

一个仍然无法摆脱食品杂货，

污水

处理的地方。

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In short supply

供应不足，短缺

Break down

瓦解，崩溃

Broke down our resolve.

丧失了我们的决心

Out of work

失业

dawn on sb.

逐渐明白

It

dawned

on

us rather

suddenly that the number of passengers on the

small spaceship we inhabit is doubling about every forty years.

Come down

from

…）

（

to

…）从一处来到另一处

Eat sth. up

吃光

In profusion

大量地

She had magnificent blonde hair

，

in profusion.

Take a shot

猜测

As a point of departure

起点

As

doctors

often

do

I

take

a

trial

shot

at

it

as

a

point

of

departure.

作为医生我经常根据猜测可能出现的总是进行提问

as yet

到现在为止

As yet

，

no man has set foot on Mars.

到目前为止还没有人登上火星。

Get somewhere

有进展，取得一些成就

If only

只要

If only they wouldn

‘

t use the word

“

hurt

”

I might be able to get

somewhere.

Up to sb.

取决于某人

So long as

只要

Fall in love with

爱上

After all

，

I had already fallen in love with the savage brat

，

the

parents were contemptible to me.

Let out

发出（叫喊）

She let out a scream of terror.

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她发出恐怖的叫喊。

Hold sb. down

控制住某人，压制某人

I tried to hold myself down but I couldn

‘

t.

Open up

张开

She open up for an instant but before I could see anything she came

down again and gripped the wooden blade between her molars.

Reduce sth. to

将…化为（变成）

She reduced spatula to splinters before I could get it out

Through with sb.

结束

We are going to through with this.

Go at sth.

努力做某事

He went at the job with a lot of energy.

他工作卖力

Tear sb/sth apart

严厉地批评…，彻底毁灭…

I could have torn the child apart in my own fury and enjoyed it.

Bred of

…

由…造成

But a blind fury

，

a feeling of adult shame

，

bred of a longing for

muscular release are the operative.

由于渴望释放男人的体力而产生的 不理智的愤怒，

和成年人的羞辱而使我继

续下去，坚持到底。< /p>

On the defensive

采取守势

She had been on the defensive before but now she attacked.

Fly at

冲上去攻击某人

Tried

to

get

off

her

father

‘

s

lap

and

fly

at

me

while

tears

of

defeat

blinded her eyes.

Come to light

为人所知

New evidence has recently come to light

At one

‘

s request

应某人之请求

An anonymous doctor claimed to have killed a 20-year-old cancer

patient at her own request.

Rumble on

继续下去

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This started a debate that will rumble on into the autumn.

Hardly any

几乎没有

Get sth. over with

把不得不做的事做完（表示一种耐烦）

She

‘

ll be glad to get the exam over with.

考试结束后她就高兴了。

Far gone

病重

The

injured

man

was

fairly

far

gone

by

the

time

the

ambulance

arrived.

Hold out

持续

How long can the distinction between killing and letting die hold

out

？

Stand to gain

以职谋权

A man stands to gain from the death of a certain child.

On request

一经要求

Only squeamishness demands a difference between passive and active

euthanasia on request

……

Intrude on

干涉，介入

It

is

not

clear

why

the

religious

objections

of

others

should

intrude

on his death.

Usher in

预示

By refusing to discuss euthanasia

，

they usher in something worse.

而拒绝讨论安乐死，将预示着更大的灾难。

Be supposed to

应该

Her role is supposed to be to vote the way her male chairman votes.

她们所做的也只是按照男主席的方式投一样的票。

Break out of

改变生活方式

Run for

…

seat

竞选…职位

When I tried to break out of that role in 1963 and run for the New

York State Assembly seat from brooklyn

‘

s Bedford [5bedfEd] [5bruklin]

Build up

捧某人

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Why invest time and effort to build the girl up

？

Drop out

退出

Have kids

生孩子

You know she

‘

ll only drop out of the game to have a couple of kids

just about the time we

’

re ready torun her for mayor.

All the time

一直

Be in for

就要体验到

I

‘

m just telling you that you are in for a disappointment.

Leave sth. along

不干涉

Why don

‘

t you just leave it alone now

？

Break in

插话

“

No

，

he isn

‘

t

，”

she broke in.

Let it go

不再（多说、多做）

I thought she was hinting at something but I let it go.

我想她是有所指，不过我没有理会。

Get into trouble

被捕、陷入困境

Even an experienced climber can get into trouble.

Get away

逃离

But Salina wouldn

‘

t let him get away so noncommittally.

Hide out

躲藏，到一个没有人能找得到的地方

The gangsters hid out in a remote cabin until it was safe to return

to the city.

暴徒们在一个偏僻的小屋中藏了起来，直到能够安全回城

Go for

想要取得

You think he might go for the scholarship

？

Check up

检查

Magpie

needs

some

relief

from

this

constant

surveillance

，

constant

checking up.

Just about

几乎

Just around

大约

Pick sb. up

逮捕某人

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They picked him up for breaking the condition of his parole.

Now and again

偶尔，不时

I like to go to the opera now and again.

Shake out

抖开、抖出

She had taken it out of its box that afternoon

，

shaken out the

moth-powder

，

given it a good brush.

Snap at

厉声地对某人说

How

sweet

it

was

to

see

them

snap

at

her

again

from

the

red

eiderdown.

Feel like

想要

Take sth. off

取掉

He sat on the bed to take his boots off.

Go on about

长时间谈论某事

I got tired of him going on about all his problems.

Keep sth. on

继续穿戴某物

You don

‘

t need to keep your hat on indoors.

在室内不必戴着帽子了。

Dress up

打扮

It was the old offer dressed up as something new.

Rush/come to the/sb

‘

s rescue

帮助某人

Carol's brother rushes to the rescue and sent her $$1000

Come along

出现

Run after

追逐某人

A beautiful woan came along and dropped her bunch of violets

，

and

a little boy ran after to hand them to her.

Flick sth away

（轻轻地）弹掉…

Flick the match away

Over and over < /p>

（

again

）

多次

Knock over sb

撞倒某人

Trot on

小跑而来

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Trot off

小跑而去

off

（

with sb

）

（对某人）不礼貌，不友好

He was a bit off with me this moring.

他今天早晨对我有些冷淡。

Get to know

认识

But then

不过，然而

Let alone

更不必说

Her

skin

was

a

rich

black

that

would

have

peeled

like

a

plum

if

snagged

，

but

then

no

one

would

have

thought

of

getting

close

enough

to

Mrs.

Flowers

to ruffle her dress

，

let alone snag her skin.

她的皮肤黝黑，

如果被尖锐的东西弄破，

就会像李子一样剥落下来，

然而从

来没有人会想到走近

Mrs.

Flowers

，

< br>去弄皱她的衣服，更不用说去碰她的皮肤

了。

Fresh in one

‘

s memory

记忆犹新

One summer afternoon

，

sweet-milk fresh in my memory

，

she stopped

at the Store to buy provisions.

令我记忆犹新的是，一个夏天的下午，她来商店买食物。

Hang back

犹豫

I hung back in the separate unasked an unanswerable questions.

但是我仍然跟在她的后边，思考着那些既没问起以无法回答的 问题。

Bear in mind

记住

But bear in mind

，

language is man

‘

s way of communicating with his

fellow man and it is language alone which separates him from the lower

animals.

Set down

写下、记下

Words mean more than what is set down on paper.

Boggle at

吃惊

Imagination boggle at

难以想象

My

imagination

boggled

at

the

punishment

I

would

deserve

if

in

fac-t

I did abuse a book of Mrs. Flower

‘。

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