三形容词短语、名词短语及其他常见短语形容词短语形容词短语一般由形容词加介词或不定式构成，其句子功能相当于形容词。
常见的形容词短语有：✧形容词+aboutanxious about 担心，为......担忧concerned about 关心，挂念mad about 迷恋worried about 为......而担心✧形容词+atangry at 因某事生气bad at 拙于，不善于clever at 擅长good at善于，擅长present at 出席surprised at对......感到惊奇✧形容词+bycharacterized by 以......为特征✧形容词+foranswerable for 应负责的anxious for 急切盼望，渴望eager for 渴望famous for 以......著名good for 适于，在......期间有效indispensable for 对......必不可少late for 迟到ready for 为......准备好short for 是......的缩写（简称）sick for 渴望sorry for 对......感到抱歉unfit for 不适合，不胜任✧形容词+fromabsent from 缺勤，缺课different from 与......不同free from 无...的，摆脱了...的tired from 因......而疲乏✧形容词+inabundant in 丰富的，富裕的active in 积极于confident in 对......有信心interested in 对......感兴趣involved in 卷入，陷入lacking in 缺乏rich in 富于absorbed in 专心于✧形容词+ofafraid of 恐怕，害怕，担忧ashamed of 为......感到羞耻，惭愧aware of 意识到capable of 能够composed of 由......组成fond of 喜欢，爱好independent of 脱离......而独立proud of 以......自豪，因.....,感到满意short of 短缺sick of 对......感到厌倦sure of 坚信，确信tired of 厌烦，对......厌倦true of 适用于unconscious of 不知道，未发觉✧形容词+onbased on 根据，以......为基础dependent on 取决于，依赖✧形容词+to(do)able to (do) 能（做），会（做) about to (do) 即将（做），正要（做）anxious to (do) 渴望（做）bound to (do) 一定（做）careful to（do）务必注意（做）certain to (do) 一定（做），必然（做）curious to (do) 很想（做) determined to (do）决心（做）eager to (do) 急于要（做）glad to (do) 乐于（做）likely to (do) 可能要（做）pleased to (do) 乐于（做）supposed to（do）应该（做）sure to (do) 一定（做），必定（做）willing to（do）乐意（做)✧形容词+toaccustomed to 习惯于，适应于advantageous to 对......有利alive to 注意到，对......敏感adjacent to 靠近attached to 附属于beneficial to 对......有益equal to 等于，胜任friendly to 对......友好grateful to 感谢，感激second to 次于subject to 易受......影响的suited to 适合于unequal to 无法胜任useful to 对......有用✧形容词+withacquainted with 与...相识，熟悉angry with 对......发怒combined with 与......结合pleased with 对......感到满意popular with 受......欢迎的satisfied with 对......满意，满足于strict with 对......要求严格through with 完成，结束✧其他常见的形容词固定搭配beside oneself 发狂，忘形better off 生活优越起来，境况好起来tired out 精疲力尽well off 富裕的，处境好的well up(in) 精通，熟悉wild with joy 欣喜worse off 处境较坏，处境恶化worthy of 值得名词短语常见的名词短语有:✧名词+名词credit card 信用卡I.D.card 身份证rest room 厕所，盥洗室trolley bus 电车world fair 世界博览会✧副词+名词no doubt 无疑的，很可能no matter 不要紧，没关系no wonder 难怪，并不奇怪not on any account 决不✧名词+and+名词heart and soul 全心全意neck and neck 势均力敌✧名词+介词appeal to 呼吁，恳求attempt at 企图，努力attitude to/towards 对...的态度correspondence with 通信dissatisfaction with/at 不满influence on 影响interference in 干涉，介入interference with 妨碍，打扰introduction to 介绍lots of 大量，很多objection to 反对，异议preference for/to 偏爱，喜爱proficiency in 熟练，精通reply to 回答，答复requirement for/to 对......的要求✧名词+介词+名词face to face 面对面地once upon a time 从前side by side 肩并肩地，一起step by step 逐步地word for word 逐字地其他常见用语✧与all相关的短语above all 首先，尤其是after all 终究，毕竟all at once 突然，忽然all but 除了.....都，几乎all over 遍及，到处in all 总共，合计not at all 一点也不✧与as相关的短语as......as 像......一样as/so far as 就......而言，至于as for 至于，关于as/so long as 只要，如果，既然as well 也，同样地as yet 至今not as/so......as 不如.....那样✧与at相关的短语at most 至多，不超过at once 立刻，马上✧与by相关的短语by and large 总的来说by oneself 独自地，单独地✧与no相关的短语no less than 不少于，多达no longer 不再，已不no more 不再✧与so/such 相关的短语so far 迄今为止so that 以便，为使so...that 如此......以致such as 诸如，例如✧其他常见的词组along with 和......一起and so on 等等and yet 可是，然而anything but 绝对不，除......外任何事（物）because of 由于，因为both...and...既......又......，两个都but for 倘没有，要不是each other 互相either...or...或......或...... Even if/though 即使，虽然ever since 从那时起，自那时以来ever so 非常，及其every other 每隔一个的except for 除......外far from 远远不，完全不first of all 首先go wrong 发生故障，出毛病had better 最好if only 要是......就好了in excess of 超过in itself 本质上，就其本身而言just now 刚才，才不久make the best of 充分利用，尽量利用many a 许多more and more 越来越more or less 或多或少now(that)既然，由于now and then 偶尔，有时on behalf of 代表，为了once(and)for all 一劳永逸地，永远地once more/again 再一次one after another 一个接一个，相继one another 互相or else 否则，要不然or so 大约，左右other than 不同于，除了over and over(again)一再地，再三地to and from 来来回回what if 如果......将会怎么样第三节短语讲练1. He was particularly eager -- too eager,it would turn ______to explain all the intricacies of relativity to him .(2007.12.CET-6)A.upB.overC.outD.off2. Online schools,which _____the needs of different people,have emerged as an increasingly popular education alternative.(2006.12.CET-6)A.stir upB.consent toC.switch onD.cater to3. A customers begins with a catalog of possible items,selects an item,arranges a form of payment,and _____an order.(2010.6.CET-6)A.sends inB.puts outC.stands forD.carries away4. Einstein discovered to his horror that Hilbert had taken what he ha learned from Einstein's lectures and was racing to come up _____ the correct equations first.(2007.12.CET-6)A.toB.forC.withD.against5. The writer was so _____ in her work that she didn't notice him enter the room. (2005.6.CET-4)A.focusedB.absorbedC.centeredD.abandonded6. I was impressed _____ the efficiency of the work done in the company.(2005.6.CET-4)A.inB.forC.aboutD.with7. I know you've got a smooth tongue,so don't talk to me _____ buying it.(2005.6.CET-4)A.outB.downC.awayD.into8. The doctor had almost lost hope at one point,but the patient finally _____.2003.1.CET-4)A.pulled outB.pulled throughC.pulled upD.pulled over9. Language is the most astonishing behavior in the animal kingdom.It is the speciestypical behavior that sets humans completely _____ from all other animals.(2006.12.CET-4)A.apartB.offC.upD.down10. The listener must hear the sounds to _____out what the speaker means.(2006.12.CET-4)A.putB.takeC.drawD.figure1.分析答案为C。