All but 几乎, 差一点，相当于，除----外其他所有的1.It was all but impossible to climb back into the boat.再回到小船上已几乎不可能了。
2.He is the chairman of the committee in all but the name.除了没挂名以外，实际上他就是委员会的主席。
3.The party was all but over when we arrived.我们到的时候，晚会几乎要结束了。
4.All but the morning star have disappeared.除掉金星以外其他的星星全都消失了。
5.The car all but ran over him.车子几乎把他撵过去。
6.I all but stumbled.我几乎摔倒了。
7.All but crying with relief.快乐地差一点大叫起来8.He was all but killed by the traffic accident.他几乎死于车祸。
辨析anything but: (=not at all, by no means, never)表示“决不，根本不”。
nothing but: (=only)表示“只不过，除了……以外什么也没有”。
all but: (=almost, nearly)表示“几乎，差一点”。
none but: (=no one except)表示“只有；除……外谁也不”。
At large 详细地, 笼统地, 充分地,总体地, 未被捕的, 在逃的1.The populace at large is/are opposed to sudden change.人民群众普遍反对突然实行的变革。
2.The escaped prisoner is still at large.越狱犯依然在逃。
3.The question is discussed at large in my report.我在报告中对该问题作了详细的探讨。
4.When we talk about the world, we mean the world at large.当我们说到世界，是指整个世界。
5.We will talk at large about it later.我们以后对这个再作详尽探讨。
6.The smuggler is still at large.那个走私贩仍逍遥法外。
Be applied to 用于1.Containing unlike elements. In computer usage, the term may beapplied to a system or network using computers of different type or manufacturer.表示包含相异元素。
在计算机应用中，指系统或网络包含不同型号或厂家的计算机。
2.The results of this research can be applied to new developments intechnology.这项研究成果能应用于新的技术开发方面。
3.This rule cannot be applied to every case.这项规则不是所有情况都使用。
4.Can occasionally be applied to a wife who is ordered to support herdivorced husband.该词偶尔也适用于妻子，她被命令供养她的被离了婚的丈夫。
against the grain adv. 逆着木材的纹理(格格不入)1.Bad luck goes against the grain.厄运总是令人讨厌的。
2.His coarse and rude ways went against the grain with me.他那粗鲁无礼的态度不合乎我的性情。
Be at home in 熟悉；精通(通晓)be at home in some place在某处觉得安适自在；和某人合得来；和某人混得很熟be at home in the saddle 善于骑马be at home in modern historyby no meansby ones’ own rightMany women are crusading for their own rights.Bill is too tame to stand up for his own rights.By rights, half the reward should be mine.按理说，有一半奖赏应该是我的。
Can’t help but ---- 不能防止做can`t help but do ”不得不做“，”情不自禁“can`t help doi ng ”情不自禁“can`t choose but do ”不得不做，只得做“can`t but do ”不得不做，只得做“in so far as 到... 的程度, 在... 范围内, 说起in so far as就..., 尽..., 至于...In so far as any inquiry is a secret one, it naturally limits all those engaged in carrying it out from contact with other countries. 就任何一项研究工作都是保密的来说，这自然会限制所有从事此项科研的人们与其他国家的接触，insofar as 在... 的范围内, 到... 的程度1."Insofar as I can see, the representatives are all satisfied withthe arrangement."＂据我了解，代表们对这一安排都感到满意。
＂2.I'll help you insofar as I can.我将尽力帮助你。
Keep abreast with times 跟上；不落后于, 与... 并驾齐驱Make way for 让步Please make way for the president.He was pushed out to make way for the director's son.Preside overSome people believe that the Fates preside over man's destiny.有些人相信，命运之神支配人类的命运。
regardless of1.All our proposals were rejected, regardless of their merits.我们所有的建议都遭到拒绝，不管这些建议的价值如何。
2.He continue speaking, regardless of my feelings on the matter.他不顾及我在此事上的感情继续往下说。
3.She is determined to do regardless of all consequences.她不顾一切后果，决心这样做。
4.They decorated the house regardless of cost.他们不惜工本装修这栋房子。
Regarding prep.关于, 至于1.He booked the holiday without regarding my wishes.他不考虑我的意愿就把假日的一切都定下来了。
2.An arrangement between parties regarding a method of action; acovenant.协定，协议几方关于行动方法的商定; 协定3.She said nothing regarding your request.她对你的要求只字不提。
4.I know nothing regarding the future.我对未来一无所知。
Shoot up迅速上升, 猛增rise dramatically1.The plants are shooting up after the rain.雨后草木长起来了。
2.Can you shoot up at the bird on the roof?你能射中房顶上的那只鸟吗？Sift through vt. 被筛下, 通过1.Snow sifted through the crack in the roof into the room.雪从屋顶上的裂缝飘进屋里。
2.We have to sift through the application forms very carefully toseparate the wheat from the chaff.我们得把申请书仔细筛选一下以甄别优劣。
short of 缺少, 达不到, 除... 以外1.He would have helped us but that he was short of money at the time.要不是他那时候没有钱，他会帮助我们的。
2.Your work falls short of my expectations.你的工作未达到我的期望。
3.They are short of food and clothes.他们缺吃少穿。
4.We were desperately short of ammunition.我们非常缺乏弹药。
5.The proposal is all right in itself, but we are short of fund now.这个提案本身很好，可我们目前缺少资金。
6.The children must not go short of food.儿童不可缺少食物。
7.Short of a miracle, we're certain to lose now.除非出现奇迹，不然我们现在是输定了。
8.The rebels were short of gunpowder.反叛者们缺少弹药。
Subsist on v. 依靠... 生活1.The living thing on the earth can not subsist on mars.地球上的生物不可能在火星上生存。
2.How do they manage to subsist on such a low wage?他们这点工资怎么糊口？take on 承担, 呈现, 接受, 从事, 较量, 开始雇用1.We can't take on any more work we're fully stretched (ie workingto the utmost of our powers) at the moment.我们不能再接受更多的工作了--目前已经全力以赴了。