U n i t 11.I had arranged for them to meet each other at the pub but the young man never turned up.我安排他们在小酒吧见面,但那个小伙子一直都没有来。
(turn up)2.You cannot tell merely from appearance whether things will turn out unfavorable to us or not.你无法仅凭表象判断形势是否会变得对我们不利。
(tell from appearance)3.The soldier, who stood in the gap in every battle, gained the highest honors of the country.那个士兵每次打仗都冲锋在前,从而赢得了国家最高的荣誉。
(stand in the gap)4.Tha chairman spoke so forcefully that the rest of the committee yielded to his opinions.主席讲话很有说服力,委员会其他成员都听从他的意见。
(yield to)5.They are well-to-do now, but along the way they had their ups and downs.他们现在生活富裕了,但也曾经历坎坷。
(ups and downs)6.There are two questions to which I will address myself in this lecture.这次演讲我将说明两个问题。
(address oneself to)7.We are planning a big Christmas party in your honour.我们正筹划为你举办一次盛大的圣诞聚会。
(in somebody’s honour)8.Hearing that tune threw my mind back to my childhood.听到那个曲子,我回想起了儿童时代。
(throw one’s mind back)Unit 21.The pigeon was wedged in the fork of a branch but fell off after a while.那只鸽子被卡在树杈里,不一会儿就跌落下来。
(wedge sth. / sb. in)2.The payment that the motorist will have to make will be proportional to the amount of damage he has done to the other person’s car.驾车人该付多少钱需要根据他对别人车子造成损坏的程度而定。
(be proportional to)3.You can only enter the cave by inching through a narrow tunnel on your stomach.你只有伏在地上慢慢爬过一条狭长的地道才能进入山洞。
(inch)4.She stammered some apology as she sidled towards the door.她一面结结巴巴地说着道歉的话,一面羞怯地朝门口走去。
(sidle)5.He took pains to explain to me that I was being dismissed no t because I didn’t do my work well but because the company could not pay my wages.他尽力向我解释说不是因为我的工作不好而解雇我,而是因为公司支付不了我的工资。
(take pains to)6.The enlistment of young soldiers infused new hope and morale into the army.年轻士兵的入伍给军队带来了新的希望并鼓舞了士气。
(infuse into)7.Once the older boys stake a claim to the lawn, no other boys dare go on it.一旦大一些的男孩子们声称草坪属于他们,别的孩子就不敢去玩了。
(stake a claim to)8.The man following her made her uneasy and she couldn’t help quickening her steps.跟在她身后的人让她心神不安,她不由得加快了脚步。
(make sb. uneasy)Unit 71.The tape recorder installed in the office of secretary of the Treasury brought the government down in less than 3 months.秘密安装在财政部长办公室里的录音机使该政府不满3个月九就倒了台。
(bring…down)2.Any action that is the detrimental to the cause of peace will be condemned by people all over the world.任何不利于和平事业的行动都会受到全世界人民的谴责。
(be detrimental to)3.Two ministers’ decision to resign is a departure from the hard-nosed,fight-to-the-end tradition of the political circles.两位部长的辞职决定背离了政界一贯强硬的(hard-nosed)、一拼到底的传统。
(departure from)4.The negotiation with the workers got bogged down for the third time on the question of working time.与工人们的谈判在工作时间问题上第三次陷入僵局。
(get bogged down)5.Lousia Clarke is a very pleasant girl, but sometimes her judgment is clouded by her bad temper and jealousy.Lousia Clarke是一个很讨人喜欢的女孩,不过有时她的坏脾气和嫉妒心使她不能做出正确的判断。
(cloud)6.He either worked harder, or dropped out of school. In such circumstance,what other alternatives could he make? He had to choose the former.他要么更加用功,要么就退学。
在这样的情况下,他还有什么可以选择办法呢?(alternative)7.Richard is quite at home here therefore he could stay a few more days even without the invitation of the host.Richard在这里混得太熟了,所以他想多呆上一阵子根本不需要主人的邀请。
(at home)8.She was badly taken in by his honest-looking appearance.她觉得他看上去老实而上了大当。
(take in)Unit 81.For the sake of your family, you should look before you leap and not venture so much.为了你的家庭,你要三思而后行,不要冒那么多的险。
(for the sake of)2.I felt somewhat out of sorts because of last night’s heavy drink.昨晚喝了太多的酒,我感到有点不太舒服。
(out of sorts)3.His father pulled endless wires and helped him find a position in an overstaffed government department.他的父亲找了无数的门路,帮他在一个已经臃肿不堪的政府机构找到一个位置。
(pull wires)4.If you go through his letter carefully, you can find his real intention between his lines.如果你仔细读这封信,就会在字里行间发现他的真正用意。
(between the lines)5.I knew I was downright rude to him, but I found enough excuse for myself.我知道我对他真是无礼透顶,但我为自己找了各种理由。
(downright)6.Many of the outstanding figures of the past were exceptionally versatile. Leonardo da Vinci, for instance, was a paiter and inventor, rolled into one.过去杰出的任务有许多事出类拔萃的多面手,像达芬奇就集画家与发明家于一身。
(roll into one)7.He finally committed suicide after being under the torment of insomnia for many years.在多年遭受失眠的折磨之后,他终于自杀了。
(under the torment of)8.He was struck dumb with shock.他惊讶得说不出话来。
(be struck dumb with)Unit 91.Search lights fingered across the black water.探照灯光在黑漆漆的水面上纵横交错。
(finger across)2.Since a robbery happened in this building, the night watchman became more careful and made his rounds once every hour.自从这座大厦发生了一起抢劫案之后,守夜人就更加小心了,他每小时都要巡视一次。