由于介词的固定搭配构成的短语数量巨大,这里只选部分在各种测试中常见且比较重要的固定搭配。
above all最重要的是;尤其是after all毕竟,终究ahead of在……之前,在……前头all along自始至终all at once突然,同时,一起all but几乎,差不多;除了……都all of a sudden突然,出乎意料地all out全力以赴地all over again重新,再一次among other things除了……外(还)anything but根本不,一点也不as a matter of fact事实上,实际as a matter of course当然;势必如此as a result结果as a result of作为……的结果;由于as a rule通常,照例as for/to至于as much同样as regards至于,关于as usual照常,照例as well也,又,同样,至于as well as 除……外,如同……一样;以及at a loss困惑;茫然不知所措at a time一次,一度;每次at all costs不惜一切代价,无论如何at all events(=in any event)无论如何,不管怎样at all times无论何时,一直at any moment随时at any rate无论如何;至少at best 充其量,至多at ease自由自在at first起先,最初at first sight 乍一看,初看起来at hand近在手边,在附近at heart在内心里;本质上at home在家(乡),在国内;自在;熟悉的(with, on, in)at intervals不时,每隔……时间(距离)at large逍遥法外;未被捕获;一般at last终于at least至少,无论如何at length详细地;最终at no time从不,决不at once立刻,马上at one time曾经,一度,同时at peace平静at present现在,目前at ransom任意地,随机at sb.’s disposal由某人支配,供……使用at stake利害攸关的at the best充其量at the cost of以……为代价at the expense of以……为代价;牺牲at the mercy of听任……摆布at (the) most至多at the price of以……价格(代价)at the risk of冒险at the same time同时;然而,不过at the speed/rate of以……速度/速率at the utmost至多at times有时,不时,间或at will随意;任意before long不久(以后)beside the point离题,不相干,不中肯beyond question毫无问题,确定无疑bit by bit一点一点地,逐渐by accident偶然;无意中by air (land, water)由空(陆、海)途径by all means尽一切办法,务必by and by不久,不一会儿by and large一般说来,大体上by bus (car, train…)乘公共汽车(轿车、火车……)by chance偶然地by contrast对比,对照by far……得多;最……by force凭借暴力;强迫by hand手工做的by land/sea/air由陆路/海路/空中(旅行)by means of凭借;依靠by mistake错误地by nature天生地;本性上by night夜间by no means决不;并没有by oneself单独地,独自地by reason of由于,因为by trade职业是by/in virtue of由于,借助(see) eye to eye完全同意face to face面对面for ever永远;永久地for good (and all)永远地for sale出售;待售for the better好转,向好的方向发展for the moment暂时;目前for the sake of为了……的利益for the time being暂时,眼下from time to time不时,有时in accordance with与……一致;按照,依据in addition另外,加之in addition to除……以外in advance事先,预先in advance of在……之前;比……进步in a hurry急忙地,仓促地in all总计in a minute立刻,马上in a moment立即,马上;一会儿in any case无论如何,总之in a sense从某种意义上说in a word简言之,一言以蔽之in behalf of sb.为了……的利益in between在此之间,在……之间in brief简言之,总之in bulk大批,大量;散装in charge of主管,负责in chief尤其;最重要的是in company (with)和……在一起in conclusion最后;总之in connection with与……有关in consequence结果,因此in consequence of由于……的缘故in consideration of考虑到;照顾到in contrast to对比之下,相比in debt欠债in depth深入地in detail详细地in disguise化装地,伪装in disgust讨厌in effect事实上in essence本质上in evidence明白地;显著地in existence现存的;现有的in favour of赞同……;支持……in front of在……前面,面对in general一般说来,大体上in hand(工作等)在进行中;待办理in harmony with与……和谐in honour of向……表示敬意;纪念in itself本质上,就其本身而言in line with跟……一致;符合in memory of以纪念……in no case决不in no time立刻,马上in no way决不,一点也不in other words换句话说,也就是说in person亲自,本人in place在适当的位置;相称的in place of代替,取代in private秘密地,私下in public当众,公开地in quantity/in large quantities大量in question正在被讨论in return作为报答in short总之,简言之in sight of被看见,看得见;在即in spite of尽管,不顾in step with与……步调一致;合拍in stock贮存in terms of以……观点;按照in that因为,由于;在于in the air流传;未定的in the course of在……期间in the distance在远处in the event of如果发生;万一in the face of在面前;不顾in (the)fashion时髦,合时尚in the final analysis归根到底;毕竟in the first place首先,第一点;本来in (the) least丝毫,一点儿in the light of鉴于;按照,根据in the long run从长远看in the name of以的名义in the night在夜里in the world到底,究竟in time及时,到时候,最终in touch with与有联系in turn依次,轮流;反过来in vain徒劳in view of鉴于,考虑到nothing but只不过,仅仅off and on断断续续地off duty下班on a diet节食on account of因为,由于on a large scale大规模地on a small scale小规模地on (an/the) average平均地on behalf of代表;为了on board在船(车、飞机)上on business因公,出差on duty值班,当班on fire起火,着火once for all彻底地,永远地once in a while偶尔,有时on credit赊欠on earth到底,究竟;在世上on foot步行;在进行中on guard站岗,值班on hand现有,在手头on occasion(s)间或,有时on one’s honour用名誉担保on one’s own独立地on purpose故意地on sale上市;减价出售on schedule按时间表;准时on second thoughts继而一想;再思考。