“完完全全地;彻头彻尾地”,非正式用法:He is honest to the backbone.他老实极了。...[继续阅读]

    ①“与…住在一起”:Emma had never married, but had seemed content to live with her mother. 埃玛始终没有结婚,但是她似乎很满足于跟母亲住在一起。②“忍受;容忍”,常用于否定句:I just can`t live with another day like this. 像这样的日子哪怕一天我也无...[继续阅读]

    ①“在手头的/地”,常与动词have连用:She will come the moment she finishes her work in hand. 她一把手头上的工作做完就来。②“(工作等)在进行(或研究讨论)中;待办理”,常作表语:We have received your complaint and the matter is now in hand. 我们已经接到了...[继续阅读]

    “以…塞满;以…填满”,动词后接sb,with 后接sth, 即:stuff +sb+ with +sth:The children have been stuffing themselves with ice cream.孩子们一直在吃冰淇淋。也可用stuff +sth+ into+sb的形式:The newspapers tried to stuff the advertisement into the heads of their readers.报纸...[继续阅读]

    ①“参加(比赛等)”:I am going to go in for the final exam next week. 下星期我将参加期末考试。②“酷爱;以…为爱好”:In our department, every student goes in for the after-school activities. 我们系的每个学生都喜欢课外活动。③“从事(某种职业或活动等...[继续阅读]

    “(从…)转向”,短语有shift from…to和 shift to两种形式:Many young people are shifting to practical “hard” subjects.许多年轻人正在转向实用的“硬”学科。/They have been shifting from sociology to accounting and from black studies to computer programming.他们正在从...[继续阅读]

    “集中精力做;专心致志于”,to后接sth或ing形式:I really must settle down to finishing the paper.It is now urgent.我真的必须集中精力完成这篇论文,因为现在要得很急。...[继续阅读]

    “增加了N-1 倍”,在 increase by a factor of 中,尽管有介词 by, 但是原意为“增加到N倍”,译成汉语时应减1,译成“增加了N-1 倍”: The speed of airplanes has been increased by a factor of 5. 飞机的飞行速度已经增加了4倍。① increase by N times“增加了...[继续阅读]

    ①“把…挂起来”:Hang up your hat and coat and come and sit down. 把你的衣帽挂好,过来坐一下。②“挂断电话”:If you have dialed a wrong number you should apologize before you hang up. 如果你打错了电话,你应该在挂断电话之前道歉。ring up[英]...[继续阅读]

    ①“独自地;单独地”,指人或物体而言,用by oneself和 by itself:She was by herself at home when I dropped in on her. 我顺路看她时,她独自一人在家。/The house stands there by itself. 这座房子孤零零地立在那里。②“自动地”,指人或物体而言,用by onesel...[继续阅读]