动词短语

Question 1

适应

Answer 1

Adapt to

Adjust to

Question 2

Appeal to

Answer 2

TV appeals to both sight and hearing simultaneously

Question 3

归因于

Answer 3

Attribute to
Ascribe to
They attribute their success to having a competent team working for team.

Question 4

Be geared toward

Answer 4

The curriculum of this course is geared toward students who lack motivation in their studies.

Question 5

Bring about

Answer 5

Together these brought about the recent financial crisis.

Question 6

累垮

Answer 6

Burn out

Question 7

复习

Answer 7

Brush up on

I’ll brush up on my French before me trip to Paris this coming March.

Question 8

Carry out

Answer 8

More research on the greenhouse effect has been carried out.

Question 9

Clash with

Answer 9

The latest statement from the pentagon clashed with prior statements from the White House.

Question 10

Come into being/take shape/come about

Answer 10

That was how the computer came into being.

Question 11

Come up with

Answer 11

Some students came up with truly original ideas while many others just followed suit.

Question 12

Cope with

Answer 12

Some students have a hard time coping with the daily stress.

Question 13

Cut down on

Answer 13

They should really cut down on the screen time.

Question 14

Draw on

Answer 14

Draw on one’s experience

Question 15

End up doing sth/in sth/ with sth

Answer 15

…

Question 16

Face up to

Answer 16

Face up to a difficult situation

Question 17

Free up

Answer 17

The government offered to free up 120 million to create 1500 jobs in elementary schools.

Question 18

Get across

Answer 18

No matter how short an advertisement is, there’s always a lot you can get across, which is really amazing.

Question 19

导致某种广泛存在的负面现象

Answer 19

Give rise to unemployment
Give rise to inflation
Give rise to alienation from one another

Question 20

Give priority to

Answer 20

Teachers should give priority to the cultivation of student’s critical thinking ability.

Question 21

从事

Answer 21

Go about

The pamphlet tells you how to go about the application.

Question 22

Hinge on

Answer 22

The future of the economy hinges on whether the recession can be curbed.

Question 23

添麻烦

Answer 23

I just hate to impose on others.

Question 24

侵犯

Answer 24

Infringe on other individuals’ rights

Question 25

干涉

Answer 25

Interfere with

Supervisors should try not to let their personal worries interfere with their work.

Question 26

Spice up
Liven up
Brighten up

Answer 26

Liven up the party

Question 27

Lose track of

Answer 27

No matter how busy you are, make sure you don’t lose track of things.

Question 28

Make possible +something

Answer 28

The new agreement makes possible potential improvements in the employee’ benefits regarding health and safety.

Question 29

进行 社交活动

Answer 29

Mingle with

Question 30

弄清楚

确定

Answer 30

Nail down

Sometimes it’s hard to nail down exactly what the weaknesses of a system are.

Question 31

逐渐削减

Answer 31

Nibble away at

Even though inflation is low in America these days, it still nibble away at our savings.

Question 32

Open up

Answer 32

Open up opportunities

Question 33

Page through

Answer 33

We wander through libraries, page through thick texts, spend hours at the computer, conduct painstaking research, and consult with experts.

Question 34

修复受到伤害的关系

Answer 34

Patch up (with)
The couple tried to patch up their marriage.

Question 35

Pay off

Answer 35

All his hard work eventually paid off.

Question 36

放弃，错过

Answer 36

Pass up

Question 37

一起努力

Answer 37

Pitch in

If all of us pitch in together, it won’t take too long to finish the project.

Question 38

战胜 克服

Answer 38

Prevail over

Our inner strength will enable us to prevail over life’s obstacles.

Question 39

克制自己不去干嘛

Answer 39

Please refrain from smoking.

Question 40

Reflect on

Answer 40

Every night, the writer spends some time reflecting on the things that have happened during the day.

Question 41

Scrape through

Answer 41

They just scraped through their tests even though they never did much work.

Question 42

坐等结束

Answer 42

Sit through

Question 43

Spring up

Sprout up

Answer 43

Stations sprang up all over the country almost overnight.

Question 44

Spur sb on to sth

Answer 44

This success will spur students on to greater achievements.

Question 45

Squeeze in

Answer 45

Life is hectic. We can barely squeeze in the time to exercise. And when we do, we feel guilty that we’re not doing the hundred other things on out list.

Question 46

Stick with

Answer 46

Your siblings are the best link to your past and the people who are most likely to stick with you in the future.

Question 47

Succumb to

Answer 47

Succumb to temptation

Succumb to peer pressure

Question 48

Take up

Answer 48

I’ve recently taken up jogging

Question 49

Wind down

Answer 49

I really need to wind down after such a hectic day

Question 50

Wipe out

Answer 50

Nothing can wipe out his bitter memories of the past

Question 51

Work out

Answer 51

Work out a plan to do sth

Things will work out in the end.

Question 52

i. e.

Answer 52

That is

Question 53

E. G.

Answer 53

For example

Question 54

Vice versa

Answer 54

…

Question 55

Vs.

Answer 55

Versus

Question 56

Bona fide

Answer 56

Genuine

Question 57

The status quo

Answer 57

The current or the existing state of affairs.

Question 58

遵守

Answer 58

Abide by/comply with

The law/the rules/the guidelines