5.1 Flashcards
draw upon
People carrying more weight could have more energy and nutritional stores to draw upon.
一是体重越大的人体内携带的可利用能量和营养物质更多。
=draw on 利用 总结
register
Voters wish to register their dissatisfaction with the ruling party.
选民们希望表达他们对执政党的不满。
V-I If a feeling registers on someone’s face, their expression shows clearly that they have that feeling. (面部表情) 流露
例：
Surprise again registered on Rodney’s face.
罗德尼的脸上再次流露出惊讶的表情。
It will only register on sophisticated X-ray equipment.
只有在先进的X光设备上它才会显示出来。
fashion
There is another drug called DHE that works in a similar fashion.
另有一种叫作二氢埃托啡的药作用相似。
The custom has been fashioned out for a long time.
这个风俗已形成很久。
transmission
…foreign television transmissions.
…外国的电视节目。
regiment
Schoolboys and schoolgirls should not be regimented.
对中小学的学生不应管理太严。
primacy
The political idea at the heart of this is the primacy of the individual.
其核心的政治观点表现在这里就是个体第一。
passive
Passive resistance involves showing opposition to the people in power in your country by not cooperating with them and protesting in nonviolent ways. 非暴力的
例：
They made it clear that they would only exercise passive resistance in the event of a military takeover.
他们声明假若发生军事接管，他们只采取非暴力抵抗行动。
champion
He received acclaim as a champion of the oppressed.
他作为被压迫者的捍卫者而受到了赞誉。
grip
The entire community has been gripped by fear.
整个社区已被恐惧笼罩着。
the rest is history
We met in college, the rest is history.
我们在大学相识，接下来的事大家都知道了。
in any case
in case
The concert was sold out, and in any case, most of the people gathered in the square could not afford the price of a ticket.
音乐会的票已售完，再说，聚在广场上的人也大都买不起票。
She’s nervous about something, in case you didn’t notice.
她对某些事情神经兮兮的，难道你没注意到？
justice
We are a minority and must convince people of the justice of our cause.
我们是少数，必须让人们相信我们动机的正当性。
The photograph I had seen didn’t do her justice.
我看到的那张照片不如她本人。
No one article can ever do justice to the topic of fraud.
没有一篇文章能恰如其分地处理欺诈这一主题。
I don’t think he did himself justice in the game today.
我认为今天他在比赛中没有充分发挥出自己的实力。
法官
bear
They bore the oblong hardwood box into the kitchen and put it on the table.
他们把那个长方形的硬木箱抬进了厨房，放在了餐桌上。
She bore him a daughter, Susanna.
她给他生了个女儿，叫苏珊娜。
Travelling north on 309 to Centre Valley, bear right at the fork onto Route 378 North.
经309道向北去中央谷时，在378道北的岔口向右拐。
case history
I took her to a homeopath, who started by taking a very long and detailed case history.
我带领她去见同种疗法医师，作为医疗开始，这位医师记录了非常长而且详细的个人病例史。
arguably
She is arguably the most powerful woman in the world today
她可以说是当今世界上最有势力的女人
whereupon
Mr. Jones refused to talk to them except in the company of his legal colleagues, whereupon the police officers departed.
琼斯先生拒绝在没有法律界同事们的陪同下和他们谈话，于是警官们离开了。
odds are against
He reckons the odds are against the plan going ahead.
他认为该计划不太可能进行下去。
call upon (to)
A business person with guanxi has a wide network of contacts that he or she can call upon to get things done.
一个有关系的商人拥有广泛的交际网络，依靠这个网络，他或她才能搞定每一笔生意。
调动 号召
bear on
How does the news bear on this case? 这条消息同这案件有什么关系? 对…有影响： Those are matters that bear on the welfare of the community. 那些是影响社会福利的原因。
protest
When we tried to protest that Mo was beaten up they didn’t believe us.
当我们坚持说莫遭到了毒打时，他们都不相信。
first and foremost
t is first and foremost a trade agreement.
它首先是一项贸易协定。
command
His command of English was excellent.
他的英语相当出色。
The country should have the right to defend itself with all legal means at its command.
这个国家应该有权动用它所掌控的所有法律手段来捍卫自己。
know one’s way around
goes a long way toward
He knows his way around the intricate maze of patent law.
他通晓错综复杂的专利法。
Being respectful and courteous goes a long way toward building a relationship.
对人恭谨、彬彬有礼是建立关系的重要因素。
primitive
The conditions are primitive by any standards.
这些条件以任何标准衡量都是简陋的。
sensible
Wear loose clothing and sensible footwear.
穿宽松的衣服和实用耐穿的鞋子。
be set to
be set on
Roberto Baggio was set to become one of the greatest players of all time.
罗伯特·巴乔有可能成为有史以来最伟大的球星之一。
She was set on going to an all-girls school.
她执意要去一所女子学校读书。
They watched the sun set behind the distant dales.
他们远观夕阳落下山谷。
