U1-4 Frasal verbs Flashcards
for the sake of someone/for someone’s sake
in order to help or bring advantage to someone
为了（某人）的利益；为了帮助（某人）
for the sake of something/for something’s sake
because of, or for the purpose of something
因为;为了
live on something
to only eat a particular type of food
靠（…食物）生存;只吃
keep up
to be able to understand or deal with something that is happening or changing very fast
跟上（变化、形势等）
fly off the handle
to react in a very angry way to something that someone says or does
大发雷霆
He’s extremely irritable - he flies off the handle at the slightest thing.
他极容易发火——芝麻大的小事都能让他大发雷霆。
go off
If a light or a machine goes off, it stops working.
（电灯）熄灭；（机器）停止运行，停止运转
The lights went off in several villages because of the storm.
这场暴风雨造成了几个村庄停电。
If food or drink goes off, it is not good to eat or drink any more because it is too old.
（食物、饮料等）变质，变坏，腐败
This bacon smells a bit funny - do you think it’s gone off?
tuck in/tuck into something
to start eating something eagerly
尽情地吃，痛快地吃
Judging by the way they tucked into their dinner, they must have been very hungry.
看他们晚餐时那种狼吞虎咽的样子，一定是饿坏了。
lead up
If a period of time or series of events leads up to an event or activity, it happens until that event or activity begins.
为…作铺垫;是…的先导
The pilot had no recollection of the events leading up to the crash.
飞行员想不起飞机坠毁前发生了什么。
come out of something
If something comes out of a process or event, it is one of the results.
从…中产生
I hope something good can come out of this mess.
我希望这一团糟中能出点儿好事。
pour something out
to tell all your problems or feelings to someone, especially privately or secretly
（尤指私下或秘密地）倾诉，倾吐
He spends every lunchtime pouring out his emotional problems to me and expects me to find a solution.
他每次吃午饭时都向我倾诉感情问题，希望我给他想个解决办法。
dream something up
to invent something very unusual and usually silly
凭空想出，虚构出（通常为荒诞不经的事）
This is the latest ploy dreamed up by advertising companies to sell their new products.
这是广告公司为了推销其新产品而想出来的最新招数。
get back
to return to a place after you have been somewhere else
回来，返回
to be given something again that you had before
取回，拿回
He went next door to get his ball back.
他到隔壁去取回他的球。
to do something unpleasant to someone because they have done something unpleasant to you
向（某人）报复
I’ll get you back for this, just you wait!
你这样对我，我会报复的，你就等着吧！
sum (something/someone) up
to describe or express the important facts or characteristics about something or someone
总结，概述，概括
The best way of summing up the situation in our office is to say that it is “absolute chaos”.
一言以蔽之，我们办公室的情况“完全是一团糟”。
I’d just like to sum up by saying that it’s been a tremendous pleasure to work with you.
总之，跟您合作真是一大乐事。
He’s a small man with a big ego - that about sums him up.
他是个自高自大的小个子男人——这样都差不多概括他了
