牛津实用英语语法-第89部分
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可能将来有一天我们回顾这些事时会感到愉快的。
look back/round(intr)向背后看(字面意义):
Don’t look round now but the woman behind us is wearing the most ex-traordinary clothes.
现在别回头看,虽然我们后面那个妇女穿的衣服特别怪。
look down on(tr)轻视,看不起:
Small boys often look down on little girls and refuse to play with them.
小男孩常常看不起小女孩并拒绝同她们一起玩。
She thinks her neighbours look down on her a bit because she’s neverbeen abroad.
她认为她的邻居们因她从来没有出过国而有点瞧不起她。
look for(tr)搜寻,探索,找:
I have lost my watch will you help me to look for it?
我把表丢了。你能不能帮我找一下?
look forward to(tr)盼望,期待(常带一个动名词):
I am looking forward to her arrival/to seeing her.
我在期待着她的到来/看到她。
look in(intr)短暂地拜访某人(常不预先告诉对方,相当于call in):
I’ll look in this evening to see how she is.
我今晚去探望她一下,看她身体如何。
look into(tr)调查:
There is a mystery about his death and the police are looking into it.
他死得有点蹊跷,警方正在进行调查。
look on…as(tr)考虑为,认为,看成:
Most people look on a television set as an essential piece of furniture.
多数人都把电视机看成是必不可少的家具。
These children seem to look on their teachers as their enemies.
这些孩子好像把老师视为敌人。
look on(intr)旁观:
Two men were fighting.The rest were looking on.
两个男人在打架。其余的人在袖手旁观。
look on(tr), look out on(tr)(用于指房屋或窗户)面向,朝着……方向:
His house looks(out)on to the sea.
他的房子面临大海。
look out(intr)保持警惕,提防:
‘Look out!There’s a lorry ing!’
(对要过马路的人)“留神!有辆卡车开过来了!”
look out for(tr)警惕地看着以等待某物出现(常是相当明显的事物):
I am going to the party too;so look out for me.
我也要去参加聚会,你留意着我好了。
look over(tr)以批评的眼光看,重新阅读,迅速核对改正(同go over相似,但不如后者彻底):
look over what you’ve written before handing it to the examiner.
先把你写的看一遍,再交给考官。
I’m going to look over a house that I’m thinking of buying.
我打算去看一下我想买的一幢房子。
look through(tr)察看若干东西,常为了挑选其中几个,翻阅报纸或书籍以寻找自己需要的内容:
Look through your old clothes and see if you have anything to give away.
把你的旧衣服翻一下,看有没有可以送掉的。
I’d like you to look through these photographs and try to pick out theman you saw.
我希望你把这些相片翻看一下,试着从中找出你看见的那个人。
He looked through the books and decided that he wouldn’t like them.
他把书翻阅了一下,认定他不会喜欢它们的。
look through someone 对某人看而又仿佛看不见的样子(作为一种故意的无礼表示):
She has to be polite to me in the office but when we meet outside she al-ways looks through me.
她在办公室里不得不对我有礼貌,可是在外面遇到我的时候总是对我视而不见。
look up an address/a name/word/train/telehone number etc.
在地址本/词典/时间表/电话簿等中查找:
If you don’t know the meaning of the word look it up.(look up the word/look the word up)
你要是不知道这个词的意思,就查一下。
I must look up the time of your train.
我得查一下你坐的火车的时刻。
look somebody up 拜访(被访者常是住得较远、不常见到的,
因此与look in不同,后者暗示被访者住得很近):
Any time you e to London do look me up.
你无论什么时候到伦敦来,一定要来看我。
I haven’t seen Tom for ages.I must find out where he lives and look himup.(look Tome up/look up Tom)
我很久没见到汤姆了。我得探问一下他住在哪里,去看他一下。
look up(intr) 有进步,变得更好(主语常是things情况/business市面/world affairs世界局势/the weather天气等一种不太确指的事):
Business has been very bad lately but things are beginning to look upnow.
近期市面有一阵子很不兴旺,可是情况在开始好转。
look someone up and down 轻蔑地将某人从头打量到脚:
The policeman looked the drunk man up and down very deliberately be-fore replying to his question.
警察非常有意地从头到脚打量了那醉汉,这才回答他的问题。
look up to(tr) 尊敬,敬仰:
School boys usually look up to great athletes.
男学生常很崇拜了不起的体育明星。
make
make for(tr)向……走去:
The escaped prisoner was making for the coast.
越狱犯正向海岸逃去。
make off(intr) 逃跑(指贼等):
The boys made off when they saw the policemen.
男孩子们一看见警察,就拔腿跑了。
make out(tr)
(a)弄清意义,清楚地理解、看见、听见等:
I can’t make out the dress,he has written it so badly.(make the ad…dress out/make it out)
我看不清地址,他写得太潦草了。
Can you hear what the man with the loud…hailer is saying?I can’t makeit out at all.
你听得出那个拿着电喇叭的人在说什么吗?我一点也听不清楚。
I can’t make out why he isn’t here yet.
我搞不明白他为什么还没有到这儿来。
(b)说(可能是瞎说,也可能是夸大其辞):
He made out that he was a student looking for a job.We later learnt thatthis wasn’t true at all.
他说他是个在找工作的大学生。后来我们获悉这根本不是事实。
The English climate isn’t so bad as some people like to make out.
英国的天气不像某些人喜欢说的那么糟。
(c)开支票:
Customer:Who shall I make it out to?
顾客:我支票抬头怎么写?
Shopkeeper:Make it out to Jones and pany.
店主:就写付给琼斯公司好了。
make up one’s mind 下定决心,做出决定,做出决断:
In the end he made up his mind to go by train.
最后他决定坐火车去。
make up a quarrel/make it up 终止争吵,言归于好:
Isn’t it time you and Ann made up your quarrel?(made it up)
不是到了你和安该言归于好的时候了吗?
make up a story/excuse/explanation 捏造,编出一个故事/借口/解释:
I don’t believe your story at all.I think you are just making it up.
我根本不信你说的事。我认为你不过是在编造。
make up(tr/intr) 化妆,化装:
Most women make up/make up their faces.(make their faces up/makethem up)
妇女大多数都化妆。
Actors have to be made up before they appear on stage.
演员们在出场前必需有人给他们化装。
make up(tr) 调制,配药,制造,由……组成:
Take this prescription to the chemist’s.They will make it up for youthere.(make up the prescription/make the prescription up)
把这药方拿到药房。他们会给你配药的。
Notice(in tailor’s window):Customers’own materials made up.
(裁缝店橱窗内的)告示:为顾客来料加工。
The audience was made up of very young children.
观众都是很小的孩子们。
make up for(tr) 为……补偿(常以it为宾语):
You’ll have to work very hard today to make up for the time you wastedyesterday/to make up for being late yesterday.
为了补偿昨天你们浪费的时间/为了补偿昨天你们迟到一事,今天你们得非常努力地干活。
We aren’t allowed to drink when we are in training but we intend tomake up for it after the race is over.
我们在训练期间不许喝酒,但是我们准备一旦比赛结束就将其补上。
(到那时要多喝些)
miss
miss out(tr) 省略(参见leave out;它虽与leave out同义,但不如后者常用)
mix
mix up(tr) 混淆,弄乱:
He mixed up the addresses so that no one got the right letters.(mixedthem up)
他把地址都弄乱了,收信人收到的信件都错了。
be/get mixed up with 涉入,与……有牵连(常指同某不光彩的人或事有牵连):
I don’t want to get mixed up with any illegal organization.
我不想同什么不合法的组织牵连在一起。
move
move in(intr) 搬家到……,搬进,迁入
move on/up(intr) 升迁,升级:
Normally in schools pupils move up every year.
在学校里学生正常情况下每年都升级。
move out(intr) 搬出,迁出:
I have found a new flat.The present tenant is moving out this weekendand I am moving in on Wednesday.
我找到新的套房了。目前的住户本周末搬出去,我下星期三搬进去。
order
order somebody about(宾语位于about前面)给某人下许多命令(而不管其是否方便或愿意),支使:
He is a retired admiral and still has the habit of ordering people about.
他是个退休了的海军将军,还留着随意支使人的习惯。
pay
pay back(tr),pay someone back(tr/intr) 还给,付还:
I must pay back the money that I borrowed.(pay the money back/pay itback)
我必须还清借的钱。
I must pay back Mr Pitt.(pay Mr Pitt back/pay him back)
我必须还皮特先生的钱。
I must pay Mr Pitt back the money he lent me.(pay him back the mon…ey/pay it back to him)
我必须还皮特先生借给我的钱。
pay someone back/out 算账,复仇,报复:
I’ll pay you back for this.
这件事我要跟你算账。(报复你给我造成的损失。)
pay up(intr)付清所欠的钱(常暗示付款者并不乐意):
Unless you pay up I shall tell my solicitor to write