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7. make yourself at home 别客气;随便;无拘束
If you get to my house before I do, help yourself to a drink and make yourself at home.如果你在我之前到我家,自己喝点饮料,随便一点。
8. stay up 不睡;熬夜
(1) I'll be late home, don't stay up for me.
我将回家很晚,不要等我了。
(2) He stayed up reading until 2:00 in the morning.
他熬夜看书直到凌晨两点。
9. come about 引起;发生;产生
(1)How did the accident come about?
这场事故是怎么发生的?
(2) They didn't know how the change had come about.
他们不知道这个变化是怎样产生的。
10. except for 除……之外
(1) except 与 except for 的用法常有区别。except 多用于引起同类事物中被排除的一项。如:
①He answered all the questions except the last one.
除去最后一个,他回答了所有问题。
②We go there every day except Sunday.
除了星期天,我们天天去那里。
(2)except for 用于引述细节以修正句子的主要意思。如:
①Except for one old lady, the bus was empty.
除去一个老太太,这辆公共汽车全空了。
②Your picture is good except for the colours.
你的画儿很好,只是某些色彩有问题。
(3)但在现代英语中,except for也用于表示except的意思。如上述第一个例子可以是:
He answered all the questions except for the last one.
(4) 另外,在介词短语之前只能用except,不能用except for。
We go to bed before ten, except in the summer.
除了夏季,我们通常十点之前上床睡觉。
11. end up with 以……告终;以……结束
The party ended up with an English song.聚会以一首英文歌结束。
12. more or less 几乎;差不多;大约;大概;大体上
(1) I've more or less succeeded, but they haven't.
我差不多成功了,而他们没有。
(2) Our living condition has more or less improved.
我们的生活水平或多或少提高了。
13. bring in 引进;引来;吸收
(1) We should bring in new technology.
我们应该引进新技术。
(2) He brings in 800 dollars a month.
他一个月挣八百美元。 |
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