2012年6月英语四级考试常考短语(5)

　　I    dress up    穿上盛装,
　　打扮得漂漂亮亮    1. 2. He dressed the facts up to make them more interesting.
　　I    drop by / in    顺便来访,非正式访问    Drop in when you are next in London.
　　drop in on sb
　　E    due to     由于    Her success is entirely due to hard work.
　　I.A    drop off    1.减少,下降;2.入睡;
　　3.下车;4.把..放下    Interest in the game has dropped off.
　　A    drop out    退出,退学,弃权,放弃    He dropped out of college after only two weeks.
　　I    on / off duty    下班/值班,当班    When I'm off duty I play tennis.
　　A    dwell on    凝思,详述    Don't dwell so much on your past.
　　A    carry/bring/put into effect    实行,生效    The plans will soon be carried into effect
　　A    come/go into effect    实行,实施    The new tax regulations came into effect last week.
　　I    in effect    1.生效;
　　2.实际上,事实上    1.The rules will remain in effect until October. 2.Although he is her employer, she has, in effect, full control.
　　A    take effect    生效,奏效,起作用    =to come into operation;start to have results
　　I    or else    否则    He must pay $100 or else go to prison.
　　I    in the end    最后,终于    =at last
　　I    on end     连续地    two hours on end
　　E    enjoy oneself    过得快乐    Did you enjoy yourself of the party?
　　A    in essence    本质上,实质上,精华    =essentially
　　E    even if / even though    即使,纵然    Even if we win the game, we should not be conceited.
　　E    even now/ then    到这/那时,虽然情况如此    Even then he would not admit his mistake.
　　I    at all events    无论如何,在任何情况下    I hope to go tomorrow, at all events , I shall go before Sunday.
　　in any event/case    无论如何    I'll probably see you tomorrow, but in any event 'll telephone.
　　A    in the event of    如果..发生,万一    In the event of rain, the party will be held indoors.
　　A    in excess of    多余,超过    Never spend in excess of your income;Changchun
　　has a population in excess of one million.
　　I    catch one's eye    引人注目    You really catch my eye.
　　I    keep an eye on    注意,监视,留意,照看
　　I    face to face    面对面地    I've often talked to him on the telephone,but I've never met him face to face.
　　I    face up to    大胆面向    to face up to one's responsibilities
　　I    in the face of    1.在前面;
　　2.不顾,即使    1.=in opposition to;
　　2=in spite of
　　I    make a face    做鬼脸
　　I    in fact     实际上,事实上    He doesn't mind. In fact,he's very pleased.
　　E    matter of fact    实际情况,真相
　　E    fall behind    落后    to fall behind with one's work
　　I    fall back on    求助于,转而依靠    Even if he is not successful as a singer,he
　　has his training as a teacher to fall back on
　　A    fall in with+sb/sth    1.偶遇;2. 同意    1.=happen to meet; 2=agree to : He fell in with my views at once.
　　A    fall out    吵架,失和    Jean and Paul have fallen out with each other again.
　　I    fall through    落空,失败    The plan felt through.
　　E    as far as
　　/ so far as     到...程度; 远至
　　I    by far    ....得多    by far the smallest/heaviest
　　E    far from    决不,与非    =rather than; instead of
　　I    so far    1.到目前为此; 2. 至某一指明地点    1.=until now : So far we have learned five lessons.
　　2.=up to a certain point
　　A    find fault    埋怨,挑剔,找毛病    She's always finding fault with the way I do things.
　　I.A    in favor of    赞成,支持;
　　A有利于    Are you in favor of worker's control of companies?
　　A    feed in    输入,进(料)
　　I    feed on     靠吃...维持生命    The horse feeds on grass.
　　A    be fed up with    对...感到厌烦    I am fed up with your empty promises.
　　I    feel like    想要    Do you feel like a coffee?feel like doing sth
　　I    figure out     算出,估计,推测
　　E    find out    发现,查明,找出
　　E    at first    最初,首先
　　A    flare up    突然烧起来,突然发怒
　　A    catch fire    着火,烧着    The pile of papers caught fire.
　　A    set fire to    使燃烧,点燃    Someone must have set fire to it/ set it on fire.
　　I    on fire    起火,着火    The house is on fire!
　　I    in force    大批地    The police were out in force to stop any trouble.
 

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