2012年6月英语四级考试常考短语(1)

　　be about to     即将    I am
　　about to learn Japanese. 不能加表示时间的词或短语.但be going to 后可加
　　I    according to     按照,根据    According to the radio, it will rain tomorrow.He came according to his promise.
　　E    by accident    偶然    by chance
　　: I made a grammer mistake by accident.
　　A    in accordance with    一致;按照;根据    I sold the house in accordance with your orders.
　　E    account for    解释,说明    How do you account for all these mistakes ?
　　I    on account of    因为,由于    because of : Li Ping was late for class this morning on account of the traffic.
　　I    accustomed to     习惯于    1.The boy soon became accustomed to hard work and poor food.
　　2.I am accustomed to this sort of work
　　I    take ... into account    考虑    You must take into account the boy's long illness.
　　I    in addition to    除...之外    A new baby is an addition to the family.
　　in addition=另外
　　I    add up to    合计达    All this adds up to a new concept (概念)of the universe.
　　I    in advance    事先,在前,预先    We always pay the rent in advance.
　　A    gain/have an advantage    胜过,优于    This system will have an advantage over that one.
　　I    take advantage of    乘...之机,利用    to make use of, e.g. by deceiving someone.
　　advantage over : 优于
　　I    ahead of    在...前面,先于    Our company is ahead of other makers of soap.
　　A    in the air    在流行中,在传播中
　　E    above all    首先,尤其
　　E    after all    毕竟,虽然这样
　　E    at all    完全    I do not agree with you at all.
　　A    all but    决不    It's all but impossible.
　　A    all out    全力以赴,竭尽全力    We went all out to climb the mountain.
　　I    in all    总共,合计
　　I    allow for    考虑到    You'll have to allow three days for thatjob.to provide (esp. money or time)
　　I    leave alone    听其自然,不要去管    Leave that alone: it's mine.
　　I    let alone    听其自然,不要去管
　　更不用说     1.Let him alone: he is doing no harm. 2. The baby cannot even walk, let alone run.
　　E    one after another    一个接一个
　　E    one another    互相    We made comments on one another's work.
　　I    approve
　　of     赞成,同意    I can
　　hardly approve of it.
　　I    anything but    根本不    The little bridge is anything but safe.
　　I will do anything but that .
　　E    arrive at    到达    After many hours' talk, the committee arrived at a decision.
　　I    as for    至于    You can have a bed, but as for the children, they'll have to sleep on the floor.
　　E    as if / as though    好像,仿佛
　　I    as to    至于    1.He's very concerned as to whether it's the right job for him. 2. correctly placed as to size and color
　　I    aside from    除...之外(尚有)    =apart from
　　Good work, apart from a few slight faults.
　　I    ask after    询问,问候    He ask after you / your health.
　　E    ask for    请求,要求
　　I    attached to    系,贴,连接;附属;依恋    1.I was attached to the naval college as a special instructor for six months. 2. I am very attached to that car.
　　E    pay attention to    注意    You must pay attention to the teacher.
　　A    on (the/an) average    平均,一般说来    On average we receive five letters each day.
　　E    right away    立刻,马上    Do it right away!
　　I    back and forth    来回地,反复地    The chair rocked back and forth.
　　A    back down/off    放弃,让步,退却    I saw that she was right, so I had to back down.
　　A    back of    在...后部,在...背后
　　I.A    back up    支持,援助;
　　A.倒退,后退    The policeman wouldn't have believed me if you hadn't backed me up.
　　I    based on    以...为基础    His argument is based on facts.
　　I    on the basis of    以...为基础    Society rested on the basis of the family.
　　E    to begin with    首先,第一点    =in the first place:We can't go.To begin with, it's too cold.Besides, we've no money
　　I    on behalf of    代表,为了    The president is ill, so I'm speaking on his behalf.
　　I    make believe    假装    The children are making believe that they're princes and princesses.
　　I    at best / at the best    最好,充其量    At best the company will lose money this year-at worst it may have to close down.
　　I    get the best of     战胜;从中得到最大益处    They got the best of the other team at last.
　　E    make the best of    充分利用,妥善处理    to make the best of a bad job; He will make the best of the situation.
　　E    do/ try
　　one's best    尽力,努力    We must try our best to overcome the difficulty. 
 

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