2013年英语四级考试常考短语(9)

　　I knock down 1.撞倒,击倒; 2.拆除 1.Alex was knocked down by a bus yesterday.2. Our house is being knocked down to make way for a new road.
　　A knock out 击倒,击昏 A rock falling down from the mountain knocked a tourist out.
　　I at large 1.一般地,大多数;
　　2.未被捕获的 1.in general,as a whole: Did the people at large approve of the government's policy?
　　2. free, uncontrolled: The criminals are still at large.(凶手依然逍遥法外)
　　A lay aside 1.放下,把..搁置一旁;
　　2.留存,储存; 3A.放弃,抛弃 1.=put down:
　　Lay the book aside and rest your eyes for a while. 2.Lay aside money for one's old age.
　　3.Lay aside bad habits.
　　A lay down 1.放下;
　　2.规定,制订 1. to lay down arms
　　2.to lay down the law.You can't lay down hard and fast rules.
　　A lay off (临时)解雇,休息 They laid us off for 3 months.
　　I lay out 1.安排,布置,设计; 2.展开(以便使用或易见) 1.=make a plan for ,arrange: lay out a printed page/an advertisement.
　　well paid-out streets and avenues.(设计良好的街道和马路).
　　2.The magnificent scene that was laid out before the climbers when they reached the summit.
　　A in the least 一点,丝毫 He is not in the least worried.
　　I leave behind 不带,忘了带,遗留,留下 Don't leave your coat (behind)!
　　I leave out 省略,遗漏 I left out the important point.
　　A lend itself to
　　A at length 最终,终于 =at last ,finally:
　　After two hours' drive they arrived there at length.
　　I let down 1.使失望,不帮助;
　　2.放下,降低 1.disappoint, fail to help :Harry will never let you down.(You can rely upon him to help you always.) 2.Pleast let the window down.She let down her hair. 3.make(clothes) longer: This skirt needs letting down.
　　A let go (of ) 放开,松开 Don't let go (of) the rope /handle.
　　Let me go!(Take your hands off me,don't hold or keep me.)放开你的手,不要拉我,让我走!
　　E let in / into 让..进来 There is someone at the door;let them in,will you? Who let you into the building?
　　A let loose 放开,释放,放松(喻发泄) Don't let that dog loose.
　　A let off 1.原谅,宽恕,从轻处理,免除(工作,责任,约束) ; 1.The police let him off, but warned him not to do it again. You let him off lightly.
　　2.to let off a fireworks放(枪炮,烟火等): The boys were letting off fireworks
　　E let out 1.放出,发出 ;
　　2.放大,放宽 1.He let out a cry of pain.
　　Let the water out of the bathtub.
　　2.=to make (clothes)bigger: She's getting so fat that her trousers need to be let out round the waist(腰).
　　E lie in 1.睡懒觉;
　　2A. 分娩,待产 1=to stay in bed late in the morning; lie-in n: have a nice lie-in on Sunday morning
　　2. The time had come for her to lie in.
　　A in the light of 鉴于,由于 =taking into account;considering:
　　The book was written in the light of the new theory.
　　A throw/cast light on/upon 阐明某事,使人了解某事 =to make clear;explain:
　　Their findings throw some light on what has happened.
　　I in line 成一直线,排成一行 in line for the job ;
　　The students stood in line to welcome us .
　　A in line with 与...一致,与...符合 That isn't in line with my ideas at all.
　　I line up 使排队, 使排成一行 1.He lined up behind the others to wait his turn. 2.I've lined up a famous singer for the school concert.
　　E little by little 一点点地, 逐渐地 If you keep studying hard, you are certain to make progress little by little.
　　I live on/by 靠...生活,以...为食
　　They live on meat,fish, milk and vegetables.
　　I live through 度过 The old man lived through two world wars.
　　I live up to 1遵守,实践(诺言,原则);2.符合,不辜负 The teacher hopes that his students will live up to his expectations.
　　2.Did the film live up to your expectations?
　　I as long as 只要,如果,既然 =if;on condition that:We can finish the task ahead of time as long as we work hard
　　for long 　 Were you there for long?
　　E look after 照料,照管,关心,注意 Who will look after the baby?
　　E look at 看,朝..看,看待 He looks at work in a different way now he is in charge.
　　I look back 回顾,回头看 After he won the first game,he never looked back.
　　A look down on/ upon 蔑视,看不起 =to have a low opinion of
　　E look for 寻找 =try to find
　　E look forward to 盼望,期待;预料 =to expect to enjoy
　　I look in 顺便看望,顺便访问
　　I look into 窥视,调查,过问 There is a fault in the machine, and we're just looking into it.