(一)片语动词(phrasal verbs),如:
①turn down:拒绝;②turn up:出现;③take after:长得像 ……;④put off:延期;⑤put up with:忍受;⑥do away with:取消、废除;⑦go back on:食言;⑧zero in on:将注意力集中在 ……
(二)介词短语(prepositional phrases),如:
①in a nutshell:总而言之;②by leaps and bounds:很迅速地;③with open arms:热烈地;④under the weather:不舒服; ⑤from time to time:偶尔;⑥of one's own free will:自愿地;⑦by degrees:渐渐地;⑧on one's own:独自;⑨without fail :一定;⑩in high spirits:精神奕奕地。
(三)动词短语(verb phrases),如:
①pluck up courage:鼓起勇气;②get to the bottom of…… :查询到底;③ hold the fort:代人尽责;④waste one's breath :浪费气力;⑤close one's eyes to……:熟视无睹;⑥come in handy:会有用处;⑦go without saying:不说便知;⑧lose track of:失去踪迹。
(四)名词短语(noun phrases),如:
① a bird's eye view of……:概览;② a bolt from the blue:晴天霹雳;③ Achilles' heel:人性上的一个弱点;④ child's play:轻而易举的事;⑤ food for thought:可供思考的事;⑥ a flash in the pan:昙花一现;⑦a feast for the eyes :赏心悦目事;⑧ the rat race:激烈的竞争。
(五)形容词短语(adjective phrases),如:
① bent on……:决心……;② susceptible to……:易于…… ;③devoid of……:缺乏……;④conducive to……:有助于……; ⑤comfortably off:富裕的;⑥ busy with……:忙于……;⑦ second to none:最佳的;⑧serious of purpose:认真的。
(六)“三合一”短语,如:
① ways and means:各种方法;② aches and pains:各种疼痛;③ law and order:法规;④ odds and ends:零星杂品;⑤ make or break:不成功就失败;⑥ give and take:亦取亦舍、互相忍让;⑦ forgive and forget:既往不咎;⑧ hale and hearty :健壮的;⑨free and easy:自由自在的;⑩ here and there:各处;11 safe and sound:安然无恙的;12 now and then:偶尔。
(七)成语/谚语(proverbs/ maxims),如:
① more haste, less speed:欲速不达;② man proposes, God disposes:谋事在人,成事在天;③ strike while the iron is hot:打铁趁热;④ easy come, easy go:易得易失;⑤ time flies:光阴飞快;⑥ prevention is better than cure:预防胜过治疗;⑦ never say "die":永不言“休”;⑧ the early bird catches the worm:早起的鸟儿有虫吃。
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