363 动词+介词/副词的组合

 

account

account fortr)(为某事)给出充分的理由,圆满地解释(某种行为或某项支出),做出交代:

A treasurer must account for the money he spends

财务负责人必须对他支付的款项做出交代。

He has behavd in the most extraordinary wayI cant account for hisactions at allI cant account for his behaving like that

他的行为极为奇怪,我完全无法解释他的行动/我无法为他那样的举动做出解释。

allow

allow fortr)预先为某事留有余地,考虑到(常指某种额外的需要、支出、耽搁等):

It is 800 kilometres and I drive at 100 kph., so Ill be there in eighthours

But youll have to allow for delays going through towns and for stopsfor refuelling

―距离是800公里,而我的车速是每小时100公里,因此我八小时后可以到那里。

―可是你得把通过市镇和停车加油所耽搁的时间考虑进去。

Allowing for depreciation your car should be worth2000 this timenext year

如果考虑到折旧,你的车明年此时应当值2000英镑。

answer

answer backintr),answer somebody back反驳别人的责难,回嘴顶撞:

FatherWhy were you so late last night You werent in till2 am

父亲:你昨晚回家为什么这么晚?你直到凌晨两点钟才回来。

SonYou should have been asleep

儿子:那时候你本该睡着了。

FatherDont answer me backAnswer my question

父亲:别跟我顶嘴。回答我的问题。

ask

ask after/for somebody 探询有关……的信息,(向第三者)问某人健康如何:

I met Tom at the partyhe asked after you

我在聚会上遇见了汤姆;他问你好。(问你健康如何/问你过得怎么样)

ask for

a)寻找某人并想和他/她说话,要求见到某人:

Go to the office and ask for my secretary

到办公室去,找我的秘书。

b)要求,索要:

The men asked for more pay and shorter hours

工人们要求增加工资,减少工时。

ask someone in(宾语在in之前)请某人进来:

He didnt ask me inhe kept me standing at the door while he read the message

他没有让我进去;他径自看那张条子,让我站在门口等着。

ask someone out(宾语在out之前)请某人出去参加娱乐活动或吃饭(特别是在公众地方吃饭):

She had a lot of friends and was usually asked out in the eveningsso she seldom spent an evening at home

她有很多朋友,晚上常被邀请外出,因此她晚上很少在家里呆着。

back

back awayintr)慢慢地退回去(因为遇到某种危险或不愉快的事):

When he took a gun out everyone backd away nervously

他拿出枪来时,大家都紧张地向后退去。

back outintr)退出(某事先已同意的联合行动),停止或拒绝给予所允诺的帮助或支持:

He agreed to help but backed out when he found how difficult it was

他本来同意给予帮助的,但在发现事情有多么困难之后就打退堂鼓了。

back somebody up从道义上或行动上支持:

The headmaster never backed up his staff.(backed them upIf a parentcomplained about a teacher he assumed that the teacher was in thewrong

校长从来不给教员们撑腰。凡是有家长给老师提意见时,他总是认为一定是老师不对。

be

be againsttr)反对(常带动名词):

Im for doing nothing till the police arrive./Im against doing anythingtill the police arrive

我赞成在警察来到以前不采取行动。/我反对在警察到来以前采取任何行动。

be awayintr)(至少有一个晚上)不在家,不在某地

be backintr)在长期或短暂地离开之后回到原地:

I want to see Mrs PittIs she in

NoIm afraid shes out at the moment./NoIm afraid shes awayfor the weekend

When will she be back

Shell be back in half an hour/next week

―我想见皮特夫人。她在吗?

―不,恐怕她现在不在。/不,我想她外出度周末了。

―她什么时候回来?

―她半小时后/下周回来。

be fortr)赞成(常带动名词)

be inintr)在家或在某个建筑物内

be in fortr)将要遇上(常跟某种令人不愉快的事):

Did you listen to the weather forecast Im afraid were in for a bumpyflight

你听气象预报没有?恐怕我们这次航班要很颠簸。

If you think that the work is going to be easy youre in for a shock

如果你以为这工作将容易,那么你可要大吃一惊了。

be outintr)短时间不在家/不在某个建筑物里,但并不在外过夜

be overintr)结束:

The storm is over nowwe can go on

暴风雨过去了;我们可以继续走了。

be upintr)起床了:

Dont expect her to answer the doorbell at eight oclock on SundaymorningShe wont be up

星期日早上8点钟时,别指望她听见门铃响会来开门。她那时还没有起床呢。

be up totr)体力或智力足以……(宾语常用it,但也可用动名词):

After his illness the Minister continued in office though he was no longerup to the work/up to doing the work

部长生病后继续任职,但他已力不胜任了。

be up to somethingsome mischiefsome trickno good从事或忙于某种调皮的、不正道的或有害的事/捣鬼:

Dont trust himhe is up to somethingsome trick

别信他;他在搞鬼/在耍诡计。

The boys are very quietI wonder what they are up to

男孩子们无声无息了。我不知他们在捣什么鬼。

注意:这里up to的宾语常是某一很不确定的词语,如上面例句所示。这个习语从来不与某一具体明确的事连用。

it is up to someone(常带动词不定式)此事是某人的职责:

It is up to the government to take action on violence

采取行动对付暴力行为,是政府职责所在。

I have helped you as much as I can Now it is up to you

我已尽我所能地帮助你了。现在该看你自己了。(你得靠自己的努力干下去。)

bear

bear outtr)证实,提供证明:

This report bears out my theory.(bears my theory outbears it out

这报告证实了我的理论。

bear upintr)听到坏消息仍能勇敢支撑,掩饰感情或忧伤:

The news of her death was a great shock to him but he bore up bravely and none of us realized how much he felt it

她故去的消息对他来讲是个打击,但他勇敢地支撑着,我们谁也没意识到他的感受该有多么强烈。

blow

blow outtr)吹熄:

The wind blew out the candle.(blew the candle outblew it out

风吹灭了蜡烛。

blow uptrintr

a)用爆炸的方法毁灭,爆炸,被毁:

They blew up the bridges so that the enemy couldnt follow them.(blew the bridges upblew them up

他们炸毁了桥,好让敌人不能追上他们。

Just as we got to the bridge it blew up

我们刚到桥头,桥就炸掉了。

b)充气,打气,使膨胀:

The children blew up their balloons and threw them into the air.( blew the balloons upblew them up

孩子们把气球吹鼓了,扔向空中。

boil

boil awayintr)(液体)因沸腾而挥发完,熬干:

I put the kettle on the gas ring and then went away and forgot about it

When I returned the water had all boiled away and the flame had burnta hole in the kettle

我把壶放在煤气灶上,然后就走开把这事忘掉了。我回来时,水都烧干了,火把壶底烧出了一个窟窿。

boil overintr)(液体因沸腾而)溢到容器外面:

The milk boiled over and there was a horrible smell of burning

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