MPAcc联考英语关键词组详解（五）

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He hasnt enough money for food, let alone amusements.

他连吃饭钱都不够，就更不用说玩儿的钱了。

The baby can’t even walk, let alone run.

let down加长 放下，降低；使失望

let go (of)放开，松手

let off排放；放过；宽恕；（在…）下车

Some judges will not let young criminals off, they make them go to prison.

She let the boy off (doing) his music practice.

let out放走，释放；发出（声音）；泄露

line up排队，排成一行

About a hundred people lined up in front of the theatre.

little by little一点一点地，逐渐地

live on靠…生活；维持生命

the sick man lived on chicken soup for a week.

live through经受住；度过

Many people lived through the earthquake.

live up to不辜负；遵守诺言

He was a man who lived up to his promises.

I hope I can live up to the expectations of my parents.

We will live up to what our parents expect of us. 我们决不辜负父母亲对我们的期望

。

look after照顾；关心

My friend looked after my cat while I was on holiday.

在我去度假的时候，我的朋友照料我的猫。

Roberts old enough to look after himself.

罗伯特这么大了,已经能照顾自己了。

look at看；观察；查阅

look back回头看；回顾

From this time on, he never looked back.

从此以后他便不断进步了。

After he won the first game, he never looked back. 他胜了第一局后,就节节胜利。

look down on / upon轻视，看不起

Some boys usually look down on little girls and refuse to play with them.

look for寻找，寻求；期望

look forward to盼望；期待

We are all looking forward to our holiday.

我们都盼望着假期。

Im looking forward to seeing you this summer vacation. 我盼望今年暑假见到你。

look in顺便看望；顺便拜服

I’ll look in this evening to see how she is.

look into调查，深入了解

I’ll look into your complaint at once.

look on观看，旁观

May I look on with you?

我可以跟你合看这本书吗?

The bull looked on sympathetically until the drunk was out of the way before onc

e more turning its attention to the matador.

这头公牛一直同情地望着醉汉,直到醉汉不见了才重新把注意力转向斗牛士。

look out注意

Look out, theres a car coming.

留神，汽车过来了。

Look out! There is danger ahead.

当心!前面危险。

look over翻阅，浏览

look through浏览；详细调查

Look through these photos and try to pick out the man you saw.

look up查阅，查出；看望

Things are looking up! 情况正在好转!

When you do not understand a word, you can look it up in this dictionary.

当你不懂一个单词时，可以查这本词典。

On my way home, I looked up an old friend of mine.

在回家的路上,我去看望了一下我的一个老朋友。

lose heart丧失勇气，失去信心

lose one’s head被砍头；丧命；慌张

lose one’s temper发怒，发脾气

He lost his temper. 他发脾气了。

lose sight of看不见；忘记，忽略

In the heat of the argument, we mustn’t lose sight of our main purpose.

M

make a / the difference区别对待；起重要作用；有影响

make for快速走向，向…前进；促进

The ship was making straight for the rocks.

The large print makes for easier reading.

大号字体便于阅读。

make friends交朋友

make fun of嘲弄，取笑

make one’s way前去；去

make out理解，领悟；写出；辩论

Can you make out what he’s trying to say?

He immediately sat down and made out a check/bill.

make sense有意义；言之有理

make sure弄确实，查明

make the best / most of充分利用

make up组成，占…比例；弥补，补偿；捏造；

化妆；化装

She made up her face to look prettier.

她把脸化了妆以便看上去漂亮些。

The boy made up a story. it was not true.

男孩编了个故事，这故事不是真的。

make up for弥补，补偿

This beautiful autumn makes up for the wet summer.

Hurry, we must make up for lost time.

How can we make up to you for what you have suffered? 我们如何补偿你所遭受的损害

？

make up of由…组成；包含有

make up one’s mind决心，决定

make use of使用，利用

make way让路，腾出地方

many a许多，

many a time屡次

may as well还不如，不妨

There is nothing to do, so I may as well go to bed. 没什么事可做，我还是上床睡觉

好了。

注意： 动词原形

mix up混合，混淆，搞乱，搞糊涂

He mixed up the addresses so that no one got the right letters.

Its common to mix him up with his brother. theyre twin brothers. 把他同他的兄

弟混淆起来是常有的事,因为他俩是双胞胎。

Dont mix up those papers.

别把那些纸弄乱了。

If you mix up those data we shant find the one we need quickly. 要是你把这些资

料弄乱,我们将无法迅速地找到需要的内容了。

more or less或多或少，有点儿

most of all尤其是，首先

N

neither … or既不…也不…

He answered me, but he spoke neither slowly nor clearly.

他回答了我的问题,但是他说得又快又不清楚。

never mind不要紧，不要放在心里

next door隔壁；接近

no doubt无疑地，很可能

No doubt you would like a drink.

毫无疑问你是喜欢喝一杯了。

No doubt he was just trying to help, but hes spoiled our work.

可能他只是想帮忙，但却把我们的工作给弄糟了。

no good不行，没有用

no less than和…一样

no longer不再

no matter how (what, when, etc.)无论

no more不再

no more than至多；同…一样不；仅仅

no sooner … than一…就

I had no sooner got back to the kitchen than the doorbell rang loud enough to wa

ke the dead. 我刚走回厨房,门铃又响了,响得足以把死人吵醒。

no wonder难怪，不足为奇

none other than不是别的，正是

Its none other than Tom! We thought you were in Africa! 是汤姆！我们以为你还在非

洲！

not only … but also不但…而且…

nothing but只，只不过

now and then 时而，偶尔

now that既然

O

of course当然

off and on断断续续地，间歇地，有时

off duty下班

on a large scale大规模地

on a small scale小规模地

on account of因为，由于

on average平均；通常；一般

on behalf of代表，为了

I paid the money on your behalf.

我替你付了钱。

Dont trouble to do it on my behalf.

不要为了我去麻烦了。

on board 在船（车、飞机）上

on business办事；因公出差

on condition that如果；在…条件下

on duty值班，当班

on earth地球上，世界上；究竟；到底

on foot步行

on guard站岗，值班

on hand在手边；临近

on occasion(s)有时，间或地

on (the) one hand一方面

on one’s guard警惕，提防

on one’s own独自，独立地

on purpose故意，有意

on sale上市，出售；减价，贱卖

on schedule按时间表，准时

on second thoughts经重新考虑

on the average平均，通常

on the contrary正相反

on the grounds of根据，以…为理由

on the other hand另一方面

on the point of即将…的时候

on the side作为兼职，作为副业；私下

an evening job to bring in a little money on the side.

He makes a little money on the side by not reporting all his income to the taxma

n.

on the spot在现场，当场

on the whole总的看来，大体上，基本上

on time准时

once again / more再一次

once for all永远地，一劳永逸地

once in a while偶尔，有时

one another互相

or else否则，要不然

or so大约

other than除…之外，除非

Theres nobody here other than me.

除了我这里没别人。

out of越出…之外；从…里面（=from）；离开；由于；没有

out of breath喘不过气来，上气不接下气

out of date过时的，落后的

out of doors在户外

out of order发生故障，失调，（工作）不正常

out of place不适当的，不相称

out of practice 久不练习，荒疏

out of question无疑 =beyond question

out of sight看不见

out of the question不可能的，办不到的

Their victory is out of the question: they’ve lost too many men.

out of touch不联系，不接触

over and over反复，再三

owing to由于；因为

They could not cross the river owing to the flood. 由于洪水，他们不能过河。

Owing to the immediate danger of war, there will be an extraordinary meeting of

Parliament tonight. 由于即将发生的战争危险,今晚议会将召开特别会议。

P

pass away去世；死了

George’s mother had passed away three years earlier.

pass on通过，传给，传递

pay attention to注意

pay back还钱，偿还；报复

I owe you some money. Let me pay you back now.

He has insulted me. I’ll pay him back later.

Ill certainly pay you back for what you did to me! 你那样对待我,我一定要回敬你

的!

How can I pay you back for all your kindness? 你的这番好意我该怎么报答呢?

pay off还清(债)；得到好结果

Some families never pay their debts off.

Will the Jackson’s business pay off?

Did your plan pay off? 你的计划成功了吗？

pick out挑选出；辨认出

pick up捡起；学会；半路搭人；加快

Where did you pick up your Russian?

I don’t have time to come to your house, but I could pick you up at the end of

the street.

pick up speed 加速

piece together 拼合

The policeman tried to piece together the facts.

play a part in在…中起作用

point out指出，指明

prior to在…之前；更重要的；优先的

A prior engagement will preclude me from coming. 我因有约在先,不能来了。

I have a prior engagement and so cant go with you. 我预先有约会，所以不能跟你去

。

The contract will be signed prior to the ceremony. 合同将在仪式举行之前签字。

This task is prior to all others.

这项任务比所有其他任务都重要。

I stopped playing football because my work had a prior claim on my time. 我停止

了踢足球,因为我必须优先处理我的工作。

pull down拆毁；降低

Half the houses in the street are being pulled down to make room for the new pos

t office.

pull out拔出，抽出；（火车）离站

The circus is planning to pull out of the suburb park tomorrow morning.

马戏团计划明天上午离开城郊公园。

The peace-preserving army of the United Nations pulled out of the area.

联合国的维和部队撤出了那个地区。

pull up停下 ,停车

The driver pulled up (his car) at the gate of the school. 司机在学校大门口停下了

车。

The car pulled up suddenly at the traffic lights.

put across解释清楚；使人接受

Im not putting my meaning across very well. 我未把我的意思解释清楚。

A good speaker knows how to put his message across to his audience.

The Beatles put that song across better than anyone else.

put aside放在一边；储存；保留

He puts aside $100 a month to pay for his summer holiday.

The young lovers have been trying to put some money aside for their marriage cer

emony.

年青的恋人一直努力存钱以备举行婚礼时用。

He has a little money put aside for a rainy day. 他积蓄了一点钱以备不时之需。

The manager had to put his work aside for a time for an urgent accident. 经理不得

不暂时搁下手头的工作去处理一件紧急事故。

put away放好；收好

Fred generally puts his tools away.

The boy put the food away in the cupboard after he finished his dinner.

小男孩吃完晚饭后把食品在橱里放好。

put down写下；记下；镇压

Put down his phone number before you forget it.

Troops were used to put down the rebellions.

"Put it down to my account, please."

“请把它记在我的帐上”

put forward提出；推荐；把…提前

The older members of the committee put forward a suggestion.

May I put your name forward as a possible chairman of the committee?

The warm weather has put the crops forward by a month.

Put the clocks forward. 将钟拨快。

In 1860, a better plan was put forward by an Englishman, William Low. 1860年,一个

名叫威廉.娄的英国人提出了一项更好的计划。

Shall we put Mr. Wellington forward as the candidate for chairman of the committ

ee?我们提名惠灵顿先生作为委员会主席的候选人,好吗?

put in伸进；提出；提交；申请，请求

If the goods were damaged in the post, you can put in a claim to the post office

.

如果货物在邮递途中遭到损坏,你可向邮局索赔.

put in for 申请；正式要求

Theyve put in for more money for the building of the new highway. 他们已为这条新

公路的建设申请要更多的钱了。

put into effect实行；执行

put into operation实施，使生效，使运行

put off延期；推迟；关掉；阻止，妨碍

Dont put off until tomorrow what can be done today. 今日可做的事不要拖到明天。

Theres an hour to put in before we set off.

我们还得待一小时才出发。

The monitors thinking things over. nobody should do anything to put him off.

班长正在细细考虑,任何人都不要使他分心。

put on穿上；戴上；上演；增加（体重）

He put his coat on. 他穿上外衣。

The workers on the construction site should put on their safety helmets before s

tarting to work. 建筑工地上的工人在开始工作以前都必须戴上安全帽。

The students usually put on a play at the end of the year.

So many people wanted to go to the match that another train had to be put on.

要去观看比赛的人那么多,只好增开一列火车。

put on speed 增加速度

The old gentleman likes to put grease on his hair to make it shiny.

老先生喜欢喜欢给头发擦上发膏使它光亮。

put out熄灭；关灯；生产出，出版

Please put out the light before you go to bed. 上床之前请把灯关掉.

Put the fire out.

The company puts out 13 new machines every month.

put to use使用，利用

put up举起；修建；提供

to put up a tent 架起帐篷

Put your hands up!

We can put up ten people for the night at a pinch. 必要时我们可以留宿十个人。

The plans for the new theatre are all prepared, but who will put up the money?

They put up a shed in the garden to keep tools in.

put up with忍受；容忍

I don’t like this noise, but I suppose we must put up with it.

I cant put up with your hypocrisy any more.我再也不能容忍你的虚伪态度了。

That woman, as a housewife, has a lot to put up with.

那个女人是个家庭主妇不得不忍受许多烦恼。

Q

qualify for 使合格；使具有资格

Do you qualify for the vote?

你有投票资格吗？

I hope to qualify as a doctor.

我希望取得医生资格。

A degree in English does not qualify you to teach English. 你的英语程度教书不够格

。

quite a few不少，相当多的

R

rather than而不是；与其说是…不如说是…

refer to把…提交；参考，查阅；提到

The shop referred the complaint (back) to the makers of the article.

If you don’t know what this means, refer to the dictionary.

Don’t refer your sister as a silly cow!

注意：refer to … as 把…称作，当作

Keats is referring to epic poetry when he mentions Homers proud demesne. 当济

慈提到荷马的骄傲的领域时,他指的是史诗。

refer to … as把…称作，把…当作

regardless of不管，不顾

right away立即，立刻，马上

right now立刻

ring off挂断电话

ring up打电话

I rang (up) Peter to see if he could come to dinner. 我给彼得打电话问他是否能来吃

饭。

run across偶然遇到

run down（被）耗尽；（健康）衰退；撞倒；诽谤；减少

She is jealous of your success, that’s why she always running you down.

The battery has run down.

The coal industry is being run down.

煤矿工业正逐步停产。

run into偶然遇到；碰上（困难）；与…相撞

Who else ran into Susan?

The car skidded and ran into a lamppost.

车子打滑，撞上了灯柱。

run out (of)（常与of连用）用光；耗尽

Though they are running out of food and drink, the men are cheerful and confident that they will get out soon.

他们虽然已经水尽粮绝,但情绪都很好,并且深信他们很快就会出来的。