2.elder adj.

　elder，older是old的两种比较级形式，都有“年长的”意思 (old还有“较旧的”意思)。但是二者用法不同。elder通常用 于名词前作定语用，而不能用在be动词或系动词后作表语;而older作“年长的”解时，则正好与之相反，它用作表语，而不用 作定语形容词。eldest和oldest区别也是如此。例如:

　My eldest aunt is three years older than my mother.

1.seven(people)in ten

　seven in/out of ten意思为“十中有七”。例如:

　They will choose ten in every one hundred to their school.

10.and so on

　and so on/forth意思为“等等”常用于句末。列举同类事 物的词组还有such as，意思是“例如……”，常用于句中被列 举事物前。例如:

　Yesterday he bought bowls，dishes，pots and so on.昨天他买了碗、碟子、锅等东西。

　He planted lots of different flowers，such as rose，carna tions and lilies.他种了很多花，像玫瑰、康乃馨、百合花等等。

　[注意]and so on不能和such as连用。

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9.not...any more

　not...any more相当于no more，意思是“不再，再也不”。

　例如:

　From now on，we won t help you any more.(=From now on，we ll no more help you.

　John still smoked，but he drank no more.

8.bring in

　bring in意思为“引入，带进来”，还可以作“赚得，获得 (收入/利润)”解。例如:

　They brought the experienced people in to help.他们请来有经验的人帮忙。

　The sale of this book brought in over＄1000. She brings in ￡250 a week.

7.a great many

　a great many意思是“很多，大量的”，相当于a good many，后面接可数名词的复数形式。作主语时，谓语动词用 复数形式。例如:

　There are a great many spelling mistakes in his letter.

　A great many fresh vegetables are sent to the city early in the morning.

6.in the same way

　in the same way意思为“同样地，用同样的方式”，常接 在动词后用作方式状语。注意way和不同的介词连用，有不 同的意思，区别如下:

　in this way就这样，用这种方式

　by the way 顺便问一下

　on the way在去……路上

　例如:

　He finally worked out the problem in this way.最后，他 就这样解决了问题。

　By the way，how old is your son?顺便问一下，你儿子多大了?

　On the way to school，he met an old friend of his.在去 学校的路上，他碰到了他的一个老朋友。注意:如果way后 接副词时，要省略to。如:on the way home，在回家的路上。

5.the same as...

　the same as...意思为“和……一样”，same前的the不能省略。其对应词组为be different from...，“和……不同”，different前不能加the。表示“在某方面相同/不同”时，后面常 接介词in。例如:

　I ve got the same book as yours.

　The two desks are the same in size but different in color.

4.stay link.v.

　stay这里用作系动词，意思是“保持(某种状态)，维持” (=remain，keep)，后面常接形容词或名词作表语。例如:

　The weather has stayed warm all the week.

　He never left that school and stayed a teacher there all his life.

2.more or less

　这里more or less意思是“或多或少，大体上，在一定程 度上”，用来表示自己的意见不那么肯定。例如:

　Our living condition has more or less improved.

　Jim made a small mistake in the exam，but his answers

　were more or less(=nearly/almost)right.

　e about

　come about意思为“发生”(=happen)。一般用作不及 物动词词组，后面不再接名词。例如:

　How did this traffic accident come about?