9. pay off 还清(债务);付清
It took us six years to pay off that judgment.
我们花了六年才还清债务。
I'll certainly pay you back for what you did to me.
你那样对待我,我一定要回敬你的。
[考点3]pick构成的短语
① pick out 挑出,辨认出
② pick up 拾起,捡起,(用车)接,恢复(健康),中途搭载
③ pick off 摘下来
④ pick at 少量地吃,老是挑剔(某人)
⑤ pick & choose 挑三拣四
[例句] My sister is going with me to help me pick out a
new suit. 我姐姐要陪我去挑一件新衣服。
They showed their displeasure by continually picking at
her. 他们不断挑剔她,表明了他们不满。
Henry's been ill, but he's picking up again now. 亨瑞病
了,但是很快又恢复了健康。
[考例3](NMET 1997) She ____ his number in
the phone book to make sure that she had got it right.
A. looked up B. looked for
C. picked out D. picked up
[考查目标] 此题主要考查四个短语的用法。
[答案与解析]A look up向上看,查找,查寻;look for
寻找;pick out 挑出来;pick up 拾起。本句话的意思为
“她在电话簿中找电话号码以便确信她是对的”。
6. call on / upon 访问,看望,拜访,要求,号召
Last night I called on Mr. Black and had a long talk.
昨晚我拜访了布莱克先生,并同他作r长时间谈话。
The salesman called on our company twice a month.
这位推销员每月来我们公司两次。
Mr. Read called on us to learn from Peter.
雷德先生号召我们向彼得学习。
与call相关的词组:
call after 以……的名字而命名
call at 访问,拜访
call for 要求;需求
call out 大声喊叫
call up 提醒
8. bring back 拿回来;使恢复
If you are going shopping, please bring back a tube of
toothpaste?
要是你上街,请买一支牙膏回来。
His words brought the whole event back.
他的话使人想起了整个事件。
bring out 生产;制造
bring up 养育;教育
bring about 引起;致使
bring down 使落下
11. at (the) most最多;至多
I can pay only fifteen pounds at the most.
我最多只能付15英镑。
This is worth 3000 yuan at the most.
这个最多值3000元。
[拓展] at (the) least 至少;最少
7. after all 毕竟;终究
这个词组有两个含意:“要知道……”;“别忘了
……”,表示说话人对别人的态度,用来说服或提醒
对方,引出听话人似乎忘记了的某个重要的论点或
理由,在表这个意思时,一般把after all放在句首。
该词组还表示“终究”,在表示这层意思时,after aIl
一般放于句末。
I think we should let her go on holiday alone. After
all, she is fifteen and she isn't a child any more.
我想应该让她独自去度假,(要知道)她毕竟已经15
岁,不再是小孩了。
Mathilde thought it was a diamond necklace, but it
wasn't a real one after all.
玛蒂尔德原以为那足一条钻石项链,但那终归不是
真的钻石项链。
10. act...out 把……表演出来;把……付诸行动
Everyone laughed when he acted out the episode.
当他绘声绘色描绘那件事时,大家哄堂大笑。
They actually acted out their ideal.
他们确实把自己的理想变成了行动。
act against 违反
act as 担任;充当
act on 奉行;对……起作用
act up 出毛病;捣乱
3. worth, worthy, worthwhile
这三个形容词在使用时,容易混淆,worth只能作表
语,后面常跟名词、代词或动名词的主动形式,
worthy的意思是“值得的”“配得上的”“可敬的”,作
表语或定语,作表语时,构成以下词组:be worthy of
being done / be worthy to be done。worthwhile作“值
得的,合算的”讲,只能作表语。
这个问题值得讨论。
The problem is worth discusaing / discussion.
The problem is worthy of being discussed / to be
discussed.
The problem is worthy of discussion.
It is worthwhile to discuss / discussing the problem.
[短语归类]
2. continue, go on
两者都有“继续”的意思。
(1) continue to do / doing sth. 表示“不停地做某事”,
go on to do sth. 则表示“接着做另一件事情”,go on
doing sth. 表示“继续做同一件事情”,它可指中断后
的继续,也可指不中断的继续。
(2) continue后可直接跟名词,而go on后须加介词,
才能接名词。
(3) continue可用作系动词,go on不可。
(4) continue后可接介词短语,表示仍在某地或某个
职位,而go on不可。
The baby continued to cry / crying all night.
这个婴儿哭了一夜。
It's time for class. Let's go on learning Lesson 5.
上课了,我们继续上第五课。
He continues a good friend of mine.
他仍是我的一个好朋友。
[拓展] to be mntinued 待续 (用于报刊上连载的文章等)
1. because, since, as, for, now that
它们都可以被用来引导原因状语从句,其中
(1) because 语气最强,一般指事情发生的直接原因,
回答提问,一般放在主句之后。
Because he was ill, he was late for school.
他生病了,所以迟到了。
We must stay at home because it rained.
(2) since 较弱,指双方都明确的原因或众所周知的原
因,泽为“既然”,侧重主句,从句表示显然的或已知
的理由。
Since you don't like it, I'll put it away.
既然你不喜欢,我就把它放在一边。
(3) as “由于,鉴于”,指客观事实,常与since互换使
用。
As there was no answer, I wrote again.
鉴于没回复,我又写了一封信。
(4) for 是并列连词,不说明直接原因而是对某种情
况加以推断,其引导的分句前常有逗号。
He must be ill, for he is absent today.
他…定是生病了,因为他今天没来。
(5) now that 用来说明一种新情况,然后加以推论。
Now that you are ready, we'll start at once.
既然你已经准备好了,我们马上开始。
8. We two left but the meeting still
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