1、高考高中高三英语高考高中高三英语 1.说明;证明He could not account for his foolish mistake.他无法解释他所犯的荒谬的错误。2.对.负有责任Who will have to account for the misprints in the dictionary?account forallow for 考虑到;将计算在内;为酌留余地 If you allow for certain problems or expenses,you include some extra time or money in your planning so that yo
2、u can deal with them if they occur.You have to allow for a certain amount of error.你必须将一定量的误差考虑在内。The Agencys budget simply did not allow for such a massive increase.该机构的预算根本没有将如此大额的超支计算在内。argue for/against If you argue for something,you say why you agree with it,in order to persuade people that it
3、is right.If you argue against something,you say why you disagree with it,in order to persuade people that it is wrong.The report argues against tax increases.addict to addict oneself to attend to:照料照料See to the chores,will you?你会整理家务吗你会整理家务吗?beat up1.痛打;殴打 If someone beats a person up,they hit or ki
4、ck the person many times.The government supporters are beating up anyone they suspect of favouring the demonstrators.2.对忧心忡忡;因为而自责 If you beat yourself up about something,you worry about it a lot or blame yourself for it.【STYLE标签】:INFORMAL 非正式 Tell them you dont want to do it any more.Dont beat your
5、self up about it.去跟他们说你不想干了。别为了这个难为自己。I dont beat myself up.I dont deal with things I cant handle.我不会为难自己,力所不及的事我是不会干的。break down分解,变化 Chemicals in the body break our food down into useful substances.Sugar and starch are broken down in the stomach.糖和淀粉在胃里被分解。The peace talks are said to have broken d
6、own.(喻)(机器)损坏Our truck broke down outside town.我们的卡车在城外抛锚了。精神崩溃;失去控制He broke down and wept.他不禁失声痛哭。bring up1.教育;养育 Mary gave up her career to bring up the children.2.提出;引出 There are questions that you can bring up in the meeting.3.呕吐bring back1.使返回;归还;带回来If youre going to the shops,could you bring m
7、e back some cigarettes?2.回忆;使忆起 call sth to mind 回想起某物 The old photograph brought back many memories.3.使某人恢复某事物:A week by the sea brought her back to health.bring about导致;引起导致;引起 To bring something about means to cause it to happen.The only way they can bring about political change is by putting pre
8、ssure on the country.Science have brought about many change in our lives.Computer technology will bring about a revolution in business administration.bring out1.生产;制造生产;制造to bring out a new kind of soap 生产一种新肥皂2.使显露使显露to bring out the best in sb.使(某人)显露其最好的一面bring in1.(政府或组织)推行,采用(新的法律或(政府或组织)推行,采用(
9、新的法律或制度)制度)=introduce The government brought in a law under which it could take any land it wanted.2.赚得,挣(钱)赚得,挣(钱)Someone or something that brings in money makes it or earns it.I have three part-time jobs,which bring in about 14,000 a year.3.引入;请来;邀请引入;请来;邀请 If you bring in someone from outside a t
10、eam or organization,you invite them to do a job or join in an activity or discussion.The firm decided to bring in a new management team.Bring down1.使(政府或当权者)垮台 When people or events bring down a government or ruler,they cause the government or ruler to lose power.They were threatening to bring down
11、the government by withdrawing from the ruling coalition.他们威胁要退出执政联盟,让政府垮台。His challenge to Mrs.Thatcher brought her down.他的挑战导致了撒切尔夫人的下台。2.射落;击落;击倒 If someone or something brings down a person or aeroplane,they cause them to fall,usually by shooting them.Military historians may never know what broug
12、ht down the jet.1.堆积以阻塞 2.逐步建立,逐步形成;堆积而成 3.累积,发展,增大 4.俗广告;宣传使成名5.加强;增强;增进 build upto build up ones strength增强体力At sea the wind can build up giant,powerful wave.在海上,风能形成巨大强劲的波浪。Hard working conditions build up character.(喻)艰苦的工作条件能磨练人的性格。Im very glad to see that your vocabulary is gradually building
13、up.看到你的词汇量在逐渐增长,我很高兴。We are building up a good business.我们的生意兴隆。build up1.If you build up something or if it builds up,it gradually becomes bigger,for example because more is added to it.The stamps collection has been built up over the last seventeen years.Slowly a thick layer of fat builds up on th
14、e desks surface.2.If you build someone up,you help them to feel stronger or more confident,especially when they have had a bad experience or have been ill.Build her up with kindness and a sympathetic ear.Dr.Johnson and I have been trying to build Joe up physically.3.If you build someone or something
15、 up,you make them seem important or exciting,for example by talking about them a lot.Historians built Joe up as the champion of parliament.Id built him up in my head as being the love of my life.build-up A build-up is a gradual increase in something.There has been a build-up of troops on both sides
16、of the border.The disease can also cause a build up of pressure in the inner ear leading to severe earache.break off 1.If part of something breaks off or if you break it off,it comes off or is removed by force.Joe broke off a large piece of the clay.Weve torn down wooden fences and broken branches o
17、ff trees.2.If you break off when you are doing or saying something,you suddenly stop doing it or saying it.Joe broke off in mid-sentence.3.If someone breaks off a relationship,they end it.The two states had broken off relations two years ago.Joe doesnt seem to have the courage to break it off with h
18、is wife.break away 1.If you break away from someone who is trying to hold you or catch you,you free yourself and run away.I broke away from him.2.If you break away from something or someone that restricts you or controls you,you succeed in freeing yourself from them.The group broke away from the Lab
19、our Party in 1932.Call in1.If you call someone in,you ask them to come and help you or do something for you.Call in an architect to oversee the work.2.If you call in somewhere,you make a short visit there.He just calls in occasionally.I got into the habit of calling in on Joe on my way home.call for
20、 1.If you call for someone,you go to the building where they are,so that you can both go somewhere.I shall be calling for you at seven oclock.=pick up 2.If you call for something,you demand that it should happen.People angrily called for Robinsons resignation.call off If you call off an event that h
21、as been planned,you cancel it.Joe has called off the trip.The union threatened a strike but called it off at the last minute.Carry on1.继续;接着;坚持 If you carry on doing something,you continue to do it.Joe intends to carry on teaching.His eldest son Joseph carried on his fathers traditions.2.举行;进行;开展 If
22、 you carry on an activity,you do it or take part in it for a period of time.The president will carry on a political dialogue with Indonesia.If you catch up with someone who is in front of you,you reach them by walking faster than they are walking.I stopped and waited for her to catch up.To catch up
23、with someone means to reach the same standard,stage,or level that they have reached.Most late developers will catch up with their friends.John began the season better than me but I have fought to catch up.During the evenings,the school is used by kids who want to catch up on English and mathematics.
24、If you catch up on an activity that you have not had much time to do recently,you spend time doing it.I was catching up on a bit of reading.If you catch up on friends who you have not seen for some time or on their lives,you talk to them and find out what has happened in their lives since you last t
25、alked together.The ladies spent some time catching up on each others health and families.She plans to return to Dublin to catch up with the relatives she has not seen since she married.If you are caught up in something,you are involved in it,usually unwillingly.The people themselves werent part of t
26、he conflict;they were just caught up in it.Many African women,for reasons of poverty,get caught up in the drug trade.=involved Catch on1.明白;认识到 If you catch on to something,you understand it,or realize that it is happening.Joe got what he could out of me before I caught on to the kind of person hed
27、turned into.2.时兴;流行 If something catches on,it becomes popular.The idea has been around for ages without catching on.Cut short cut short 突然打断;突然中止 The chairman had to cut short the meeting.会议主席只得提早结束会议。cater to设法适应(的需要);迎合(的爱好)TV programmes should cater to all tastes.It is difficult to cater to all
28、tastes.众口难调 call up1.召集;动员2.使人想起(=call upon)check out When you check out of a hotel or clinic where you have been staying,or if someone checks you out,you pay the bill and leave.They packed and checked out of the hotel.*check in If you check out something or someone,you find out information about th
29、em to make sure that everything is correct or satisfactory.=investigate Maybe we ought to go down to the library and check it out.The police had to check out the call.=investigate If something checks out,it is correct or satisfactory.She was in San Diego the weekend Jensen got killed.It checked out.
30、Everything checks out.(经检查)得到证实,获得证明come by获得;得到Jobs are hard to come by.Come by for a drink after work.下班后来我家喝一杯。How did you come by that wound in the forehead?Come out1.(照片上)显露;结果是 My sister came out well in that photograph.那张照片中我妹妹照得很好。The stars came out as soon as darkness fell.2.公开;问世;出版;被刊行 Th
31、e news came out that king and queen suddenly fell ill.When does Johns book come out?3.除去(颜色、记号);消失 Ive washed this shirt twice and the ink still hasnt come out.这件衬衣我洗了两次,墨迹还是洗不掉。4.说出,讲出I tried to say“I love you”,but the words would not come out.Come on1.表示鼓励、催促等快,走吧;开始,发生;进步,进展 2.快,来嘛,别那样了 3.(表示劝说、鼓
32、励)来吧,走吧;开始 Come on1.You say Come on to someone to encourage them to do something they do not much want to do.(SPOKEN)Come on Mary,lets dance.2.You say Come on to someone to encourage them to hurry up.(SPOKEN)3.You say Come on to someone when you think that what they are saying is silly or unreasonab
33、le.(SPOKEN)Have you said all this to the police?Ah,come on!.Come on,Joe,that was two years e through1.(消息或信息)到达 Have your examination results come through yet?2.经历过仍活着;经历;脱险 The old man was 90 years old and lucky to come through his operation.Carry away1.拿走;带走;2.使激动;使着迷 become too emotionally involv
34、ed in something Floods can carry away trees,hillsides,cars and even houses.Joe let his anger carry him away.Do not get carried away with your new found wealth.Instead of spending,save and e up with想出(计划、回答);作出(反应);产生He couldnt come up with an appropriate answer just at the time.1.I hope you can come
35、 up with a better plan than this.2.I had to run to come up with her.3.Another team of scientists has come up with conflicting e about发生 How did it come about?那事是怎么发生的?come across偶遇;碰到(=come upon)Weve just come across an old friend we havent seen for ages.我们刚碰到了一位多年不见的老朋友。发生效果;受欢迎Your lecture came ac
36、ross very well;everyone liked it.你讲的课非常受欢迎,大家都很喜欢。Your speech came across very well.你的演说极受欢迎。come across1.偶遇;碰到(=come upon)Weve just come across an old friend we havent seen for ages.2.发生效果;受欢迎 Your lecture came across very well;everyone liked it.你讲的课非常受欢迎,大家都很喜欢。Your speech came across very well.你的
37、演说极受欢迎。come to:His hair comes right down to his shoulders.他的头发刚好到他的肩.The war had just come to an end(=ended).战争刚刚结束.那总计25英镑.That comes to 25.We havent come to a decision on the matter yet.关于这件事,我们还没有决定呢.Have you come to any conclusions about the story yet?关于这个故事你得出结论了吗?我现在记不起他的名字,一会儿后我会想起来的.I cant r
38、emember his name-itll come to me in a minute.The idea came to me in the bath.我洗澡时想出了这个主意。她突然想到她从开始就错了。It suddenly came to her that she had been wrong all along.dive into 1.头朝下跳入水中 The swimmer dived into the river to save the drowning child.2.非正开始猛吃;热切地加入或开始做(某事)Jim dived into the argument as usual w
39、ithout thinking.吉姆和往常一样不加思考便加入了这场争论。3.溜进,闪进(某处)I was following the man when he dived into a small restaurant and I lost track of him.当我正在跟踪那个人时,他突然闪进一家小饭馆,失去了踪影。4.非正(使)在中快速翻找 He dived his hand into his pocket in an attempt to find the key.dress/dress up dress 用作动词的意思是“穿上衣服”,而dress up的意思是“乔装打扮”,或“穿上盛
40、装”。She returned to the shop the following morning dressed in a fur coat.dress up 1.If you dress up or dress yourself up,you put on different clothes,in order to make yourself look smarter than usual or to disguise yourself.I just love the fun of dressing up in another eras clothing.Little girls dres
41、s up as angels.2.If you dress someone up,you give them special clothes to wear,in order to make them look smarter or to disguise them.Mother loved to dress me up.3.If you dress something up,you try to make it seem more attractive,acceptable,or interesting than it really is.Politicians are happier to
42、 dress up their ambition as a necessary pursuit of the public good.However you dress it up,a bank only exists to lend money.Eat up 1.When you eat up your food,you eat all of it.Eat up your lunch.Some seed fell along the footpath,and the birds came and ate it up.2.If something eats up money,time,or r
43、esources,it uses them or consumes them in great quantities.Health insurance costs are eating up his income.be eaten up with 满怀,沉迷于 He is being eaten up with curiosity.effect in effect 1.正在实行 The old system is still in effect.2.实际上 Joe is,in effect,my rival.take effect开始实行;开始生效 The medicine quickly t
44、ook effect.The contract takes effect as of October 1.Fit in Mary joined a painting group but didnt seem to fit in,so she left.Production of the goods must fit in with the needs of the society.商品生产必须符合社会需要.相处融洽;有地方容纳;有时间从事Fight back1.抵抗;反击;When an animal is attacked,it can run away or fight back.2.强忍
45、住 It was difficult for her to fight back her tears.Joe had to fight back tears of frustration.他不得不强忍住失意的泪水。figure out 算出;了解We must figure out how to solve the problem.I couldnt figure out who the lady with the sunglasses was.If you figure that something is the case,you think or guess that it is the
46、case.(INFORMAL)She figured that both she and Joe had learned a lot from the experience.face up to All young people must face up to reality and not kid themselves that the world owes them a living.所有的年轻人都必须接受现实,不要自欺欺人,觉得生来就该享清福。get around/round to When you get around to doing something that you have
47、delayed doing or have been too busy to do,you finally do it.I said I would write to you,but as usual I never got around to it抽出时间做;终于去做抽出时间做;终于去做Go about1.着手干;做;处理 The way you go about a task or problem is the way you approach it and deal with it.I want him back,but I just dont know how to go about
48、it.我想让他回来,但就是不知道该怎么做才好。2.从事,进行(日常的活动)When you are going about your normal activities,you are doing them.We were simply going about our business when we were attacked by these police officers.go ahead1.If someone goes ahead with something,they begin to do it or make it,especially after planning,promi
49、sing,or asking permission to do it.The school board will vote today on whether to go ahead with the plan.2.If a process or an organized event goes ahead,it takes place or is carried out.The event will go ahead as planned next summer.1.发生 Whats going on here?这里发生了什么事?2.接下去;继续 Go on,Im listening.说下去吧,
50、我在听着。go on3.继续某种行为 Go on with your work.继续干你的工作。If you go on like this,youll make big mistakes some day.如果你继续这样下去势必有一天要犯大错误。4.(时间)过去,消逝5.运转;产生出来 The lights went on.灯光亮了。go in for1.参加(考试);应试 My brother doesnt go in for sports.我弟弟没有参加运动的习惯。2.酷爱;嗜好 Young people should never simply go in for material co