英语经典短语1

Expressions & phrases (1)

1. consist of 由„组成

2. the Prime Minster 首相

3. divide „ into „ 把 „ 分成

4. refer to 提及，谈到

5. connect to /link to 连接

6. as well （adv. ） 也，还 as well as (conj.)①同„一样好②（除„之外）还，不但„

而且„

7. to one’s (great) surprise 使„吃惊

8. the World Cup 世界杯

9. It ’s a pity that„真遗憾„ 很可惜„

10.introduce new words for food 引入新的食物名称词

11. break away (from) 挣脱

12. break down （机器、车辆）坏

13. for convenience 为了方便

14. the Union Jack 英国国旗

15.keep one’s eyes open 睁大双眼 留心看，注意

16.make sth. worthwhile 使„ 值得

17.leave out 省去；遗漏；不考虑

18. a furnished house 带家具的房子

become /be familiar with„ 熟悉„

19. on the phone 在电话里

20. be on holiday 在度假

21. in memory of 为了纪念

22. leave („)for „ 动身去某地

23.remain standing for 100 years 屹立了100年

24. make a list of 列出„的清单

25. pass through 通过

26. be on show 在展出

27. feel / be proud of

take pride in 以„„为自豪

28．fall asleep 睡着

Language points

1．辨析: divide, separate

divide 划分; 把整体分成若干部分, 破坏了宾语的完整性。

The world is divided into five continents.

Let’s divide the cake into three.

separate 分隔; 把原来连在一起或靠近的个体分隔开来, 没有破坏

宾语的完整性, 只是将宾语分开。

Separate the red apples from the green ones.

He separated the big eggs from the small ones.

2. puzzle n. 1) 谜；难题；拼图玩具，拼字游戏

A cross-word puzzle（纵横填字游戏）

2) 迷惑；困惑（只用单数）

be in a puzzle about 对„„大惑不解

我对这件事大惑不解

I am in a puzzle about the matter

vt. 把„„难住； 使„„迷惑

（这个问题使我很迷惑）

The question puzzled me./I am puzzled with the question.

vi. 迷惑；苦思

这个问题我想了好半天．

I puzzled over the question for quite a while.

3．clarify （1）vt./vi. (cause sth. to )become clear or easier to

understand 澄清；阐明; 清楚；明了

eg. I hope what I say will clarify the situation.

Can you clarify the question？

（2）使(液体) 纯净

to clarify butter/water clarified water 纯净水

4．refer to

5.as well 与 as well as

1) as well 通常位于句末，表示“也，又同样”

e.g Electricity is widely used in industry

and in daily life as well.

2) as well as 连接两个并列的成分做主语，意为“和，也又”，谓

语动词与前面的主语保持一致. e.g She,as well as the other students, has completed

the experiment.

3) as well as位于句首，“除了„之外，还（又）”

＝apart from

As well as Lucy and Jack, Terry went to the park.

6. . （1）break away (from sb / sth) 脱离；破除…

eg: It is not easy for him to break away from bad

habits.

The man broke away from his guards.

（2）break down (会谈) 破裂，失败；(汽车等) 出故障;

(人的健康状况) 变得恶劣；（情感）失控 morning.

Talks between the two countries have completely

7. attraction:

u. 1). 吸引；引力

attraction of gravitation 重力

He can’t resist the attraction of the sea on a hot

day.

c. 2). 吸引人的东西；喜闻乐见的东西；精彩节目

A big city offers many and varied attractions.

attract : v.

attractive: adj.

unattractive: adj.

attractively: adv.

8. be known as 作为…(身份) 出名

be known for 因…而出名

be known to 为…所知

be known by 根据… 得知

eg: 9. ㈠①No credit is given to the shop.赊购(制度)

本店概不赊账。

②Her credit is good.信用，信誉

她的信用良好。

③We gave credit to his story.信任，信赖

我们相信他的话。

④He deserves credit for what he has done for the city.(称

赞) 他为这个城市所作的事，值得称赞。

⑤He is a credit to our class.增光的人或物

他是本班之光荣。

⑥She earned enough credits for her degree.学分

她为获得学位取得了足够的学分。

㈡ to one’s credit ①值得赞扬，为某人带来荣誉

Greatly to his credit ,he won the prize.

他非常光荣，获得了这个奖。

It ’s greatly to his credit that Tom gave back the money he

found. 汤姆拾金不昧是非常值得赞扬的。

②在某人名下，属于某人

He has 1000 dollars to his credit.

他名下存款有1000美元。

She ’s not yet 30,but already has 5 books to her crdit。

10. alike同样地，一样地. 不用于名词前 adj./ adv.

My mother and I are alike in many ways.

The twins were dressed alike.

She treats them alike.她对他们一视同仁。

11. find + 宾 + 宾补复合结构

宾补语可以是名词，形容词， 副词，介词（短语），

过去分词，现在分词等 When I woke up, I found myself in hospital. He found his wallet stolen this morning

We have kept practicing oral English，only finding ourselves speaking English fluently. I called on him yesterday, but I found him out.

12. thrill vt. 使激动的, 使胆战心惊的, 有时 相当于excite The film thrilled the audience.

a thrilling experience

thrilling = interesting and exciting

thrilling = exciting

thrilled = excited

13. feel / be proud of

take pride in 以„„为自豪

他以自己的成功自豪。

He feels/ is proud of his success. He takes pride in his

success.

• 他以自己是一个科学家感到光荣。

He is proud to be a scientist.

14. leave(„)out （1）to fail to include遗漏，排除，省去

You ‘ve left out the most important word in this sentence.

(2)to fail to accept 不理会，忽视，使不受欢迎

be/feel left out 被忽视(冷落) ，觉得被忽视（冷落）

No one speaks to him; he’s always left out.

15. error 错误，谬误，重大过失

computer error计算机出错

human error人为错误

error of judgement判断失误

16.convenience —n.

the convenience of shopping by

telephone 电话购物的方便（U. 方便，便利） The folding chair is a great convenience. 折叠椅是很方便的东西。（C 。便利的事物） 短语：

for one’s convenience=for the

convenience of sb.为了某人的方便

for (the sake of )convenience 为了方便起见

at your convenience 在你方便的时候 If it suits one’s convenience 如果对某人方便

Convenient adj.

①方便的 便利的

Will 3 o ’clock be convenient for you ？3点对你方便吗？

The dishwasher is very convenient .这个洗碗机非常方便。

②near, easy to reach 附近的，便利的 Our house is very convenient for the shop. 我们的房子离那个商店很近。 短语：

It ’s convenient for sb. To so sth.某人方便做某事

Be convenient for sb. /sth. 对某人或某事是方便的

不能有人做主语，如：

Please come at six if you are convenient.

应该是

Please come if it is convenient for you.