2018年12月英语六级词汇:常考短语
1. above all:
most important of all
最重要的是
Above all, they’ll have to discover
how much nitrogen it possesses
since nitrogen is 4/5 of the air
breathe.
2. account for: 解释, 说明
How do you account for the truth?
3. after all: 终究, 毕竟
We won’t be laid off after all.
4. air /car crash: 空难, 车祸
5. allergic to: 过敏
I’m allergic to beef and mutton.
6. appeal to: 吸引, 呼吁
Could you tell me which position
you think most appeals to you?
7. apply for/to, application letter
申请, 求职信
8. at ease: 安逸, 自由自在
I don’t know why he is ill at ease?
心神不宁
9. back up: 支持, 援助
10. beat the crowd:
避开人群, 避开高峰
The only to beat the crowds when
you do the grocery shopping on
Sunday is to be here when they
open at 9 sharp.
11. be aware of: 意识到
I like people who are going about
their daily business without being
aware of the camera behind the
schedule/late.
12. be in charge of
be responsible for
负责, 照顾, 经管
13. be in the charge of
下级+be in the charge of+上级
14. be in season: 应季的, 当令的
These apples and pears seem to be in season.
15. be supposed to do: 应该, 被期望
What am I supposed to do with his help?
16. book up: break down/doesn’t work
17. bring up: 教育, 培养, 提出
She brought up her children to be truthful.
18. build up: 积累, 增强, 树立
19. by chance/run into: 偶然
20. by no means: 绝不/anything but
21. Check in/out
22. Come up: 发生, 出现, 提出
23. Come up with:
针对问题; 挑战等提出, 想出, 赶上
I spent a whole week searching
on the net, but came up with
nothing valuable.
24. Concentrate on/focus on 集中
25. Deal with /cope with 处理
26. Drop in: 顺便拜访
27. Drop out of: 不参与, 退出
They’re likely to drop out of school
and less likely to succeed in life.
28. Eat one’s words 食言
29. Fall short of: 达不到,不符合
Its results fell short of her expectation.
30. Figure out: 搞清楚,弄明白
What I can’t figure out is how
to make it work in my program.
31. Find out
32. Fit one’s need;满足某人需要
33.For ages/a long time
34. Get along with:进展
35. Get around 避开
36. Get used to习惯于, 使适应、
37. Use to do:过去常常
38. Go Dutch/split the bill
fifty-fifty/separate the bill
39. Go sightseeing
40. Go/keep on a diet
I’m on a diet recently, so I’d better
skip the dessert.
41. Have a hard/difficult time with sth.
42. Have a temperature/fever
43. Have the final say:有决定权
44. Hold up:堵塞,持枪拦截,举起,拦截
Did you hear that the convenience
store next to the gas station was
held up last night?
45. In a good/terribly /mood
46. In the long run:长期来看
It seems very experience.But in
the long run it will save the money
on the maintenance.
47. Join in:参与
48. Keep between the two of us
keep a secret
49. Keep fit
50. Keep in touch with
51. Knock it off/stop
52. ...be entitled to... : 有权利...
53. Lay off/fire
54. Let out: 放走,泄露
55. Look for a needle in a haystack:大海捞针
56. Make a hit:获得成功
57. Make ends meet:使收支相抵
58. Make sense:有意义
59. Make up;补偿,化妆,补考
60. Meet each other half way
make an agreement
61. Move on:/go on/continue/keep on
62. Nothing but:只有
63. Anything but:绝不
64. Now that:既然
65. On earth:究竟
66. On purposes: 有意,故意
67. Out of the world
wonderful/amazing
68. Pull in 进站, 靠岸
69. Pull through: 痊愈, 恢复健康
70. Put off/delay/
71. Put through:接通电话
72. Reach the bottom of the barrel
use up/run out of
73. Resign one’s post:/quit 辞职
74. Ring a bell: 听起来很熟
75. Run off/copy
76. Sign up for/join in/register
77. Sneak up on sb.
头头接近,靠近
78. Take …for granted
相当然地认为
79. Take one’s time 从容不迫
80. Take one’s word
=believe in sb./trust sb.
81. The reverse is also true: 反之亦然
82. Tie up with/busy with
83. Tired of/get bored of
84. Under the weather: 身体不舒服
85. Well-off/rich people
86. White elephant: 无价值的东西,废物
87. White lie: 善意的谎言
88. You bet: 当然