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take a message 捎口信,带信
Who can take him a message, please? 请问谁能给他捎个口信吗?
I’ll take a message for her. 我会给她带个信的。
用法导航
“给某人留言,留口信”用leave a message for sb.;“给某人口信”用give a message to sb. 例如:
I’ll leave a message for the headmaster on his desk. 我会在他桌上给留个口信。
Why not give a message to Alice? 为何不给艾丽斯捎个信呢?
take a walk 散散步
After supper I often take a walk with my parents. 晚饭后,我经常同我的父母一起散步。
Taking a walk is good for the health. 散步对健康有益。
用法导航
take a walk 也可以说成 have a walk, 类似的词组还有:
take / have a rest 休息一下 take / have a seat 坐下
take / have a bath 洗澡
take away 拿走;带走
Take the knife away from the baby. 把孩子手上的刀拿走。
The police came and took the thief away. 警察来氢小偷带走了。
take back 收回;退货
I’m sorry. I take back what I said just now. 对不起,我收回刚才我说的话。
The manager didn’t take back the damaged goods. 经理没有退损坏了货。
take care 注意,留心;照料;保管
Take care! There is a tiger behind the tree. 注意!树后有一只老虎。
Take care not to wake the baby up. 当心不要吵醒孩子。
take care / of 照顾;留心;小心
He can take good care of your babies. 他能很好地照顾你的婴儿。
Take care of the traffic when you cross the road. 过马路时,要当心车辆。
用法导航
(1) take care 意为“注意”、“当心”、“留心”。可以单独使用,也可以跟不定式或that
Take care! The ice is thin. 小心!冰很薄。
Take care that you do not make yourself ill. 小心,不要生病。
(2) take care of意为“照顾”、“照料”,侧重于负有责任这一层意思,后面的宾语可以是表示人的名词或代词,也可以是表示某些事物的名词或代词,比较口语化。例如:
Please take care of my house. 请照看一下我的家。
She takes care of everybody. 她关心大家。
(3) look after一般情况下可替换take care of, 在意思上强调看管照料,其宾语是表示事物的名词或代词,但多数情况下是表示人或动物的名词和代词。例如:
Will you look after my dog? 请照看一下我的狗好吗?
I have to look after my sick sister at home. 我不得不在家照顾我那生病的妹妹。
take exercise 进行锻炼,运动
If you don’t take more exercise, you’ll get fat. 如果你锻炼得不够,你就会发胖。
You’re weak, and you’d better take more exercise. 你身体不好,你最好多锻炼身体。
take medicine 吃药,服药
Take the medicine three times a day. 这药一天吃三次。
Take two pills medicine every time you have a cough. 每当你咳嗽的时候就吃两片药。
take off 脱下
Take off your coat and sit down. 把你的外套脱去,然后坐下。
He’s taking off his clothes and going to bed. 他正在脱衣服上床睡觉。
Take off your hat. 把帽子摘下来。
用法导航
take off 的反义词是put on.
take one’s temperature 量体温
The nurse took my temperature and said I had a high fever. 护士量了我的体温,说我发高烧。
Have you taken your temperature before you came here? 你来之前量过体温吗?
take one’s time 不急;慢慢来
No hurry! Please take your time. 别急!慢慢来。
Take your time, we have five minutes to leave. 慢慢来,我们还有五分钟才走。
take part (in) 参加
We’re so lucky to have a chance to take part in this kind of game. 我们真幸运能参加这样的比赛。
Will you take part in the program? 你要参加这节目吗?
take pictures / photos 照相
We went there and took pictures of the mountain. 我们去了那儿,照了一些大山的照片。
I like taking photos. 我喜欢照相。
take place 发生,进行
Where did the conversation take place? 谈话是在哪儿进行的?
The accident took place an hour ago. 这场事故发生在一小时前。
take sb. / sth/ out of 把某人/ 某物 从某物带走/拿出
Tom’s mother took him out of school. 汤姆的母亲让他退了学。
She was taking the things out of the basket, when she dropped a bag of sweets. 她当时正把东西从篮子里拿出来,这时她掉了一袋糖果。
用法导航
take out 是“拿出”、“掏出”。例如:
He took out the money and paid for the book. 他掏出钱来付了书款。
take … to … 把•••••••拿/带/运到••••••
Could you take it to the classroom? 你能把它拿到教室去吗?
I often take my son to the park. 我经常带我的儿子到公园去。
用法导航
take 有方向性,强调从说话者身边拿(搬、运、领、牵)走等。bring 意为“带来”。
take turns 轮流
Take turns to ask the question. 轮流提问题。
They took turns to dig holes in the ground. 他们轮流在地上挖抗。
用法导航
take turns 意为“替换”、“轮流”;It’s one’s turn to do sth. 意为“轮到某人做某事”。例如:
Let’s take turns to look after this old man. 让我们轮流照顾这位老我。
It’s my turn to jump. 轮到我跳了。
talk about谈论
What subject should I talk about? 我谈论什么题目呢?
Maybe I could talk about English names.也许我可以谈谈英国人的名字。
When we talk about the universe, we mean the earth, the sun, the moon and the stars, and the space between them. 当我们谈到宇宙的时候,我们指的是地球、太阳、月亮、星星以及它们之间的太空。
They are talking about the matter.他们在谈论那件事。
用法导航
talk about表示“谈”、“谈论”,后面跟谈话的内容,可用人或动物作宾语。talk to 表示“与••••••交谈”,后面跟谈话的对象作宾语,介词to可与with换用。例如:
We’ll talk about some pictures. 我们将看图说话。
His classmates often talk to / with each other in English. 他的同学们经常用英语互相交谈。
take of 谈到某事
Then the teacher went to talk of Jim’s Chinese lessons. 然后老师接着谈到吉姆的语言课问题。
We’ll talk of the coming game after a while. 过会儿我们将谈到即将来到的比赛问题。
Teachers’ Day 教师节
Happy Teachers’ Day to you! 祝您教师节快乐!
用法导航
诸如“妇女节”、“儿童节”不是一个人的节日。所以习惯上用复数所有格、例如:
Women’s Day 妇女节 Children’s Day 儿童节
teach oneself sth. 自学••••••
She taught herself. 她自学的。
I teach myself English. 我自学英语。
telephone number 电话号码
What’s your telephone number? 你的电话号码是多少?
My telephone number is 6-2-1-5-3-2-3. 我家电话号码是6-2-1-5-3-2-3.
I have his telephone number. 我有他的电话号码。
tell .. from 把•••••区分开来,辨别
He can’t tell the good from the bad. 他分不清好坏。
He can’t tell black from white. 他不能明辨是非。
tell sb. about sth. 告诉某人关于某事
He told her about the accident. 他告诉了她有关事故的情况。
First I’d like to tell you a few things about this factory. 首先,我想告诉你们有关这个工厂的事。
tell sb. (not) to do sth. 叫某人(不)要做某事
The teacher told us to keep quiet here. 老师叫我们在这儿要保持安静。
Please tell her not to come here again. She’s not welcomed. 请告诉她别再来这儿了,她不受欢迎。
Thank goodness! 谢天谢地!
I’m OK now, thank goodness! 我现在没事了,谢天谢地。
At last you are yourself. Thank goodness. 你终于好了。谢天谢地。
用法导航
西方人很善于表达自己的情感。如在表示惊奇或厌恶时,常用Oh, dear! (哦,天哪!);在表达庆幸等感情时,常用到Thank goodness! 和Than God! (谢天谢地!)等。
That’s all right. 不用谢;没关系
--Thank you very much. 太感谢你了。
--That’s OK. 不用谢。
--Many thanks. 我谢了。
--That’s OK. 不用谢。
用法导航
礼貌用语,用法同“That’s all right.”。表示“不用谢”还可说“Not at all.”和“You’re welcome.”等。
thanks to 由于•••••••,多亏••••••
Thanks to your help, we finished our work in time. 多亏您的帮助,我们才及时完成了工作。
But we’re growing a lot more now, thanks to the Great Green Wall. 然而,幸亏有了绿色长城,我们现在种植了更多的粮食。
That’s why … 这/那就是为什么••••••
That’s why we are learning Chinese in China. 这就是我们在中国学习汉语的原因。
That’s why she missed the train. 这就是她没赶上火车的原因。
the 100-metre race百米赛
用法导航
(1) 100-metre是一个“数词+量词”构成的合成形容词,其中表示量的名词用单数形式,数词与量词加连字符。例如:
a 14-letter word 一个十四个字母的单词。
(2) 另外,“数词+ 量词”构成的合成形容词可以被“名词+ of + 量词”替换,其中表示量的名词用复数,数词与量词之意不用连字符。例如:
the 100 metre race = the race of 100metres
the day after tomorrow 后天
We’re going to have a test the day after tomorrow. 后天我们将要进行一次小测验。
Hand in your homework the day after tomorrow. 后天交作业。
the day before yesterday 前天
The day before yesterday he left for Beijing. 前天他到北京去了。
Can you remember what I told you the day before yesterday? 你能记得我前天告诉你的话吗?
the first place 第一名
Our team won the first place in the match. 我们队在联赛中得了第一名。
Who got the first place in the race? 在赛跑比赛中,谁得了第一名?
the Great Wall 长城
The Great Wall is a great wall. 长城是一堵了不起的墙。
I have been to the Great Wall twice. 我已到过长城两次。
the Green family 格林一家人
The Li family is a big one. 李家是一个大家庭。
This is the picture of Brown family. 这是布朗一家人的照片。
用法导航
“the + 姓 + family”表示“某某家”或“某某一家人”、此外。“the + 姓氏的复数形式”也可以表达上述概念,作主语时,谓语用复数。例如:
The Greens live in the country. 格林一家人住在乡下。
The Browns are having breakfast. 布朗一家人正在吃早饭。
the last time 上次,最后一次
When I saw her the last time, she was studying in Beijing. 我最后一次见到她时,她正在北京学习。
This was the last time he told lies. 这是他最后一次撒谎。
there be (存在的)有
There is some orange in the bottle. 瓶子里有一些橘子。
There are forty-five students in the classroom. 教室里有四十五名学生。
用法导航
英语中的“有”有两种表达方式。如表示“某处有某人(某物)”,即表示存在关系时,用“there be”结构;如果要表示“某人(物)有什么”,即表示所有关系,就要用动词“have (has)”。例如:
I have a new pen. 我有一只新钢笔。(新钢笔是属于我的,表示所有的关系。)
There is a new pen in my pencil-box. 我的文具盒里有一支新钢笔。(没有说明新钢笔属于何人所有,仅表示存在关系。)
the same同样的
Both of them look the same. 他们两个看起来一模一样。
His name and my name are the same. 他和我重名。
the same as 与••••••相同
I want a football the same as Li Lei’s. 我想要和李磊一样的足球。
Coffee looks the same as tea, but has quite a different taste. 咖啡和茶看起来一样,但味道完全不同。
these days 现在,目前,如今
He is studying hard these days. 他现在学习很努力。
These days we use a thermos. 现在我们使用热水瓶。
the + 比较级,the + 比较级 越••••••越••••••
The sooner you do it the better. 你越快做越好。
The more you get, the more you want. 你得到的越多,你想要的就越多。
think about 考虑;回想
I’ll think about it. 我将考虑这事。
She’ll think about her childhood as soon as she sees the photo. 她一看见张照片,她就想起了她的童年。
think of 想到
At last Ann thought of a good idea to solve the problem. 最好,安想到一个好主意来解决这难题。
I had not thought of him for many years. 我好多年都没想到过他了。
think over 仔细考虑
He thought it over for a whole week. 这事他整整想了一周。
Please give me a few days to think over the plan. 请给我几天时间来考虑一下这个计划。
this / that/ last/ next / every time 这/那/上/下/每次
It doesn’t matter this time. 这次没关系。
I didn’t see you last time. 上次我没有见到你。
I have met her several times. 我碰见过她好几次。
用法导航
times 表示“次数”时,用于“三次”以上。“一次”用twice. 例如:
We go to the cinema once a week. 我们每周去看一次电影。
I have seen the film twice. 那部电影我已经看过两次。
This way, please. 请这边走。
Will you please come this way? 请你走这边,好吗?
--Which way must I go? 我该走哪条路?
--This way, please. 请走这条路。
用法导航
This way, please. 是口语中的省略句,省去了动词come或go. 完整的句子应该是Come/ Go this way, please. 或Please come/ go this way. 但要注意:this way 前面没有介词。
thousands of 数以千计的,成千上万的
There are thousands of birds there. 那儿成千上万的鸟。
Thousands of flies are coming here now. 成千上万的苍蝇往这儿来了。
throw a Frisbee 甩飞盘
Children like to throw frisbees. 孩子们喜欢玩飞盘。
You must throw the frisbee on the playground. 你们应该在操场上玩飞盘。
throw away 扔掉;丧失(机会)
I regret that I threw away the letters she wrote to me. 我很遗憾把她写给我的信扔掉了,
Don’t throw your chance away. 别把你的机会丢掉了。
tie…to 把••••••捆/拴•••••••
Don’t tie your horse to the young tree. 不要把我的马拴在小树上。
When he woke up, he found himself tied down to the ground. 当他醒来时,发现自己被捆绑 在地上。
too much 太多
Too much work will make you tired. 太多的工作会使你疲倦的。
You’ve given me too much. 你给予我的太多。
too … to 太••••••以致不能
It’s too dangerous to cross the street. 现在穿过马路太危险。
It’s too hot to work today. 今天太热,不能工作了。
用法导航
“too + 形容词+ to + 动词”结构使用时要注意两点:
(1) “not/ never too +形容词+too+动词”是肯定的含义,意为“再怎么••••••也可以••••••”。例如:
You’re never too old to enjoy a Christmas stocking. 你不算老,不是可以获得圣诞礼品长袜所带来的欢乐。
(2) “too +形容词+too+动词”结构中,如果其中的形容词是easy, pleased, happy, ready 等,则它的意思也是肯定的。例如:
I’m only too pleased to meet you. 见到你我很高兴。
They were only too happy to find a clean hotel in such a small town.他们在这么小的镇上能找到一家干净的旅馆,真是十分高兴。
to one’s surprise 使某人惊讶的是
To our surprise, they came here on time. 使我们吃惊的是他们竟按时到这儿了。
translate … into … 把•••••译为••••••
Please translate these sentences into English. 请把这些句子译为英语。
The computer can translate other languages into machine languages. 计算机能把其他语言转换为机器语言。
trip over 在••••••上绊倒
He tripped over a root and fell. 他绊在树根了摔倒了。
Ma Li tripped over her own shoes. 马丽被自己的鞋绊倒了。
try … on 试穿(衣服、鞋、帽等)
Shall I ask the shopkeeper if I can try it on? 我可以问店主我是否能试穿这件衣服吗?
Can I try this shirt on before I buy it? 我买这件衬衫之前能试一试吗?
try one’s best 尽量,尽力
She was very angry, but she tried her best to be cool. 她很生气,但还是尽力保持冷静。
He always tries his best to help others. 他总是尽力地帮助他人。
try out 试验;尝试
I want to try out some of my ideas. 我想试验我的一些新设想。
He wants to try out the new way of the operation. 他想试验一种做手术的新方法。
try to do sth. 努力(设法、试图)做某事
I’ll try my best to learn English. 我将尽最大努力学好英语。
I’m trying to draw a cock. 我正在设法画一只公鸡。
用法导航
try to do sth. 意思是“试图做某事”、“努力去做某事”、“设法做某事”;try doing sth. 意思是“试着做某事”、“试一试”。例如:
We must try to get everything ready before five o’clock. 我们一定得设法在5点以前把一切都准备好。
Try knocking at the door. 试着敲一敲门。
turn around/ round 转过身来
Turn around and let me have a look at your face. 转过身来让我看看你的脸。
I turned round and saw a boy running away.我转过身来,看见一个小男孩正在逃走。
turn down (收音机、灯等)关小;调低
Tell her to turn down the radio. 叫她把收音机关小一点。
The baby is asleep. Will you please turn your radio down? 孩子睡着了。请反收音机关小一点,好吗?
The TV is too loud. Tell her to turn it down. 电视机音量太大。告诉她把关小一点。
用法导航
turn down 的反义词组是turn up (开大),turn down / up 是由“动词+副词”构成的短语动词,其后可接宾语。如果宾语由名词充当,宾语既可放在turn down 之后,也可放在中间;如果宾语由代词充当,宾语只能放在turn down 的中间。
turn green 变绿
When spring comes, the trees turn green. 当春天到来的时候,树都变绿了。
After raining, trees turn much greener. 雨后,树变得更绿了。
turn in 交进去
After they turn in their report, they can go. 他们把报告交进去后就可以走了。
The two thieves turned themselves in. 这两小偷自首了。
turn off关(灯、收音机、自来水、煤气等)
Turn off the lights before you leave the classroom. 离开教室之前,先把灯关好。
Turn off the radio, the baby is sleeping. 关上收音机,小孩正在睡觉。
Turn off the light, please. 请关灯。
turn on 开;打开,拧开
Turn on the radio, please. It’s time for the news. 请打开收音机、到了播新闻的时间了。
As soon as he went into the room, he turned on the light. 他一进房间就把灯打开。
Please turn on the TV. 请把电视机打开。
用法导航
该短语的反义词是turn off “关闭”。
turn over翻过来
The ship turned over and sank at last. 最后,船翻了,沉了下去。
I turned over restlessly in my bed last night. 昨晚我要床上翻来覆去睡不着觉。
turn to 转向,翻到
Turn to the left and you’ll see the post-office. 向左转,你就能看到那家邮局。
Please turn to page 96 in your workbook. 请翻到你的练习册的第96页。
turn up 开大,扭亮
Turn the radio up a little. 把收音机开大一点。
Turn the lights up. 把灯扭亮一些。
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under the bed 在床下
His shoes are under the bed. 他的鞋在床下。
用法导航
under 这个介词用法很多,在该词组中,under 是方位介词用法,意为:“在••••••的下边”。例如:
under the tree 在树下 under the desk 在书桌下面
但是“在太阳下”应说:in the sun.
up and down 上上下下
She looked me up and down. 她上上下下打量我。
We use a lift to go up and down. 我们乘电梯上上下下。
The monkeys are jumping up and down in the trees. 那些猴子在树上跳上跳下。
up the tree 沿着树向上;在树顶
The little cat is running up the tree. 那只小猫正往树上爬。
The birds are up the tree. 鸟儿就在树上头。
used to do 过去常常做•••••••
I used to play the piano. 我过去常常弹钢琴。
用法导航
注意区别used to do 和be/ get used to do 这两个词组:
(1) used to 是情态动词,表示过去存在但现在已不存在的情况或习惯。这里的to是不定式符号,后面跟动词原形。例如:
We used t work in the same workshop. 我们曾在同一个车间工作。
There used to be many people smoking in the office, but now nobody is allowed to. 过去在办公室里常常有许多人抽烟,而现在不让人抽了。
(2) used to只有过去式,没有其他任何时态。如不可以说:He uses to work late into the night. 应该说:he often works late into the night. (他经常工作到深夜。)同样,英语中也没有I have used to 和I shall use to 的说法。
(3) used to 不能用来说明某事发生的次数或持续了多长时间。如不能说:I used to live in China for three years. 应该说:I lived in China for three years. (我在中国住过三年。)
(4) be used to 是“习惯于”的意思,可用于各种时态。其中to是介词,后面接名词、代词或动词-ing形式。例如:
When smokers who are used to nicotine go without it for an hour or two, they begin to feel bad. 些对尼古丁上了瘾的烟民,离开尼古丁一两个小时就会感到难受
She isn’t used to living in the country. 她不习惯住在张下。
We’re been used to hard work. 我们已经习惯干累活了。
(5) 强调界限性的状态,说明从不习惯到习惯时,常在used 前面用get 或become代替be.这种现象尤其常见于将来时态和完成时态中。例如:
You will soon get used to the weather here. 你很快就会习惯这里的天气的。
I’ve quite become used to working in the pit.我已经很习惯在矿井里工作的。
(6) 有时 be used to 是动词be的被动语态形式。有“被用来••••••”的意思。在这种结构时里,to是动词不定式符号。例如:
Man-made satellites are used to send and receive TV programs. 人造卫星用来发射和接收电视节目。