系統化片語-中階

系統化片語---中階

edited by Dr. Tracy Shih

burst out crying burst out laughing	突然大哭  Helen bursts out crying. 突然大笑 The whole class burst out laughing.
buy up buy out	全部買下 The company bought up as many lands as they could. 併購 He spent lots of money buying out all the shares.
burn down burn up burn out	燒毀 (房子)  The enemy burned down the village. 燒光 (書,衣服)  His books burned up accidentally. 燒掉(電器) The fuse has burned out.
catch cold catch fire catch on	感冒 Wear warm clothes, don’t catch cold. 著火 The wooden house catches fire easily. 了解 I start to catch on what you mean.
clean up clean off clean out	收拾乾淨  You should clean up your room today. 清理 It took five workers three hours to clean off the graffiti. 掃除 We’ve got to clean out the whole attic.
die out die down	逐漸絕跡  How did the dinosaurs die out? 減弱 The wind had died down.
drop in drop out	順道拜訪  You are welcome to drop in my house sometime. 退出,輟學 He has dropped out of business. She had dropped out of high school.
dry out dry up	慢慢乾凅 The bitter wind will try out your skin very fast. 枯竭 The river dried up in the summer.
go around go in for go up go wrong	1.傳播(謠言,疾病) The rumor has been going around the city. 2.足夠分配(食物) We don’t have enough food to go around. 1.參加 Ellen will go in for the beauty contest this year. 2.喜歡 Peter doesn’t go in for sports. 1.上升(氣溫等)  The hotel went up in flames. 2.漲價 The gasoline price have gone up 10% in one month. 出毛病 We need to prepare carefully in case of anything that goes wrong in the process.
hear from hear of	收到…消息  I hope I will hear from you soon. 聽說  I have never heard of such a ridiculous thing.
hold on hold off hold out hold over hold up	等候 Hold on, please. (請不要掛斷) 延遲 The snow is holding off for the moment. 繼續抵抗 How long will our supply of food hold out? 延期  The meeting was held over for another one hour.                                                                                                                                                                       持槍搶劫 Tina was held up and robbed all her money yesterday. 耽擱 The train was held up by the snowstorm.
let go let on let up	放掉  Let him go. 透露 I didn’t let on that he was going to resign. 停止 Will the rain ever let up? 放鬆 He worked without letting up.
look up to look down on look forward to	尊敬 We all look up to her. 輕視 He is irresponsible father and we all look down on him. 期望 I am looking forward to seeing you soon.
take (time) off take turns take back take after take on      take up	休息 Her husband will take three days off from the work to be with her. 輪流  We can take turns to finish this work. 喚起回憶 This photo takes me back to the good old days. 像 Teresa takes after her mother. 僱用 We are going to take on a secretary. 攻讀 I will take up French next semester.
tell time tell (two things or people) apart tell one from the other	報時 It took my students only 15 minutes to learn how to tell time in English. 辨別 It is not easy to tell a bad man and a good one apart. 分辨 I can’t tell Christine from her twin sister.
tear down tear off tear up	拆掉 It is possible that they will tear down this building soon. 撕開 He tore his clothes off. 撕碎 I tore up the letter in anger.
wear out wear off wear down wear away	穿破 He has worn out his shoes. 逐漸消失  The pain is wearing off. 磨損 =wear through  The heels are worn down on right side. 浸蝕 Time wears away grief.