3 call的其他词组 call off(tr)取消尚未开始的事,放弃已在进行中的事: They had to call off the match as the ground was too wet to play on. (call the match off/call it off) 因为场地太湿无法比赛,人们不得不取消这次比赛。 When the fog got thicker the search was called off. 雾愈来愈浓了,只得放弃了搜索。 call out(tr)召唤某人出来处理外面的事(常用于指部队被召集走出营房对付民众骚乱): The police couldn’t control the mob so troops were called out. 警察无法控制乱民,因此出动了军队。 The Fire Brigade was called out several times on the night of 5 November to put out fires started by fireworks. 11月5日晚上,消防队多次奉召出动,以扑灭因燃放焰火而引起的火灾。 Doctors don’t much like being called out at night. 医生们不太喜欢夜间出诊。 call up(tr) (a)征去服兵役: In countries where there is conscription men are called up at the age of eighteen.(call up men/call men up/call them up) 在实行征兵制的国家里,18岁的男子要应征服役。 (b)给……打电话: I called Tom up and told him the news.(calld up Tom/called him up) 我给汤姆打电话,把消息告诉他了。 care not to care about(tr)对……淡漠,不关心……: The professor said that he was interested only in research;he didn’t really care about students. 教授说他只对研究感兴趣;他并不真的关心学生。 care for(tr) (a)喜欢(很少用于肯定句): He doen’t care for films about war. 他不喜欢战争影片。 (b)照看(除被动态外,较少使用): The house looked well cared for(=had been well looked after/was ingood condition). 房子看起来照管得很好。 carry carry on(intr)继续(常指工作或职责): I can’t carry on alone any longer;I’ll have to get help. 我无法再一个人继续下去了;我得找人帮忙。 carry on with(tr)与上用法相似: The doctor told her to carry on with the treatment. 医生告诉她应该继续这种疗法。 carry out(tr)履行(职责),服从(命令),执行(指令),(把威胁要做的事)付诸行动: You are not meant to think for yourself;you are here to carry out my or-ders. 你们的职责不是自己思考;叫你们来这里是要你们执行我的命令。 The Water Board carried out their threat to cut off our water supply. 自来水公司董事会把他们的威胁付诸行动,停止供应我们水了。(他们威胁要这样做,也真的这样做了。) He read the instructions but he didn’t carry them out. 他看了指示,但没有遵照执行。 catch catch up with(tr),catch up(tr/intr)赶上但没超过: I started last in the race but I soon caught up with the others.(caught them up/cautht up) 我在赛跑中最后一个起跑,但不久就赶上了其他人。 You’ve missed a whole term;you’ll have to work hard to catch up withthe rest of the class.(catch them up/catch up) 你缺了整整一学期的课,得努力学习以便赶上同班的其他人。 clean clean out(tr) a room/cupboard/drawer etc.彻底清理打扫(房间/碗柜/抽屉等): I must clean out the spare room.(clean the spare room out/clean it out) 我得把那间备用房(客房)彻底清扫一下。 clean up(tr) a mess, eg. anything spilt清扫(脏物,如撒出的东西): Clean up any spilt paint.(clean the spilt paint up/clean it up) 如果有溅出来的油漆,把它收拾干净。 clean up(intr)同上用法相同: These painters always clean up when they’ve finished. 这几位油漆工完工之后总要把场地打扫干净。 clear clear away(tr)把物件拿开以便腾出地方: Could you clear away these papers?(clear these papers away/clear them away) 你能不能把这些文件清除开? clear away(intr)散开: The clouds soon cleared away and it became quite warm. 云很快就散开了,天气变得相当暖和。 clear off(intr)走开(指室外) clear out(intr)走开(指室内)二者都是口语用法;作为命令时这样说是相当不礼貌的: ‘You clear off,’ said the farmer angrily.‘You’ve no right to put your caravans in my field without even asking my permission.’ “你们给我走开,”农民愤怒地说,“你们没有权利连我的许可都没征得就把住人的大篷车停在我的地里。” Clear out! If I find you in this building again,I’ll report you to the po-lice. 走开!你要再到这幢建筑里来,我就将你报警了。 clear out(tr)把(房间/碗柜/抽屉等)腾空以便放别的东西: I’ll clear out this drawer and you can put your things in it.( clear this drawer out/clear it out) 我会把这个抽屉腾空,这样你就能把你的东西放在里面了。 clear up(intr)有云或雨后天晴了: The sky looks a bit cloudy now but I think it will clear up. 现在天看来有点阴,但我想天会晴的。 clear up(tr/intr)收拾整齐干净: When you are cooking it’s best to clear up as you go,instead of leaving everything to the end and having a terrible pile of things to deal with. 烹调时,最好是边干边收拾,而不要把活留到最后而剩下一大堆东西要打扫收拾。 Clear up this mess.(clear this mess up/clear it up) 把这堆乱糟糟的东西收拾干净。 clear up(tr) (a)完成(某种尚待完成的工作): I have some letters which I must clear up before I leave tonight. 有几封信我今天晚上走以前必须写完。 (b)侦破(不可思议的怪事、案件等): In a great many detective stories when the police are baffled an amateurdetective comes along and clears up the mystery.(clears it up) 在许多侦探小说中,当警察束手无策时,来了个业余侦探,把案子给破了。 close close down(tr/intr)永远关闭,停业(指商店或买卖等): Trade was so bad that many small shops closed down and big shops closedsome of their branches down.(closed down some branches/closed themdown) 市面很差,许多小店停业了,大商店也关了一些分店。 close in(intr)逼近,从四面凑近(常用于雾、夜色、敌人等): As the mist was closing in we decided to stay where we were. 由于雾越来越逼近,我们决定留在原地不动。 close up(intr)缩小间距(指一行人): If you children closed up a bit there’d be room for another one on thisseat. 你们几个孩子要是挤一挤,这座位上还能加一个人。 come come across/upon(tr)碰巧发现,碰巧找到: When I was looking for my passport I came across these old photographs. 我在找护照时碰巧找到了这些旧相片。 come along/on(intr)和我一起来,陪伴我去(常用来敦促犹豫不决的人或拖拖拉拉的人): Come on,or we’ll be late. 快点,否则我们要迟到了。 come away(intr)(和我一起)走/离开: Come away now, It’s time to go home. 快走吧。该回家了。 come away/off(intr)自行脱落: When I pickd up the teapot the handle came away in my hand. 我拿起茶壶时,茶壶掉了而只剩茶壶柄在我手里。 come in(intr),come into( tr)进入: Someone knocked at my door and I said,‘Come in.’ 有人敲我的门,我说:“进来。” Come into the garden and I’ll show you my roses. 到花园里来,我给你看我的玫瑰花。 come off(intr) (a)(计划或阴谋)成功(用于否定句): I’m afraid that scheme of yours won’t come off.It needs more capitalthan you have available. 恐怕你那个计划不会成功。它需要的投资不是你能拿得出来的。 (b) 发生,按预先安排的那样发生: —When is the wedding coming off? —Next June. —婚礼什么时候举行? —6月份。 如果我们说The duchess was to have opened the bazaar(公爵夫人本来是要为义卖主持开幕仪式的),我们的意思是说计划是那样订的,但没有实现(她本安排好要去为它揭幕,但后来不得不取消这一安排)。 (c)(话剧、展览等)结束一轮演出或展出: ‘Lady windermere’s Fan’is coming off next week.You’d better hurryif you want to see it. 《少奶奶的扇子》下周要结束演出了。你要想看的话得抓紧点。 come out(intr) (a)被揭露或发觉(这里的主语常是the truth真相/the facts事实/the whol story 全部内情等;并且一般指有关人士想竭力掩盖的事实即丑闻等): They deceived everybody till they quarrelled among themselves;then onepublicly denounced the others and the whole truth came out. 他们把大家都骗了,直到后来内讧起来,其中一个人公开揭发了别人,这才真相大白。 (b)(书籍)发行: Her new novel will be coming out in time for the Christmas sales. 她的新小说将赶在圣诞节购物潮时发行。 (c)(污渍)消除,洗掉: Tomato stains don’t usually come out. 西红柿污渍一般洗不净。 come round(intr) (a)终于接受以前所反对的建议: Her father at first refused to let her study abroad but he came round(to it)in the end. 她父亲起初反对她去外国念书,但终于回心转意了。(他说可以让她去。) (b)到某人的家里来: I’ll come round after dinner and tell you the plan. 我晚饭后来转一下,把计划说给你听。 come round/to(intr;to重读) 恢复知觉: When we found him he was unconscious but he came round/to in half anhour and explained that he had been attacked and robbed. 我们发现他时他已失去知觉,但是半小时后他恢复了知觉,说他遭到殴打抢劫。 come up(intr) (a) 升到水面,生长出来: A diver with an aqualung doesn’t have to keep coming up for air;he canstay underwater for quite a long time. 备有潜水供氧器的潜水员无需不断升出水面呼吸;他可以在水下停留相当长的时间。 Weeds are coming up everywhere. 杂草到处蔓生。 (b)被提到: The question of the caretaker’s wages came up at the last meeting. 在上次会议中提到了看楼人的工资问题。 come up(intr),come up to(tr)走近,来到能说话的近处: A policeman was standing a few yards away.He came up to me and said,‘You can’t park here.’ 几码外站着一位警察。他走过来并对我说:“你不能把车子停放在这里。” crop crop up(intr)出现,意外地或偶然地出现(主语常是一个抽象名词如difficulties困难/the subject题目或是一个代词): At first all sorts of difficulties cropped up and delayed us.Later we learnthow to anticipate these. 起初冒出来了各式各样的困难,耽搁了我们。后来我们学会了如何为这些困难预作准备。 cut cut down a tree 砍倒树木: If you cut down all the trees you will ruin the land.(cut the trees down/ cut them down) 你要是砍倒所有的树木,就会把土地给毁了。 cut down(tr) 减少数量: We must cut down expenses or we’ll be getting into debt. 我们得减少支出,否则就要负债了。 ‘This article is too long,’said the editor.‘Could you cut it down to2,000 words?’ “这篇文章太长了,”编辑说,“你能不能把它缩到两千字?” cut in(intr)在车距极近的不安全情况下并行抢道并插到另一辆车前面: Accidents are often caused by drivers cutting in. 车祸常由司机抢道插到别的车前面而引起。 cut off(tr)切断、停止供应(宾语可以是水、电、煤气,也可以是被停供的人): The Company has cut off our electricity supply because we haven’t paidour bill.(cut our supply off/cut it off) 因为我们没有付电费,公司断了我们的电。 They’ve cut off the water/our water supply temporarily because they arerepairing one of the main pipes. 他们暂时断了我们的水源,因为在修其中的一条主要的水管。 We were cut off in the middle of our(telephone)conversation. 我们(电)话还没完,就被掐断了。(这可能是偶然的事,也可能是电话接线员故意的行为。) cut someone off 阻挡某人使其不能逃到安全地带(常用于指潮水围困,特别是用被动态时): We were cut off by the tide and had to be rescued by boat. 我们被潮水困住了,只好由小船搭救出来。 be cut off(intr)被隔绝在不方便的地方(主语常是某一地方或住在某一地方的人): You will be completely cut off if you go to live in that village becausethere is a bus only once a week. 你要是去住在那个村里,就会与世隔绝了,因为那里每周只有一班公共汽车。 cut out(tr) (a)从布、纸等上弄下所需形状: When I am making a dress I mark the cloth with chalk and then cut itout.(cut out the dress/cut the dress out) 我缝衣服时先用白粉在布上画出样子,然后再剪下。 Young people often cut out photographs of their favourite pop stars andstick them to the walls. 年轻人常把最喜欢的流行歌手的相片剪下来贴在墙上。 (b)略去,排除,不再继续: If you want to get thin you must cut out sugar.(cut it out) 你要是想瘦点,就得不吃糖。 be cut out for(tr)特别适合于……(用于指人,又常用于否定句中): His father got him a job in a bank but it soon became clear that he wasnot cut out for that kind of work. 他爸爸给他在银行里找了一个工作,但是不久就可以清楚地看出来,他不适合干那种工作。 cut up(tr) 切、割、剪成碎片: They cut down the tree and cut it up for firewood.(cut the tree up/cut up the tree) 他们把树砍倒并劈碎当柴火了。 die die away(intr)(声音)逐渐微弱直到听不到: They waited till the sound of the guard’s footsteps died away. 他们一直等到警卫的脚步声消逝了。 die down(intr)逐渐平静下来,直至平息(常指骚乱、火、心情的一阵波动等): When the excitement had died down the shopkeepers took down theirshutters and reopened their shops. 波动平息后,店主们取下了窗板,重新开店营业。 上一页 [1] [2] [3] 下一页 |