2017考研：英语高频短语（8）

1. put out

扑灭;伸出;生产;出版;

[例句]Firemen tried to free the injured and put out the blaze.

消防队员努力救出伤者并扑灭大火。

2. put right

恢复正常，纠正，改正;

[例句]Cases which have not been handled properly should be put right.

应立即纠正那些处理不当的问题。

3. put up

vt. 张贴;举起;建造;提高;

vi. 提供食宿; 直接行动;

[例句]Protesters have been putting up barricades across a number of major intersections.

抗议者们在许多主要的十字路口设置了路障。

4. ring off

挂断电话;<主英>挂断;话终振铃;

[例句]She had rung off before he could press her for an answer.

他还没来得及催她回答，她就挂断了电话。

5. rub out

擦掉;磨;<美，口>干掉;杀死;

[例句]She began rubbing out the pencilled marks in the margin.

她开始擦掉空白处的铅笔笔迹。

6. run down

撞倒;走下坡路;诽谤;(使)虚弱;

[例句]He last night denounced the British 'genius for running ourselves down'.

昨晚，他谴责了英国那位“抨击我们自己人的天才”。

7. run off

复查;超过;在...上驶过;碾过;匆匆浏览;

[例句]The cat got run over by the lorry and squashed.

那只猫被卡车碾死了。

8. see off

欢送;送行，送别;把(某人)赶走;

[例句]There is no reason why they cannot see off the Republican challenge.

他们没有理由在共和党的挑战中败北。

9. see through

做到底;<非正>帮助渡过难关;<非正>看穿;拆穿;

[例句]I saw through your little ruse from the start.

从一开始我就看穿了你的小计谋。

10. set back

推迟;花费;向后移;拨慢;

[例句]It has set us back in so many respects that I'm not sure how long it will take for us to catch up.

这已经在这么多方面给我们造成了延误，我都无法确定我们要花多长时间才能赶上。

11. set down

制定;(使)放下;(叫…)下车;记下;

[例句]The Convention set down rules for deciding which country should deal with an asylum request.

会议制定了用以确定由哪个国家负责受理避难请求的规约。

12. set forth

出发;起程;详尽地解释;展示;

[例句]Dr. Mesibov set forth the basis of his approach to teaching students.

梅西伯夫博士阐述了他的教学方法的基础。

13. set off

出发;(使)开始;引起;点燃;

[例句]Nichols set off for his remote farmhouse in Connecticut.

尼科尔斯动身去他在康涅狄格州的偏僻农舍了。

14. set out

出发;着手;动身;安排;

[例句]When setting out on a long walk, always wear suitable boots.

每次出发远行，都要穿合适的鞋子。

15. set up

建立;准备;安排;引起;

[例句]The two sides agreed to set up a commission to investigate claims.

双方同意组建一个委员会来调查那些索赔要求。

16. show in

把…领进;

[例]Einstein was the first to show in theory how the energy of the atom might be released.

爱因斯坦是第一位从理论上说明原子能量是如何释放的。

17. show off

使突出;炫耀，卖弄;

[例句]All right, there's no need to show off.

好了，没必要炫耀。

18. show up

显而易见;到场;(使)看得见;羞辱;

[例句]You may have some strange disease that may not show up for 10 or 15 years.

你可能患有某种10年或者15年都看不出什么症状来的怪病。