上一期举了十五个名词组和五个形容词组。这里要举出11 个动词组及11个副词组,如下:
● Chop and change: 变化无常
Our boss is fickle, chopping and changing so much.
● Make or break:可以成功或失败
What book reviewers say may sometimes make or break a new publication.
● Do or die:不是成功便是失败死亡
All must forge ahead and fight to a finish! Do or die, you know!
● Hum and haw: 踌躇
when I asked James about his future plan, he just hummed and hawed.
● Rant and rave: 大声责怪
The two hawkers pointed at each other, ranting and raving non- stop.
● Sink or swim: 不论好歹
Sink or swim, you have to go to the job interview to try your luck.
● Toss and turn: 辗转难眠
As something important was on her mind, Janet tossed and turned for a long time before falling asleep.
● Wait and see: 耐心等待
It is too early to say whether the new political system will work; we will just have to wait and see.
● Wine and dine : 吃吃喝喝
After a days hard work, the construction workers wined and dined at a coffee shop.
● Scrimp and scrape: 尽量节省
The couple bought an apartment at a high price and had to scrimp and scrape for the next 20 years.
● Bow and scrape: 打躬作揖
It is right to be polite to your superior, but it is wrong, and even contemptible, to bow and scrape to him or her.
●As and when:当
Newsletters will be posted to all members as and when they are ready.
● By and large: 大体上
Though our govern-ment has not performed remarkably well, by and large, it is a good year for all of us.
● In and out: 进进出出
Jane should have something urgent to see her boss, as she has been in and out looking for him.
● More or less: 或多或少;差不多
Such an explanation has more or less dispelled the staffs misgivings.
● Now and then: 偶尔
I go to book shops now and then, not as often as I used to.
● On and off : 断断续续地
As a student, you must read regularly, not on and off.
● To and fro: 来来往往地
What happens to that stranger? He has been walking to and fro along the corridor for hours.
● Up and about: 恢复健康
After a few days recuperation, Henry looks good and is up and about again.
● By and by: 不久之后
When I first learned English vocabulary, I remembered a few words every day. By and by, the number of words and expressions increased very rapidly.
● Little by little: 渐渐地
As long as we work hard, we will make progress little by little.
● Through and through: 从头到尾地;彻底
Some pupils were caught in the rain and got drenched through and through.
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