最新大学英语四级考试短语精选12

　　the reason of 由于

　　as regards 关于,至于 As regards (doing) that, we havent decided yet.

　　with/in regard to 关于,至于 =regarding; as regards

　　in/with relation to 有关,关于,涉及, 相比 I have a lot to say in relation to that affair.

　　with respect to 关于,至于 I am writing with respect to your recent letter.

　　as a result of 由于,因此 He was late as a result of the snow.

　　ring off 挂断电话,

　　ring up打电话 Id better ring off now;the babys crying.

　　give rise to 引起,造成 Unhealthy conditions give rise to disease.

　　on the road 在旅途中(to)在 过程中 I must stop and rest; Ive been on the road for 12 hours.

　　all round 周围,处处 He works all (the) year round.

　　rub out 擦掉,拭去,磨去 to rub out a word

　　as a rule 通常,照例 =usually;generally

　　run down 1.撞倒,撞沉;2.追捕,追获,追查出;3说 坏话,贬低;4.减少,缩减 1.knock down and hurt with a vehicle 2.to run down a criminal 3.She is jealous of your success;thats why shes always running you down. 4.an industry that is running down

　　run for 竞选,追查,探究

　　run into 1.碰撞上;2共计,达到 之多;

　　3.偶然遇见,撞见 1. to run ones car into a tree 2. a debt running into thousands of pounds 3.=meet (someone) by chance

　　run off 复印,打印

　　run away with 1.(感情等)战胜,不受 约束;

　　1. Dont let your temper run away with you. 2.He ran away with his teachers wife. 3.Hes run away with all my jewels.

　　run out of 用光,耗尽 We are running out of time.

　　run over (车)碾过,撞倒 1. The water/cup ran over. 2.He was run over by a bus.

　　run through 1.浏览;2贯穿,普遍存在 Lets run through the exercises orally before writing them down.

　　in the long run 最终,从长远观点看来 Itll be cheaper in the long run to build it in stone.

　　for the sake of 为了,看在 的份上 Hes just talking for the sake of hearing his own voice.

　　all the same 仍然,照样地 They want to thank you all the same.

　　on sale 出售,廉价出售

　　on a large/small scale 大/小规模地

　　on schedule 按预定时间, ahead of/on/behind schedule

　　The train arrived on schedule.

　　scrape through 勉强通过 She just scraped through the examination by one mark.

　　start from scratch 从头做起,从零开始 =start from the beginning or with nothing

　　in secret 秘密地,私下地 The meeting was held in secret.

　　They arrange for me to meet her in secret.

　　see off 给 送行 He saw his friend off at the bus station.

　　see through 看穿,识破 enough money to see him through ( a year abroad)

　　see to 照料,负责,注意,留心 Will you see to the children?

　　send for 派人去请,召唤,索取 Send for a doctor!

　　send off 邮寄,发送

　　send in 呈报,提交,送来

　　in a sense 从某种意义上说 You are right in a sense,but you dont know all the facts.

　　make sense 讲得通,有意义,言之有理 1.No matter how you read it,this sentence doesnt make (any) sense. 2.I cant make sense of it.

　　in sequence 顺序地 Please keep the cards in sequence;dont mix them up.

　　serve right 活该,给应得的待遇 After all youve eaten itll serve you right if you feel ill.

　　set about +doing 开始,着手 She set about complaining as soon as she arrived.

　　set aside 1.挑出,留出,拨出;2.把 置于一旁,不理会 1.She set aside a little money each week. 2.Setting aside what I think, what would you like to do?

　　set back 1.2推迟,延缓,阻碍; 3 使花费 1. a house set 15 meters back from the road 2. The bad weather will set back our building plans (by three weeks). 3.That new car set me back quite a lot.

　　set down 1.记下,写下;2下车 1.I have set down everything that happened,as I remember it. 2.The bus sets the children down just outside the school.

　　set forth 1.启程,动身;2.提出,(正式用语)宣布,发表 1.=set out : begin a journey(set out is more use)

　　2.make known; declare: set forth ones political views.发表政见.He set forth a new theory about natural evolution.

　　set off 1.动身,出发;2. 使爆炸,3使爆发,引起;4 1.She set off on a trip across Europe. 2.The bomb could be set off at any time. 3.The discovery of gold in California set off a rush to get there. 4.a white belt to set off her blue dress

　　A set out 1.动身,启程;2.开始;3陈述,阐明;4.摆出 1.=set off(1) 2He set out to paint the whole house but finished only the front.3.The reasons for my decision are set out in my report.4The meal was set out on a long table

　　set out to 开始 see set out

　　set up 建立,设立,树立

　　资助,使自立,扶持 1.Roadblocks were set up by the police to catch the escaped prisoner. 2.The council set up a committee to inquire into local unemployment.

　　settle down 定居,过安定生活 1.She settled (herself) down in chair with a book. 2.I want to get married and settle down. 3.He soon settled down in his new school.

　　in the shape of 呈 形状,以 的形式 a cake in the shape of a heart

　　be short of 缺乏 Im short of money this week.

　　cut short 中断,打断 Her nap was cut short by a loud noise from outside.