2017考研：英语高频短语（3）

1. let go

放手;松手;放开，释放，发射;

[例句]Hold tight. I'm going to let go.

你抓紧，我要放手了。

2. live up to

不辜负;履行;达到高标准;实行;

[例句]Sales have not lived up to expectations this year.

今年的销售额不尽如人意。

3. look down on

轻视;俯瞰(某处);看不起(某人);

[例句]I wasn't successful, so they looked down on me.

我一无所成，所以他们瞧不起我。

4. look up to

抬头看(某人或某物)，尊重[敬仰](某人);企慕;瞧得起;仰慕;

[例句]You're a popular girl, Grace, and a lot of the younger ones look up to you.

你很受大家欢迎，格雷丝，很多比你小的女孩子都很崇拜你。

5. be made up of

由…组成;

[例句]I want my staff to be made up of excellent workers.

我希望我的员工都非常出色。

6. make up for

补偿，弥补;

[例句]Ask for an extra compensation payment to make up for the stress you have been caused.

为补偿你为此承受的压力，你要申请额外的补偿金。

7. never mind

没关系，不用担心;(用于安慰)没关系，不用担心;更不用说;

[例句]I think it's going to cause chaos personally but never mind.

我个人认为它会引起混乱，但是没关系。

8. put in for

申请;推荐;

[例句]I decided to put in for a job as deputy secretary.

我决定申请副书记一职。

9. put up with

将就;忍受，容忍;容受;忍得住;

[例句]They had put up with behaviour from their son which they would not have tolerated from anyone else.

他们容忍了儿子的行为，如果换作别人他们可做不到。

10. run out of

用完;耗尽;从…跑出;

[例句]They have run out of ideas.

他们已经想不出任何办法了。

11. serve right

活该，给应得的待遇;

[例句]What snack can you serve right away?

你有什么小菜可以马上供应的?

12. set out to

打算，着手;

[例句]The shepherd set out to look for the sheep that had wandered (away).

牧羊人出发去找走失的羊。

13. stand up for

支持，坚持;

[例句]They stood up for what they believed to be right.

他们坚决捍卫自己认为是对的事。

14. stand up to

顶住;对抗，勇敢地面对;抵抗;

[例句]Is this building going to stand up to the strongest gales?

这座楼能经得住最强劲的大风吗?

15. stay by

<美口>呆在…的旁边，留在…旁边;

[例句]But you have stay by my side, night and day.

但你要留在我的身边，无论白天和黑夜。

16. take as

把…看作是…，把…当作是…;看做;

[例句]Take as long as you like, dear boy.

小伙子，随你花多长时间都行。

17. think of as

把…看作;

[例句]I like to think of myself as a free spirit.

我愿意把自己看成是个无拘无束的人。

18. think better of

转念;重新考虑决定不做，较高评价，认真考虑;

[例句]It might help people think better of him.

这可能会让人们对他的印象好点。