2017考研：英语高频短语（5）

1. look forward to

期望，盼望;瞩望;属望;

[例句]He was looking forward to working with the new Prime Minister.

他期待着与新首相共事。

2. persist in

坚持;坚决做...;

[例句]He persisted in carrying on the experiment in spite of all kinds of setbacks.

尽管遇到很多挫折，他仍坚持做实验。

3. prevent from

预防，防止;

[例句]Active cure of swoon patients was important to prevent from complications.

积极救治晕厥患者，对预防并发症有重要意义。

4. set about

开始做(某事);攻击;抨击(某人);<非正>散布(谣言);

[例句]He has set about carving up the company which Hammer created from almost nothing.

他已经开始动手拆分这家几乎是哈默白手起家创办的公司。

5. succeed in

在…(如某行业)中获得成功;

[例句]There can be no doubt that you will succeed in your scientific research.

毫无疑问你在科研方面会取得成功。

6. add up to

总计达;<口>等于;意味着;总起来说;

[例句]For a hit show, profits can add up to millions of dollars.

一场热门演出的利润可达数百万美元。

7. make believe

假装;装假;

[例句]Many adults feel excluded from worlds of magic, play and make believe.

一些成年人觉得自己已经脱离了神奇和玩耍的世界。

8. break away

突然离开;突然挣脱;与…决裂;从…退出;

[例句]I broke away from him and rushed out into the hall.

我挣脱了他，冲进了大厅。

9. catch up with

赶上;追上;和…算旧账;使…最终尝到苦果;

[例句]The law caught up with him yesterday.

昨天，他被捉拿归案。

10. come true

应验;实现，成真;

[例句]You can make that dream come true.

你可以让那个梦想实现。

11. come up to

达到;将近;来到近旁;比得上;

[例句]It's just coming up to ten minutes past eleven now.

现在才将近11点10分。

12. come up with

想出;提出;追赶上;设法拿出;

[例句]Several of the members have come up with suggestions of their own.

有几位成员提出了自己的建议。

13. concern with

与…有关;关心…;

[例句]They have no concern with the dispute.

他们和那纷争没有关系。

14. do away with

废除，消灭，去掉;涤除;搞掉;

[例句]The long-range goal must be to do away with nuclear weapons altogether.

远期目标必须是将核武器尽数销毁。

15. fall back on

求助于，依赖，转而依靠;

[例句]Unable to defeat him by logical discussion, she fell back on her old habit of criticizing his speech.

由于在条理上说不过他，她便转而重施故技，抓住他的演讲不放。

16. fall in with

符合;同意;交友;碰到;

[例句]Carmen's reluctance to fall in with Driver's plans led to trouble.

卡门不愿接受德赖弗的计划，由此引来了麻烦。

17. be fed up with

饱受，厌烦;

[例句]Little by little, I began to be fed up with examinations.

渐渐地，我开始厌烦起考试来。

18. get along with

进展;与…和睦相处;

[例句]I like to think I'm relatively easy to get along with.

我愿意认为自己相对比较容易相处。