2017考研：英语高频短语（15）

1. do without

没有…也行，将就，用不着;

[例句]We can't do without the help of your organization.

我们不能没有你们机构的帮助。

2. fill in

填补;填(写);代替;淤塞;

[例句]Can you fill in some of the details of your career?

能不能把你的工作经历填得详细一点?

3. get at

得到;找到;责备;暗示;

[例句]A goat was standing up against a tree on its hind legs, trying to get at the leaves.

一只山羊后腿撑地，搭着树站立起来，试图去够叶子。

4. get into

进入;陷入;养成;

[例句]He was eager to get into politics.

他渴望进入政界。

5. go after

追逐，追求;跟随;骛;

[例句]We're not going after civilian targets.

我们不会以民用设施为打击目标。

6. go into

进入;从事;进入(某种状态);调查;

[例句]It was a private conversation and I don't want to go into details about what was said.

那是私人之间的谈话，我不想透露其中的细节。

7. go for

适用于某人(或某事物);对某事物有兴趣，爱好;

[例句]People tried to persuade him to go for a more gradual reform programme.

人们试图说服他采取更为渐进的改革方案。

8. go through

(法律、合同等正式)通过;用完;检查;完成;

[例句]He was going through a very difficult time.

他正处于非常艰难的时期。

9. go with

相伴;跟…相配;跟…谈恋爱;赶时髦;

[例句]For many women, the status which goes with being a wife is important.

对很多女性而言，为人之妻的名分很重要。

10. go without

没有;缺乏;不言而喻;理所当然;

[例句]I have known what it is like to go without food for days.

我知道几天没有东西吃是什么滋味了。

11. improve on

提高;

[例句]We need to improve on our performance against France.

我们需要比对阵法国队时表现得更好。

12. keep to

待在;(使)遵守[坚持];保密;(使)谈话不离题;

[例句]You've got to keep to the speed limit.

你必须遵守限速规定。

13. lie in

躺在;在于;位于;分娩;

[例句]I can have a lie in tomorrow. Whoopee!

我明天能睡懒觉了，哈哈!

14. 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。

15. live on

继续活着;继续存在;住在…上;以…为食;

[例句]I know my life has been cut short by this terrible virus but Daniel will live on after me.

我知道这种可怕的病毒会让我的生命提前结束，但丹尼尔会在我死后继续活下去。

16. live through

经历过，经历;

[例句]We are too young to have lived through the war.

我们太年轻，没经历过那场战争。

17. look into

调查;观察;在…里查资料;深入地检查;

[例句]He had once looked into buying his own island off Nova Scotia.

他曾一度考察过在新斯科舍附近购买岛屿。

18. look over

从(某物上面)看过去;仔细检查[审视](某人或某物);过眼;翻阅;

[例句]They presented their draft to the president, who looked it over, nodded and signed it.

他们把草案提交给了总统，总统翻了一遍，点了点头，然后就签了字。

19. look through

看穿[识破](某人或某事);仔细检查[审查](某物);穿过…看;对(某人)视而不见;

[例句]Peter starts looking through the mail as soon as the door shuts.

彼得一关上门就开始逐一查看起邮件来。

20. make for

走向;前往;冲向;有利于;

[例句]He rose from his seat and made for the door.

他从椅子上起身向门口走去。