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look somebody up 拜访（被访者常是住得较远、不常见到的，
因此与 look in不同，后者暗示被访者住得很近）：
Any time you come to London do look me up．
你无论什么时候到伦敦来，一定要来看我。
I haven’t seen Tom for ages．I must find out where he lives and look himup．（look Tome up/look up Tom）
我很久没见到汤姆了。我得探问一下他住在哪里，去看他一下。
look up（intr） 有进步，变得更好（主语常是things情况/business市面/world affairs世界局势/the weather天气等一种不太确指的事）：
Business has been very bad lately but things are beginning to look upnow．
近期市面有一阵子很不兴旺，可是情况在开始好转。
look someone up and down 轻蔑地将某人从头打量到脚：
The policeman looked the drunk man up and down very deliberately be－fore replying to his question．
警察非常有意地从头到脚打量了那醉汉，这才回答他的问题。
look up to（tr） 尊敬，敬仰：
School boys usually look up to great athletes．
男学生常很崇拜了不起的体育明星。
make
make for（tr）向……走去：
The escaped prisoner was making for the coast．
越狱犯正向海岸逃去。
make off（intr） 逃跑（指贼等）：
The boys made off when they saw the policemen．
男孩子们一看见警察，就拔腿跑了。
make out（tr）
（a）弄清意义，清楚地理解、看见、听见等：
I can’t make out the dress，he has written it so badly．（make the ad-dress out/make it out）
我看不清地址，他写得太潦草了。
Can you hear what the man with the loud-hailer is saying？I can’t makeit out at all．
你听得出那个拿着电喇叭的人在说什么吗？我一点也听不清楚。
I can’t make out why he isn’t here yet．
我搞不明白他为什么还没有到这儿来。
（b）说（可能是瞎说，也可能是夸大其辞）：
He made out that he was a student looking for a job．We later learnt thatthis wasn’t true at all．
他说他是个在找工作的大学生。后来我们获悉这根本不是事实。
The English climate isn’t so bad as some people like to make out．
英国的天气不像某些人喜欢说的那么糟。
（c）开支票：
Customer：Who shall I make it out to？
顾客：我支票抬头怎么写？
Shopkeeper：Make it out to Jones and Company．
店主：就写付给琼斯公司好了。
make up one’s mind 下定决心，做出决定，做出决断：
In the end he made up his mind to go by train．
最后他决定坐火车去。
make up a quarrel/make it up 终止争吵，言归于好：
Isn’t it time you and Ann made up your quarrel？（made it up）
不是到了你和安该言归于好的时候了吗？
make up a story/excuse/explanation 捏造，编出一个故事/借口/解释：
I don’t believe your story at all．I think you are just making it up．
我根本不信你说的事。我认为你不过是在编造。
make up（tr/intr） 化妆，化装：
Most women make up/make up their faces．（make their faces up/makethem up）
妇女大多数都化妆。
Actors have to be made up before they appear on stage．
演员们在出场前必需有人给他们化装。
make up（tr） 调制，配药，制造，由……组成：
Take this prescription to the chemist’s．They will make it up for youthere．（make up the prescription/make the prescription up）
把这药方拿到药房。他们会给你配药的。
Notice（in tailor’s window）：Customers’own materials made up．
（裁缝店橱窗内的）告示：为顾客来料加工。
The audience was made up of very young children．
观众都是很小的孩子们。
make up for（tr） 为……补偿（常以it为宾语）：
You’ll have to work very hard today to make up for the time you wastedyesterday/to make up for being late yesterday．
为了补偿昨天你们浪费的时间/为了补偿昨天你们迟到一事，今天你们得非常努力地干活。
We aren’t allowed to drink when we are in training but we intend tomake up for it after the race is over．
我们在训练期间不许喝酒，但是我们准备一旦比赛结束就将其补上。
（到那时要多喝些）
miss
miss out（tr） 省略（参见leave out；它虽与leave out同义，但不如后者常用）
mix
mix up（tr） 混淆，弄乱：
He mixed up the addresses so that no one got the right letters．（mixedthem up）
他把地址都弄乱了，收信人收到的信件都错了。
be/get mixed up with 涉入，与……有牵连（常指同某不光彩的人或事有牵连）：
I don’t want to get mixed up with any illegal organization．
我不想同什么不合法的组织牵连在一起。
move
move in（intr） 搬家到……，搬进，迁入
move on/up（intr） 升迁，升级：
Normally in schools pupils move up every year．
在学校里学生正常情况下每年都升级。
move out（intr） 搬出，迁出：
I have found a new flat．The present tenant is moving out this weekendand I am moving in on Wednesday．
我找到新的套房了。目前的住户本周末搬出去，我下星期三搬进去。
order
order somebody about（宾语位于about前面）给某人下许多命令（而不管其是否方便或愿意），支使：
He is a retired admiral and still has the habit of ordering people about．
他是个退休了的海军将军，还留着随意支使人的习惯。
pay
pay back（tr），pay someone back（tr/intr） 还给，付还：
I must pay back the money that I borrowed．（pay the money back/pay itback）
我必须还清借的钱。
I must pay back Mr Pitt．（pay Mr Pitt back/pay him back）
我必须还皮特先生的钱。
I must pay Mr Pitt back the money he lent me．（pay him back the mon-ey/pay it back to him）
我必须还皮特先生借给我的钱。
pay someone back/out 算账，复仇，报复：
I’ll pay you back for this．
这件事我要跟你算账。（报复你给我造成的损失。）
pay up（intr）付清所欠的钱（常暗示付款者并不乐意）：
Unless you pay up I shall tell my solicitor to write to you．
除非你付清欠款，否则我要叫我的律师给你写信。
pick
pick out（tr） 选择，将……同其他的区别开来：
Here are six rings．Pick out the one you like best．（pick it out）这里有六枚戒指。选出你最喜欢的一枚。
In an identity parade the witness has to try to pick out the criminal from
a group of about eight men．（pick the criminal out/pick him out）
在（警察局）辨认罪犯时，证人得试着从约八个人的一组中挑出罪犯来。
I know that you are in this photograph but I can’t pick you out．
我知道这张照片里有你，可是我认不出是哪一个。
pick up（tr）
（a）扶起，抱起，拾起某人或物（常是从地上或从椅上或桌上）：
He picked up the child and carried him into the house．（picked the childup）
他抱起孩子并把他抱进了屋里了。
She scatters toys all over the floor and I have to pick them up．
她把玩具抛撒得到处都是，我得给拾起来。
（b）（乘车）来接：
I won’t have time to come to your house but I could pick you up at theend of your road．
我会没有时间到你家来，但是我可以到你家马路尽头接你。
The coach stops at the principal hotels to pick up tourists，but only if theyarrange this in advance．（pick tourists up/pick them up）
大客车到各主要的旅馆来接观光者，但条件是必须事先安排好。
The crew of the wrecked yacht were picked up by helicopter．
失事的游艇上的船员们被直升机救起了。
（c）接收到无线电讯号：
Their SOS was picked up by another ship，which informed the lifeboatheadquarters．
他们的呼救讯号被另一条船收到了，后者通知了救生艇总部。
（d）以廉价购得，不费力地学会：
Sometimes you pick up wonderful bargains in these markets．
在这些市场上你有时能买到很好的便宜货。
Children usually pick up foreign languages very quickly．
儿童通常能很快地学会外语。
point
point out（tr） 指示，指给……看：
As we drove through the city the guide pointed out the most importantbuildings．（pointed the buildings out/pointed them out）
我们乘车通过市区时，导游把最重要的建筑物指给我们看。
pull
pull down（tr） 拆毁（指建筑物）：
Everywhere elegant old buildings are being pulled down and mediocremodern erections are being put up．（pull down houses/pull them down）
到处都在拆毁美好的旧建筑，修建平庸的新建筑。
pull off（tr） 搞成功（宾语常用it）：
Much to our surprise he pulled off the deal．（pulled it off）
使我们很惊讶的是，他居然把这笔交易搞成功了。
pull through（tr/intr） 病愈，使人病愈：
We thought she was going to die but her own will-power pulled herthrough．（tr）
我们本以为她要死了，但是她自己的意志力帮助她活了过来。（及物动词）
He is very ill but he’ll pull through if we look after him carefully．（intr）
他病得很厉害，但是如果我们仔细照料他，他会病愈的。（不及物动词）
pull up（intr） （车辆）停下：
A lay-by is a space at the side of a main road，where drivers can pull up ifthey want a rest．
路边停车处是干道沿线供想休息的司机停车的地方。
put
put aside/by（tr） 保留以供将来使用（常指钱，而且前者常指为了某种目的而把钱存起来）：
He puts aside ￡50 a month to pay for his summer holiday．（puts itaside）
他每个月省下50镑存着，以备暑假用。
Don’t spend all your salary．Try to put something by each month．
别把薪水都花了。尽量每个月存下一点。
put away（tr） 整齐地收好（如放在抽屉或柜橱里）：
Put your toys away，children；it’s bedtime．（put away the toys/putthem away）
孩子们，把玩具放好；该去睡了。
put something back 放回原处，放到该放的地方：
When you’ve finished with the book put it back on the shelf．
你看完这本书后，把它放回书架上。
put back a clock/watch 把时针往回拨（有时是一种比喻，指恢复过去的习俗）：
Mother：Your father and I will arrange a marriage for youwhen the time comes．
母亲：到了时候，你爸爸和我会给你安排婚事的。
Daughter：You’re trying to put the clock back，mother．Parents don’tarrange marriages these days！（put back the clock/put it back）
女儿：妈妈，你是想恢复过去的那一套。眼下当父母的不再为儿女安排婚事了！
put down（tr）
（a）放下（pick up的反义词）：
He picked up the saucepan and put it down at once because the handlewas almost red-hot．（put the saucepan down/put it down）
他拿起了锅，马上又把它放下了，因为锅柄差不多都烧红了。
（b）镇压起义，平息一次运动：
Troops were used to put down the rebellion．（put the rebellion down/putit down）
动用了军队镇压起义。
（c）写下来：
Put down his phone number before you forget it．（put the number down/put it down）
把他的电话号码写下来，别等忘了。
Customer（to shop assistant）：I’ll take that one．Please put it down to me/to my account．
顾客（对店员）：我买那一个。请记在我的账上。
put something down to（tr） 认为是由于……：
The children wouldn’t answer him，but he wasn’t annoyed as he put itdown to shyness．
孩子们不肯回答，但是他不恼，因为他认为这是因为孩子们害羞。
She hasn’t been well since she came to this country；I put it down to theclimate．
自从来到这个国家以后她一直身体不好。我认为是由于气候的缘故。
put forward a suggestion/proposal etc．提出建议等：
The older members of the committee are inclined to veto any suggestions put forward by the younger ones．（put a suggestion forward/put it for-ward）
委员会的老成员们趋向于否决年轻成员们提出的任何建议。
put forward/on clocks and watches 把钟表往前拨（put for-ward是put back的反义词）：
In March people in England put their clocks forwad/on an hour．Whensummer time ends they put them back an hour．
英国人在3月份把时针向前拨一小时。夏时制结束时他们又把时针拨回一小时。
put in a claim 提出权利要求：
He put in a claim for compensation because he had lost his luggage in the train crash．
因为他在火车撞车事故中丢失了行李，他提出了赔偿损失的要求。
put in for a job/a post 求职：
They are looking for a lecturer in geography．Why don’t you put in forit？
他们在征聘一位地理讲师。你为什么不去求职？
put off an action 推迟某种行动：
Some people put off making their wills till it is too late．
有些人推迟立遗嘱的事，后来就来不及了。
I’ll put off my visit to Scotland till the weather is warmer．（put my visitoff/put it off）
我要把到苏格兰去访问的事推迟到天气转暖以后。
put a person off
（ a）告诉某人推迟来访：
I had invited some guests to dinner but I had to put them off because apower cut prevented me from cooking anything．
我本来邀请一些客人来吃饭，但是不得不告诉他们先别来了，因为停电使我无法做菜。
（b）拒绝或推阻某人：
I wanted to see the exhibition but the queue put me off．
我本想去看展览会，但是排队的人太多，使我不想看了。
Many people who want to come to England are put off by the stories theyhear about English weather．
许多想游览英国的人因为听说英国天气不好就不来了。
put on a light/gas or electric fire/radio 打开（电灯/煤气灶或电气灶/收音机）：
Put on the light．（put the light on/put it on）
打开灯。
put on a play 上演一出戏：
The students usually put on a play at the end of the year．
学生们一般都在年终上演一出戏。
put on an expression 做出某种表情：
He put on an air of indifference，which didn’t deceive anybody for a mo-ment．
他装出漠不关心的样子，这一点也骗不了任何人。
put on clothes/glasses/jewellery 穿，戴（反义词是take off）：
He put on a black coat so that he would be inconspicuous．（put a coaton/put it on）
他穿了一件黑外套，为了让自己不显眼。
She put on her glasses and took the letter from my hand．
她戴上了眼镜，拿过我手里的信。
put out any kind of light or fire 熄灭（灯或火）：
Put out that light．（put the light out/put it out）
把那灯关了。
put someone out 使某人不便：
He is very selfish．He wouldn’t put himself out for anyone．
他很自私。他绝不会为任何人出点力。
be put out 感到不快：
She was very put out when I said that her new summer dress didn’t suither．
我告诉她那件新的夏装不适合她时，她非常不高兴。
put up（tr）
（a）建起（房屋、纪念物、雕像等）：
He put up a shed in the garden．（put a shed up/put it up）
他在花园里盖了一个棚子。
（b）提价：
When the importation of foreign tomatoes was forbidden，home growersput up their prices．（put their prices up/put them up）
禁止进口外国的西红柿以后，国内种西红柿的人就提高价钱了。
put someone up（宾语常位于up之前） 暂时留某人住下：
If you come to Paris I will put you up．You needn’t look for a hotel．
如果你到巴黎来，可以住在我那儿。你不必去找旅馆了。
put someone up to something（常指某种诡计）怂恿某人去做某事，告诉某人如何做某事：
He couldn’t have thought of that trick by himself．Someone must haveput him up to it．
他自己是想不出那个计谋的。一定是有人教他这么做的。
put up with（tr） 容忍：
We had to put up with a lot of noise when the children were at home．
我们不得不忍受孩子们在家时的吵闹。
ring
ring off（intr） 挂断电话：
He rang off before I could ask his name．
没等我问他的名字，他就把电话挂断了。
ring up（tr/intr） 打电话给某人：
I rang up the theatre to book seats for tonight．（rang the theatre up/rangthem up）
我给剧院打了电话，预购今晚的票。
If you can’t come ring up and let me know．
你要是来不了，请打电话让我知道一声。
round
round up（tr）（把人或动物）撵到一起：
The sheepdog rounded up the sheep and drove them through the gate．
牧羊犬把羊撵到了一起，把它们赶过栅门。
On the day after the riots the police rounded up all suspects/rounded them up．
暴乱后的那一天，警方把嫌疑者都抓起来了。
rub
rub out（tr） 用擦子或橡皮把字迹擦掉：
The child wrote down the wrong word and then rubbed it out．（rubbed the word out/rubbed out the word）
孩子写错了一个字，又把它擦掉了。
rub up（tr） 复习，温习某项知识：
I am going to France；I must rub up my French．（rub it up）
我要去法国了。我得把法语温习一下。
run
run after（to）追逐（参见下面的例句）
run away（intr） 逃跑，出走（离开家庭、学校等）：
The thief ran away and the policeman ran after him．
小偷逃跑了，警察追了去。
He ran away from home and got a job in a garage．
他离家出走，在一家汽车修理站里找了个工作。
run away with（tr）（感情）变得不可控制，（马匹）奔逸：
Don’t let your emotions run away with you．
不要听任感情失控。
His horse ran away with him and he had a bad fall．
他骑的马狂奔起来，他摔得不轻。
run away with the idea 过分匆促地接受某种想法：
Don’t run away with the idea that I am unsociable；I just haven’t timeto go out much．
不要轻信我不爱同人交往的说法；我只不过是没有时间经常外出而已。
run down（tr） 诋毁，说……的坏话：
He is always running down his neighbours．（running his neighbours down/running them down）
他总是在说邻居的坏话。
run down（intr） 发条松了，电池没有电：
This torch is useless；the battery has run down．
这电筒没有用；电池没有电了。
be run down（intr）（由于生病或工作过度而）身体坏了：
He is still run down after his illness and unfit for work．
他病后仍然体力不佳，不适合工作。
run into（tr） 撞上（车辆等）：
The car skidded and ran into a lamp-post．
汽车打滑，撞上了电线竿。
run into/across someone 偶然遇见（某人）：
I ran into my cousin in Harrods recently．
我最近在哈洛德百货商店遇见了我表弟。
run out of（tr） 用光，吃喝无余：
I have run out of milk．Put some lemon in your tea instead．
我没有牛奶了。你在茶里放点柠檬吧。
run over（tr）（车辆）轧过：
The drunk man stepped into the road right in front of the oncoming car．
The driver couldn’t stop in time and ran over him．
醉汉走到马路上，正好到了开过来的汽车前面。司机来不及停车，从他身上轧过去了。
run over（tr/intr） 溢出：
He turned on both taps full and left the bathroom．When he came backhe found that the water was running over/running over the edge of thebath．
他把两个水龙头开到头，就走出了浴室。回来时他发现水已经溢出来了/溢出浴盆边沿了。
run over/through（tr） 迅速地复习，检查，重读一下：
We’ve got a few minutes before the train goes，so I’ll just run throughyour instructions again．
火车开车以前还剩几分钟，所以我要再重复一下给你们的指示。
run through（tr） 极度浪费（指供应品或钱）：
He inherited a fortune and ran through it in a year．
他继承了一大笔财产，一年之内就挥霍光了。
run up bills 由于不断赊购而积累起许多帐单：
Her husband said that she must pay for things at once and not run upbills．
她丈夫说她得用现款购物，不该积起厚厚一叠帐单。
run up against difficulties/opposition 遭遇困难/反对：
If he tries to change the rules of the club he will run up against a lot ofopposition．
如果他想改变俱乐部的章程，就会遇到很多反对意见。
see
see about（tr） 过问并安排：
I must see abut getting a room ready for him．
我得去给他设法准备好一个房间。
see somebody off 送人离去（上车、船、飞机等）：
The station was crowded with boys going back to school and parents whowere seeing them off．
车站里挤满了要回学校上学的男孩子们和送他们的家长们。
see somebody out 送（某人）出门：
When guests leave the host usually sees them out．
客人走时，主人通常送出门。
Don’t bother to come to the door with me．I can see myself out．
不用费力送我出去。我可以自己出去。
see over a house/a building 看房（常是为买房或租房准备）：
I’m definitely interested in the house．I’d like to see over it．
我肯定对这所房子感兴趣。我想去看一下这房子。
see through（tr） 看透（发现想骗人的那人心中的想法）：
She pretended that she loved him but he saw through her，and realizedthat she was only after his money．
她假装爱他，可是他把她看透了，明白她只是看上了他的钱。（他没有被他/她的假装骗了。参见take in。）
see to（tr）安排，修好，纠正：
If you can provide the wine I’ll see to the food．
你要是能提供葡萄酒，我来负责食品。
That electric fire isn’t safe．You should have it seen to．
那个电炉不安全。你得找人修一下。
Please see to it that the door is locked．
请留意一下把门锁好。
sell
sell off（tr） 廉价抛售以卖尽存货：
Assistant：This line is being discontinued so we are selling off the remainder of our stock；that’s why they are so cheap．（selling the rest off/selling it off）
店员：这条生产线已停止了，所以我们在廉价出售存货；因此价格很便宜。
sell out（intr） 出清，售完：
When all the seats for a certain performance have been booked，theatresput a notice saying‘Sold out’outside the booking office．
某场演出票已订光时，剧院常在票房外面贴个通知：“票已售完”。
send
be sent down（intr） 由于行为不端被大学开除：
He behaved so badly in college that he was sent down and never got hisdegree．
他在大学里行为极为恶劣，以致被开除了，从未拿到学位。
send for（tr） 派人找来：
One of our water pipes has burst．We must send for the plumber．
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