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do well/badly in 在……方面干得好/不好She'd do well in the exams if only her mind was put to her studies. 只要她肯专心学习，就会考出好成绩。If they do badly in Chinese, they will have difficulty getting into good colleges. 如果他们语文成绩差，就难以进入好一点的大学。do without 没有……也行，用不着We can hardly do without the help of the masses. 我们离不开群众的帮助。Man cannot do without water. 人离不开水。During the war there was a do well/badly in 在……方面干得好/不好She'd do well in the exams if only her mind was put to her studies. 只要她肯专心学习，就会考出好成绩。If they do badly in Chinese, they will have difficulty getting into good colleges. 如果他们语文成绩差，就难以进入好一点的大学。do without 没有……也行，用不着We can hardly do without the help of the masses. 我们离不开群众的帮助。Man cannot do without water. 人离不开水。高考链接During the war there was a serious lack of food. It was not unusual that even the wealthy families had to bread for days. A. eat upB. give awayC. do withoutD. deal with解析选C。 考查动词短语。根据上句During the war there was a serious lack of food可推测出“即使富裕家庭也几天吃不上面包”，应选择do without表示“不用吃……勉强度过”。eat up吃完；give away收拾；deal with应付，处理，均不符合题意。do wrong 做错事或坏事They say those who do good are rewarded and those who do wrong are punished. Do you believe it？ 人们说善有善报、恶有恶报，你信吗？don't mention it 不值一提— “I'm sorry to have troubled you.”“对不起,麻烦你了。”— “Don't mention it.” “不必客气”。高考链接— I've studied growing plants as one of my interests. Could I make some suggestions？—_______.A. You will make itB. Go right aheadC. Don't mention itD. Take it easy解析B。本题为情景对话，句意为“我一直在研究植物作为兴趣爱好。我能给一些建议吗？”“好的。”A选项意为“你会成功的”。B选项意为“好的，去做吧”。C选项意为“别提它”。D选项意为“别紧张”。B项符合题意。double up 弯腰，将……折起来，同住一室We shall have to double up the sheets to get them in the drawer. 我们得把这些被单折叠起来才能放进抽屉里。Please double up the chair and put it aside.请把椅子折起来放在一边。There were not enough rooms, so some of the guests had to double up. 由于房间不够，一些客人只好同住一间屋。

down in the mouth 心情不愉快Why do you look so down in the mouth？你为什么显得这样消沉？The football fans were certainly down in the mouth when they heard that their team had lost. 球迷们听到他们的球队输了时很沮丧。表示情绪的谚语还有：over the moon欣喜若狂；on cloud nine非常高兴；down in the dumps垂头丧气；feel blue不高兴；hot under the collar 怒气冲天；fly off the handle勃然大怒。down with 打倒Down with colonialism of all shades! 打倒形形色色的殖民主义！Down with the dictator! 打倒独裁者!drag on 拖延Americans fear the war would drag on, and the economy would go from bad to worse. 美国人害怕战争拖延下去，经济状况每况愈下。The meeting seemed to drag on for hours. 会议似乎是拖拖拉拉地开了好几个小时。drain away 排光，耗尽We dug trenches to drain away the dirty water. 我们开沟排去污水。Now that prices are rising so fast, all my money is draining away. 物价上涨得如此快, 我的钱都快花光了。draw back 收回，向后拉开（窗帘）I have committed myself now and cannot draw back. 我已经做了承诺，无法反悔。He drew back the curtain. 他拉开窗帘。draw in (火车、汽车)到站，(天)渐黑，吸引The train drew in and all the passengers got off. 火车到站了, 所有的乘客都下了车。His lecture yesterday drew in a large crowd. 昨天他的演讲吸引了大批观众。draw to a close 渐近结束It becomes apparent that our trip will soon draw to a close. 毫无疑问，我们的旅行马上就要结束了。My stay in China will soon draw to a close. 我的中国之行很快就会结束了。draw up 起草，拟定，(使)停住They have held several meetings to draw up this year's production plans. 他们开了几次会来制订今年的生产计划。We will draw up the contract for signature tomorrow. 我们将草拟合同，明天签字。dream about（of） 梦见，梦到I often dream about being wealthy. 我经常梦到发财。Numerous young girls dream of becoming models. 许多年轻女孩梦想成为时装模特儿。dress up 穿上盛装，精心打扮When I dress up, I feel energetic and successful. 我一打扮起来，就感到精神饱满、事事顺利。She dress up in Elizabethan costume for the fancy-dress ball. 她穿上伊丽莎白时代的服装去参加化装舞会。drink in 吸取，陶醉于These plants just drink the water in. 这些植物很容易吸收水分。Now young people drink in knowledge from books. 现在年轻人从书中吸取知识。We stood on top of the hill, drinking in the beautiful view. 我们站在山顶上, 饱览这美丽的风景。drink like a fish 牛饮Tom used to drink like a fish and eight pints a night was quite usual for him. 汤姆过去曾饮酒过度，一个晚上喝八杯酒对他来说是很平常的事。知识链接类似的用动物作比喻的谚语还有： as strong as a horse力大如牛；to live a dog's life 过着悲惨的生活；as poor as church mouse 一贫如洗；a cold fish 态度冷冰冰的、没有热情的人。drive home the point 使理解要点，讲清楚You should drive the point home. 你应该把这一点讲透彻。To drive home the point she was making, the speaker provided some official statistics. 为了使她的论点被人理解，发言人提供了一些官方的统计资料。drive somebody crazy 把某人逼疯Trying to live up to the standards someone else set can drive you crazy. 试图达到别人所立下的标准会把你逼疯。drive somebody off 赶走The horse switched its tail to drive off the flies.马甩尾巴赶走苍蝇。drop a hint 暗示He was closemouthed and didn't drop a hint. 他嘴很紧, 不透一点风。drop by 顺便(或偶然)访问Drop by any time you are in town. 无论你何时进城，请到我这儿来玩。Feel free to drop by my office if you have a question. 如果有问题，请不要客气，随时到我的办公室来。drop in on somebody 顺便拜访He dropped in on me on his way home. 他在回家的路上顺便拜访了我。同义短语 如下都是和“拜访”有关的短语：call on somebody 拜访某人；call at some place拜访某地；pay a visit to sb. /sp. 拜访某人或某地；drop by 顺便(或偶然)访问；drop in at some place 顺便拜访某地。drop off 下降，减少，入睡，让……下车，把……放下Our sales of ice-cream started to drop off in September. 九月份我们的冰淇淋销售量开始下降。People's interest in the book began to drop off. 人们对这本书的兴趣开始减退了。drop out 退出，退学You'll never go to college if you drop out of high school. 如果高中辍学，你就永远不能上大学了。He dropped out because of the pressure. 由于压力，他退学了。dry out (使)干透Don't leave the bread on the table or it will dry out. 别把面包放在桌子上，它会干掉的。We waited for our wet clothes to dry out. 我们等着我们的湿衣服干透。dry up (使)干透，(使)干涸，(使)枯竭The sun will soon dry up the roads. 太阳很快就会把道路晒干的。The washed clothes will soon dry up in the wind. 洗过的衣服在风中很快就晾干了。due to 归因于，应付给的，预定Her success was in part due to luck. 她的成功一部分是由于运气。The wages due to him will be paid tomorrow. 欠他的工资明天会付给他。We are due to leave tomorrow. 我们定于明天动身。相关短语 另外一些表示“由于，多亏了”的表达方法有：thanks to 多亏，由于；owing to 多亏，感谢，把……归功于（褒义）；due to 因为……（一般接不好的事情）；on account of sth. 由于……；because of 由于，因为。early bird 早行人In the business world, remember: the early bird gets the worm. 身在商业界,切记:早起的鸟儿有虫吃。Emiko is an early bird. She rises every morning at 5 a.m.. 埃米科是一个早起的人，她每天早晨5点起床。知识链接此表达方法源自英语谚语：The early bird catches the worm. 意为“早起的鸟儿有虫吃”，有“先下手为强”的意思，但是也包含了“成功需要付出努力”的意思。早睡早起的人，英文里就称early bird。和early bird相对应的，是night owl（晚间猫头鹰），指熬夜。如：He is a night owl who rarely goes to sleep before two o'clock in the morning. 他习惯迟睡，很少凌晨两点之前就寝。earn a reputation 获得荣誉This store has earned an excellent reputation for fair dealing. 这家商店因公平交易而获得好名声。He earned a great reputation as an antiquarian. 他是一个享有盛名的古玩收藏家。earn one's living 谋生Since his parents died early, he had to earn his own living when he was a teenager. 由于他父母去世早，他十几岁的时候就不得不独自谋生。Today one-third of the people on Greenland earn their living in the fishing industry. 今天格陵兰岛上有三分之一的人靠捕鱼业谋生。eat up 吃光Eat up the dinner while it is still warm.趁着饭还热,快把它吃完。You can eat up the rest of the food. 你可以把剩余的食物吃光。employ oneself in 从事，专心于It then occurred to her to employ him in reading. 于是她想起让他来读书了。She was employed in making a list of all the jobs to be done. 她在忙于把要做的工作列出一个清单。同义短语 busy oneself in, be busy with忙于empty into 流入Many rivers in Asia empty into the Pacific.亚洲许多河流流入太平洋。empty...of... 清空They emptied the house of all furniture.他们清空了房子里的所有家具。be empty of缺乏（此处的empty为形容词，而empty...of...中的empty为动词）。如：Her words were quite empty of meaning. 她的话实在没有意义。He drove through streets empty of traffic. 他驱车驶过没有行人车辆的街道。enable somebody to do something 使某人能够做某事His good education abroad enables him to take on that position. 他良好的国外教育背景使他轻而易举地得到那个职位。This pass enables me to travel half-price on trains. 我用这张通行证可以半价乘火车。end in a tie 打成平局Each team scored twice and the game end in a tie. 每个队都有两次得分, 比赛不分胜负。The football match ended in a tie. 这场足球赛以平局结束。end up 最终，最后You could end up running this company if you play your cards right. 你要是处理得当，到头来这个公司能归你掌管。Wasteful people usually end up in debt. 挥霍浪费者最后往往负债。If you continue to steal you'll end up in prison. 你要是继续行窃终归得进监狱。高考链接Smell the flowers before you go to sleep, and you may just_______sweet dreams. A. keep up withB. put up withC. end up withD. catch up with解析C。句意为“睡前闻花朵，做梦也甜美。”C项符合题意。Joining the firm as a clerk, he got rapid promotion, and_________as a manager. A. ended upB. dropped outC. came backD. started off解析A。句意为“作为一名小职员加入这家公司，他很快得到提升，结果成为一名经理。”A项符合题意。engage oneself in 忙于，从事，参与She will not engage herself in unnecessary talk. 她不会去谈论不必要的东西。同义短语 employ oneself in, be employed in, busy oneself in, be busy with, be engaged in忙于某事enjoy oneself 过得愉快One can't enjoy oneself if he is too tired. 一个人如果太疲倦,就不能尽情享受。同义短语 have a good time过得愉快entertain friends to dinner 请朋友吃饭She planned to entertain her friends to dinner. 她计划设宴招待她的朋友。escape doing sth. 躲避做某事After breaking the window, the boy ran away quickly to escape being punished. 打坏玻璃后，那个男孩迅速跑走以逃避惩罚。ever and again 不时地Ever and again they heard the same cry from the tumble-down building. 他们不时地从震倒的房屋中听到同样的呼叫声。ever since 此后She went to the countryside in 1958 and has worked there ever since. 她1958年到农村去, 此后一直在那儿工作。

every now and then 时而，偶尔The boat went on, stopping every now and then to take people in. 船往前航行，不时停下来接纳乘客。every other line 每隔一行Write your essay on every other line please.请隔行写你的作文。except for 除……外，要不是由于Your essay is good except for some spelling mistake. 你的文章很好只是有一些拼写错误。I know nothing about him except for the fact that he lives next door. 只知道他住在隔壁，此外我对他一无所知。表示“除了”的英语习语： besides 除了……还有（包含）；except sb./ sth. 除了……（不包括在内）；except for 表示除了某一点之外整体很好，也可以表示要不是，相当于but for；apart from除了……之外，和besides意思相近；in addition to除了（=besides）。exchange A for B 兑换，交易，更换，交换，调换Excuse me, but is this where you exchange foreign money for RMB？ 对不起,请问这是外币换人民币的地方吗？I exchanged a horse for a cow. 我用一匹马换了一头牛。exchange greetings 互致敬意Students exchanged greetings and then class began. 学生们互致问候，然后开始上课。excuse sb. from 使某人免除，允许某人不做I should like to excuse myself from attending the meeting. 我想要求不参加会议。The teacher has excused the students from their homework for this evening. 老师已经同意学生们今晚不做作业。expect much of somebody 对某人期待很高Most of the parents expect much of their children. 大多数父母都对自己的子女寄予很大希望。Don't expect too much of me. I need time to come around to this new idea. 不要对我期望太高。我需要时间接受这一新思想。