Aboutthrow about乱扔，乱丢，向四面八方扔：The child threw his clothes about in the bedroom.这孩子把衣服扔的卧室里到处都是。舞动，挥动(手臂等)：The girl threw her arms about.女孩挥动双臂。浪费；滥用；挥霍，乱花(钱):Dont throw about your money on trash.不要乱花钱买无用的东西。盖上，罩上；包围，围住：She threw a neckerchief around her neck.她把围巾绕在脖子上。滥用(权力)；仗势欺人：He was stronger than the other boys,and he threw hisweight around.他比其他男孩儿力气大，便欺负别人。set about开始，着手(工作等)：to set about doing something开始动手(或着手)做某事试着(做某事)，试图：I set about reading the book at one go.我曾试图一口气把这本书看完。散布(流言等)：to set about a rumor散布谣言口语抨击；揍(某人)：to set about each other扭打，打成一团go about干(某事)，着手做；着手进行：You are not going about it correctly.你干这件事做得不对。I must go about my business.我必须忙我自己的事。四处走动；旅行：The tourists went about London freely.游客们在伦敦四处自由游览。(消息等)传播，流传；(疾病等)流行：The rumor is going about that John and Mary aregetting married.正在谣传约翰与玛丽将要结婚。到处；经常从事于：Some people go about telling untrue stories.某些人到处传播不真实的事。和相好；和混在一起(常与 with 连用)：He always goes about with his children.他总是与他的孩子们混在一起。bring about带来，引来，引起，导致，产生，使发生；造成；实现；带来的结果；开始：The economic reform brought about great change inthe lives of the common people.经济改革在老百姓生活方面带来巨大的变化。【航海学】使(船)掉过头来，使(船)改变方向：They brought the ship about and headed for safety.他们使船掉头，朝安全地带行驶。come about发生，产生；实现：How did the accident come about?这个事故是怎么发生的?Acrossget across(使)越过，(使)渡过；(使)横穿马路：Its so much safer to get across the road at the trafficlights.在有交通红绿灯的地方横穿马路要安全得多。(使)被了解；讲清楚，让听懂：He taught me how to get my ideas across.他教我如何把自己的观点表达清楚英国口语触犯，冒犯；使生气，使恼火：Take care not to get across the director,he could haveyou dismissed.小心别惹经理生气，他会把你开除。come across(偶然地)碰到；想到：Perhaps I shall come across him in France.也许我会在法国遇见他。发现；出现：I came across this book in an old bookstore inLondon.我在伦敦一家旧书店里发现了这本书。讲得清楚明白，可理解；有说服力：Your speech didnt come across;nobody understoodyour opinion.你的演说讲得不明不白，没有人能听懂你的意思。口语看上去似乎是，给人印象：He came across to me as being quite a nice person.他在我的印象中是一个挺好的人。美国俚语(不情愿地)交出；照付；照办：The robber took out his pistol and pointed at her headwith it,and she came across with all the money shehad in her pocket.土匪掏出手枪用枪对着她的头部，于是她把口袋里所有的钱全部交了出来。表现自己：All the candidates came across badly on TV.所有的候选人在电视上表演得都相当拙劣。答应性要求Afterask after口语问起的健康情况，问候，问好；探问：He asked after her mother.他问候她母亲。to ask after his trade询问他的生意情况look after照顾；照料；照看；关心：I will look after her child when she is on a businesstrip.她出差时我将照看她的孩子。目送；从后面盯着；眼睛盯着：They looked after the train as it moved out.他们目送火车开出车站。关注；为操心：He only looks after his own interests.他只顾自己的利益。找；寻求；要求：What is he looking after?他在找什么?run after追赶，追逐：If you run after two hares,you will catch neither.如果你追两只兔子，你一个也捉不住。谚语，相当于中国谚语：“贪多嚼不烂”追求(异性、时尚等)：I heard you were running after Miss Brown.我听说你正在追布朗小姐。口语照料，伺候：Ill not run after you all your life.我不会伺候你一辈子。take after(在相貌、体格、性情等方面)像(父、母等)；与相像：He takes after his father in being weak-minded.他优柔寡断，像他爸。In her gentle nature,Mary takes after her mother.玛丽性情温和，像她妈妈。追赶；追捕；追逐：The police took after the murderer.警方追捕谋杀犯。仿效；学的榜样：You should take after your sister who is a diligentstudent.你应该学学你的姐姐，她是个勤奋的学生。Againstturn against(使)转而反对(或反抗)；(使)变成和敌对；(使)对有偏见：Mary tried to turn the children against their father.玛丽试图使孩子们反对他们的父亲。Jack turned against his old friends.杰克和老朋友们翻脸了转过来向移动对起不利的影响：Public opinion turned against the Democratic Party.舆论对民主党不利。set against使憎恶；使反对：to set friends against one another在朋友之间挑拨离间扣除的费用(等)；把作为抵偿：to set against ones debt抵债权衡，把与进行比较：setting the results against those of the last election,wecan see a clear improvement.将这次选择结果与上一次作比较，我们能明显看到好多了。go against违反，违背：He went against my wishes when he did that.他这么做就违背了我的意愿。反对Its no use going against the directors decision.反对上司的决定没用。不利于：The election went against him.选举对他不利。Aparttell apart辨别，区分，区别：to tell things apart辨明情况fall apart破碎，破裂：This book was old and soon fell apart.这本书太陈旧了，很快就破碎了。崩溃，瓦解，破产：The army fell apart.军队土崩瓦解了。脱离关系，关系破裂：We used to be good friends,but fell apart about a yearago.我们过去曾经是好朋友，但一年前关系破裂了。失去自信，反常；失去自制：Even the seasoned troupers fall apart.甚至一些有临场经验的演员也失常了。take apart拆开；拆卸(机器等)；使分开：The workers took the engine apart.工人们将引擎拆开了。猛烈抨击；尖锐批评；将驳得体无完肤；对挑剔：Her new novel was taken apart by reviewers.她新出的小说被评论家们评得一无是处。严厉惩罚；(在拳击等运动中)将彻底打败：The experienced boxer should be able to take a youngopponent apart in a few rounds.经验丰富的拳击手应该在几个回合后就能彻底打败年轻的对手。Qatar was really taken apart by China in the match.在这场比赛中，卡塔尔队被中国队彻底击败。对深入剖析：He thoroughly takes the German national characterapart in the essay.他在这篇文章里透彻地剖析了德意志民族性格。对彻底搜查口语蹂躏；粗暴对待：The bandits took the village apart.土匪们蹂躏这个村庄。apart from除之外；且不说；并且Aroundcome around来访Beth came around,this morning to apologize.贝思今天上午来道歉了。转而接受It looks like theyre coming around to our way ofthinking.好像他们正在转而接受我们的思维方式。如期而至I hope to be fit when the World Championship comesaround next year.希望明年世界锦标赛再度举行时我能身体健康。苏醒When I came around I was on the kitchen floor.当我苏醒时，我躺在厨房地板上。look around游览get around四处走动；往来各地：Its easy in this city to get round by bus.在这座城市，乘公共汽车来往各处非常方便。(病后又能)走动：Mother is much better now,shes able to get round abit more.母亲现在好多了，能够多走动走动了。绕道走：Lets get round to the back of the house.让我们绕到房子的后