Unit 2
1. for the first time 第一次;首先 at first; first of all
2. have a good flight (坐飞机)旅途愉快
3. all the way 一路
4. at all(否定:根本;疑问:到底;条件:竟然)above all 首先;首要的
after all 毕竟; in all 总共
5. make oneself at home 不拘束, 别客气
6. There you are. 你来了。 Here you are. 给你。
7. all around the world 世界各地 throughout the world
8. the majority of 大多数的 the minority of
9. in total; in all; altogether 总共
10. the number of …的数量 (large; small 谓语动词单数) a number of 一些; 许多
11. except for 除了. . . 之外; 要不是 except 除了...都; besides 除了...还;except +从句 except (除去)指在整体中除去行为未发生者(不包括在内) except for (除了有…之外)指在一个整体中除去其中某个或某些因素,前后两个名词性质不同。 except that (除去;除掉) 后接从句,还有except when, except what; except where等 besides (除了…还) 包括在整体之内 but (除了...之外) 和except 同义,与否定词或疑问词连用
11. communicate with sb. 与. . . 交流,联络
12. have a good knowledge of 对. . . 很熟悉; 通晓
13. Ask sb (not) to do sth 请某人做/不做某事 Tell sb (not) to do sth 让某人不做某事 Order sb (not) to do sth 命令某人做/不做某事
13. help sb. with sth 在某方面帮助某人 help (to)do sth; help sb (to)do sth 帮助 assist sb with sth; assist sb to do sth; assist in doing sth. 协助某人做...
14. stand still 站着不动; stay still; lie still
15. leave the door open 让门一直开着 leave the light on 让灯一直亮着 leave sb doing sth 留置/听任...保持...(做某事)的状态 leave... done 留置/听任...保持...(被...)的状态
16. turn down /up the radio 把收音机声音关小/开大 turn up 出现 turn down 拒绝
turn off / on 关掉/打开 turn in 上缴; turn out 结果是;被证明是
17. stay up 熬夜; 不睡觉
18. come about 发生;happen; take place; break out
19. There is no quick answer to this question.
20. in the same way 用同样的方式 in different ways 不同 in this way 这样 in no way 决不
in the way 挡道;妨碍 out of the way 不挡道 in a way 在某种程度上;在某一点上 on the way 在路上;即将发生 by the way 顺便说/问一下; by way of 经由;经过
21. stay the same = remain the same. 保持不变
22. at the same time 同时 =meanwhile
23. end up with 以...(形式)告终 begin/start with end in failure 以失败而告终
24. more or less 或多或少
25. have difficulty/trouble in doing sth 做某事有困难
26. a great many; many a; a great number of (可数) a great many factories 区分 a great many of the factories a great deal of; a large amount of; (不可数) a large quantity of; large quantities of; plenty of; lots of 27. bring in 带来; 引进 bring out 出版;生产;揭露;使……显露
bring about 引起;导致 bring up 抚养;培养
29. shut up 闭嘴
30. pass away 去世
31. promise to do something答应做某事 promise sb to do sth 答应某人做某事 promise that... = make a promise (that)
32. make a decision 做出决定=decide
33. marry sb; 与某人结婚 get married to sb;be married to sb 34. at (the) least 至少 at (the) most 最多
35. a little bit 区分:a little; a bit; a bit of; not a bit ; not a little
36. chat on line 网上聊天
37. stay in touch =keep in touch with sb. 保持联系 keep track of跟踪
get in touch with; 取得联系 lose touch with 失去联系
38. because of 区分 because
thanks to 多亏了 as a result of 由于...的结果 due to 由于,因为 owing to 由于;因为
39. not only... but also.. (用于句首时,前句倒装)
Not only did Xiaohua learn a lot of English from her Canadian teacher, she also became very interested in Canada. (前句倒,后句不倒)
Not only the students but also the teacher doesn’t understand this sentence. (并列主语,不倒装,谓语就近一致)
40. as many as; as much as 和...一样多 as many books as as much money as
His son is as naughty a boy as he used to be when he was young.
41. in the name of 以....的名义