英语词汇Of的意思、翻译、用法及例句-英语用法大全

a piece of bread一块面包

a cake of soap一块肥皂

a cup of water一杯水

a bit of paper一小张纸

ten cubic meters of wood十立方米木材

three dozen of eggs三打鸡蛋

表示总量中的一部分：

one of them他们中的一个

a few of the students学生中的一些

some of the books这些书中的一些/all of us我们全体

not much of it没有多少那种东西

用于最高级形容词之后：

It is the most beautiful of flowers.

它是花中最美丽的。

The old man has the most sublime of morality.

那位老人具有最崇高的道德。

加强语气：

the song of songs歌中之歌

the poem of poems诗中之诗10

表示时间：

Where does he usually go of a holiday?

在放假的日子他经常上什么地方去?

He often comes of a Sunday when he has nothing to do.

星期日没事时，他常到这里来。

Maybe he has returned to his home town，for we have not seen him of late.

他可能已经回老家了，因为近来我们总未看见他。

People have changed their mind of late years，this can be seen from many respects.

最近几年人们的想法改变了，这可以从许多方面看出来。

表示主格(of后面的词相当于of前面的词的主格)：

the fancy of a poet诗人的幻想

the help of a friend一位朋友的帮助

the donation of a benevolent man一位慈善者的捐助

the unselfish assistance of a neighbouring country一个邻国的无私援助

the mischief of a naughty boy一个淘气男孩的恶作剧

the suppression of imperialists帝国主义者的压迫12

表示宾格(of后面的词相当于of前面的词的宾语)：

the love of beauty爱美

the hate of evil对邪恶的愤恨

the pursuit of good virtue对美德的追求

the answer of a question一个问题的答案

the guess of riddles猜谜语

the fear of punishment害怕惩罚

take care of a child照看小孩

make use of a machine使用机器

the writing of an article写文章

the making of model planes作模型飞机

be fond of fishing喜欢钓鱼

be short of hand人手缺乏13

表示同格(of后面的词与of后面的词同格)：

the year of 18001800年/the season of spring春季

the month of January 一月

the province of Henan河南省

the name of Mary玛丽这个名字

the three of us我们三人

the Theory of Relativity相对论

the element of oxygen氧元素

the addiction of smoking吸烟的嗜好

an angel of a woman天使般的妇女14

表示属性(of后面的词具有of前面的词的属性)：

She is a fine figure of a woman.

她是个身材很美的妇女。

How silly of me!我是多么傻啊!

Where is that fool of an assistant?那个笨助手在哪里?

What a genius of a child! 那孩子有多么好的天分啊! 15

表示所有格：

of前面的词是of后面词的一部分：

a dog of John’s约翰的一只狗

a poem of Libai’s李白的一首诗

a play of Shakespeare’s莎士比亚的一部戏剧

an invention of Thomas Edison’s爱迪生的一个发明

当of前面的名词被指示代词或其他不能与所有格连用的词所修饰时：

that shining diamond of hers她的那颗闪光的钻石

this brilliant poem of Dufu’s杜甫的这首光辉的诗

that only son of his他的那个独生子

that sad melody of hers她的悲惨的歌曲16

of与他后面的词构成后置定语，形容of前面的词：

a scholar of profound learning有深奥知识的人

a man of fiery temper性如烈火的人

a woman of beauty美丽的妇女

a child of genius天才的儿童

a building of seven storeys七层的楼房

a machine of complicated construction结构复杂的机器

a bad quarter of an hour 不愉快的短暂时刻：

These two good friends got angry with each other this afternoon，they quarrelled bitterly，it was really a bad quarter of an hour.

今天下午这两个好朋友彼此发怒，他们吵得很厉害，那真是一个不愉快的短暂时刻。

a bag of bones 骨瘦如柴的人(或动物)：

The patient has become a bag of bones owing to prolonged illness.

由于病得很久，那病人已经变得骨瘦如柴了。

a bag of wind 夸夸其谈的人：

Dick is good at talking，but he talks much and works little，so he is known as a bag of wind.

狄克善于谈话，但他说得多做得少，所以他是个出名的夸夸其谈的人。

a ball of fire 精力奋发的人;精力充沛的人：

That secretary is a ball of fire，she often works round the clock when necessary.

那个秘书是一个精力奋发的人，在需要的时候，她时常日以继夜地工作。

a ball of fortune 命运多舛的人：

The man is a ball of fortune，he has been over fifty but still has accomplished nothing.

那人是个命运多舛的人，他已年过50仍然一事无成。

a bed of roses 称心如意的境遇;安乐窝：

That fop lives in a bed of roses，which his father，a millionaire，furnishes to him.

那个纨袴子弟生活在安乐窝中，这是他的父亲，一个百万富翁提供给他的。

a bit of a 有点儿;相当地：

Jim is a bit of a coward，once he ever trembled before a big dog.

吉姆有点儿胆小，有一次他当着一只大狗的面吓得战栗。

a bit of all right 〈俚语〉很不错;很好：

David’s work is a bit of all right，our manager praises him to be an able man among us.

大卫的工作很不错，我们经理夸奖他是我们中间的能人。

a breath of one’s nostrils 必不可少的东西：

Specialized technique is a breath of an engineer’s nostrils，he cannot do his technical work well without it.

专业技术是一位工程师必不可少的东西，没有它工程师就不能做好他的技术工作。

a bridge of gold/silver 退路;逃路：

An experienced person always finds a bridge of gold before he does anything，so that，even he fails，he can have a safe way of retreat.

一个有经验的人在做任何事以前都先找好一条退路，以便即使工作失败，也有一个安全的退路。

absence of mind 心不在焉;神不守舍：

We must avoid absence of mind when we are on duly，especially at night.

我们在值班时，一定要防止心不在焉，特别是在夜间。

absence of order 混乱;没有秩序：

Through investigation，we have found out the reason of low efficiency，it is mainly caused by absence of order in management.

通过调查，我们找出了效率低的原因，它主要是由于经营管理上的混乱造成的。

absence of reason 没有理由;全无理由：

Owing to absence of reason，no one supported his assertion and he lost his lawsuit.

由于缺理，没有人支持他的主张，结果他败诉了。

accuse sb of 1

控告某人犯……之罪：

He is accused of certain crime，but we all know he is innocent.

他被控犯某罪，但我们都知道他是清白的。

责备某人的(某事)：

His wife accused him of cowardice and told him that he should become braver henceforth.

他的妻子责备他懦弱，告诉他今后要勇敢些。

a change of heart/mind 改变主意;变心：

Adam does not want to cooperate with us any longer，for he has got a change of mind.

亚当不想再跟我们合作了，因为他已经改变主意了。

a change of scene 改变环境(尤指旅行)：

Charles overworks himself and often falls ill，his friends advise him to go on holiday，a change of scene may do him good.

查理劳累过度时常生病，他的朋友们劝他外出度假，改变一下环境可能对他有益处。

a chapter of accidents 接踵而来的灾祸：

A chapter of accidents fell on their family，but they managed to overcome them one by one.

接踵而来的灾祸曾降临到他们家庭，但他们逐个地设法克服了。

a chip of the old block (脾气等)完全像父亲的儿子：

John is a chip of the old block，when you have seen him，you need not see his father.

约翰酷似他的父亲;你看见他以后，不需要再见他的父亲，就可以想象出他父亲是什么样子。

act the part of 充当;扮演……的角色：

That hospital wants to build a new inpatient building and has asked some rich men to act the part of benefactors.

那家医院想修建一所新的住院大楼，并已要求一些富人做捐助人。

a dash of (加入的)少量;少许：

John asked the restaurant waiter to put a dash of pepper powder in his soup，he loved that taste.

约翰叫饭馆侍者在他的汤内加一点胡椒面，他喜欢那个滋味。

a disciple of Momus 滑稽的人;爱开玩笑的人：

Alexander is a disciple of Momus，each time we are with him，we cannot keep our mouth close for laughter.

亚历山大很滑稽，每当我们跟他在一起的时候，我们都笑得合不上嘴。

admit of 容许;有……的余地：

His teacher told him that his fault admitted of no excuse and he should feel ashamed of it.

他的老师对他说，他的过失不容推委，他应当为它感到羞耻。

admit of exceptions 可以通融;可以变通：

The regulations of that hospital admit of exceptions，when a patient is very poor，he can enjoy the medical service free of charge.

那家医院的规章可以变通，当一个病人非常贫穷时，他可以免费受到治疗。

adopt a counsel of despair 采取自暴自弃的态度：

He adopts a counsel of despair after he makes a mistake，we ask him to brace up.

他在犯错误以后采取了自暴自弃的态度，我们要求他振作起来。

advise sb of (商业)把……通知某人(通常指市场或货物情况)：

They have no branch office in that city，but their agents often advise them of the market condition there.

他们在该城市没有分公司，但是他们的代理商时常把那里的市场情况通知他们。

a flourish of triumph 大肆宣扬：

The manufacturer raised a flourish of triumph about the quality of their products.

该制造厂对它的产品质量大肆宣扬。

a game of chance 碰运气(而不是凭本事)的事情或游戏：

Such competition is but a game of chance，it does not rely on real ability.

这种竞争不过是碰运气的事，它并不是凭真本领。

a game of skill 凭技能取胜的事或游戏：

Such a contest is a game of skill indeed，only past masters can win.

这样的竞赛的确是凭技能取胜，只有高手才能够赢。

a gentleman of virtu 古玩专家;古董家：

Mr Smith is called a gentleman of virtu because he can determine precisely the value of any curio and antique.

史密斯先生被称为古董家因为他能精确地鉴定任何古玩和古物的价值。

a good deal of 许多;大量：

It took us a good deal of time to persuade the engineer not to give up his designing work.

我们花费了许多时间去说服那位工程师不要放弃他的设计工作。

a great deal of 许多;大量：

Their relatives in the countryside provided them a great deal of Chinese cabbage every year.

他们在乡下的亲戚每年供给他们大量的大白菜。

a great/large choice of 大量(物品)备选购：

There is a great choice of fashionable furniture in that shop，customers vie with one another in buying them.

那家商店有大量的时式家具备选，顾客们争先恐后地去购买。

a handful of 1

一把;一握之量(指物)：

Please give me a handful of sugar，I want to cook some sweet porridge for my children.

请给我一些糖，我想给我的孩子们做一些甜粥。

少数的(指人)：

There are a handful of students playing on the playground，most students are reviewing their lesson at home.

操场上只有几个学生游戏，大部分学生都在家中复习功课。

a hand of 一把(指香蕉)：

Mother bought a handful of banana for her child who was waiting for her at home.

妈妈给她的小孩买了一把香蕉，她的小孩正在家中等着她。

ahead of one’s time 比所在的时代先进：

Galileo was ahead of his time because at that time only he knew that the earth moves round the sun.

伽利略比他所在的时代先进，因为当时只有他知道地球围绕太阳旋转。

ahead of schedule 比进度提前：

Owing to the effort of all staff members，the engineering has been completed ahead of schedule.

由于全体职工的努力，该工程已经比原定进度提前完成。

ahead of time 提前;在原定时间以前：

My colleagues are never in a rush，for they have made ample preparations ahead of time.

我的同事们总是不慌不忙，因为他们已经提前做好充分准备。

a heart of flint/stone 冷酷无情;铁石心肠：

A man with a heart of flint is a cold-blooded animal，such a man knows nothing about humanity and sympathy.

有铁石心肠的人是冷血动物，这样的人不懂得什么是人性和同情心。

a heart of gold 高贵的心;善良的心：

That old man has a heart of gold，he feels unlimited sympathy for all people and does everything to help them.

那位老人有一颗善良的心，他对每个人都无限同情，做一切事来帮助人们。

a heart of oak 刚勇的心;果断的心：

This gentleman has a heart of oak，once he makes up his mind，he will do anything no matter how difficult it is.

这位先生性情果断，一旦他下定决心，任何困难的事他都去做。

a hell of a lot 〈口语〉非常;极度：

Their new nurse loves them a hell of a lot，she treats them as her own children.

他们新来的阿姨非常爱他们，把他们像她自己亲生孩子一样地对待。

a hero of the quill 著名作家;文坛宿将：

Our editor is a hero of the quill，his works are warmly welcomed by broad masses of readers.

我们的编辑是一位著名作家，他的作品深受广大读者的欢迎。

a hero of the spigot 〈戏言〉酒鬼：

He is a hero of the spigot，he indulges himself in drinking day and night.

他是个酒鬼，日夜耽溺于饮酒。

a hill of beans 〈口语〉少量;小事;不重要的东西：

Don’t worry about such a thing，it is but a hill of beans.

不要为这样的事操心，那是件小事。

a horse of another/different colour〈口语〉完全另外一回事：

You have mixed it all up，it is not the thing we talked about yesterday，it is a horse of different colour.

你弄混了，那不是我们昨天谈的那件事，那完全是另外一回事。

a house of call 零工待雇处;常去的场所(或酒店)：

It is a house of call for us，we often go there to have a chat with one another when we are at leisure.

那是我们常去的地方，当我们闲暇无事时，时常去那里聊天。

a house of God 教堂;礼拜堂：

It is a custom for the Occidentals to be married in a house of God，they consider it a holy place.

西方人的风俗是在教堂里结婚，他们认为教堂是个神圣的地方。

a Jack of/on both sides 骑墙派：

That cunning person is a Jack of both sides，he never tells on which side he will stand so as not to offend others.

那个狡猾的人是个骑墙派，他从来不说他站在哪一边以免得罪人。

a kind of 〈口语〉稍为;有几分：

Mary is a kind of unhappy today，there must be something unpleasant to her.

玛丽今天有点不高兴，她一定是有些不愉快的事情。

a labour of love 爱做的事;出于喜爱而做的事：

Fishing is a labour of love to me，I go fishing nearly everyday in the summer vacation.

钓鱼是我喜爱的事，暑假里我几乎天天去钓鱼。

a lady of blood 贵妇人：

That woman was warmly welcomed and ceremoniously received anywhere she went，for she was a lady of blood.

那位妇女无论走到哪里都受到热烈欢迎，隆重接待，因为她是个贵妇人。

a lady of the house 家庭主妇：

To be a lady of the house，she prepares three meals for her husband and children and does various household affairs everyday.

作为一个家庭主妇，她每日为她的丈夫和孩子准备三餐和做各种家务事。

a large amount of或 quite an amount of 大量的(后接不可数名词)：

There is a large amount of furniture stored in the warehouse，it is in stock for the Spring Festival market.

仓库中存储大量的家具，它们是为春节市场存储的。

a letter of credence 介绍信;信任状：

It is important for us to take a letter of credence with us when we go on a business trip，it will do us a lot of convenience.

当我们出差办事时，随身带着介绍信是非常重要的，它会给我们带来很大方便。

a line of least resistance 阻力最小的方向，最省力的方法或途径：

When we meet with obstructions in our work，we often try to find out a line of least resistance.

当我们在工作上遇到阻碍的时候，我们时常设法找出阻力最小的方向。

all kinds of 各种各样的：

We have many large national parks in our country，where we can see all kinds of animals and plants.

我们国家里有许多大的国家公园，在那儿我们可以看到各种各样的动物和植物。

all of a heap 颓然;成为一团：

We all laugh at Ellen for her timidness，she is as timid as a rabbit，whenever she meets with a dog in the street，she would be struck all of a heap.

我们大家都笑话爱伦的胆怯，她胆小如兔，每当她在大街上遇到一只狗时，她就吓得缩成一团。

all of a lump 发肿;成为一团：

Our yard is muddy when it rains，but when the rain is over and it becomes fine，the mud will turn all of a lump.

下雨时我们的庭院很泥泞，然而当雨过天晴时，湿泥就变成了一团。

all of a muck of sweat 〈口语〉浑身大汗：

It is very hot in the afternoon，people are all of a muck of sweat even when they sit at home.

下午天气很热，人们即使在家中坐着也是浑身大汗。

all of a piece with 与……成为一个整体;与……相符合一致：

Our research institute has become all of a piece with a laboratory，we often carry out research work together.

我们研究所已经跟一个试验室连成一个整体，我们时常一同进行研究工作。

all of a shake 抖成一团：

A poor little lamb is all of a shake before some lions，they are going to take it as a delicious dinner.

一个可怜的小羊羔在几头狮子面前抖成一团，这些狮子就要把它当做一顿美餐。

all of a sudden 突然：

All of a sudden there was a peal of booming thunder and the rain，together with hailstones，fell down at once.

突然，一阵轰轰的雷声，雨和冰雹立刻降下。

all of a sweat 〈口语〉浑身大汗：

The workers have worked hard for hours under the hot sun，so they are all of a sweat.

工人们已经在烈日下努力工作数小时，所以他们都是浑身大汗。

allow of 容许;有……的余地：

There is enough evidence to show that the fact allows of no doubt.

有充分的证据显示该事实没有怀疑的余地。

all sorts and conditions of men 各种各样的人：

There are all sorts and conditions of men walking in the streets，some are young and some are old.

大街上走着各种各样的人，有的年轻，有的年老。

all sorts of 各种各样的：

There are all sorts of specimens of rocks and ores exhibited in this museum，geological and mineralogical workers often go there to study them.

这个博物馆中陈列着各种各样的岩石和矿石标本，地质和矿产工作者时常去那里研究它们。

a lot of或lots of 〈口语〉许多(一般用于肯定句)：

There are a lot of little birds in the park，some are seeking for food and others are chirping on the branches.

公园里有许多小鸟，它们当中有一些在觅食，另外一些在枝头鸣叫。

a lump of avarice 彻底的贪婪者：

A lump of avarice is such a man，wherever he goes，he wants to take everything into his own pocket.

彻底的贪婪者是这样的一种人，无论他走到哪里，他都想把一切东西据为己有。

a lump of clay 一块黏土;凡人：

We are all a lump of clay，so we are all mortal.

我们都是凡人，所以我们都必将有一死。

a lump of selfishness 彻底的自私者：

A lump of selfishness is such a man，he thinks for himself in everything and thinks for others in nothing.

彻底的自私者是这样的一种人，他事事为自己打算，丝毫不想旁人。

a man/gentleman of virtu 古玩专家;古董家：

He is a man of virtu，he often goes to flea markets to seek for valuable curios and antiques.

他是一位古董家，他时常去往旧货市场搜寻贵重的古玩和古物。

a man of character 有品格的人：

That scholar is a man of character，he can be our teacher both in virtue and in learning.

那位学者是一位有品格的人，他在品德上和学问上都能够充当我们的老师。

a man of decision 果断的人;有果断力的人：

I am an impetuous man，so I like a man of decision because he can tell me yes or no about everything at once.

我是个急性子人，所以我喜欢有果断力的人，因为无论什么事他都能立刻告诉我行或是不行。

a man of few words 〈口语〉话少的人;沉默寡言的人：

It is interesting to say that he is a man of few words while his wife is a woman of many words，so you can hear only the woman chattering all day long.

说起来很有趣，他是个沉默寡言的人，而他的妻子是个爱唠叨的人，所以一天到晚只听见那位妇女唠唠叨叨。

a man of forty/fifty/sixty... 一个四十岁的人(一个五十岁的人;一个六十岁的人……)：

A visitor wants to see you when you are absent，he is a man of about forty，tall and thin.

当你不在时，有一位客人想见你，他是个大约四十岁的人，又高又瘦。

a man of genius 天才：

That scientist was a man of genius，he made numerous inventions in his lifetime and thus brought benefit to mankind.

那位科学家是个天才，他一生做了许多发明，给人类造福。

a man of his word 守信用的人;说话算数的人：

We believe in him because he is a man of his word，he fulfils every promise he has made.

我们信任他，因为他是个说话算数的人，他履行他所做的每一个诺言。

a man of ideas 机智的人;有办法的人：

We consider him a man of ideas，he can deal with any problem and cope with any difficulty successfully.

我们认为他是个机智的人，他能成功地处理任何问题和应付任何困难。

a man of iron 意志坚强的人;冷酷的人：

My friend is a man of iron，he despises all difficulties and hardships no matter how tough they are to be overcome.

我的朋友是个意志坚强的人，他藐视所有的艰难困苦，无论它们是多么难以克服。

a man of law 法律界人士：

He is a man of law，he often deals with lawyers，judges and people who engage in lawsuits.

他是个法律界人士，他时常跟律师、法官和打官司的人们打交道。

a man of letters 作家;文人;学者：

We admire a man of letters because he provides nourishment for our mind and thus heightens our mental realm.

我们钦佩文人，因为他们给我们提供精神食粮，并因而提高我们的精神境界。

a man of many words 〈口语〉话多的人;唠唠叨叨的人：

That clerk is a man of many words，his colleagues all dislike him chattering interminably.

那位职员是个话多的人，他的同事们都嫌他唠唠叨叨没完没了。

a man of mark 名人;显要人物：

Now he has come up in the world and become a man of mark，his name often appears in the newspapers.

现在他已经出人头地成为名人，他的名字时常出现在报纸上。

a man of men 〈口语〉杰出人物;优秀人物：

We admit that we are inferior to him in intelligence and ability，he is really a man of men.

我们承认我们在智力和能力上都不如他，他真是一个杰出人物。

a man of moods 心情易变的人;脾气不定的人：

He is a man of moods，he may be very happy at one time but soon becomes sad at once.

他是个心情易变的人，他可能一时非常快乐，但很快就变得悲伤。

a man of (many) parts (极)有才干的人：

Our manager is really a man of many parts，he has changed the features of our company thoroughly since he came to his post.

我们经理真是一位极有才干的人，自从他到任以来，他已经彻底改变了我们公司的面貌。

a man of position 有身份的人;有地位的人：

This gentleman is a man of position，he cannot make remarks casually as we do.

这位先生是一位有身份的人，他不能像我们那样随便说话。

a man of(high) standing 名望或地位高的人：

The scholar is a man of high standing，universities and academic institutes often ask him to deliver lectures.

该学者是一位有名望的人，各大学和学术机关时常邀请他去演讲。

a man of the house 一家之主;家长：

Mr White is a man of the house only in name，he pays obedience to his wife in everything.

怀特先生仅在名义上是一家之主，他在每件事情上都服从他的妻子。

a man of the moment 当今重要人物：

He is a man of the moment，he is always busy attending important conferences everyday.

他是当今重要人物，他每天总是忙于参加各种重要会议。

a man of the pen 作家;文人：

To be a man of the pen，he often writes some articles and poems，we all like to read them.

作为一个文人，他时常写一些文章和诗，我们全都喜欢读它们。

a man of the world 精通世故的人：

That old sailor is a man of the world，he has been to everywhere and experienced everything.

那位老海员是位精通世故的人，他哪里都去过，什么事都经历过。

A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds.

〈谚语〉光说不做的人有如光长杂草的花园：

That young man says much and does little，his friends advise him to correct this shortcoming and tell him that a man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds.

那个年轻人说得多做得少，他的朋友们建议他改正这个缺点，并且告诉他，光说不做的人有如光长杂草的花园。

a marriage of convenience 基于利害关系的婚姻：

The man makes full use of his marriage of convenience and is soon promoted to a high post，because his father-in-law is the general manager of a large enterprise.

那人充分利用他那基于利害关系的婚姻，很快就被提升高位，因为他的岳父是一家大企业的总经理。

a master of fence 剑术师;好争辩的人：

I met a master of fence the other day，when he practised his sword arts，even raindrops could not wet his clothes.

前些天我遇到一位剑术师，当他练剑时，雨点都无法打湿他的衣服。

a matter of course 理所当然的事;意料中的事：

Plant melons and you get melons，sow beans and you get beans，this is a matter of course.

种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆，这是理所当然的事。

a matter of detail 琐事：

Don’t pay too much attention to it，it is only a matter of detail.

不要过多地注意它，它只不过是件琐事。

a matter of doubt 是否……尚未确定：

It is still a matter of doubt whether they buy it or not because it is too expensive.

他们是否买它尚未确定，因为它太贵了。

a matter of life and death 生死攸关的事情：

The old man is seriously ill，whether we can find a doctor of high medical skill for him is a matter of life and death to him.

那老人病得很严重，我们是否能够给他找到一位医术高超的医生，对于那位老人是个生死攸关的问题。

a matter of opinion 看法不同的问题;见仁见智之事：

This is only a matter of opinion，we can reach a common understanding through exchange of views.

这只不过是个看法不同的问题，我们可以通过交换意见达到统一认识。

a matter of record 有案可查的事：

We need not debate who is right，for this is a matter of record.

我们用不着争辩谁是谁非，因为这是个有案可查的事。

a member of Christ 基督教徒：

The man is a member of Christ，he goes to church every morning.

那人是一个基督教徒，他每天早晨都去教堂去做礼拜。

a mind of great capacity 宽宏大量：

Mr Green is admired by everyone for having a mind of great capacity，he often helps his competitors in their work.

人人都钦佩格林先生的宽宏大量，他时常帮助他的竞争对手工作。

a mountain of flesh 高大结实的人;大块头：

That boxer is a mountain of flesh，he can be split into two thin men.

那个拳击运动员是个大块头，他可以分成两个瘦人。

an act of grace 恩典;仁慈的行为：

That kind man donates most of his property to charitable institutions，this is of course an act of grace.

那位和善的人把他大部分财产捐给慈善机构，这当然是仁慈的行为。

a nasty piece of work 〈口语〉下流坯;讨厌的家伙：

If a man behaves dishonestly，he will be detested by others and become a nasty piece of work.

如果一个人行为不诚实，他将要被别人憎恶，成为一个下流坯。

and (all) that sort of things 以及诸如此类;等等：

Many scientists have provided this research institute with instruments，equipment，reference books and that sort of things.

许多科学家已经向这个研究所提供了仪器、设备、参考书以及诸如此类之物。

an enemy/a foe worthy of sb’s steel(值得与之一斗的)劲敌;强敌：

When the United States took part in the Second World War，the Axis powers met an enemy worthy of their steel.

当美国参加第二次世界大战时，轴心国遇到了劲敌。

a new lease of/on life (大病痊愈后的)重生;富有希望的新生：

After that man was discharged from hospital and recovered，he decided to arrange his work and life better in his new lease of life.

那人出院并恢复了健康以后，他决定在他的重生中更好地安排他的工作和生活。

a nice bit of 〈俚语〉很多(指钱)：

Father gave his daughter a nice bit of money for her dress and other daily use.

父亲给他的女儿很多钱供作购买服装和其他日用。

an irony of circumstances 境遇的嘲弄：

Bob has changed his job many times，but the more he changes，the worse his job becomes，this is an irony of circumstances.

鲍布已经更换了许多次工作，但是更换的次数越多，他的工作越坏，这是境遇的嘲弄。

an irony of fate 命运的嘲弄：

It is perhaps an irony of fate，the higher that official is promoted，the worse his health becomes.

这也许是命运的嘲弄，那位官员被晋升的地位越高，他的健康也越差。

a nose of wax 没有主见的人;耳朵软的人;容易塑捏的东西：

The husband is a nose of wax，his wife can change his mind with few words.

那位丈夫是个没有主见的人，他的妻子用不了几句话就能改变他的主意。

another pair of shoes 〈口语〉另外一回事：

Please keep to the point，what you have said is another pair of shoes.

请不要离题，你所说的是另外一回事。

an oyster of a man 很少讲话的人：

He is an oyster of a man，he often does not say a single word the whole day long.

他是个很少讲话的人，时常一整天连一句话也不说。

a number of 若干;一些：

Our secretary has talked with a number of applicant，who come to apply for the vacant position.

我们的秘书已经跟一些求职者谈过话，他们都是来申请那个空缺位置的。

any number of 〈口语〉大量的;许多的：

We have exhorted him any number of times but he still cannot remember it.

我们已经嘱咐他许多次，但是他仍然记不住。

anything of 任何的;一点的(用于否定句、疑问句)：

He said he loved his wife，but had he ever shown anything of love to her? 他自己说爱他的妻子，但是他曾向他的妻子表示过一点爱吗?

a passage of arms 争斗;争论;笔战：

There has ever been a passage of arms between these two academic institutions about the origin of life.

这两个学术机构曾经有过一场关于生命起源的笔战。

a piece of cake 〈口语〉轻松或愉快的事情：

It is really a piece of cake to have a few good friends chattering over a bottle.

跟几个好友喝酒聊天的确是件愉快的事情。

a piece of luck 走运;成功：

That astronomer had a piece of luck in his observation，he discovered a new quasi-stellar object in the remote corner of the universe.

那位天文学家在他的观察工作上走了好运，他在宇宙的遥远角落发现了一个新的类星体。

a piece of one’s mind 1

内心话;坦率话：

Since we are good friends，I will give you a piece of my mind，please don’t take offence if it hurts you.

既然我们是好朋友，我就跟你坦率说，如果它刺伤你，请不要介意。

责备;斥责：

I will give that naughty boy a piece of my mind if he is up to tricks again.

如果那个淘气孩子再恶作剧，我一定要好好地责备他。

a piece of work 难事;一件工作：

His wife quarrelled with him and swore to divorce him，this was really a piece of work for him.

他的妻子跟他吵嘴后发誓要跟他离婚，这对他真是一件难办的事。

a pile of building 大建筑物：

A billionaire has invested and built a skyscraper of more than a hundred storeys，it is really a pile of building.

一个亿万富翁已经投资兴建了一座一百多层的摩天大楼，那真是一座大建筑物。

a pile of shit 〈美俚语〉胡说八道：

Don’t listen to him，he is speaking a pile of shit.

别听他瞎说，他是胡说八道。

a pillar of the society 社会栋梁：

He is a good child，diligent and hard-working，he will surely become a pillar of the society in the future.

他是个好孩子，勤勉好学，将来一定成为社会栋梁。

a point of honour 为维持面子必须做的事(尤指决斗);名誉攸关的事：

They want to go to law because they both take it a point of honour.

双方都认为那是名誉攸关的事，所以要打官司。

a point of no return (航海)航线临界点;(比喻)只能进不能退的地步：

The man has reached a point of no return，he will lose face if he does not go on.

那人已经到了只能进不能退的地步，如果他不继续前进，他就要丢脸。

a point of view 观点;见解;着眼点：

We think it is only his point of view，he cannot force it upon others.

我们认为那是他的见解，他不能把他的见解强加于人。

a pound of flesh 致命的债务：

The man owes a wicked money-lender a pound of flesh，he must pay it in time or he will be in trouble.

那人欠一个很恶的债主一笔致命的债务，他必须按时偿还，否则就要遇到麻烦。

apple of discord 争吵的原因;争端：

His little brother does not wish to share his candy with him，this is the apple of discord between them.

他的弟弟不愿意把自己的糖果跟他分享，这就是他们二人争吵的原因。

apple of sb’s eye 掌上明珠;极珍贵的人或物：

Little Tom is the apple of his grandmother’ s eye，she loves him more than her own heart.

小汤姆是他奶奶的掌上明珠，她爱他胜过自己的生命。

approve of 赞许;认可;批准：

The superiors have approved of our project to build a large hospital and a sum of money will be allocated for it soon.

上级已经批准我们建立一所大医院的计划，不久即将把所需费用拨下。

a pretty/fine/nice kettle of fish 困难的处境;尴尬的局面;混乱：

It is really a pretty kettle of fish for him，he does not know what to do about it.

这对于他真是个尴尬的局面，他不知道怎样办才好。

A pretty pair of shoes!〈口语〉好糟糕的局面!

All creditors have come to press him for payment of debts，a pretty pair of shoes!

好糟糕的局面! 所有的债权人都来逼债了。

a prisoner of war或POW 战俘：

Prisoners of war are soldiers who are captured by the opposite belligerent country in the war.

战俘就是在战争中被交战对方所捕获的士兵。

a queen of hearts 美丽的人：

That movie star is a queen of hearts，an artist has drawn a portrait for her.

那个电影演员是个美丽的人，一位画家已经给她画了像。

a rack of bones 骨瘦如柴的人：

Owing to prolonged illness，the patient has become a rack of bones.

由于久病，那位病人已经骨瘦如柴。

a ray of hope 一线希望：

He has given up all hope，but his friends come to his rescue，this is a ray of hope for him.

他已经陷入绝望，但是他的朋友们来救援他，这对他是一线希望。

a round of visits 一系列访问：

That scholar is a busy man，he has to pay a round of visits during his short stay in London.

那个学者是个忙人，在伦敦短暂停留期间，他必须做一系列的访问。

a scrap of paper 碎纸片;〈讽刺语〉等于一张废纸的条约或诺言：

That businessman never keeps his word，the contract he has promised to make with others is only a scrap of paper.

那个商人从来不守信用，他许诺要跟别人签订的合同只不过是一张废纸。

a scratch of the pen 匆匆而随便写的几个字;大笔一挥：

Our manager was busy，he hurried out and left us a strip of paper with a scratch of the pen on it.

我们经理很忙，他匆忙外出，给我们留下一张便条，上面有匆匆而随便写的几个字。

a servant of the state 公务人员;文官：

Our minister is loyal to his duty，he always keeps it in his mind that he is a servant of the state.

我们的部长忠于职守，他永远把他是一个公务人员记在心中。

a set of 一套;一组;一副：

David is keen on stamp collecting，he has a set of valuable and rare stamps in his hands.

大卫喜好集邮，他手中有一套名贵稀有的邮票。

a show of hands 举手表决：

Children often make a show of hands to decide what game they are to play.

孩子们时常用举手表决的方法来决定玩何种游戏。

a signal of distress (船只)遇难信号：

Many ships hastened to save a wrecked ship，for they had received the signal of distress.

许多轮船都赶去救援一艘遇难的船只，因为他们已经收到该船的遇难信号。

a sleight of hand 手法巧妙;精于手上把戏：

The audience was struck dumb with surprise when they saw the juggler changing a bunch of flower into a little hare with a sleight of hand.

当观众看到那个变戏法的人手法巧妙地把一束鲜花变成一个小兔时，他们惊得目瞪口呆。

a slip of a boy 瘦长的小伙子：

Since he is a slip of a boy，he likes to make friends with short，chubby girls.

由于他自己是一个瘦长的小伙子，他喜欢跟矮个丰满的姑娘们交朋友。

a slip of a girl 瘦长的姑娘：

Mary is a slip of a girl，she often makes a show of her slender figure.

玛丽是一个瘦长的姑娘，她时常炫耀她的苗条的身材。

a slip of the pen 笔误;写错：

If there are any wrongly written or misspelled characters in the article，they must be owing to a slip of the pen.

如果文章中有些错别字的话，那一定是由于笔误造成。

a slip of the tongue 口误;说错：

When other people blame him for speaking dirty language，he often pleads a slip of the tongue.

当别人责备他说下流话时，他时常推托是口误。

a squire of the pad (拦路强盗的委婉说法)绿林好汉：

The local inhabitants dare not say that he is a robber，they speak him as a squire of the pad.

当地居民们不敢说他是个强盗，他们称他为绿林好汉。

assume the mask of 戴起……的假面具;装出……的样子：

That traitor assumes the mask of loyalty to his country，but he really wants to betray her.

那个卖国贼装出对祖国忠诚的样子，但是实际上他想卖国。

a stack of bones 皮包骨;骨瘦如柴的人：

Owing to illness and malnutrition，the man has become a stack of bones.

由于生病和营养不良，那人已经变得骨瘦如柴。

a storm of applause 暴风雨般喝彩：

These actors won a storm of applause from their audience for their lifelike performance and sincere emotion.

这些演员由于他们的逼真表演和真挚情感而赢得了观众暴风雨般的喝彩。

a storm of protest 暴风雨般抗议：

A young man treated his old father impolitely，this caused a storm of protest from his neighbours.

一个年轻人对待他年老的交亲不礼貌，这引起他的邻居们暴风雨般的抗议。

a streak of luck 一段短时间走好运：

That gentleman only had a streak of luck when he was young，after that he has always been miserable.

那位先生仅在年轻时有一段短时间走好运，从那时以后他一直不幸。

a stretch of imagination 驰于想象;浮想联翩：

There arises a stretch of imagination in the poet’s mind，which leads him into a world of wonder and beauty.

诗人们的脑际浮想联翩，他也随之进入了奇异和美丽的世界。

a stroke of luck 一段好运气：

A stroke of luck falls on the head of a poor student，he wins a scholarship，which will enable him to study in a famous university.

一段好运气降临到一个穷学生的头上，他得到一笔奖学金，这将使他能够进入一所有名的大学读书。

a stroke of work 一段工作：

After a stroke of busy work，he went out to have a walk and a change of mind.

在一段紧张的工作以后，他出去散散步换换脑筋。

a tale of the tub 瞎说;无稽之谈：

Don’t believe him，what he has said is but a tale of the tub.

不要相信他，他所说的是无稽之谈。

a/the sphere of influence 势力范围：

In the 19th century，the world was divided into spheres of influence，each of them belonged to an imperialistic country.

在19世纪时，全世界被划分为势力范围，每个势力范围属于一个帝国主义国家。

a/the stream/train of thought 一连串的思想(想法)：

A train of thought passed swiftly through the mind of the scholar，who was writing a conclusion for his study.

一连串的想法迅速地掠过那个学者的脑际，他正在为他的研究写一个总结。

a thing of naught 无价值的东西，无用之物：

Everything in the world is of some use to us，there is nothing which is absolutely a thing of naught.

世界上的每件东西都对我们有些用处，没有绝对无用之物。

a touch of 少许;微量：

Put a touch of this powder medicine in the wine and drink it，it will cure your illness.

把少许的这种药面放入酒中，把它喝下，就能治好你的病。

a touch of the sun 轻微中暑：

This child has a touch of the sun，he need not take any medicine，just have a good rest，drink more water and he will be all right.

这个小孩轻微中暑，他用不着吃药，好好休息一下，多喝些水，他就会好。

a tower of strength (危急时)可以信赖的人;中流砥柱：

He is wise and full of strategics，he often helps his friends who are in serious trouble，so his friends call him a tower of strength.

他足智多谋，时常帮助处于严重困难中的朋友们，所以他们称呼他为可以信赖的人。

a train of events 一连串事件：

A train of events happened in the Philippines last year，such as drought，floods，the eruption of a volcano etc.

去年菲律宾发生了一连串事件，例如旱灾、水灾、火山爆发等。

a Triton of/among the minnows矮子中之高个人;鹤立鸡群者：

Dick is by far wiser and abler than all his colleagues，so he is a Triton among minnows in his unit.

狄克比他的所有同事们都聪明能干得多，所以他在他的单位中是鹤立鸡群者。

avail oneself of 利用(物品、机会、钱等)：

John achieved great success in business because he availed himself of every chance he could get.

约翰在商业上获得极大成功，因为他利用了每一个他能够得到的机会。

a voice of gold 甜美的声音：

That singer has a voice of gold，once you listen to her song，her voice will linger in the air for several days.

那位歌手声音甜美，听她唱歌，余音缭绕，多日不绝。

avoid the society of 避免与(某人)往来：

Our neighbour was born of bad temper，we all avoid the society of him.

我们的邻居天生脾气不好，我们全都避免跟他往来。

a vote of confidence 信任投票：

Directors held a vote of confidence，as a result，most of them still confided in our original manager.

董事们举行信任投票，投票结果显示，他们中间的大部分人仍然信任我们原来的经理。

a war of words 笔战;舌战;论战：

A war of words broke out between the two academic institutes，both sides sticking to their own stand.

这两个学术机构中间爆发了一场论战，双方都坚持自己的主张。

a waste of waters 茫茫大海;一片汪洋：

That homeless man wondered in the remotest corners of the earth just like a little shallow boat drifting in a waste of waters.

那个无家可归的人在天涯海角游荡，恰如一叶扁舟在茫茫大海中漂流。

a web of lies 一片谎言：

No one wants to associate with the dishonest，you will fall into a web of lies if you do.

没有人想跟不诚实的人交往，因为，如果你跟他交往，你将陷入他的一片谎言之中。

a woman of fashion 上流社会妇女;时髦妇女：

She is a woman of fashion，well educated in such social arts as conversation，art and music.

她是一位上流社会妇女，在谈话、绘画、音乐等社交艺术方面受过良好的教育。

a woman of letters 女作家;女学者：

She is a woman of letters，her works have been translated into many languages.

她是一位女作家，她的作品已经被译成多种语言。

a woman of (many) parts (极)有才干的妇女：

The factory director is a woman of parts，she has developed a small workshop into a large machinemanufacturing plant.

该厂长是一个有才干的妇女，她已经把一个小作坊发展成一个大的机械制造厂。

a woman of the world 深通世故的妇女：

She was a woman of the world，she carried out social contacts even better than a man.

她是一个深通世故的妇女，她进行社交事务比男人都强。

a work of time 费时的工作：

This sculpture is really a work of time，it takes the sculptor many years to accomplish it.

这件雕塑品真是一个费时的工作，它花费了那个雕塑家许多年的时间才完成它。

bags of 〈俚语〉充足的;很多的(钱、物等)：

The cunning person pretends to be poor though we all know that he has bags of money.

那个狡猾的人假装贫穷，虽然我们都知道他有很多钱。

balance of power 力量均衡：

It is a traditional policy of Great Britain to keep the balance of power between France and Germany.

在法国与德国之间保持力量均衡是英国的传统政策。

balance of trade 贸易差额;输出入差额：

Japan always has a favourable balance of trade in the international trade，many countries have protested against this.

日本在国际贸易中总是顺差，许多国家已经对此提出抗议。

be accused of 被控犯……之罪;被责备有……之缺点：

This clerk was accused of impoliteness to his superiors，he often defied them to their face.

这位职员被责备对他的上级不礼貌，他时常当面违抗他们。

be acquitted of 被宣告无罪：

Owing to absence of adequate evidence，that man has been acquitted of crime.

由于缺乏证据，那个人已被宣告无罪。

be afraid of 恐怕;害怕：

We dare not criticize him too much because we are afraid of hurting his feelings.

我们不敢太批评他，怕伤害他的感情。

be afraid of one’s own shade 胆子小到极点;连自己的影子都害怕：

Alice is so timid that she is even afraid of her own shade.

爱丽丝胆子太小了，她连自己的影子都害怕。

be ahead of 领先;优于：

James is a good student，he is ahead of his class in many subjects.

詹姆斯是个好学生，在许多学科上他都全班领先。

be all of a dither 神经紧张：

That mischievous child was all of a dither when his mother asked him who had broken the window.

当妈妈问那淘气的孩子是谁打破窗子时，那孩子神经紧张。

be all of a jump 心惊胆战;在紧张状态中：

A man often boasts of his bravery，but he is all of a jump when confronted with a large dog.

有一个人时常自夸他的勇敢，但当他面对一只大狗时，他心惊胆战。

be all of a tremble 浑身发抖：

Anna is as timid as a hare，if she is left by herself in the dark，she will be all of a tremble.

安娜胆小如兔，如果她自己呆在黑暗的地方，她就浑身发抖。

be a mass of 遍布着;遍体是：

The naughty child has just changed a new suit on，but soon he is a mass of mud.

这淘气的孩子刚换上一身新衣服，但是一会儿功夫他就浑身是泥。

be apprehensive of 为……担心：

David was apprehensive of being blamed by his mother，for he had failed in the examination.

大卫担心受妈妈责备，因为他考试不及格。

bear evidence of 显示……之迹象、痕迹：

When we examined the truck，it really bore the evidence of ever upsetting.

当我们检查那辆卡车时，它真的带有曾经翻车的迹象。

be ashamed of 以……为耻辱;感到羞愧：

Some people often pretend to know what they don’t because they are ashamed of raising questions.

有些人不懂装懂，因为他们以提问题为耻辱。

be ashamed of oneself for 自己感到羞愧：

I am ashamed of myself for telling lies to my friend，I decide to confess it before him.

我为对自己朋友说谎而感到羞愧，我决定向他当面承认自己说谎了。

be avaricious of 对……贪婪;对……贪求：

The man was avaricious of gain，he toiled for it day and night until death.

那人贪利，他日夜为之操劳，一直到死。

be aware of 知道;觉察;明白：

This stranger was not aware of the danger before him until we told him.

这个陌生人一直到我们告诉他才觉察到他面前的危险。

be bankrupt of 完全缺乏(指能力、信用、钱等)：

No one wants to associate with that person，he is bankrupt of reputation.

没有人想跟那个人交往，因为他缺乏信誉。

be bare of credit 1

没有名声：

The writer is bare of credit，so his novel has not a good sale.

这个作家没有名声，所以他的小说销路不好。

没有信用：

Most people refused to deal with that company，for it was bare of credit.

大多数人拒绝跟那家公司交往，因为它没有信用。

be brimful of 充满的;满盈的：

With the care of their kind nurse，these children are brimful of joy and gay.

在和善的阿姨照顾下，孩子们充满欢乐。

be capable of 1

(指人)有……的能力的;有……的本领的：

Our engineer is capable of designing precision machine tools，for he is an expert in electronics and mechanics.

我们的工程师能够设计精密机床，因为他是一个电子学和机械学专家。

(指人)能做得出……(不好的事)的：

He is a careless youth，so he is capable of making mistakes in his work.

他是个粗心大意的青年，所以他有可能在他的工作上出错。

(指事物)能……的;可以……的：

The statement is couched in obscure terms and is capable of various interpretations.

该声明措辞含混;可以作各种解释。

be careless of 对……粗心大意;对……不关心、不在乎：

Charles is careless of his reputation，he always does what he thinks is correct and never minds how others comment.

查理不关心他的名声，只要他认为正确的他就做，不管别人怎样评论。

because of 因为：

Our chief engineer stands high in our manager’s favour because of his ability and diligence.

因为我们总工程师能力高超工作勤勉所以受到我们经理的尊重。

be cautious of/about 谨防;小心：

A pedlar often cheats his customers with inferior goods，we are all cautious of him.

一个商贩时常用次货骗人，我们全都提防他。

be certain of/about 1

深信的;确信的：

These diligent and honest people are certain of their bright future.

这些勤勉诚实的人们确信自己有光明的前途。

一定的;无疑的：

You can be certain of your success because you work so hard.

你工作如此努力，你一定会成功。

be characteristic of 1

表明(某物)的特点：

It is characteristic of our products to be superior in quality and reasonable in price.

质量优美价格合理是我们产品的特点。

表明(某人)的性格;(某人)的特殊作风：

It is characteristic of that young man to offer assistance without telling who he is.

帮助人而不留姓名是那位青年的特殊作风。

be child of fortune 幸运儿：

My friend is a child of fortune，he goes smoothly in everything he is engaged in.

我的朋友是个幸运的人，他所从事的事情无往不利。

be clear of 1

无障碍的;无危险的：

That sea area is clear of rocks，ships can sail there without danger.

那片海域没有礁石，轮船在那里航行没有危险。

(债务)已清偿的;(嫌疑)已澄清的;(控告)已证明无罪的：

He has been clear of the charge brought to him by his neighbours，it is owing to misunderstanding.

已经证明他对邻人所控告的事无罪，那控告是由于误会所造成的。

become of (人或事物)遭遇;结果：

That young man left his home town several years ago，no one knows what has become of him.

那个青年几年以前离开家乡，没有人知道他后来的遭遇。

be composed of 由……所组成：

The atmosphere around our Earth is composed of various gases，mainly nitrogen and oxygen.

围绕我们地球的大气是由各种气体组成的，其中主要的是氮和氧。

be confident of 对……有信心：

After a series of experiments，the chemist was confident of finding out a new method for producing plastics.

在进行了一系列实验以后，那科学家对为塑料生产找到一个新方法有了信心。

be conscious of 知道的;觉察的：

George has been conscious of his own mistake，but he pretends not to know it.

乔治已经觉察到自己的错误，但是他假装不知道。

be convicted of 被宣判有……之罪：

We should keep ourselves innocent，if we break the law，we will be convicted of crime.

我们应当洁身自好，如果我们违了法，就要被判罪。

be convinced of 深信：

After we listen to the lecture of that scientist，we are convinced of his profound knowledge and that he is worthy of the high reputation he has enjoyed.

听完那位科学家的演说以后，我们对他的深奥知识深信不疑，并且认为他不愧于他所享有的盛誉。

be covetous of 贪婪的;垂涎的：

One should never be covetous of wealth，or else，he would eat his own bitter fruit.

人绝对不要贪婪钱财，否则他必将自食恶果。

be defiant of 蔑视;违抗;公然不服从：

Young people should never be defiant of their parents’ words.

年轻人们绝对不要违抗他们父母的话。

be deserving of 应得;值得：

My friend has done excellent service in his work，he is deserving of the promotion his superior has granted him.

我的朋友在他的工作中做了卓越的贡献，他应当得到他的上级所给予他的晋升。

be desirous of 切望;渴望：

People are all desirous of friendship and warmth，so we should give them to everyone we associate with.

人们都渴望得到友情和温暖，所以我们应当把这些给予我们所交往的每一个人。

be destitute of 匮乏;没有：

If a man is destitute of sympathy for others in his mind，he will surely lead a dull and dry life.

如果一个人心中缺乏对别人的同情心，他的生活一定枯燥无味。

be devoid of 匮乏;没有：

George has received little education，so he is devoid of knowledge，not to say specialized technique.

乔治只受过很少的教育，所以他没有知识，更不用说专门技术。

be difficult of access或be of difficult access (指地方等)难以接近的;难以进入的：

Some private collections of antigues are difficult access to the public unless their owners allow to make an exhibition.

一些私人收藏的古物公众难以参观，除非它们的主人允许作一次展览。

be difficult of approach 1

(指人)不容易接近的;不容易亲近的：

That old man is very stern，he never talks to others，so he is difficult of approach.

那位老人非常严厉，他总不跟别人说话，所以不容易接近。

(指地方)不容易到达的：

This uninhabited small island lies in the middle of the ocean，it is difficult of approach.

这个无人居住的小岛位于大洋的中心，难以到达。

bed of down 安乐的生活;称心如意的处境：

Uncle Charlie has toiled all his life，now his children have grown up and he lives in a bed of down.

查理叔叔操劳了一辈子，现在他的孩子都已长大成人，他过着安乐的生活。

bed of dust 坟墓：

The end of a man’s life is a bed of dust，no one can avoid this fate.

人生的终点是坟墓，没有人能避免这个结局。

be doubtful of 1

(对某事物)不能确定;拿不准：

The youth is a newcomer，he is doubtful of what to do.

那个青年是新来的人，他不能确定该做什么。

(对某人、某事物)怀疑：

We never do shopping in that shop because we are doubtful of the quality of their goods.

我们向来不在那家商店购物，因为我们怀疑其货物的质量。

be easy of access或be of easy access(指地方等)容易接近的;容易进入的：

Although the old castle is on top of a mountain，it is easy of access，a path leads directly to there.

虽然该古城堡位于山顶上，但是容易走近，因为有一条小路直接通到那里。

be easy of approach 1

(指人)容易接近的;容易亲近的：

That old scholar is familiar with us，so he is easy of approach to us.

那位老学者跟我们熟悉，所以我们容易接近他。

(指地方)容易到达的：

This large city is in the center of a great plain and is easy of approach.

这个大城市位于大平原的中心，容易到达。

be enamoured of 珍爱;喜爱：

Adam was enamoured of literary works，he devoted all his spare time to reading them.

亚当喜爱文学作品，他把他的全部闲暇时间都用于阅读它们。

be envious of 羡慕;嫉妒：

She was envious of her companion’s new fur coat，hers was an old one.

她羡慕她同伴的新裘皮大衣，她自己那一件是旧的。

be false of heart 不诚实;不老实：

No one wants to deal with that cunning person，he is false of heart though sweet at mouth.

没有人想跟那个狡猾的人交往，他虽然嘴甜但是不诚实。

be fearful of 害怕;恐怕：

All wild beasts are fearful of lions and tigers，they are king of beasts.

所有的野兽都怕狮子和老虎，因为它们是兽中之王。

be/feel sure of oneself 有自信心：

When the girl goes to the examination hall，she is sure of herself that she will succeed.

当那个姑娘去考场时，她有自信心一定能成功。

be fond of 喜好;喜爱：

Beethoven was fond of music from his childhood，so he became one of the greatest musicians we have ever had.

贝多芬从小就喜欢音乐，所以他成为我们所曾有过的最伟大的音乐家之一。

be fond of one’s glass 爱喝酒;爱杯中物：

Mr Brown was fond of his glass before，but he gave it up after a serious illness.

布朗先生以前喜欢喝酒，但是在得了一场重病以后戒酒了。

be fond of the bottle 好酒贪杯：

This old scholar is fond of the bottle，he often says that one should sing while drinking for the uncertainty of life.

这位老学者好酒贪杯，他时常说，对酒当歌，人生几何。

be forgetful of 健忘的：

Adam has a bad memory，he is often forgetful of things，so his wife has to remind him always.

亚当记性不好，时常健忘，所以他的妻子必须总提醒他。

be frightened of 对……害怕：

Maria was frightened of darkness，she never stayed at home by herself at night.

玛丽亚害怕黑暗，她从来不敢夜间独自在家。

be frugal of 节省;节约：

The whole family was frugal of money in their daily life to maintain their boy studying at university.

全家在日常生活中节约用钱以便供他们的男孩在大学读书。

be full of 充满：

Her family is full of happiness and joy，she loves her children and her children pay filial duty to her.

她的家庭充满幸福和欢乐，她爱她的孩子们，她的孩子们孝顺她。

be full of brains 聪明;脑筋好：

This shopkeeper is full of brains，he can do mental arithmetic in his business like a computer.

这位商店主人脑筋好，他在买卖中做心算能赛过计算机。

be full of craft 诡计多端：

If a man is full of craft，we don’t think he is a wise man，on the contrary，he is utterly foolish.

如果一个人诡计多端，我们不认为他是个聪明人，相反的，他是绝顶糊涂。

be full of enthusiasm about 热心于;热爱：

That retired old man was full of enthusiasm about growing flowers and fishing，he devoted all his spare time to them.

那位退休老人热爱种花和钓鱼，他把闲暇时间都用于这些事。

be full of fancies 富于幻想;异想天开：

That poet is full of fancies，so his poems have an unparalleled fantastic idea.

那位诗人富于幻想，所以他的诗奇异无比。

be full of fun 很有趣;很好玩：

Children found that hide-and-seek was full of fun，so they began to play it.

孩子们发现捉迷藏很有趣，于是他们就玩起捉迷藏了。

be full of oneself 只为自己打算：

No one wants to make friends with that selfish person，for he is full of himself in everything.

没有人想跟那个自私自利的人交朋友，因为他事事只为自己打算。

be full of vigour and vitality 精力充沛;朝气蓬勃：

When our sportsmen took part in the competition，they were all full of vigour and vitality.

当我们的运动员参加比赛时，他们全都朝气蓬勃。

beg alms of 向(某人)求救济：

This kind-hearted man often gives food and money to beggars before they beg alms of him.

这位善心的人时常在乞丐们还没有张口向他求救济的时候就给他们食物和钱。

be/get shut of 〈俚语〉摆脱掉(某人)：

A thick-skinned youth often ran after Mary，this made her much vexed，we would help her to get shut of him.

一个厚脸皮的青年时常追求玛丽，这使得玛丽很苦恼，我们一定帮助她把那人摆脱掉。

be glad of或feel glad of 对……感到高兴：

We are glad of the news that our friend has graduated from a famous university with distinction.

我们听到一位朋友以优异成绩毕业于一所著名大学的消息，感到高兴。

be glad to see the back of 因(某人)离去而高兴：

If a man is not faithful to others，people will be glad to see the back of him.

如果一个人对别人不忠诚，人们就会因为他离去而高兴。

beg sth of 拜托(某人)办某事;恳请：

He begged a favour of the manager and asked him to find a good post for his friend.

他恳请经理帮忙，请经理给他的朋友找一个好位置。

be guiltless of 没有犯……之罪;没有……之罪：

Peter is an honest young man，he is guiltless of what others said，all his friends want to witness to his innocence.

彼得是一个正直的青年，他没有犯别人所说的罪，他的所有朋友都想为他的清白作证。

be guilty of 有……之罪;犯……之罪：

Being honest and upright in his ways，my friend is never guilty of any crime.

我的朋友作风正派，绝不犯任何罪过。

be jealous of 嫉妒：

If a man is jealous of others success and happy in other’s misfortune，he will be held in contempt.

如果一个人嫉妒别人的成功，庆幸别人的灾祸，他将为别人所不齿。

be little accounted of 被轻视：

One must always be true in word and resolute in deed or else he will be little accounted of.

一个人应当言必信，行必果，否则他就会被别人所轻视。

be/look the picture of health 是健康的化身：

This grandpa is already over ninety but is still healthy and strong，we all think him to be the picture of health.

这位老大爷年过九旬，但是身体仍然健壮，我们都认为他是健康的化身。

be made of ice 冷冰冰的人：

That fellow is made of ice，he has no affection for anyone，even to his own wife and children.

那个家伙是个冷冰冰的人，他对任何人都没有感情，甚至对他自己的妻子和孩子也是如此。

be made of money 〈俚语〉(指人)钱多得用不完;在钱里打滚：

This rich man is made of money，he has many movables and real estate.

这个富人钱多得用不完，他有许多动产和不动产。

be master of 精通或掌握(某事物)的人：

Through years of great efforts，he has been master of modern technology.

经过多年的巨大努力，他已经掌握了现代技术。

be much accounted of 被重视：

Owing to his ability and experience，the engineer is much accounted of in our factory.

这位工程师由于他的才能和经验在我们厂里很受重视。

be of age 成年：

After a man is of age，he should be responsible for his own action.

一个人成年以后，他要为他自己的行为负责。

be of sb’s age 当在某人的年龄时：

When I was of your age，I could not even count the number from one to ten.

当我在你这个年龄时，我甚至连从1数到10都不会。

be of a/one mind 同心协力;相一致：

We are of one mind in raising the quality of our product and lowering its cost.

我们同心协力提高我们产品的质量，降低它的成本。

be of assistance to 对……有帮助：

Scientific knowledge is of much assistance to detectives when they crack criminal cases.

侦探们破案时，科学知识对他们有很大帮助。

be of avail 有用的;有益的：

When the sailors of a wrecked ship drifted to an uninhabited island，everything they brought with them was of avail there.

当沉船的海员们漂流到一个无人居住的岛上时，他们随身携带的每件东西在那里都是有用的。

be of benefit to 有益于;裨益于：

Long-distance running is of benefit to our health，but this is limited to young people only.

长跑对于健康有益，但这仅限于年轻人。

be of consideration 重要的：

They have put forward many valuable proposals，all of them，we think，are of consideration.

他们已经提出许多宝贵建议，我们认为所有这些建议都是重要的。

be of good birth 〈古旧用语〉出身高贵门第：

Our minister is of good birth，some of his ancestors were nobles in the period of Queen Elizabeth.

我们的部长出身高贵门第，他的一些祖先是伊丽莎白女王时期的贵族。

be of good descent 出身好：

Their general was of good descent，his forefathers were all high-rank officials in the Roman Empire.

他们的将军出身好，他的祖先都是罗马帝国时的高官。

be of great advantage to 对……非常有利：

This opportunity is of great advantage to us，we should avail ourselves of it fully and never miss it before our eyes.

这个机会对我们非常有利，我们应当充分加以利用，切莫失之交臂。

be of great value to 对……有很大价值：

These unearthed artifacts are of great value to the study of Renaissance culture and art.

这些出土文物对于研究文艺复兴时期的文化和艺术有很大价值。

be of/in two minds about 对……犹豫不决：

Ellen and her friends are of two minds about the destination of their excursion，some want to go to the seashore and others to the forest.

爱伦和她的朋友们对于她们远足的目的地犹豫不决，有些人想去海滨，另外一些人想去森林。

be of little account 无关紧要;不重要(指人、事物等)：

The directors attends to numerous affairs everyday，he has no time to deal with things of little account.

主任日理万机，没有时间处理无关紧要的事情。

be of little avail(to) 无用的;无助的;无效的：

Such machines are of little avail to us because we have not enough electricity to be their motive power.

这样的机器对我们没有用处，因为我们没有足够的电力充当它们的原动力。

be of little use to 对……没有什么用处：

They live in the tropical zone，cotton-padded clothes are of little use to them.

他们生活在热带，棉衣服对他们没有什么用处。

be of little value to 对……没有什么价值：

This plan is of little value to us，we have not enough manpower and financial capacity to carry it out.

这个计划对我们没有什么价值，我们没有足够的人力财力去实现它。

be of mixed blood 混血种：

This police dog is of mixed blood，it is much cleverer than ordinary dogs though it is uglier.

这个警犬是混血种，它比一般的犬伶俐得多，虽然他更丑陋。

be of much account 重要的：

This problem has a great deal to do with our work，so it is of much account to us.

这个问题跟我们工作有很大关系，所以它对我们很重要。

be of no account 不重要的：

Tom is of no account in our company，he finds no favour with our manager.

汤姆在我们公司不是一个重要人物，他不被我们经理所关切。

be of no advantage to 对……不利：

We know nothing about science and technology，this is of no advantage to us in our work.

我们对于科学技术一点也不懂，在工作上这对于我们是不利的。

be of no avail 无用的;无助的;无效的：

As there are no fire and no grain on the island，cooking utensils are of no avail here.

由于岛上没有火也没有粮食，做饭用具在这里一点用也没有。

be of no consideration 不重要的：

The old equipment is of no consideration to our factory because we have been equipped with modern production lines.

旧设备对我们工厂不重要，因为我们已经装备了现代化的生产线。

be of no earthly reason 完全没有理由;完全没有道理：

It is of no earthly reason to punish such a man who has been proved to be innocent.

惩罚这样一个已被证明无辜的人是完全没有道理的。

be of no earthly use 完全没有用处：

Such small tools are of no earthly use to them，what they need is larger ones.

这样小的工具对他们完全没有用处，他们需要的是较大的工具。

be of no help to 对……没有帮助：

Your criticism is of no help to him，he will grow angry and insist on his wrong idea all the more when he hears it.

你的批评对他没有帮助，他听了你的批评后会发怒和更坚持他的错误想法。

be of service to 对……有帮助;对……有用：

Your advice is of great service to me，I have carried it out in my daily life.

你的忠告对我有很大帮助，我已经在日常生活中按它去做了。

be of small account 无甚价值(指人、事物等)：

These suggestions may be of small account at present，but they will become important in future.

这些提议目前可能无甚价值，但是它们在日后将变得重要。

be of the opinion that 主张;认为：

That scholar is of the opinion that in order to do research work better，research workers should be well grounded in mathematics and other basic sciences.

那个学者认为，为了把研究工作做好，研究人员们必须在数学和其他基础科学上有坚实基础。

be of the same blood 同宗：

They are of the same blood so their appearances are as like as two blocks.

他们是同宗，所以他们的相貌非常相像。

be of the same mind 意见相同：

Both teams are of the same mind that the match had better be held on Saturday afternoon.

两个队意见相同，比赛最好在星期六下午举行。

be patient of 能忍受的;能忍耐的：

Charles knows how to exercise self-control，so he is patient of acute or incorrect criticism.

查理很有涵养，所以他能忍受尖锐的或不正确的批评。

be possessed of 拥有;具有：

This scientist is possessed of great natural ability，he has made distinguished contribution to mankind in his life.

这位科学家很有天才，他在一生中对人类做出了卓越贡献。

be quick of apprehension 敏于理解：

The student is quick of apprehension in mathematics，he can understand profound mathematical principles without his teacher’s help.

那个学生对数学敏于理解，他不用老师的帮助就能明了深奥的数学原理。

bereave sb of 夺去某人之(某物);使某人失去(某物)：

Serious frustration has bereft the man of his courage，he dare not do anything for the rest of his life.

严重的挫折使他失去勇气，在他有生之年他什么也不敢做了。

bereft of reason 疯狂;失去理智：

That poor man has been bereft of reason and has been sent to a mental hospital.

那可怜的人已经疯了，他已被送进精神病院了。

be rid of或get rid of 除掉;摆脱：

The youth has been rid of his addiction of smoking and drinking and his health is much better than before.

那青年已经戒除了吸烟喝酒的嗜好，他的身体比以前健康多了。

be scant of 缺乏;不足：

Some students are scant of interest in their study，they had better leave school and do what they like to do.

有些学生在学习上缺乏兴趣，他们最好离开学校去做他们喜欢做的事。

be short of 1

缺乏;不足：

We want to set up a laboratory of our own，but we are short of funds.

我们想建立起自己的实验室，但是我们缺乏经费。

尚未达到;几近于(某地、某程度)：

We felt anxious because our car broke down when we were still ten li short of our destination.

我们很着急，因为我们还差10里地不到我们的目的地时我们的汽车抛锚了。

be short of breath 气喘：

Athletes were all short of breath when they got to the finishing-line.

当运动员们到达终点线时，他们都气喘吁吁。

be shy of 对……畏缩不前;审慎于：

Since we are good friends，don’t be shy of giving advice to us.

我们都是好朋友，你有什么建议尽管提出来好了。

be sicken of 对……厌恶、厌倦：

Students were sicken of their teacher’s lesson，for he always made a dull and dry lecture to his students.

学生们都厌倦他们老师的课，因为他们老师讲课非常枯燥无味。

be six of one and half a dozen of the other 半斤八两;二者一样：

A peasant sends a beg of grain to the town，he does not want to carry it on his back，he wants to hold it in his arms，we think that it is six of one and half a dozen of the other to him.

一位农民把一袋粮食送到城里，他不想背着它，他想抱着它，我们认为，二者对他都是一样的。

be slow of apprehension 理解力差：

He is slow of apprehension in physics，he cannot even distinguish between physical changes and chemical changes.

他对于物理学理解力差，他甚至不能区别物理变化和化学变化。

best of all 首先;第一：

Best of all，you must learn by heart as many Tang poems as you can.

首先，你必须尽可能多地背诵唐诗。

be struck/knocked all of a heap〈口语〉吓成一团;搞得一团糟：

Mary was struck all of a heap when a figure suddenly sprang out from the dark.

当一个人影忽然从黑暗中跳出时，玛丽吓成一团。

be the admiration of 为……所赞赏之人或物：

His academic report is the admiration of us all，for it is concise and comprehensive and sounds reasonable.

他的学术报告受到我们所有人的赞赏，因为它言简意赅，言之成理。

be the derision of 为……所嘲笑的对象：

Ellen is terrified out of her wits even when she sees a little cat，so she is the derision of her friends.

爱伦看见小猫都吓得要命，所以她是她的朋友们嘲笑的对象。

be the ditto of 跟(某人)长得一样：

It is laughable to say that their boy is the ditto of his father and their gril the ditto of her mother.

说来可笑的是，他们的男孩跟父亲长得一样，他们的女孩跟母亲长得一样。

be the double of 1

是……的两倍：

The population of the United States is the double of that of Japan.

美国人口是日本人口的两倍。

与……极为相似：

Your reading lamp is the double of mine，they are of the same shape and colour.

你的台灯跟我的台灯极为相似，它们的形状和颜色都一样。

be the scorn of 是(某人)蔑视的对象;被(某人)蔑视：

If a man fails to keep faith and is improper in behaviour，he will be the scorn of others.

如果一个言而无信，行为不当，他将被别人所蔑视。

be the shadow of one’s former self瘦得不成样子;瘦得变了样：

That old man has suffered from a serious illness for a long time，he has become the shadow of his former self now.

那位老人得重病很长时间了，他现在已经瘦得不成样子了。

beware of 当心;提防：

That hunter’s hounds are very ferocious and often bite strangers，beware of them when you go into the hunter’s yard.

那个猎人的猎犬非常凶猛，时常咬伤陌生人，当你走进那猎人的院子时要当心它们。

be weary of 厌倦：

These children have been weary of playing hide-andseek，they want to play cat-andmouse.

这些孩子们已经厌倦捉迷藏了，他们想玩猫捉老鼠。

bill of sale 卖货的发票：

Don’t forget to ask for a bill of sale when you buy the furniture，it is needed by the finance section.

买家具时不要忘记要发票，财务科需要它。

birds of a feather 同类人;一丘之貉：

These cunning persons are birds of a feather，they are inseparable as body and shadow.

这些狡猾人是同类人，他们形影不离。

boast of/about 夸耀;自夸：

A brave man never boasts of his bravery and a genius never boasts of his wisdom.

勇敢的人从不夸耀自己的勇敢，天才的人从不夸耀自己的聪明。

boast oneself of 自夸;自负：

That chubby child much boasts himself of the full marks he has got in his maths examination.

那个胖小孩对于自己在数学考试中得了满分非常自负。

bone of contention 争执的原因;争论的原因：

The two engineers hold different opinions about how to improve the equipment，this is the bone of contention between them.

这二位工程师对于如何进设备持有不同意见，这就是他们之间争论的原因。

bone of one’s bones或 flesh of one’s flesh 关系非常亲密：

These two friends are bone of their bones，they always share good luck as well as bad.

这两个朋友关系非常亲密，他们总是共享命运。

both of a hair 同类人;一丘之貉：

The two dishonest men are intimate friends，they like each other because they are both of a hair.

这两个不诚实的人是好朋友，他们彼此互相喜欢，因为他们是同一类人。

break sb of a habit 使某人戒除一种习惯：

New circumstances have broken the child of the habit of laziness，for his new classmates are all diligent and they often laugh at his laziness.

新的环境已经使那孩子戒除了懒惰的习惯，因为他的新同学们都很勤勉并且时常笑话他的懒惰。

break oneself of a habit 戒除一种习惯：

Tom has broken himself of the habit of getting up late，he has to rise early so as not to be late for school.

汤姆已经戒除了晚起的习惯，他必须早起以免上学迟到。

break the back of 1

毁坏;伤其要害：

This chemical theory is incorrect，through controversy we have broken the back of it.

这个化学理论是不正确的，经过长期的争论，我们已经使它站不住脚。

克服某工作中最艰巨部分;度过最困难时刻：

It took us more than three months to break the back of this engineering.

我们用了3个多月的时间做完这工程的最艰巨部分。

break the bond of 打破……的束缚：

A young physicist broke the bond of convention and found out a new law about the motion of heavenly bodies.

一位年轻的物理学家打破了成规的束缚，发现了一个天体运动的新法则。

break the force of 减弱……的力量：

Farmers all set up fences around their fields in winter，for fences can break the force of high winds.

农民们在冬天都在他们田地的周围建篱笆，因为篱笆能够减弱强风的风力。

break the heart of或break sb’s heart 令某人心碎;令某人绝望：

Mother feels very sad，for her son’s bad behaviour breaks the heart of her.

母亲非常伤心，因为她儿子的不良行为使她心碎。

break the neck of 完成(工作的)最艰巨部分：

Workers toil day and night to build a new railway line，now they have broken the neck of it ahead of schedule.

工人们日夜辛劳修建一条新铁路，现在他们已经较原来的安排进度提前完成该铁路的最艰巨部分。

breathe a sigh of relief 放心地松了一口气：

When mother saw that her son had returned safely，she breathed a sigh of relief.

当母亲看到她儿子已经平安地归来，她放心地松了一口气。

breath of air 和风;微风：

Spring has come，the breath of air is swaying the drooping willow.

春天来到了，微风吹拂着垂柳。

breath of life 最需要的事物：

That millionaire is much affected by vanity，other’s flattery is the breath of life to him.

那个百万富翁有很重的虚荣心，他最需要别人对他谄媚。

buy the refusal of 付(某物)的订钱;购得对(某物)的取舍权：

As we did not bring enough money with us to buy the refrigerator，the salesman asked us to buy the refusal of it.

由于我们在购买冰箱时所带的钱不够，店员叫我们先付订金。

care a hill of beans about 〈口语〉介意;在乎：

It is only a trifling matter，we do not care a hill of beans about it.

那不过是一件琐事，我们对它毫不介意。

catch a glimpse of 瞥见：

We caught a glimpse of a large mirror-like lake under us from our airplane.

我们从飞机上瞥见我们下面一个像镜子一样的大湖。

catch hold of 抓住;握住：

Mountaineers often catch hold of a rope and climb up high mountains and precipices.

登山运动员们时常握住一根绳子爬上高山和悬崖。

catch sight of或get a sight of 瞥见;看见：

When she walked along a street，she caught sight of some people lining up before a store.

当她顺着一条街行走时，看见一些人在一家商店门口排队购物。

catch/take the fancy of 使喜爱;吸引：

This shop was good at catching the fancy of customers，so it did better business than other shops.

这家商店善于吸引顾客，所以他们的买卖做得比别家商店多。

chant the eulogy of 颂扬：

A clever man often chants the eulogy of our general manager，so he stands high in his favour.

一个聪明人时常颂扬我们的总经理，所以他得到总经理的恩宠。

chant the praises of 交口称赞;歌颂：

Citizens chant the praises of their original mayor because he did many good things for them during his term of office.

市民们交口称赞他们原来的市长，因为他在他的任期内给市民们做了许多好事。

choose/follow the line of least resistance 采取阻力最小的方法;采用最省力的方法或途径：

When people are engaged in difficult tasks，they often choose the line of least resistance.

当人们从事困难的工作时，他们时常采用最省力的方法去做它。

clap hold of 急忙捉住：

That child clapped hold of a butterfly when it flew by him.

当一只蝴蝶飞近那个小孩时，小孩急忙把它捉住。

clear sth of 清理、清除某事物(如清除上面的污物、障碍等)：

Street cleaners clear our streets of dust and other dirts everyday to keep them clean and tidy.

清洁工人每日清除大街上的尘土和其他污物以保持街道干净整洁。

clear the skirts of 为(某人)洗去耻辱;表明(某人)清白无辜：

We help to clear the skirts of our neighbour，he is a kind man but his reputation is sullied by others.

我们帮助我们的邻居洗去耻辱，他是个和善的人但他的名誉被别人玷污。

come/drop short of 1

缺乏;不足：

Owing to serious drought for several years running，some places come short of grain gravely.

由于连续几年严重干旱，一些地方严重缺乏粮食。

有缺陷;达不到(标准、要求等)：

These goods cannot be exported because their quality drops short of requirements needed for exports.

这些货物不能出口，因为它们的质量达不到出口的要求。

come of 1

出身于：

Through investigation we found to our surprise that most great scientists came of ordinary families.

通过调查我们吃惊地发现，大多数大科学家出身于普通的家庭。

由……所引起;是……的结果：

Hearty thanks come of hearty help，false help can only bring about abhorrence.

真诚的感谢产生于真诚的帮助，虚伪的帮助只能引起厌恶。

come of age 达到成人年龄;成年：

When Jack came of age，his first wish was to earn his living by himself and not to depend on his parents any more.

杰克达到成人年龄时，他的第一个愿望就是独立谋生，不再依赖他的父母。

come short of 在……方面有所不足;没有达到：

Dick is a good young man，but he comes short of courage，sometimes he hesitates before difficulty and hardship.

狄克是一个好青年，但他在勇气方面有所不足，他有时在艰难困苦面前踌躇不前。

compliments of the season 恭贺佳节：

We are very glad to receive a card from our friend before Christmas，on it is written “With the compliments of the season.

”在圣诞节以前，我们很高兴收到了我们好朋友的贺年片，上面写着“恭祝圣诞，并贺年禧”。

complain of/about 抱怨：

They often complain of their long working hours and bad working conditions.

他们时常抱怨工作时间长，工作条件不好。

conceive of 想到;想出(方法、主意、想法等)：

At last they conceived of a way which might solve that problem satisfactorily.

最后他们想出一个能够圆满解决那个问题的方法。

consist of 由……所组成;由……所构成：

Our new textbook consists of ten lessons，they are all interesting and instructive stories.

我们的新课本由10课课文所组成，这些课文都是有趣和有教育意义的故事。

convict sb of 定某人有……之罪：

The judge did not convict the accused of any crime because the accused was innocent.

法官没有判被告人任何罪，因为被告人是清白的。

convince sb of 使某人深信;说服某人：

At first we don’t believe that the universe is so vast and boundless，through repeated explanation the scientist convinces us of our ignorance and corrects our idea about the universe.

最初，我们不相信宇宙如此浩瀚无边，经过反复解释，那科学家使我们深信自己的无知，更正了我们对宇宙的想法。

course of things 事态;形势;趋势：

The course of things in the money market indicates that interest will soon be reduced.

货币市场上的趋势显示，利率不久即将下降。

sb’s cup of tea 〈口语〉合某人胃口的东西;使某人感兴趣的事物：

Dancing is not my cup of tea，I prefer watching TV programs at home.

跳舞我不喜欢，我喜欢在家中看电视节目。

cut the comb of 挫其锐气;杀其傲慢气焰：

In the boxing match，one of the boxers was very proud and attacked fiercely，but his rival met his attack calmly and at last cut the comb of him and defeated him.

在拳击比赛中，一位拳击运动员非常骄傲，攻击凌厉，但他的对手沉着应战，最后挫了他的锐气击败了他。

cut the throat of 扼杀;消灭：

That engineer has conservative ideas，he often cuts the throat of newly emerging things and keeps them to his old way of thinking.

那位工程师有保守思想，他时常扼杀新生事物，使它们按照他自己原来的思想进行。

days of grace (汇款、保险费等的)法定或习惯的付款宽限期限：

That large bank gave our company a week’s grace，that was longer than habitual days of grace.

那家大银行给我们公司一个星期的宽限，这个宽限期比习惯宽限期要长。

(certain) degrees of frost (气温)零下若干度：

It is ten degrees of frost outside，you had better put on your fur coat.

外面气温已达零下10度，你最好穿上皮外衣。

deprive sth of 使某物失去(某物)：

Trees outside my window deprive my room of sunlight and make it dark even during the day-time.

窗外的树木遮住我屋的阳光，使得我的屋在白天也很黑。

deprive sb of 将某人之(某物)夺走;使某人失去(某物)：

If a doctor were deprived of his stethoscope or a surgeon were deprived of his scalpel，what would he do? 如果一位内科医生失去听诊器或是一位外科医生失去手术刀，他将怎么办?

deserve well of 应当受到……的善待;有受……奖赏的功绩：

Our chief engineer has worked painstakingly in our factory over half his lifetime and he has done distinguished service to us，he deserves well of our factory.

我们的总工程师在我们工厂辛勤工作多半辈子，给我们提供了卓越的服务，他有受到我们工厂奖励的功劳。

diamond of the first water 一等钻石;第一流人物：

This eminent scientist has brought benefit to mankind with his invention，he is diamond of the first water among us.

这位卓越的科学家由于他的发明给人类造了福，他是我们中间的第一流人物。

die of 因……而死：

The old mother died of grief owing to her son’s bad behaviour.

老母亲由于她儿子的不良行为忧伤而死。

difficult of attainment 难以达到的(指目的、完美等)：

His ambition is difficult of attainment，there are numerous insurmountable obstacles waiting for him ahead.

他的雄心壮志是难以达到的，前面有许多不可逾越的障碍在等着他。

disembarrass sb of 使某人摆脱(负担、忧愁等)：

His wife’s patient persuasion and warm soothing disembarrassed the man of his worry and vexation.

他妻子的耐心劝解和温暖慰藉使那人消除了忧虑和烦恼。

dispose of 安置;处置(某人、某事物)：

These young men are talking over how to dispose of their holidays.

这些年轻人正在谈论怎样度过他们的假日。

divest oneself of 放弃;抛弃(某种想法)：

He divests himself of the idea of studying in a university and decides to go into business.

他放弃了上大学求学的想法，决定去经商。

do sb the pleasure of 给某人以某种服务以使他高兴：

Jim often did his girl friend the pleasure of accompanying her to seaside resorts.

吉姆时常陪他的女友到海滨胜地游览以使她高兴。

do the will of 服从……的意志;服从……的指挥：

All technicians voluntarily do the will of their chief engineer to show their admiration and respect to him.

为了表示对他们总工程师的钦佩和尊敬，全体技术人员都自觉自愿地听从他的指挥。

doubt the truth of 怀疑……的真实性：

He never doubts the truth of his secretary’s words because he has confidence in her.

他从来不怀疑秘书话的真实性，因为他信任她。

drain the cup of life to the bottom备尝人生的悲欢：

These two old men have both drained the cup of life to the bottom，they are now sighing with regret over it together.

这两位老人都备尝了人生的悲欢，现在他们在一起为此而慨叹。

dream of/about 梦见;梦到：

That man is unpleased recently because he often dreams of his late wife these days.

那个人近来闷闷不乐，因为他这些天时常梦见他那已故的妻子。

drink one’s fill of 将(某物)喝足、喝饱：

Each time he went to the pub，he would drink his fill of white wine.

每次他去酒馆，他都要把白酒喝足了。

drop a pinch of salt on the tail of诱捕;诱惑;使落入圈套：

We have thought of a stratagem so as to drop a pinch of salt on the tail of that naughty child.

我们已经想出一个计策来捉那个顽皮的小孩。

ease sb of 减轻某人的(痛苦、苦恼等)：

He tried his best to ease his wife of her worry and assured her that their son would return safely.

他尽全力来减轻他妻子的忧虑，向她肯定地说，他们的儿子一定能够平安回来。

easy of attainment 易于达到的(指目的、完美等)：

His aim is easy of attainment，because he himself is a man of great ability，besides his friends will help him in everything.

他的目标容易达到，因为他自己是个很有才智的人，此外，他的朋友们都将在一切方面帮助他。

eat a peck of salt with 深知(其人)：

We eat a peck of salt with him，for he is our old neighbour and we have lived together for many years.

我们深知他的为人，因为我们是老邻居，我们跟他住在一起许多年了。

eat of 分食;吃……的一部分：

We made an excursion to a mountain，when we got to the mountain top，we felt hungry，so we ate of our canned beef and bread with our friends.

我们去一个山上远足，当到达山顶时，我们感到饿了，就跟我们的朋友们分食所带的罐头牛肉和面包。

eat one’s fill of 将(某物)吃饱：

On their way to a scenic spot，the tourists entered a restaurant，there they ate their fill of special local products and drank their fill of good wine.

在去往一个风景优美的景点途中，旅游者们进入一家饭店，在那里，他们饱餐当地特产和畅饮美酒。

eat the bitter fruit of one’s own doings 自食其果：

Each one of us should have moral integrity and do things beneficial to the public if a man does the otherwise，he will eat the bitter fruit of his own doings.

我们每个人都应当作风正派，做对公众有益的事，如果有人与此相反，他将要自食其果。

eat the bread of affliction 受折磨;遭遇坎坷：

That old man has eaten the bread of affliction all his life，he lives a life of ease only in his old age.

那位老人一辈子遭遇坎坷，到老年时他才生活安适。

eat the bread of idleness 坐食;游手好闲：

A young man should not eat the bread of idleness even if he is in rich circumstances without worrying for his living.

一个青年，即使生活在富裕环境中而无需为生计担忧，也不应游手好闲。

ends of the earth 世界之尽处;天涯海角：

That old seaman has seen the world，he wandered in the ends of the earth all his life.

那位老海员见过世面，他一生飘游于天涯海角。

entertain an apprehension of 恐怕;害怕：

We entertain an apprehension of failure and desire for success，so we do our work cautiously and conscientiously.

我们渴望成功，惟恐失败，所以兢兢业业地工作。

entreat a favour of 请求(某人)帮忙：

If we entreat a favour of others，we should be polite and respectable.

如果我们恳请别人帮忙，我们就应当有礼貌和恭敬。

every bit of 所有的：

The dog is hungry，it eats every bit of the food we give it and wants more.

那只狗饿了，它把我们给它的所有食物都吃了还要吃。

exclude the possibility of 排除……的可能性：

They excluded the possibility of errors in their calculation because they had checked it for several times.

他们排除了在他们的计算中发生错误的可能性，因为他们已经复核了好几遍。

exclusive of 不包括……在内：

Our manager employed ten clerks in his company exclusive of his secretary.

我们经理在他的公司中共计雇用十名职员，不包括他的秘书在内。

expectation of life 人的平均寿命：

Owing to the progress made in medicine and sanitation，the expectation of life has increased greatly in recent years.

由于医药卫生方面的进步，人的平均寿命近年以来大为增加。

expressive of 表示;表现：

When the men reached home safely he wrote a letter expressive of his gratitude to us.

当那个人平安地回到家中时，他给我们写了一封感谢信。

express one’s disapproval of 表示对……不赞成、不同意：

His parents expressed their disapproval of his intention to go abroad studying.

他的父母对他想出国学习的打算表示不赞成。

face the consequence of one’s action自食其果：

If a man is not honest and upright in his ways and does something improper，he will face the consequence of his action.

如果一个人作风不正派，做了不当的事，他将要自食其果。

fall short of 1

缺乏;不足：

The exploration team lost their way and could not get out of the primeval forest，they fell short of food and supplies.

该探险队在原始森林迷了路走不出来，他们缺乏食物和供应品。

达不到;不符合(期望、标准等)：

The factory promised to replace its product if it fell short of the standard.

这个厂答应，如果他们的产品达不到标准可以退换。

fall short of sb’s expectation 未达到某人的期望：

Our company fell short of the directors’ expectation，it lost money instead of making profit.

我们公司没有达到董事们的期望，它不但没有赢利反而赔了钱。

fall short of the mark 未打中目标;未达到目的：

He is a good shooter but he falls short of the mark in the shooting competition.

他是个好射手，但是在射击竞赛中没有打中目标。

feel ashamed of 感到羞愧;感到耻辱：

I should admit that sometimes I fell ashamed of what I have done myself.

我应当承认，有时我对我自己所做的事感到羞愧。

feel ashamed of oneself for 自己羞愧; 自己害羞：

This youth felt ashamed of himself for the bad deed he had done.

这个青年为自己所做的坏事感到羞愧。

feel dubious of 对……感到怀疑：

We all feel dubious of this stranger，who has stayed here all afternoon without doing anything.

我们都怀疑这个陌生人，他在这里停留了一个下午什么也不做。

feel the effect of 深感……的效果、效力：

Customers have felt the effect of the new market regulations，pedlars dare not cheat them any more.

顾客们已经感到这个新的市场规章的效力，商贩们不再敢欺骗他们了。

feel the need of 需要：

Tom has grown up，he feels the need of being treated as a man by others.

汤姆已经长大了，他需要别人拿他当大人看待。

find/get the length of sb’s foot 了解某人的弱点以便控制他：

This shrewd businessman tried to find the length of his partner’s foot.

这个精明的商人试图了解他的合伙人的弱点以便控制他。

find the trace of 找到……的踪迹：

A hunter sent out his hounds to find the trace of a wolf，for it had run out of his sight.

一个猎人放出他的猎犬去找一只狼的踪迹，因为那只狼跑得看不见了。

first of all 首先：

There are many good virtues for us to act upon，but first of all we should be open and aboveboard.

有许多美德我们要奉行，但是首先一条是，我们要光明磊落。

fleece sb of 将某人之物骗走：

If a person fleeces others of their belongings，it is against the law，he should be severely punished.

如果一个人将别人的东西骗走，这是违法的，他应当受到严厉惩处。

flower of the flock 某一集体中出类拔萃的人物;精英人物：

Lewis is learned and intelligent，he is a flower of the flock among his companions.

路易斯又有学问又很聪明，他在同伴当中是个出类拔萃的人。

fly shy of 畏避;避开：

A new teacher tries to become intimate with her pupils，but her pupils always fly shy of her，this makes her very sad.

一位新老师想跟她的学生们亲近，但是她的学生们总是畏避她，这使她非常难过。

follow the banner of 投入……的旗帜下：

Colonial people followed the banner of liberty and independence，they rose up in arms against the colonist.

殖民地人民投入自由和独立的旗帜下，他们武装起义，反抗殖民主义者。

follow the lead of 效法某人;以某人为榜样：

We should follow the lead of our saints and think thrice before we act.

我们应当效法圣人们的教导，三思而后行。

follow the tracks of 跟随……的踪迹;跟踪：

A hunter followed the tracks of a big game，he did not know what beast it was.

一个猎人跟随一个大猎物的踪迹，他不知道这是个什么兽。

for fear of 以免;惟恐：

She told the children not to be noisy for fear of waking up her baby.

她叫孩子们别吵，以免吵醒她的婴儿。

for the attainment of 为了完成;为了达到(指目的、理想等)：

The artist encouraged his students to struggle all their lives for the attainment of perfection.

该画家鼓励他的学生们终生为了达到完美而奋斗。

for the benefit of 为……的利益：

We should do a good job in afforestation for the benefit of our descendants.

为了我们子孙后代的利益，我们应当做好植树造林工作。

frame of mind 心情;心境：

Something worries him very much，he is not in the frame of mind.

有些事使他很烦恼，他没有愉悦的心情。

free of 没有;摆脱了……的：

As his children can all earn their own living，this old man has been free of all burdens.

由于这位老人的孩子们都能独立谋生了，他已经没有任何负担了。

free sb/sth of 使某人、某事物免除、摆脱：

Through several years’ frugality in life，Robert has freed himself of all his debts.

经过几年的省吃俭用，罗伯特已经还清了他所有的债务。

free of charge 免费：

The hospital has declared that poor people can enjoy their medical service free of charge.

该医院已经宣布穷人在他们医院可以享受免费医疗服务。

free of heart 无忧无虑：

Since the old man retired to the countryside，he has lived a life free of heart.

自从那位老人退休到农村以来，他过着无忧无虑的生活。

from the bottom of one’s heart 真诚地;诚挚地：

You can rest assured，all my words are from the bottom of my heart.

请你放心，我所说的话都是真诚的。

gain the upper hand of 占优势;占上风：

Out of everyone’s expectation，the weak team gained the upper hand of the strong team in the football match.

出乎所有人意料之外，在那场足球比赛中，弱队竟占了强队的上风。

gales of laughter 阵阵笑声：

Gales of laughter are heard at the get-together of alumni and alumnae，who have not seen one another for tens of years.

阵阵笑声从男女校友的联欢会上传出，这些校友们都已经数十年没有见面了。

Garden of Eden 伊甸园(神话中没有罪恶的地方)：

Children pretend to have found the Garden of Eden in their play.

孩子们在游戏中假装已经找到了伊甸园。

get a breath of 吸一口(香味、新鲜空气等)：

When she is tired，she often goes to a park and gets a breath of flowers.

当她疲倦时，她时常到公园去，吸一吸花香。

get a glimpse of 瞥见;看见：

We suddenly got a glimpse of a stranger coming out from a house stealthily.

我们忽然瞥见有一个陌生人从一所房子里溜出来。

get ahead of 赶到……的前面：

Little Anna is both wise and diligent，she gets ahead of all her companions in her lesson.

小安娜又聪明又勤勉，她的功课成绩超过她所有的友伴。

get a load of 〈美俚语〉(对某人、某物)打量;估计：

I got a load of the visitor and guessed him a member of the upper circles from his dress and manners.

我打量来访的这个人，从他的衣着举止猜测他是个上层人士。

get a peep of 窥视;偷看：

Charles got a peep of his little brother through a window pane and saw him eating candy in the room.

查理从窗户玻璃偷看他的小弟弟，看见他正在屋里吃糖果。

get clear of 还清(债务等);避开：

My friend lived frugally and got clear of all his debts in a short time.

我的朋友省吃俭用，很短期间就把所有的欠债还清了。

get/gain the esteem of 受……的尊重：

That scientist got the esteem of everyone of us for his eminent scientific achievements.

那位科学家由于在科学上的卓越成就受到我们每个人的尊重。

get ground of 1

优于：

We must admit that their product gets ground of ours both in quality and in appearance.

我们必须承认，他们的产品在质量和外貌上都优于我们的产品。

甩掉(追逐者)：

A hungry wolf met some rabbits and wanted to eat them，but the rabbits ran much more swiftly and got ground of it.

一只饿狼遇见一些野兔想吃掉它们，但是野兔跑得更快，把它甩掉。

get/have hold of the wrong end of the stick 误解;领会错了：

Our manager told me to post a business letter to this businessman，but I got hold of the wrong end of the stick and posted it to another one.

我们经理叫我把一封商业信函寄给这个商人，但是我领会错了，把信寄给另一位商人了。

get/have/take a new lease of life获得新生;修理得完整如新：

After Edward fully recovered from his serious illness，he got a new lease of life and decided to pay more attention to his health henceforth.

艾德华从重病中痊愈以后，他获得了新生，决定今后更好地注意健康。

get/have the best of everything 万事如意：

When tourists left our inn，we wished them to get the best of everything and have a pleasant journey.

当旅游者们离开我们旅店时，我们祝他们万事如意一路平安。

get/have the key of the street 〈口语〉被关在屋外;无家可归：

A coward husband offended his wife and was expelled from his house，he had the key of the street.

一个懦弱的丈夫得罪了他的妻子，被从家中逐出，他被关在屋外。

get/have the start of 比(某人)占优势：

This tennis player got the start of his rival，for he was superior to him both in skill and in strength.

这个网球运动员比他的对手占优势，因为他在球技上和体力上都优于他的对手。

get/have the worst of it 遭到惨败;大吃苦头;处于劣势：

Their team got the worst of it in a football match last week，their opponent team was a champion team.

他们队在上星期的一次足球赛中遭到惨败，他们的对手是一个冠军队。

get hold of 抓住;握住：

A man fell into a river but he got hold of a rope thrown to him by his companions.

一个人掉在河里，但是他抓住同伴们扔给他的绳子。

get/learn the trick of 学得(某事物)的诀窍;知道了做法：

A clever child has learned the trick of drawing pictures when his teacher only teaches him once.

老师只教了一次，一个聪明的小孩就学会了画画的诀窍。

get quit of 脱身;免脱：

Andrew got quit of an embarrassing position only through the help of his friends.

只是由于他的朋友们的帮助，安迪才免脱了一个令人难堪的局面。

get/take the measure of 估量(某人)的品格、能力等：

When an applicant was led to our manager，our manager asked him to write an essay to take the measure of him.

当一位求职者被领到我们经理那里时，我们经理叫他写一篇文章来估量他的能力。

get the best of 获胜;胜过：

We are not sure whether he can get the best of all the obstacles before him.

他能否把他前面的障碍全都克服，我们没有把握。

get the best of the bargain 获得最大好处;取得有利地位：

He is a shrewd person，he can always get the best of the bargain in dealing with others.

他是个精明的人，在与别人交往时他总能获得最大好处。

get the best of the quarrel 在争吵中获胜：

The woman has a glib tongue，so she gets the best of her quarrel with her neighbour.

这妇女能言善辩，所以她在跟她的邻人争吵时获胜。

get the better of 获胜;胜过：

Refrigerators made in our country get the better of imported ones both in quality and in appearance.

国产的电冰箱在质量上和外观上都胜过进口的电冰箱。

get the cream of 得到……的精华：

In order to get the cream of automation，our engineer devoted himself to the study of various subjects concerning it.

为了获得自动化作业的精华，我们工程师致力于与自动化作业有关的各门学科的研究。

get the credit of 得到……的荣誉;得到……的声誉：

This company has got the credit of doing business honestly because they never break any contract signed with others.

这家公司获得了诚实经商的声誉，因为他们从来不违犯跟别人签订的合同。

get the gauge of 探测(某人)的意向：

We got the gauge of our students where they would go after graduation.

我们探测我们学生们的意向，毕业以后他们将向哪里去。

get the hang of 〈口语〉熟悉;了解：

We asked a young man to be our guide in our sight-seeing，he got the hang of all scenic spots and historical sites in this city.

我们请一位青年在我们观光中充当向导，他熟悉这个城市里的所有名胜古迹。

get wind of 风闻;得知：

Best-quality colour TVs are sold in a shop，when customers get wind of this，they all come and buy it.

上等质量的彩色电视机在一家商店里售卖，当顾客们风闻这个消息以后，都到这里购买。

gifts of comfort and thanks 慰问品：

We sent gifts of comfort and thanks to the industrious workers，they stuck to their work even on holidays.

我们给勤劳的工人们送慰问品，他们在节假日仍然坚持工作。

give a bad account of 贬责：

Bad deeds should be given a bad account，it has the function of warning and punishment.

不良行为应当受到贬责，这起到警告和惩罚的作用。

give sb a bit of one’s mind 责备：

I will give him a bit of my mind if he dares to do it again.

如果他胆敢再做，我就要责备他。

give a description of 对……加以描述：

At the request of other tourists，he gave a description of the beautiful scenery of West Lake.

应其他旅游者的请求，他描述了西湖的美丽风景。

give a glowing account of 兴高采烈地述说：

The famous athlete gave a glowing account of how he won three gold medals in the Olympic Games.

那位著名的运动员兴高采烈地述说他如何在奥运会上赢得3块金牌的事。

give a good account of 夸奖：

Neighbours all gave a good account of this good youth，who had saved a drowning child at the risk of his own life.

邻居们都夸奖这位好青年，他冒着生命危险救起了一个落水的儿童。

give a good account of oneself1

表现得很好;做得成功：

Superior quality and good appearance of our products gave a good account of themselves in the exhibition.

我们的产品质量优良，外观优美，在该次展览会上大显身手(获得成功)。

付清账款：

This company gave a good account of itself in liquidating its debts，so its credit grew higher and higher.

这家公司在结算账目上从不拖欠，因而它的信用日益提高。

give an account of 说明;叙述：

They asked the manufacturer to give an account of its products so as to buy in bulk.

他们要求该制造厂对他的产品作一说明，以便大批购买。

give a poor account of oneself1

表现得不好;做得失败：

He gave a poor account of himself in the way he treated hisfriends.

他在对待朋友方面表现得不好。

“别这样放肆!”

None of your tricks! 别耍花招!

Mother chided her naughty child：“None of your tricks! It’s you who broke the window，not your little brother.

”妈妈斥责她顽皮的孩子：“别耍花招，是你打破的窗户，不是你弟弟打破的。”

not a bit of it 一点也不;毫不(作强烈否定之用)：

You would think that she was very tired after such a long walk，but not a bit of it.

你一定认为经过这么长的路程她一定很累吧，可是一点也不。

not a breath of 一点也没有：

It is very hot in our courtyard，there is not a breath of wind.

在我们庭院里非常热，一点风也没有。

not a rag of 丝毫没有;完全没有：

We are hungry and want to eat something，but there is not a rag of food in our kitchen.

我们饿了，想吃点什么，但是我们厨房里一点食物也没有。

not a shred of 丝毫没有;完全没有：

What he says is mere commonplaces，there is not a shred of new and original thing in it.

他所说的话只不过是老生常谈，没有一点新颖的东西在内。

nothing of the kind (用于礼貌或有力的否定回答)绝没有那种事：

“I am sorry to cause you so much trouble.

”“My dear friend，it is nothing of the kind.”

“我很抱歉，给你带来这么多麻烦。”“亲爱的朋友，那绝不算什么。”

nothing of the sort 一点也不是;绝不是那么回事：

“Perhaps John is cheating us with a lie.”“Nothing of the sort，he is an honest man.”

“也许约翰是用谎言来欺骗我们。”“绝不是那么回事，他是个诚实的人。”

nothing short of 简直不比……差;简直可以说：

He is a great musician of the day，his composition is nothing short of that of Beethoven.

他是当代的大音乐家，他的作品简直不比贝多芬的作品差。

nothing to speak of 不值一谈(的小事);无足轻重：

“What were you busy about yesterday at home?”“Nothing to speak of，I helped my wife to wash her hair.”

“你昨天在家里忙什么了?”“不值一谈的小事，我帮我的妻子洗头了。”

not show a spark of interest in 对……毫无兴趣：

Joseph is a rough fellow，he does not show a spark of interest in playing chess and drawing pictures.

约瑟是个粗鲁的家伙，他对下棋绘画毫无兴趣。

not that I know of 〈口语〉1

据我所知不是这样：

“Peter is a slippery fellow，isn’t he?”“Not that I know of，he is an honest and tolerable man.

”“彼得是个滑头，不是吗?”“据我所知不是这样，他是个老实人。”

我不知道：

“Did Daisy quarrel with Ada yesterday?”“Not that I know of.”

“昨天黛西跟爱达吵嘴了吗?”“我不知道。”

not the half of 仅仅是(某事物)的次要部分：

This is not the half of the story，things more interesting are still to come.

这仅仅是事情的次要部分，更有趣的还在后面呢。

not the length of a street 很近的距离;些微的差别：

His house is not the length of a street from here，we may go and see him.

他的家离这里很近，我们可以去看看他。

not think much of 对……评价不高;不大重视：

They do not think much of that youth，he is only a graduate from a primary school.

他们不大重视那个青年，他仅是个小学毕业生。

not to make chalk of one and cheese of the other 公平对待;一视同仁：

Not to make chalk of one and cheese of the other，otherwise you will be despised.

对人要一视同仁，否则你将被看不起。

not to speak of 更不用说：

She is a cruel woman，she does not love her own child，not to speak of other children.

她是个残忍的妇女，她不爱自己的小孩，更不用说别的孩子了。

of ability 有能力的;有才干的：

Our new manager is of great ability，he will surely bring our corporation to prosperity.

我们的新经理有卓越的才能，他一定能使我们公司繁荣昌盛。

of age 成年;达到成人的年龄：

John is of age now，he decides to leave home to temper himself in the world.

约翰现在已经成年，他决定离家到外面去闯荡。

of a kind 同一种类的;质量不太好的：

Three of a kind beats two of a kind in cards.

玩牌时三张同花赢两张同花。

of all ages 所有年龄的：

Walking is a form of exercise，it is appropriate for people of all ages.

散步是一种运动，它适合于所有年龄的人。

of all makes 各种厂牌的：

Cars and motorcycles of all makes are on show in the exhibition，you may try any of them on the spot.

各种厂牌的汽车、摩托车都在展览会上展出，你可以当场试开任何一辆。

of all others (表示惟一、突出等)在所有的当中：

Jack is the only wise and diligent pupil of all others in this school.

杰克是这所学校所有学生当中惟一又聪明又勤勉的学生。

of all people (表示惟一、突出等)在所有人当中：

Of all people I respect that great scientist most，he has changed the appearance of physics radically with his theory.

在所有人当中，我最尊敬那位伟大的科学家，他以他的学说从根本上改变了物理学的面貌。

of all sorts 各种各样的：

There are little animals of all sorts in this forest such as squirrels，hares，hedgehogs，lizards etc.

在这个森林中有各种各样的小动物，例如松鼠、野兔、刺猬、石龙子等。

of all things (表示惟一、突出等)在所有事物当中：

We think that virtue is the most important of all things in human life.

我们认为，在人类生活中道德是所有事物中最重要的。

of antiquity 古代的：

Many great personages of antiquity still live in our hearts because they have benefited posterity.

许多古代的伟大人物仍然活在我们心中，因为他们给后代造了福。

of a/one piece with 与……一致;与……同一性质：

We need not argue with each other，for your argument is of one piece with mine.

我们不需要彼此辩论，因为你的论点跟我的论点是一致的。

of a sort或of sorts 勉强算是的;名不符实的：

It is a painting of sorts，but hard to describe.

这勉强算是一幅画，但毫无特色。

of a suit with 与(某物)是一整体;与(某物)协调：

Benjamin lacks in youthful vigour，this is of a suit with his old-fashion family.

本杰明缺乏青年人的朝气，这和他的老派家庭是相协调的。

of authority 有权威的;有威望的：

He is a physicist of authority，his name is often referred to in books of this subject.

他是一位有威望的物理学家，他的名字时常在物理学书籍中被提到。

of average 平均水平;一般程度：

A child of average intelligence knows about a hundred words at the age of four.

一个智力在一般水平的孩子在四岁时大约认识一百个字。

of bad repute 名声不好的：

My neighbour is a man of bad repute，he has ever been accused of theft.

我的邻居是个名声不好的人，曾经被人控告过行窃。

of choice 精选的;优良的：

This shop sells woolens and silk goods of choice，the price may be higher but the quality is best.

这家商店售卖上等毛织物和丝织物，价格可能高一些，但质量是上等的。

of consequence 重要的：

Things of consequence should be done first，those of no consequence may be put next.

重要的事情应当先做，不重要的事情可以下一步做。

of course 当然;自然：

Of course they will attend that meeting because their immediate interests are to be discussed at it.

他们当然要参加那个会议，因为该会议要讨论他们的切身利益。

of easy virtue (指妇女)轻浮的;水性杨花的：

People pay no respect to that woman，for she is of easy virtue.

人们不尊重那个妇女，因为她性情轻浮。

of eminence 著名的;显赫的;卓越的：

a doctor of eminence名医/a scientist of eminence卓越的科学家/a poet of eminence卓越的诗人/a man of eminence名人/a position of eminence显赫的地位

of even date 同一日期;即日：

We will report you in detail in a letter of even date.

我们将在同一天发出的信中向你详细报告。

offer the hand of fellowship 伸出友谊之手：

Was there anyone who offered you the hand of fellowship when you were in misery? 你在患难中时，有人向你伸出友谊之手吗?

of first-class make 第一流的：

It will take her two months’ wage to buy a fur coat of first-class make.

买一件第一流的裘皮大衣要花费她两个月的工资。

of foreign growth 外国种植培养的：

Owing to the difference in climate and soil conditions，plants of foreign growth cannot grow well in our country.

由于气候和土壤条件不同，国外培养的植物在我国生长得不好。

of gentle birth 出身名门：

This lady is of gentle birth，her father and grandfather were both distinguished public servants of the country.

这位女士出身名门，她的父亲和祖父都是国家的卓越公仆。

of gentle blood 出身名门：

That officer is of gentle blood，some of his remote ancestors were famous generals of the Roman Empire.

那位军官出身名门，他的几位远祖是古罗马帝国的著名将军。

of good breeding 有良好教养的：

This youth is of good breeding，he is gentle and polite and reverent to old folks.

这位青年有良好教养，他文雅有礼貌，尊敬长辈。

of good family 出身高贵门第：

This scholar is of good family，it is said that his forefathers were high-ranking court officials in the Qing Dynasty.

这位学者出身高贵门第，据说他的祖先在清朝是朝廷的命官。

of good repute 名声好的：

That gentleman is of good repute，he is enthusiastic in public affairs and undertakings of social welfare.

那位先生名声很好，他热心于公共事务和社会福利事业。

of great bulk 有巨大体积的：

Containers of great bulk cannot be transported in the city，for the streets are very crowded and narrow.

巨大体积的集装箱不能在城市里运输，因为街道太拥挤狭窄。

of great delicacy 灵敏的(指仪器、器官等);微妙的：

Some of the instruments in our laboratory are of great delicacy，even the weight of a hair can be shown on their scale.

我们实验室中有些仪器非常灵敏，即使一根头发丝的重量也可以在它们的刻度上显示出来。

of great/high promise 大有希望的;大有前途的：

This young man is of great promise，he is ambitious in his aim and steadfast in his work.

这位青年大有前途，他的目标远大、工作踏实。

of great moment 极重要的：

Newton’s law of motion is of great moment in physics，we should study it carefully.

牛顿的运动法则在物理学上非常重要，我们要好好学习它。

of great reputation 很有声望的;享有盛名的：

The botanist is of great reputation in scientific circles，the superiority of hybrid rice was first discovered by him.

该植物学家在科学界享有盛名，杂交水稻优势就是由他首先发现的。

of great weight 很重要的;很有价值的：

People are interested in his address because they have found some views of great weight in it.

人们对他的演说发生兴趣，因为他们在其中发现了一些很有价值的见解。

of great worth 很有价值的;价值极大的：

That connoisseur often goes to the flea markets nearby，once he has ever found some curios and jadewares of great worth in them.

那位鉴赏家时常去往附近的旧货市场，有一次他曾在其中发现一些价值极大的古玩玉器。

of high reputation 名誉很好的：

That shop is of high reputation，it runs its business honestly and never cheats anyone.

这家商店名誉很好，它诚实经商，从不骗人。

of home growth 本国种植培养的：

Through efforts of agricultural technical personnel，various flowers of home growth have been exported to foreign countries in great quantities.

通过农业技术人员的努力，我们培植的各种花卉已经大批量地向外国出口。

of it (用于名词之后以加强语气)：

He lost an arm in a traffic accident，and the right arm of it.

他在一次交通事故中失去一只胳臂，并且是右臂。

of itself 自行;自动地：

The interesting point is that this robot can go in and out his house of itself.

有趣的地方是，这个机器人能够自行走出和走入他的家门。

of its own accord 自然地;自动地(指事物)：

This door often opens of its own accord，we have not found out the reason for it.

这个门时常自己就开了，我们还没有找出原因。

of late 近来;最近：

Several great events happen of late in scientific circles such as the discovery of superconduction，the success of controlled nuclear fusion etc.

近来科学界发生几件大的事件，例如超导现象的发现，可控核聚变的成功等等。

of late years 近年以来：

Great changes have taken place in my home town of late years，many large plants have been set up and many schools opened.

近年以来我的家乡发生很大变化，建立了许多大工厂，开办了许多学校。

of little moment 不重要的：

As we are busy，we have no time to deal with things of little moment.

由于我们很忙，我们没有时间处理不重要的事情。

of little weight 不重要的;没有价值的;没有分量的：

What they put forward are all proposals of little weight，so few people pay any attention to them.

他们所提的都是些不重要的建议，所以很少有人注意他们。

of long standing 多年的;由来已久的：

The dispute between them is of long standing，so they are on ill terms with each other.

他们之间的纠纷由来已久，所以他们之间的关系紧张。

of name 有名的;有名望的：

He is a man of name in our town，we all heard of him before.

他是我们城镇里有名望的人，以前我们都听说过他。

of necessity 必然的(地);不可免的(地);不得已地：

His bad end is a matter of necessity，he has committed too much evil.

他那不好的下场是必然的，他犯的罪太多了。

of no effect (on/upon) 1

(对……)没有效果：

This remedy is of no effect on his illness，he has asked his doctor to change for a new one.

这个药对他的病没有疗效，他已经要求医生换一种新药。

(对……)没有影响：

His words are of no effect on them，for he is a man of little account.

他的话对他们没有影响，因为他是个无足轻重的人。

of no moment 不重要的：

Don’t waste your time on those trifles，they are of no moment to us.

不要把你的时间浪费在那些琐事上，它们对我们不重要。

of no name 无名的;不出名的：

He is a man of no name，you cannot find him without knowing his address.

他是个无名之人，你不知道他的住址就找不着他。

of no/small reputation 默默无闻的;没有声望的：

He is a writer of no reputation in our city because few journals carry his essays around here.

他在我们城市里是一位没有声望的作家，因为这一带很少有报章刊登他的文章。

of no value 没有价值的：

His writings are destined to oblivion，for they are all of no value.

他的作品注定要湮没无闻，因为他写的完全是没有价值的东西。

of no worth 没有价值的：

Secondhand goods in flea markets are all of no worth，we can buy a lot of them with little money.

旧货市场上的旧货都是不值钱的东西，我们可以用很少的钱就买很多。

of old 昔时的;很久以前的：

They can never forget the days of old，when they had the happiest time of their life together.

他们永远也不会忘记昔日的时光，那时他们共同度过一生的最美好的光阴。

of one’s choice 自己挑选的;自己喜欢的：

This old man had a collection of curios of his choice，he loved them as his own heart.

这位老人存有一批他自己喜爱的古董，他爱惜它们如同自己的生命。

of oneself 自动地;自然而然地：

A dog often went to his master’s tomb of itself and circled round it.

一只狗常常自动地走到主人的墓地围着墓转圈。

of one’s (own) free will 自愿地;出于自愿：

These youths came and took part in our hard and dirty labour of their own free will.

这些青年们自愿地来参加我们又苦又脏的劳动。

of one’s own 属于自己的：

These instruments are all of his own，he has bought them to be used in his profound study.

这些仪表都是他自己的，他购买它们是为了在他那深奥的研究工作中使用。

of one’s own accord 自愿地：

Pupils often come to help this old lady，they do this of their own accord，no one asks them to do so.

学生们时常来帮助这位老太太，他们这样做完全是自愿地，没有人要求他们这样做。

of one’s own motion 自动地;自愿地：

More and more people come to donate money and clothes，they do this completely of their own motion.

越来越多的人们前来捐钱捐衣物，他们这样做完全是自愿地。

of one’s own volition 出于自己意志;自愿地：

His behaviour is of his own volition，so he should be responsible for it.

他的行为出于他自己的意志，所以他应当为它负责。

of repute 出名的;有声望的：

That large enterprise is of repute in our city，it deals with many foreign corporations in business.

那家大企业在我们城市里有声望，它跟许多外国公司做生意。

of set purpose 故意地;有意地：

The person is wicked by nature，he often incites discord among others of set purpose.

那人天性邪恶，他时常在别人当中故意地挑拨争吵。

of shreds and patches 破破烂烂的;没有价值的：

Their arguments are all of shreds and patches，so they lose in the debate.

他们的论据都是没有价值的，所以在辩论中他们输了。

of the day 当今的;当前的：

Our most important duty of the day is to replenish ourselves with the knowledge of modern science and technology.

当前我们最重要的任务是用现代科学技术的知识充实我们自己。

of the first rate 头等的;第一流的：

Their team will certainly win championship because their team members are all of the first rate.

他们队必将赢得冠军，因为他们的队员都是第一流的。

of the first water 第一流的;第一等的：

Madame Curie was a scientist of the first water，she made great contribution in the discovery of uranium，radium and other radioactive elements.

居里夫人是一位第一流的科学家，在铀、镭和其他放射性元素的发现上她做了巨大的贡献。

of the hour 当前的;迫切的;目前大家所关切的：

We must make our country thriving and prosperous，this is our task of the hour.

我们必须使我们的国家繁荣昌盛，这是我们当前的任务。

of the moment 此刻;当今;现在：

Our most important work of the moment is to make full preparations for our graduation examination.

此刻我们最重要的工作是为我们的毕业考试作好充分准备。

of the old school 守旧的;旧式的;旧派的：

Although Cathy is young，her thought is conservative and her manner and style are of the old school.

虽然凯丝年纪很轻，但她的思想是保守的，她的举止作风是守旧的。

of the right kidney 脾气好的;相宜的;合适的：

Charles is of the right kidney，he never loses his temper no matter what you say to him.

查理脾气好，无论你对他说什么，他也不发火。

of the royal blood 皇家的;皇族的：

Our viceroy was a man of the royal blood，Queen Victoria was his aunt.

我们的总督是皇族成员，维多利亚女王是他的姑母。

of the same kidney 气质相同的;同一类型的：

These two friends are of the same kidney，they have lived together many years without any quarrel.

这两位朋友气质相同，他们一起生活许多年没有吵过嘴。

of the time 当前的;当今的;当代的：

Our task of the time is to master modern science and technology and apply them to our work.

我们当前的任务是掌握现代科学技术并把它们运用到我们工作上去。

of unsound mind 头脑不健全的;精神失常的：

This man is of unsound mind，he needs to be attended by his family members all the time.

这个人精神失常，他时时刻刻需要他的家里人照看。

of yore 从前;往昔：

In days of yore，this old married couple often had a stroll along mountainous paths，enjoying the tranquillity of autumn evenings.

在昔日，这对老夫妻时常漫步在山间的小径上，享受秋日晚间的宁静。

oil of palms 贿赂;贿金：

He is honest in performing his official duties and has never been enticed by oil of palms.

他廉洁奉公，从来不被贿赂所诱惑。

one of these days 1

不久;过不了几天(用于许诺)：

Don’t be anxious，we will bring you some good news one of these days.

不要着急，过不了几天我们就会给你带来好消息。

总有一天：

That kind-hearted old man will certainly enjoy happiness one of these days.

总有一天那位善心的老人会享福的。

one of these fine days 改天;将来：

We will call at your house one of these fine days and admire the beautiful flowers you have planted.

改天我们将要到府上拜访，观赏你种植的美丽的花卉。

one of those days 不幸的日子：

Something sad happened on one of those days.

一件悲惨的事发生在那个不幸的日子。

one’s length of days 一个人的寿命：

No one knows how long his own length of days is though they all hope to have a longer one.

没有一个人知道自己的寿命有多么长，虽然他们都希望自己的寿命更长一些。

one’s walk of life 职业：

It is surprising to say that nearly all of us choose our walks of life by accident.

说来令人惊奇，我们当中几乎所有的人都是偶然选定我们的职业。

on penalty of 否则要受……之罚：

Smoking near the warehouse is forbidden on penalty of ten yuan.

禁止在仓库附近吸烟，违者罚款10元。

partake of 1

分享;参与：

They are good friends and partake of fortune and misfortune always.

他们是好朋友;永远祸福与共。

词组	Of
释义	Of 1 表示起源、来源、作者： You should not expect too much of your friends，they cannot give you so much help. 你不应该对你的朋友们期望过高，他们不能给你这样多的帮助。 I could not find a post office，so I asked a favour of a pedestrian. 我找不到邮局所以我向一个行路人打听。 They often bought things of a neighbouring shop because the shop treated customers courteously. 他们时常从一家邻近的商店购物，因为那家商店礼貌待客。 You should not look down upon people even if they are of humble origin. 你不应当看不起人，即使他们是出身低微的人也不应看不起。 The man comes of a merchant family，so he is good at doing business. 那人出身于商人家庭，所以善于经商。 You are a philosopher，you must have studied the works of Socrates，Plato and Aristotle. 你是位哲学家，你一定研究过苏格拉底、柏拉图和亚里士多德的作品。 2 表示原因： When the tourists got to the hotel in the evening，they were all dying of fatigue. 当晚上旅游者们到达旅馆时，他们都累得要死。 There is no wind but the door opens of itself. 没有风，但是门自己开了。 We are grateful to them，for they help us of their own accord. 我们感激他们，因为他们自愿地帮助我们。 We keep him at a distance，because we are tired of his boasting and flattering. 我们跟他保持一定距离，因为我们对他的吹牛拍马感到厌烦。 Jim feels ashamed of his fault，he works even harder by way of compensation. 吉姆为自己的过失感到羞愧，他更加努力工作作为对自己过失的补偿。 They are proud of their glorious history and make up their mind to carry it forward. 他们为他们的光荣历史感到骄傲，并决心把它发扬光大。 3 表示行为者： It was very kind of you to do so. 您做这件事，我非常感谢。 The theory of Einstein can explain even the motion of heavenly bodies in the universe. 爱因斯坦的学说甚至能够解释宇宙中各个天体的运动。 That serious mistake is through no fault of mine，they should not put a label on me. 那严重的错误不是由于我的过失造成的，他们不应当扣在我的身上。 We are deeply moved by the deeds of that noble-minded young man，he sets a good example for us all. 我们被那位思想高尚的青年的行为深深感动，他给我们所有人树立了良好榜样。 People will never forget the great contribution of the labourers who take part in that gigantic engineering. 人们将永不忘记参加该项巨大工程的劳动者的巨大贡献。 It is obvious to see that it is the fault of that naughty boy. 非常明显，它是那个顽皮男孩的过失。 4 表示空间、时间的距离和位置： To the south of the precipice is a quiet and secluded valley where there are various wild flowers and small animals. 悬崖的南面是一个幽静的山谷，山谷里生有各种野花和小动物。 The hotel is about five li north of the railway station，you can get there by bus. 那旅馆在车站以北大约五里地，你可以乘公共汽车到达那里。 It is already a quarter of two，he must have reached home now. 现在已经两点一刻了，他一定已经到家了。 A large lake is within two kilometers of the city，people often go there fishing. 离城不到两公里有一个大湖，人们时常去那里钓鱼。 5 表示移开、分离、除掉、剥夺： My room is very dim because dence and tall trees outside the window deprive it of sunlight all day long. 我的房间非常昏暗，因为窗外又密又高的树木整天地遮住阳光。 A specific medicine has relieved the old lady of her stomachache. 一种特效药已经解除了那位老太太的胃疼。 We try our best to please her so that she may be forgetful of her cares. 我们设法让她高兴以便使她忘掉忧虑。 They sent for a famous doctor to cure him of his chronic illness. 他们请一位名医来治疗他的慢性病。 It seems that no one can ease Mary of her worry. 似乎没有人能使玛丽消除她心中的烦恼。 Nothing in the world could please the sad man after death had bereft him of his dear wife. 自他的妻子故去以后，尘世间没有任何事物能使那悲伤的人快乐。 Peasants have rid their farms of all plant diseases and insect pests. 农民们已经消除了田间的一切病虫害。 He cleared himself of all suspicion by his honest conduct. 他用正直的行为消除别人对他的一切猜疑。 6 表示所属、所有： Through investigation they have found out the cause of the accident. 通过调查，他们已经找到该事故的原因。 Most of the dwellers in this district belong to those of the middle or upper class. 在这个地区居住的大部分居民属于中上层阶级。 It is the manners of the present day for the host to accompany his guests to the gate when they leave. 客人离开时，主人要送到大门口，这是时下的习俗。 The result of the debate is against their will so they try to debate again. 辩论的结果不合乎他们的意愿，所以他们设法再行辩论。 We should never forget the grace of our parents，we should pay filial duty to them. 我们绝对不要忘记父母的恩德，我们应当孝顺父母。 7 与某一事物有关联、关系： Scientific theories can be proved by experiments，they admit of no doubt. 科学理论能够被实验所证明，它们容不得一点怀疑。 The man was suspected of theft and he could not afford any evidence to refute it. 那人被怀疑偷窃并且他也不能提出任何证据来反驳。 That romantic poet dreamed of an ideal and beautiful world and he wanted to realize it. 那位浪漫诗人梦想一个理想的和美丽的世界并想实现它。 Mike is an ambitious young man，he is sure of his success in the future. 迈克是个有远大抱负的青年，他对他将来的成功很有把握。 His grandfather always has a audiphone in his ear，for he is hard of hearing. 他的祖父耳朵里总戴着助听器，因为他听觉迟钝。 Susan is quick of eye，she can see things clearly in the dark. 苏珊目光锐利，她能在黑暗中清楚地看东西。 8 表示原料、材料、组成： Some skyscrapers can last for hundreds of years，for they are built of steel and concrete. 有些摩天大楼可以延续数百年，因为它们是由钢筋水泥筑成。 We often make an ass of our colleagues simply for fun. 我们时常愚弄我们的同事，跟他们开玩笑。 The novel consists of ten chapters besides the introduction. 该小说除去序言以外，共由10章组成。 People want to buy that new-type furniture，it is made of plastics. 人们想买那种新型的家具，它是由塑料制成的。 9 表示部分、包括、选择： a. 表示单位和分量： a piece of bread一块面包 a cake of soap一块肥皂 a cup of water一杯水 a bit of paper一小张纸 ten cubic meters of wood十立方米木材 three dozen of eggs三打鸡蛋 b. 表示总量中的一部分： one of them他们中的一个 a few of the students学生中的一些 some of the books这些书中的一些/all of us我们全体 not much of it没有多少那种东西 c. 用于最高级形容词之后： It is the most beautiful of flowers. 它是花中最美丽的。 The old man has the most sublime of morality. 那位老人具有最崇高的道德。 d. 加强语气： the song of songs歌中之歌 the poem of poems诗中之诗10 表示时间： Where does he usually go of a holiday? 在放假的日子他经常上什么地方去? He often comes of a Sunday when he has nothing to do. 星期日没事时，他常到这里来。 Maybe he has returned to his home town，for we have not seen him of late. 他可能已经回老家了，因为近来我们总未看见他。 People have changed their mind of late years，this can be seen from many respects. 最近几年人们的想法改变了，这可以从许多方面看出来。 11 表示主格(of后面的词相当于of前面的词的主格)： the fancy of a poet诗人的幻想 the help of a friend一位朋友的帮助 the donation of a benevolent man一位慈善者的捐助 the unselfish assistance of a neighbouring country一个邻国的无私援助 the mischief of a naughty boy一个淘气男孩的恶作剧 the suppression of imperialists帝国主义者的压迫12 表示宾格(of后面的词相当于of前面的词的宾语)： the love of beauty爱美 the hate of evil对邪恶的愤恨 the pursuit of good virtue对美德的追求 the answer of a question一个问题的答案 the guess of riddles猜谜语 the fear of punishment害怕惩罚 take care of a child照看小孩 make use of a machine使用机器 the writing of an article写文章 the making of model planes作模型飞机 be fond of fishing喜欢钓鱼 be short of hand人手缺乏13 表示同格(of后面的词与of后面的词同格)： the year of 18001800年/the season of spring春季 the month of January 一月 the province of Henan河南省 the name of Mary玛丽这个名字 the three of us我们三人 the Theory of Relativity相对论 the element of oxygen氧元素 the addiction of smoking吸烟的嗜好 an angel of a woman天使般的妇女14 表示属性(of后面的词具有of前面的词的属性)： She is a fine figure of a woman. 她是个身材很美的妇女。 How silly of me!我是多么傻啊! Where is that fool of an assistant?那个笨助手在哪里? What a genius of a child! 那孩子有多么好的天分啊! 15 表示所有格： a. of前面的词是of后面词的一部分： a dog of John’s约翰的一只狗 a poem of Libai’s李白的一首诗 a play of Shakespeare’s莎士比亚的一部戏剧 an invention of Thomas Edison’s爱迪生的一个发明 b. 当of前面的名词被指示代词或其他不能与所有格连用的词所修饰时： that shining diamond of hers她的那颗闪光的钻石 this brilliant poem of Dufu’s杜甫的这首光辉的诗 that only son of his他的那个独生子 that sad melody of hers她的悲惨的歌曲16 of与他后面的词构成后置定语，形容of前面的词： a scholar of profound learning有深奥知识的人 a man of fiery temper性如烈火的人 a woman of beauty美丽的妇女 a child of genius天才的儿童 a building of seven storeys七层的楼房 a machine of complicated construction结构复杂的机器 a bad quarter of an hour 不愉快的短暂时刻： These two good friends got angry with each other this afternoon，they quarrelled bitterly，it was really a bad quarter of an hour. 今天下午这两个好朋友彼此发怒，他们吵得很厉害，那真是一个不愉快的短暂时刻。 a bag of bones 骨瘦如柴的人(或动物)： The patient has become a bag of bones owing to prolonged illness. 由于病得很久，那病人已经变得骨瘦如柴了。 a bag of wind 夸夸其谈的人： Dick is good at talking，but he talks much and works little，so he is known as a bag of wind. 狄克善于谈话，但他说得多做得少，所以他是个出名的夸夸其谈的人。 a ball of fire 精力奋发的人;精力充沛的人： That secretary is a ball of fire，she often works round the clock when necessary. 那个秘书是一个精力奋发的人，在需要的时候，她时常日以继夜地工作。 a ball of fortune 命运多舛的人： The man is a ball of fortune，he has been over fifty but still has accomplished nothing. 那人是个命运多舛的人，他已年过50仍然一事无成。 a bed of roses 称心如意的境遇;安乐窝： That fop lives in a bed of roses，which his father，a millionaire，furnishes to him. 那个纨袴子弟生活在安乐窝中，这是他的父亲，一个百万富翁提供给他的。 a bit of a 有点儿;相当地： Jim is a bit of a coward，once he ever trembled before a big dog. 吉姆有点儿胆小，有一次他当着一只大狗的面吓得战栗。 a bit of all right 〈俚语〉很不错;很好： David’s work is a bit of all right，our manager praises him to be an able man among us. 大卫的工作很不错，我们经理夸奖他是我们中间的能人。 a breath of one’s nostrils 必不可少的东西： Specialized technique is a breath of an engineer’s nostrils，he cannot do his technical work well without it. 专业技术是一位工程师必不可少的东西，没有它工程师就不能做好他的技术工作。 a bridge of gold/silver 退路;逃路： An experienced person always finds a bridge of gold before he does anything，so that，even he fails，he can have a safe way of retreat. 一个有经验的人在做任何事以前都先找好一条退路，以便即使工作失败，也有一个安全的退路。 absence of mind 心不在焉;神不守舍： We must avoid absence of mind when we are on duly，especially at night. 我们在值班时，一定要防止心不在焉，特别是在夜间。 absence of order 混乱;没有秩序： Through investigation，we have found out the reason of low efficiency，it is mainly caused by absence of order in management. 通过调查，我们找出了效率低的原因，它主要是由于经营管理上的混乱造成的。 absence of reason 没有理由;全无理由： Owing to absence of reason，no one supported his assertion and he lost his lawsuit. 由于缺理，没有人支持他的主张，结果他败诉了。 accuse sb of 1 控告某人犯……之罪： He is accused of certain crime，but we all know he is innocent. 他被控犯某罪，但我们都知道他是清白的。 2 责备某人的(某事)： His wife accused him of cowardice and told him that he should become braver henceforth. 他的妻子责备他懦弱，告诉他今后要勇敢些。 a change of heart/mind 改变主意;变心： Adam does not want to cooperate with us any longer，for he has got a change of mind. 亚当不想再跟我们合作了，因为他已经改变主意了。 a change of scene 改变环境(尤指旅行)： Charles overworks himself and often falls ill，his friends advise him to go on holiday，a change of scene may do him good. 查理劳累过度时常生病，他的朋友们劝他外出度假，改变一下环境可能对他有益处。 a chapter of accidents 接踵而来的灾祸： A chapter of accidents fell on their family，but they managed to overcome them one by one. 接踵而来的灾祸曾降临到他们家庭，但他们逐个地设法克服了。 a chip of the old block (脾气等)完全像父亲的儿子： John is a chip of the old block，when you have seen him，you need not see his father. 约翰酷似他的父亲;你看见他以后，不需要再见他的父亲，就可以想象出他父亲是什么样子。 act the part of 充当;扮演……的角色： That hospital wants to build a new inpatient building and has asked some rich men to act the part of benefactors. 那家医院想修建一所新的住院大楼，并已要求一些富人做捐助人。 a dash of (加入的)少量;少许： John asked the restaurant waiter to put a dash of pepper powder in his soup，he loved that taste. 约翰叫饭馆侍者在他的汤内加一点胡椒面，他喜欢那个滋味。 a disciple of Momus 滑稽的人;爱开玩笑的人： Alexander is a disciple of Momus，each time we are with him，we cannot keep our mouth close for laughter. 亚历山大很滑稽，每当我们跟他在一起的时候，我们都笑得合不上嘴。 admit of 容许;有……的余地： His teacher told him that his fault admitted of no excuse and he should feel ashamed of it. 他的老师对他说，他的过失不容推委，他应当为它感到羞耻。 admit of exceptions 可以通融;可以变通： The regulations of that hospital admit of exceptions，when a patient is very poor，he can enjoy the medical service free of charge. 那家医院的规章可以变通，当一个病人非常贫穷时，他可以免费受到治疗。 adopt a counsel of despair 采取自暴自弃的态度： He adopts a counsel of despair after he makes a mistake，we ask him to brace up. 他在犯错误以后采取了自暴自弃的态度，我们要求他振作起来。 advise sb of (商业)把……通知某人(通常指市场或货物情况)： They have no branch office in that city，but their agents often advise them of the market condition there. 他们在该城市没有分公司，但是他们的代理商时常把那里的市场情况通知他们。 a flourish of triumph 大肆宣扬： The manufacturer raised a flourish of triumph about the quality of their products. 该制造厂对它的产品质量大肆宣扬。 a game of chance 碰运气(而不是凭本事)的事情或游戏： Such competition is but a game of chance，it does not rely on real ability. 这种竞争不过是碰运气的事，它并不是凭真本领。 a game of skill 凭技能取胜的事或游戏： Such a contest is a game of skill indeed，only past masters can win. 这样的竞赛的确是凭技能取胜，只有高手才能够赢。 a gentleman of virtu 古玩专家;古董家： Mr Smith is called a gentleman of virtu because he can determine precisely the value of any curio and antique. 史密斯先生被称为古董家因为他能精确地鉴定任何古玩和古物的价值。 a good deal of 许多;大量： It took us a good deal of time to persuade the engineer not to give up his designing work. 我们花费了许多时间去说服那位工程师不要放弃他的设计工作。 a great deal of 许多;大量： Their relatives in the countryside provided them a great deal of Chinese cabbage every year. 他们在乡下的亲戚每年供给他们大量的大白菜。 a great/large choice of 大量(物品)备选购： There is a great choice of fashionable furniture in that shop，customers vie with one another in buying them. 那家商店有大量的时式家具备选，顾客们争先恐后地去购买。 a handful of 1 一把;一握之量(指物)： Please give me a handful of sugar，I want to cook some sweet porridge for my children. 请给我一些糖，我想给我的孩子们做一些甜粥。 2 少数的(指人)： There are a handful of students playing on the playground，most students are reviewing their lesson at home. 操场上只有几个学生游戏，大部分学生都在家中复习功课。 a hand of 一把(指香蕉)： Mother bought a handful of banana for her child who was waiting for her at home. 妈妈给她的小孩买了一把香蕉，她的小孩正在家中等着她。 ahead of one’s time 比所在的时代先进： Galileo was ahead of his time because at that time only he knew that the earth moves round the sun. 伽利略比他所在的时代先进，因为当时只有他知道地球围绕太阳旋转。 ahead of schedule 比进度提前： Owing to the effort of all staff members，the engineering has been completed ahead of schedule. 由于全体职工的努力，该工程已经比原定进度提前完成。 ahead of time 提前;在原定时间以前： My colleagues are never in a rush，for they have made ample preparations ahead of time. 我的同事们总是不慌不忙，因为他们已经提前做好充分准备。 a heart of flint/stone 冷酷无情;铁石心肠： A man with a heart of flint is a cold-blooded animal，such a man knows nothing about humanity and sympathy. 有铁石心肠的人是冷血动物，这样的人不懂得什么是人性和同情心。 a heart of gold 高贵的心;善良的心： That old man has a heart of gold，he feels unlimited sympathy for all people and does everything to help them. 那位老人有一颗善良的心，他对每个人都无限同情，做一切事来帮助人们。 a heart of oak 刚勇的心;果断的心： This gentleman has a heart of oak，once he makes up his mind，he will do anything no matter how difficult it is. 这位先生性情果断，一旦他下定决心，任何困难的事他都去做。 a hell of a lot 〈口语〉非常;极度： Their new nurse loves them a hell of a lot，she treats them as her own children. 他们新来的阿姨非常爱他们，把他们像她自己亲生孩子一样地对待。 a hero of the quill 著名作家;文坛宿将： Our editor is a hero of the quill，his works are warmly welcomed by broad masses of readers. 我们的编辑是一位著名作家，他的作品深受广大读者的欢迎。 a hero of the spigot 〈戏言〉酒鬼： He is a hero of the spigot，he indulges himself in drinking day and night. 他是个酒鬼，日夜耽溺于饮酒。 a hill of beans 〈口语〉少量;小事;不重要的东西： Don’t worry about such a thing，it is but a hill of beans. 不要为这样的事操心，那是件小事。 a horse of another/different colour〈口语〉完全另外一回事： You have mixed it all up，it is not the thing we talked about yesterday，it is a horse of different colour. 你弄混了，那不是我们昨天谈的那件事，那完全是另外一回事。 a house of call 零工待雇处;常去的场所(或酒店)： It is a house of call for us，we often go there to have a chat with one another when we are at leisure. 那是我们常去的地方，当我们闲暇无事时，时常去那里聊天。 a house of God 教堂;礼拜堂： It is a custom for the Occidentals to be married in a house of God，they consider it a holy place. 西方人的风俗是在教堂里结婚，他们认为教堂是个神圣的地方。 a Jack of/on both sides 骑墙派： That cunning person is a Jack of both sides，he never tells on which side he will stand so as not to offend others. 那个狡猾的人是个骑墙派，他从来不说他站在哪一边以免得罪人。 a kind of 〈口语〉稍为;有几分： Mary is a kind of unhappy today，there must be something unpleasant to her. 玛丽今天有点不高兴，她一定是有些不愉快的事情。 a labour of love 爱做的事;出于喜爱而做的事： Fishing is a labour of love to me，I go fishing nearly everyday in the summer vacation. 钓鱼是我喜爱的事，暑假里我几乎天天去钓鱼。 a lady of blood 贵妇人： That woman was warmly welcomed and ceremoniously received anywhere she went，for she was a lady of blood. 那位妇女无论走到哪里都受到热烈欢迎，隆重接待，因为她是个贵妇人。 a lady of the house 家庭主妇： To be a lady of the house，she prepares three meals for her husband and children and does various household affairs everyday. 作为一个家庭主妇，她每日为她的丈夫和孩子准备三餐和做各种家务事。 a large amount of或 quite an amount of 大量的(后接不可数名词)： There is a large amount of furniture stored in the warehouse，it is in stock for the Spring Festival market. 仓库中存储大量的家具，它们是为春节市场存储的。 a letter of credence 介绍信;信任状： It is important for us to take a letter of credence with us when we go on a business trip，it will do us a lot of convenience. 当我们出差办事时，随身带着介绍信是非常重要的，它会给我们带来很大方便。 a line of least resistance 阻力最小的方向，最省力的方法或途径： When we meet with obstructions in our work，we often try to find out a line of least resistance. 当我们在工作上遇到阻碍的时候，我们时常设法找出阻力最小的方向。 all kinds of 各种各样的： We have many large national parks in our country，where we can see all kinds of animals and plants. 我们国家里有许多大的国家公园，在那儿我们可以看到各种各样的动物和植物。 all of a heap 颓然;成为一团： We all laugh at Ellen for her timidness，she is as timid as a rabbit，whenever she meets with a dog in the street，she would be struck all of a heap. 我们大家都笑话爱伦的胆怯，她胆小如兔，每当她在大街上遇到一只狗时，她就吓得缩成一团。 all of a lump 发肿;成为一团： Our yard is muddy when it rains，but when the rain is over and it becomes fine，the mud will turn all of a lump. 下雨时我们的庭院很泥泞，然而当雨过天晴时，湿泥就变成了一团。 all of a muck of sweat 〈口语〉浑身大汗： It is very hot in the afternoon，people are all of a muck of sweat even when they sit at home. 下午天气很热，人们即使在家中坐着也是浑身大汗。 all of a piece with 与……成为一个整体;与……相符合一致： Our research institute has become all of a piece with a laboratory，we often carry out research work together. 我们研究所已经跟一个试验室连成一个整体，我们时常一同进行研究工作。 all of a shake 抖成一团： A poor little lamb is all of a shake before some lions，they are going to take it as a delicious dinner. 一个可怜的小羊羔在几头狮子面前抖成一团，这些狮子就要把它当做一顿美餐。 all of a sudden 突然： All of a sudden there was a peal of booming thunder and the rain，together with hailstones，fell down at once. 突然，一阵轰轰的雷声，雨和冰雹立刻降下。 all of a sweat 〈口语〉浑身大汗： The workers have worked hard for hours under the hot sun，so they are all of a sweat. 工人们已经在烈日下努力工作数小时，所以他们都是浑身大汗。 allow of 容许;有……的余地： There is enough evidence to show that the fact allows of no doubt. 有充分的证据显示该事实没有怀疑的余地。 all sorts and conditions of men 各种各样的人： There are all sorts and conditions of men walking in the streets，some are young and some are old. 大街上走着各种各样的人，有的年轻，有的年老。 all sorts of 各种各样的： There are all sorts of specimens of rocks and ores exhibited in this museum，geological and mineralogical workers often go there to study them. 这个博物馆中陈列着各种各样的岩石和矿石标本，地质和矿产工作者时常去那里研究它们。 a lot of或lots of 〈口语〉许多(一般用于肯定句)： There are a lot of little birds in the park，some are seeking for food and others are chirping on the branches. 公园里有许多小鸟，它们当中有一些在觅食，另外一些在枝头鸣叫。 a lump of avarice 彻底的贪婪者： A lump of avarice is such a man，wherever he goes，he wants to take everything into his own pocket. 彻底的贪婪者是这样的一种人，无论他走到哪里，他都想把一切东西据为己有。 a lump of clay 一块黏土;凡人： We are all a lump of clay，so we are all mortal. 我们都是凡人，所以我们都必将有一死。 a lump of selfishness 彻底的自私者： A lump of selfishness is such a man，he thinks for himself in everything and thinks for others in nothing. 彻底的自私者是这样的一种人，他事事为自己打算，丝毫不想旁人。 a man/gentleman of virtu 古玩专家;古董家： He is a man of virtu，he often goes to flea markets to seek for valuable curios and antiques. 他是一位古董家，他时常去往旧货市场搜寻贵重的古玩和古物。 a man of character 有品格的人： That scholar is a man of character，he can be our teacher both in virtue and in learning. 那位学者是一位有品格的人，他在品德上和学问上都能够充当我们的老师。 a man of decision 果断的人;有果断力的人： I am an impetuous man，so I like a man of decision because he can tell me yes or no about everything at once. 我是个急性子人，所以我喜欢有果断力的人，因为无论什么事他都能立刻告诉我行或是不行。 a man of few words 〈口语〉话少的人;沉默寡言的人： It is interesting to say that he is a man of few words while his wife is a woman of many words，so you can hear only the woman chattering all day long. 说起来很有趣，他是个沉默寡言的人，而他的妻子是个爱唠叨的人，所以一天到晚只听见那位妇女唠唠叨叨。 a man of forty/fifty/sixty... 一个四十岁的人(一个五十岁的人;一个六十岁的人……)： A visitor wants to see you when you are absent，he is a man of about forty，tall and thin. 当你不在时，有一位客人想见你，他是个大约四十岁的人，又高又瘦。 a man of genius 天才： That scientist was a man of genius，he made numerous inventions in his lifetime and thus brought benefit to mankind. 那位科学家是个天才，他一生做了许多发明，给人类造福。 a man of his word 守信用的人;说话算数的人： We believe in him because he is a man of his word，he fulfils every promise he has made. 我们信任他，因为他是个说话算数的人，他履行他所做的每一个诺言。 a man of ideas 机智的人;有办法的人： We consider him a man of ideas，he can deal with any problem and cope with any difficulty successfully. 我们认为他是个机智的人，他能成功地处理任何问题和应付任何困难。 a man of iron 意志坚强的人;冷酷的人： My friend is a man of iron，he despises all difficulties and hardships no matter how tough they are to be overcome. 我的朋友是个意志坚强的人，他藐视所有的艰难困苦，无论它们是多么难以克服。 a man of law 法律界人士： He is a man of law，he often deals with lawyers，judges and people who engage in lawsuits. 他是个法律界人士，他时常跟律师、法官和打官司的人们打交道。 a man of letters 作家;文人;学者： We admire a man of letters because he provides nourishment for our mind and thus heightens our mental realm. 我们钦佩文人，因为他们给我们提供精神食粮，并因而提高我们的精神境界。 a man of many words 〈口语〉话多的人;唠唠叨叨的人： That clerk is a man of many words，his colleagues all dislike him chattering interminably. 那位职员是个话多的人，他的同事们都嫌他唠唠叨叨没完没了。 a man of mark 名人;显要人物： Now he has come up in the world and become a man of mark，his name often appears in the newspapers. 现在他已经出人头地成为名人，他的名字时常出现在报纸上。 a man of men 〈口语〉杰出人物;优秀人物： We admit that we are inferior to him in intelligence and ability，he is really a man of men. 我们承认我们在智力和能力上都不如他，他真是一个杰出人物。 a man of moods 心情易变的人;脾气不定的人： He is a man of moods，he may be very happy at one time but soon becomes sad at once. 他是个心情易变的人，他可能一时非常快乐，但很快就变得悲伤。 a man of (many) parts (极)有才干的人： Our manager is really a man of many parts，he has changed the features of our company thoroughly since he came to his post. 我们经理真是一位极有才干的人，自从他到任以来，他已经彻底改变了我们公司的面貌。 a man of position 有身份的人;有地位的人： This gentleman is a man of position，he cannot make remarks casually as we do. 这位先生是一位有身份的人，他不能像我们那样随便说话。 a man of(high) standing 名望或地位高的人： The scholar is a man of high standing，universities and academic institutes often ask him to deliver lectures. 该学者是一位有名望的人，各大学和学术机关时常邀请他去演讲。 a man of the house 一家之主;家长： Mr White is a man of the house only in name，he pays obedience to his wife in everything. 怀特先生仅在名义上是一家之主，他在每件事情上都服从他的妻子。 a man of the moment 当今重要人物： He is a man of the moment，he is always busy attending important conferences everyday. 他是当今重要人物，他每天总是忙于参加各种重要会议。 a man of the pen 作家;文人： To be a man of the pen，he often writes some articles and poems，we all like to read them. 作为一个文人，他时常写一些文章和诗，我们全都喜欢读它们。 a man of the world 精通世故的人： That old sailor is a man of the world，he has been to everywhere and experienced everything. 那位老海员是位精通世故的人，他哪里都去过，什么事都经历过。 A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds. 〈谚语〉光说不做的人有如光长杂草的花园： That young man says much and does little，his friends advise him to correct this shortcoming and tell him that a man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds. 那个年轻人说得多做得少，他的朋友们建议他改正这个缺点，并且告诉他，光说不做的人有如光长杂草的花园。 a marriage of convenience 基于利害关系的婚姻： The man makes full use of his marriage of convenience and is soon promoted to a high post，because his father-in-law is the general manager of a large enterprise. 那人充分利用他那基于利害关系的婚姻，很快就被提升高位，因为他的岳父是一家大企业的总经理。 a master of fence 剑术师;好争辩的人： I met a master of fence the other day，when he practised his sword arts，even raindrops could not wet his clothes. 前些天我遇到一位剑术师，当他练剑时，雨点都无法打湿他的衣服。 a matter of course 理所当然的事;意料中的事： Plant melons and you get melons，sow beans and you get beans，this is a matter of course. 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆，这是理所当然的事。 a matter of detail 琐事： Don’t pay too much attention to it，it is only a matter of detail. 不要过多地注意它，它只不过是件琐事。 a matter of doubt 是否……尚未确定： It is still a matter of doubt whether they buy it or not because it is too expensive. 他们是否买它尚未确定，因为它太贵了。 a matter of life and death 生死攸关的事情： The old man is seriously ill，whether we can find a doctor of high medical skill for him is a matter of life and death to him. 那老人病得很严重，我们是否能够给他找到一位医术高超的医生，对于那位老人是个生死攸关的问题。 a matter of opinion 看法不同的问题;见仁见智之事： This is only a matter of opinion，we can reach a common understanding through exchange of views. 这只不过是个看法不同的问题，我们可以通过交换意见达到统一认识。 a matter of record 有案可查的事： We need not debate who is right，for this is a matter of record. 我们用不着争辩谁是谁非，因为这是个有案可查的事。 a member of Christ 基督教徒： The man is a member of Christ，he goes to church every morning. 那人是一个基督教徒，他每天早晨都去教堂去做礼拜。 a mind of great capacity 宽宏大量： Mr Green is admired by everyone for having a mind of great capacity，he often helps his competitors in their work. 人人都钦佩格林先生的宽宏大量，他时常帮助他的竞争对手工作。 a mountain of flesh 高大结实的人;大块头： That boxer is a mountain of flesh，he can be split into two thin men. 那个拳击运动员是个大块头，他可以分成两个瘦人。 an act of grace 恩典;仁慈的行为： That kind man donates most of his property to charitable institutions，this is of course an act of grace. 那位和善的人把他大部分财产捐给慈善机构，这当然是仁慈的行为。 a nasty piece of work 〈口语〉下流坯;讨厌的家伙： If a man behaves dishonestly，he will be detested by others and become a nasty piece of work. 如果一个人行为不诚实，他将要被别人憎恶，成为一个下流坯。 and (all) that sort of things 以及诸如此类;等等： Many scientists have provided this research institute with instruments，equipment，reference books and that sort of things. 许多科学家已经向这个研究所提供了仪器、设备、参考书以及诸如此类之物。 an enemy/a foe worthy of sb’s steel(值得与之一斗的)劲敌;强敌： When the United States took part in the Second World War，the Axis powers met an enemy worthy of their steel. 当美国参加第二次世界大战时，轴心国遇到了劲敌。 a new lease of/on life (大病痊愈后的)重生;富有希望的新生： After that man was discharged from hospital and recovered，he decided to arrange his work and life better in his new lease of life. 那人出院并恢复了健康以后，他决定在他的重生中更好地安排他的工作和生活。 a nice bit of 〈俚语〉很多(指钱)： Father gave his daughter a nice bit of money for her dress and other daily use. 父亲给他的女儿很多钱供作购买服装和其他日用。 an irony of circumstances 境遇的嘲弄： Bob has changed his job many times，but the more he changes，the worse his job becomes，this is an irony of circumstances. 鲍布已经更换了许多次工作，但是更换的次数越多，他的工作越坏，这是境遇的嘲弄。 an irony of fate 命运的嘲弄： It is perhaps an irony of fate，the higher that official is promoted，the worse his health becomes. 这也许是命运的嘲弄，那位官员被晋升的地位越高，他的健康也越差。 a nose of wax 没有主见的人;耳朵软的人;容易塑捏的东西： The husband is a nose of wax，his wife can change his mind with few words. 那位丈夫是个没有主见的人，他的妻子用不了几句话就能改变他的主意。 another pair of shoes 〈口语〉另外一回事： Please keep to the point，what you have said is another pair of shoes. 请不要离题，你所说的是另外一回事。 an oyster of a man 很少讲话的人： He is an oyster of a man，he often does not say a single word the whole day long. 他是个很少讲话的人，时常一整天连一句话也不说。 a number of 若干;一些： Our secretary has talked with a number of applicant，who come to apply for the vacant position. 我们的秘书已经跟一些求职者谈过话，他们都是来申请那个空缺位置的。 any number of 〈口语〉大量的;许多的： We have exhorted him any number of times but he still cannot remember it. 我们已经嘱咐他许多次，但是他仍然记不住。 anything of 任何的;一点的(用于否定句、疑问句)： He said he loved his wife，but had he ever shown anything of love to her? 他自己说爱他的妻子，但是他曾向他的妻子表示过一点爱吗? a passage of arms 争斗;争论;笔战： There has ever been a passage of arms between these two academic institutions about the origin of life. 这两个学术机构曾经有过一场关于生命起源的笔战。 a piece of cake 〈口语〉轻松或愉快的事情： It is really a piece of cake to have a few good friends chattering over a bottle. 跟几个好友喝酒聊天的确是件愉快的事情。 a piece of luck 走运;成功： That astronomer had a piece of luck in his observation，he discovered a new quasi-stellar object in the remote corner of the universe. 那位天文学家在他的观察工作上走了好运，他在宇宙的遥远角落发现了一个新的类星体。 a piece of one’s mind 1 内心话;坦率话： Since we are good friends，I will give you a piece of my mind，please don’t take offence if it hurts you. 既然我们是好朋友，我就跟你坦率说，如果它刺伤你，请不要介意。 2 责备;斥责： I will give that naughty boy a piece of my mind if he is up to tricks again. 如果那个淘气孩子再恶作剧，我一定要好好地责备他。 a piece of work 难事;一件工作： His wife quarrelled with him and swore to divorce him，this was really a piece of work for him. 他的妻子跟他吵嘴后发誓要跟他离婚，这对他真是一件难办的事。 a pile of building 大建筑物： A billionaire has invested and built a skyscraper of more than a hundred storeys，it is really a pile of building. 一个亿万富翁已经投资兴建了一座一百多层的摩天大楼，那真是一座大建筑物。 a pile of shit 〈美俚语〉胡说八道： Don’t listen to him，he is speaking a pile of shit. 别听他瞎说，他是胡说八道。 a pillar of the society 社会栋梁： He is a good child，diligent and hard-working，he will surely become a pillar of the society in the future. 他是个好孩子，勤勉好学，将来一定成为社会栋梁。 a point of honour 为维持面子必须做的事(尤指决斗);名誉攸关的事： They want to go to law because they both take it a point of honour. 双方都认为那是名誉攸关的事，所以要打官司。 a point of no return (航海)航线临界点;(比喻)只能进不能退的地步： The man has reached a point of no return，he will lose face if he does not go on. 那人已经到了只能进不能退的地步，如果他不继续前进，他就要丢脸。 a point of view 观点;见解;着眼点： We think it is only his point of view，he cannot force it upon others. 我们认为那是他的见解，他不能把他的见解强加于人。 a pound of flesh 致命的债务： The man owes a wicked money-lender a pound of flesh，he must pay it in time or he will be in trouble. 那人欠一个很恶的债主一笔致命的债务，他必须按时偿还，否则就要遇到麻烦。 apple of discord 争吵的原因;争端： His little brother does not wish to share his candy with him，this is the apple of discord between them. 他的弟弟不愿意把自己的糖果跟他分享，这就是他们二人争吵的原因。 apple of sb’s eye 掌上明珠;极珍贵的人或物： Little Tom is the apple of his grandmother’ s eye，she loves him more than her own heart. 小汤姆是他奶奶的掌上明珠，她爱他胜过自己的生命。 approve of 赞许;认可;批准： The superiors have approved of our project to build a large hospital and a sum of money will be allocated for it soon. 上级已经批准我们建立一所大医院的计划，不久即将把所需费用拨下。 a pretty/fine/nice kettle of fish 困难的处境;尴尬的局面;混乱： It is really a pretty kettle of fish for him，he does not know what to do about it. 这对于他真是个尴尬的局面，他不知道怎样办才好。 A pretty pair of shoes!〈口语〉好糟糕的局面! All creditors have come to press him for payment of debts，a pretty pair of shoes! 好糟糕的局面! 所有的债权人都来逼债了。 a prisoner of war或POW 战俘： Prisoners of war are soldiers who are captured by the opposite belligerent country in the war. 战俘就是在战争中被交战对方所捕获的士兵。 a queen of hearts 美丽的人： That movie star is a queen of hearts，an artist has drawn a portrait for her. 那个电影演员是个美丽的人，一位画家已经给她画了像。 a rack of bones 骨瘦如柴的人： Owing to prolonged illness，the patient has become a rack of bones. 由于久病，那位病人已经骨瘦如柴。 a ray of hope 一线希望： He has given up all hope，but his friends come to his rescue，this is a ray of hope for him. 他已经陷入绝望，但是他的朋友们来救援他，这对他是一线希望。 a round of visits 一系列访问： That scholar is a busy man，he has to pay a round of visits during his short stay in London. 那个学者是个忙人，在伦敦短暂停留期间，他必须做一系列的访问。 a scrap of paper 碎纸片;〈讽刺语〉等于一张废纸的条约或诺言： That businessman never keeps his word，the contract he has promised to make with others is only a scrap of paper. 那个商人从来不守信用，他许诺要跟别人签订的合同只不过是一张废纸。 a scratch of the pen 匆匆而随便写的几个字;大笔一挥： Our manager was busy，he hurried out and left us a strip of paper with a scratch of the pen on it. 我们经理很忙，他匆忙外出，给我们留下一张便条，上面有匆匆而随便写的几个字。 a servant of the state 公务人员;文官： Our minister is loyal to his duty，he always keeps it in his mind that he is a servant of the state. 我们的部长忠于职守，他永远把他是一个公务人员记在心中。 a set of 一套;一组;一副： David is keen on stamp collecting，he has a set of valuable and rare stamps in his hands. 大卫喜好集邮，他手中有一套名贵稀有的邮票。 a show of hands 举手表决： Children often make a show of hands to decide what game they are to play. 孩子们时常用举手表决的方法来决定玩何种游戏。 a signal of distress (船只)遇难信号： Many ships hastened to save a wrecked ship，for they had received the signal of distress. 许多轮船都赶去救援一艘遇难的船只，因为他们已经收到该船的遇难信号。 a sleight of hand 手法巧妙;精于手上把戏： The audience was struck dumb with surprise when they saw the juggler changing a bunch of flower into a little hare with a sleight of hand. 当观众看到那个变戏法的人手法巧妙地把一束鲜花变成一个小兔时，他们惊得目瞪口呆。 a slip of a boy 瘦长的小伙子： Since he is a slip of a boy，he likes to make friends with short，chubby girls. 由于他自己是一个瘦长的小伙子，他喜欢跟矮个丰满的姑娘们交朋友。 a slip of a girl 瘦长的姑娘： Mary is a slip of a girl，she often makes a show of her slender figure. 玛丽是一个瘦长的姑娘，她时常炫耀她的苗条的身材。 a slip of the pen 笔误;写错： If there are any wrongly written or misspelled characters in the article，they must be owing to a slip of the pen. 如果文章中有些错别字的话，那一定是由于笔误造成。 a slip of the tongue 口误;说错： When other people blame him for speaking dirty language，he often pleads a slip of the tongue. 当别人责备他说下流话时，他时常推托是口误。 a squire of the pad (拦路强盗的委婉说法)绿林好汉： The local inhabitants dare not say that he is a robber，they speak him as a squire of the pad. 当地居民们不敢说他是个强盗，他们称他为绿林好汉。 assume the mask of 戴起……的假面具;装出……的样子： That traitor assumes the mask of loyalty to his country，but he really wants to betray her. 那个卖国贼装出对祖国忠诚的样子，但是实际上他想卖国。 a stack of bones 皮包骨;骨瘦如柴的人： Owing to illness and malnutrition，the man has become a stack of bones. 由于生病和营养不良，那人已经变得骨瘦如柴。 a storm of applause 暴风雨般喝彩： These actors won a storm of applause from their audience for their lifelike performance and sincere emotion. 这些演员由于他们的逼真表演和真挚情感而赢得了观众暴风雨般的喝彩。 a storm of protest 暴风雨般抗议： A young man treated his old father impolitely，this caused a storm of protest from his neighbours. 一个年轻人对待他年老的交亲不礼貌，这引起他的邻居们暴风雨般的抗议。 a streak of luck 一段短时间走好运： That gentleman only had a streak of luck when he was young，after that he has always been miserable. 那位先生仅在年轻时有一段短时间走好运，从那时以后他一直不幸。 a stretch of imagination 驰于想象;浮想联翩： There arises a stretch of imagination in the poet’s mind，which leads him into a world of wonder and beauty. 诗人们的脑际浮想联翩，他也随之进入了奇异和美丽的世界。 a stroke of luck 一段好运气： A stroke of luck falls on the head of a poor student，he wins a scholarship，which will enable him to study in a famous university. 一段好运气降临到一个穷学生的头上，他得到一笔奖学金，这将使他能够进入一所有名的大学读书。 a stroke of work 一段工作： After a stroke of busy work，he went out to have a walk and a change of mind. 在一段紧张的工作以后，他出去散散步换换脑筋。 a tale of the tub 瞎说;无稽之谈： Don’t believe him，what he has said is but a tale of the tub. 不要相信他，他所说的是无稽之谈。 a/the sphere of influence 势力范围： In the 19th century，the world was divided into spheres of influence，each of them belonged to an imperialistic country. 在19世纪时，全世界被划分为势力范围，每个势力范围属于一个帝国主义国家。 a/the stream/train of thought 一连串的思想(想法)： A train of thought passed swiftly through the mind of the scholar，who was writing a conclusion for his study. 一连串的想法迅速地掠过那个学者的脑际，他正在为他的研究写一个总结。 a thing of naught 无价值的东西，无用之物： Everything in the world is of some use to us，there is nothing which is absolutely a thing of naught. 世界上的每件东西都对我们有些用处，没有绝对无用之物。 a touch of 少许;微量： Put a touch of this powder medicine in the wine and drink it，it will cure your illness. 把少许的这种药面放入酒中，把它喝下，就能治好你的病。 a touch of the sun 轻微中暑： This child has a touch of the sun，he need not take any medicine，just have a good rest，drink more water and he will be all right. 这个小孩轻微中暑，他用不着吃药，好好休息一下，多喝些水，他就会好。 a tower of strength (危急时)可以信赖的人;中流砥柱： He is wise and full of strategics，he often helps his friends who are in serious trouble，so his friends call him a tower of strength. 他足智多谋，时常帮助处于严重困难中的朋友们，所以他们称呼他为可以信赖的人。 a train of events 一连串事件： A train of events happened in the Philippines last year，such as drought，floods，the eruption of a volcano etc. 去年菲律宾发生了一连串事件，例如旱灾、水灾、火山爆发等。 a Triton of/among the minnows矮子中之高个人;鹤立鸡群者： Dick is by far wiser and abler than all his colleagues，so he is a Triton among minnows in his unit. 狄克比他的所有同事们都聪明能干得多，所以他在他的单位中是鹤立鸡群者。 avail oneself of 利用(物品、机会、钱等)： John achieved great success in business because he availed himself of every chance he could get. 约翰在商业上获得极大成功，因为他利用了每一个他能够得到的机会。 a voice of gold 甜美的声音： That singer has a voice of gold，once you listen to her song，her voice will linger in the air for several days. 那位歌手声音甜美，听她唱歌，余音缭绕，多日不绝。 avoid the society of 避免与(某人)往来： Our neighbour was born of bad temper，we all avoid the society of him. 我们的邻居天生脾气不好，我们全都避免跟他往来。 a vote of confidence 信任投票： Directors held a vote of confidence，as a result，most of them still confided in our original manager. 董事们举行信任投票，投票结果显示，他们中间的大部分人仍然信任我们原来的经理。 a war of words 笔战;舌战;论战： A war of words broke out between the two academic institutes，both sides sticking to their own stand. 这两个学术机构中间爆发了一场论战，双方都坚持自己的主张。 a waste of waters 茫茫大海;一片汪洋： That homeless man wondered in the remotest corners of the earth just like a little shallow boat drifting in a waste of waters. 那个无家可归的人在天涯海角游荡，恰如一叶扁舟在茫茫大海中漂流。 a web of lies 一片谎言： No one wants to associate with the dishonest，you will fall into a web of lies if you do. 没有人想跟不诚实的人交往，因为，如果你跟他交往，你将陷入他的一片谎言之中。 a woman of fashion 上流社会妇女;时髦妇女： She is a woman of fashion，well educated in such social arts as conversation，art and music. 她是一位上流社会妇女，在谈话、绘画、音乐等社交艺术方面受过良好的教育。 a woman of letters 女作家;女学者： She is a woman of letters，her works have been translated into many languages. 她是一位女作家，她的作品已经被译成多种语言。 a woman of (many) parts (极)有才干的妇女： The factory director is a woman of parts，she has developed a small workshop into a large machinemanufacturing plant. 该厂长是一个有才干的妇女，她已经把一个小作坊发展成一个大的机械制造厂。 a woman of the world 深通世故的妇女： She was a woman of the world，she carried out social contacts even better than a man. 她是一个深通世故的妇女，她进行社交事务比男人都强。 a work of time 费时的工作： This sculpture is really a work of time，it takes the sculptor many years to accomplish it. 这件雕塑品真是一个费时的工作，它花费了那个雕塑家许多年的时间才完成它。 bags of 〈俚语〉充足的;很多的(钱、物等)： The cunning person pretends to be poor though we all know that he has bags of money. 那个狡猾的人假装贫穷，虽然我们都知道他有很多钱。 balance of power 力量均衡： It is a traditional policy of Great Britain to keep the balance of power between France and Germany. 在法国与德国之间保持力量均衡是英国的传统政策。 balance of trade 贸易差额;输出入差额： Japan always has a favourable balance of trade in the international trade，many countries have protested against this. 日本在国际贸易中总是顺差，许多国家已经对此提出抗议。 be accused of 被控犯……之罪;被责备有……之缺点： This clerk was accused of impoliteness to his superiors，he often defied them to their face. 这位职员被责备对他的上级不礼貌，他时常当面违抗他们。 be acquitted of 被宣告无罪： Owing to absence of adequate evidence，that man has been acquitted of crime. 由于缺乏证据，那个人已被宣告无罪。 be afraid of 恐怕;害怕： We dare not criticize him too much because we are afraid of hurting his feelings. 我们不敢太批评他，怕伤害他的感情。 be afraid of one’s own shade 胆子小到极点;连自己的影子都害怕： Alice is so timid that she is even afraid of her own shade. 爱丽丝胆子太小了，她连自己的影子都害怕。 be ahead of 领先;优于： James is a good student，he is ahead of his class in many subjects. 詹姆斯是个好学生，在许多学科上他都全班领先。 be all of a dither 神经紧张： That mischievous child was all of a dither when his mother asked him who had broken the window. 当妈妈问那淘气的孩子是谁打破窗子时，那孩子神经紧张。 be all of a jump 心惊胆战;在紧张状态中： A man often boasts of his bravery，but he is all of a jump when confronted with a large dog. 有一个人时常自夸他的勇敢，但当他面对一只大狗时，他心惊胆战。 be all of a tremble 浑身发抖： Anna is as timid as a hare，if she is left by herself in the dark，she will be all of a tremble. 安娜胆小如兔，如果她自己呆在黑暗的地方，她就浑身发抖。 be a mass of 遍布着;遍体是： The naughty child has just changed a new suit on，but soon he is a mass of mud. 这淘气的孩子刚换上一身新衣服，但是一会儿功夫他就浑身是泥。 be apprehensive of 为……担心： David was apprehensive of being blamed by his mother，for he had failed in the examination. 大卫担心受妈妈责备，因为他考试不及格。 bear evidence of 显示……之迹象、痕迹： When we examined the truck，it really bore the evidence of ever upsetting. 当我们检查那辆卡车时，它真的带有曾经翻车的迹象。 be ashamed of 以……为耻辱;感到羞愧： Some people often pretend to know what they don’t because they are ashamed of raising questions. 有些人不懂装懂，因为他们以提问题为耻辱。 be ashamed of oneself for 自己感到羞愧： I am ashamed of myself for telling lies to my friend，I decide to confess it before him. 我为对自己朋友说谎而感到羞愧，我决定向他当面承认自己说谎了。 be avaricious of 对……贪婪;对……贪求： The man was avaricious of gain，he toiled for it day and night until death. 那人贪利，他日夜为之操劳，一直到死。 be aware of 知道;觉察;明白： This stranger was not aware of the danger before him until we told him. 这个陌生人一直到我们告诉他才觉察到他面前的危险。 be bankrupt of 完全缺乏(指能力、信用、钱等)： No one wants to associate with that person，he is bankrupt of reputation. 没有人想跟那个人交往，因为他缺乏信誉。 be bare of credit 1 没有名声： The writer is bare of credit，so his novel has not a good sale. 这个作家没有名声，所以他的小说销路不好。 2 没有信用： Most people refused to deal with that company，for it was bare of credit. 大多数人拒绝跟那家公司交往，因为它没有信用。 be brimful of 充满的;满盈的： With the care of their kind nurse，these children are brimful of joy and gay. 在和善的阿姨照顾下，孩子们充满欢乐。 be capable of 1 (指人)有……的能力的;有……的本领的： Our engineer is capable of designing precision machine tools，for he is an expert in electronics and mechanics. 我们的工程师能够设计精密机床，因为他是一个电子学和机械学专家。 2 (指人)能做得出……(不好的事)的： He is a careless youth，so he is capable of making mistakes in his work. 他是个粗心大意的青年，所以他有可能在他的工作上出错。 3 (指事物)能……的;可以……的： The statement is couched in obscure terms and is capable of various interpretations. 该声明措辞含混;可以作各种解释。 be careless of 对……粗心大意;对……不关心、不在乎： Charles is careless of his reputation，he always does what he thinks is correct and never minds how others comment. 查理不关心他的名声，只要他认为正确的他就做，不管别人怎样评论。 because of 因为： Our chief engineer stands high in our manager’s favour because of his ability and diligence. 因为我们总工程师能力高超工作勤勉所以受到我们经理的尊重。 be cautious of/about 谨防;小心： A pedlar often cheats his customers with inferior goods，we are all cautious of him. 一个商贩时常用次货骗人，我们全都提防他。 be certain of/about 1 深信的;确信的： These diligent and honest people are certain of their bright future. 这些勤勉诚实的人们确信自己有光明的前途。 2 一定的;无疑的： You can be certain of your success because you work so hard. 你工作如此努力，你一定会成功。 be characteristic of 1 表明(某物)的特点： It is characteristic of our products to be superior in quality and reasonable in price. 质量优美价格合理是我们产品的特点。 2 表明(某人)的性格;(某人)的特殊作风： It is characteristic of that young man to offer assistance without telling who he is. 帮助人而不留姓名是那位青年的特殊作风。 be child of fortune 幸运儿： My friend is a child of fortune，he goes smoothly in everything he is engaged in. 我的朋友是个幸运的人，他所从事的事情无往不利。 be clear of 1 无障碍的;无危险的： That sea area is clear of rocks，ships can sail there without danger. 那片海域没有礁石，轮船在那里航行没有危险。 2 (债务)已清偿的;(嫌疑)已澄清的;(控告)已证明无罪的： He has been clear of the charge brought to him by his neighbours，it is owing to misunderstanding. 已经证明他对邻人所控告的事无罪，那控告是由于误会所造成的。 become of (人或事物)遭遇;结果： That young man left his home town several years ago，no one knows what has become of him. 那个青年几年以前离开家乡，没有人知道他后来的遭遇。 be composed of 由……所组成： The atmosphere around our Earth is composed of various gases，mainly nitrogen and oxygen. 围绕我们地球的大气是由各种气体组成的，其中主要的是氮和氧。 be confident of 对……有信心： After a series of experiments，the chemist was confident of finding out a new method for producing plastics. 在进行了一系列实验以后，那科学家对为塑料生产找到一个新方法有了信心。 be conscious of 知道的;觉察的： George has been conscious of his own mistake，but he pretends not to know it. 乔治已经觉察到自己的错误，但是他假装不知道。 be convicted of 被宣判有……之罪： We should keep ourselves innocent，if we break the law，we will be convicted of crime. 我们应当洁身自好，如果我们违了法，就要被判罪。 be convinced of 深信： After we listen to the lecture of that scientist，we are convinced of his profound knowledge and that he is worthy of the high reputation he has enjoyed. 听完那位科学家的演说以后，我们对他的深奥知识深信不疑，并且认为他不愧于他所享有的盛誉。 be covetous of 贪婪的;垂涎的： One should never be covetous of wealth，or else，he would eat his own bitter fruit. 人绝对不要贪婪钱财，否则他必将自食恶果。 be defiant of 蔑视;违抗;公然不服从： Young people should never be defiant of their parents’ words. 年轻人们绝对不要违抗他们父母的话。 be deserving of 应得;值得： My friend has done excellent service in his work，he is deserving of the promotion his superior has granted him. 我的朋友在他的工作中做了卓越的贡献，他应当得到他的上级所给予他的晋升。 be desirous of 切望;渴望： People are all desirous of friendship and warmth，so we should give them to everyone we associate with. 人们都渴望得到友情和温暖，所以我们应当把这些给予我们所交往的每一个人。 be destitute of 匮乏;没有： If a man is destitute of sympathy for others in his mind，he will surely lead a dull and dry life. 如果一个人心中缺乏对别人的同情心，他的生活一定枯燥无味。 be devoid of 匮乏;没有： George has received little education，so he is devoid of knowledge，not to say specialized technique. 乔治只受过很少的教育，所以他没有知识，更不用说专门技术。 be difficult of access或be of difficult access (指地方等)难以接近的;难以进入的： Some private collections of antigues are difficult access to the public unless their owners allow to make an exhibition. 一些私人收藏的古物公众难以参观，除非它们的主人允许作一次展览。 be difficult of approach 1 (指人)不容易接近的;不容易亲近的： That old man is very stern，he never talks to others，so he is difficult of approach. 那位老人非常严厉，他总不跟别人说话，所以不容易接近。 2 (指地方)不容易到达的： This uninhabited small island lies in the middle of the ocean，it is difficult of approach. 这个无人居住的小岛位于大洋的中心，难以到达。 bed of down 安乐的生活;称心如意的处境： Uncle Charlie has toiled all his life，now his children have grown up and he lives in a bed of down. 查理叔叔操劳了一辈子，现在他的孩子都已长大成人，他过着安乐的生活。 bed of dust 坟墓： The end of a man’s life is a bed of dust，no one can avoid this fate. 人生的终点是坟墓，没有人能避免这个结局。 be doubtful of 1 (对某事物)不能确定;拿不准： The youth is a newcomer，he is doubtful of what to do. 那个青年是新来的人，他不能确定该做什么。 2 (对某人、某事物)怀疑： We never do shopping in that shop because we are doubtful of the quality of their goods. 我们向来不在那家商店购物，因为我们怀疑其货物的质量。 be easy of access或be of easy access(指地方等)容易接近的;容易进入的： Although the old castle is on top of a mountain，it is easy of access，a path leads directly to there. 虽然该古城堡位于山顶上，但是容易走近，因为有一条小路直接通到那里。 be easy of approach 1 (指人)容易接近的;容易亲近的： That old scholar is familiar with us，so he is easy of approach to us. 那位老学者跟我们熟悉，所以我们容易接近他。 2 (指地方)容易到达的： This large city is in the center of a great plain and is easy of approach. 这个大城市位于大平原的中心，容易到达。 be enamoured of 珍爱;喜爱： Adam was enamoured of literary works，he devoted all his spare time to reading them. 亚当喜爱文学作品，他把他的全部闲暇时间都用于阅读它们。 be envious of 羡慕;嫉妒： She was envious of her companion’s new fur coat，hers was an old one. 她羡慕她同伴的新裘皮大衣，她自己那一件是旧的。 be false of heart 不诚实;不老实： No one wants to deal with that cunning person，he is false of heart though sweet at mouth. 没有人想跟那个狡猾的人交往，他虽然嘴甜但是不诚实。 be fearful of 害怕;恐怕： All wild beasts are fearful of lions and tigers，they are king of beasts. 所有的野兽都怕狮子和老虎，因为它们是兽中之王。 be/feel sure of oneself 有自信心： When the girl goes to the examination hall，she is sure of herself that she will succeed. 当那个姑娘去考场时，她有自信心一定能成功。 be fond of 喜好;喜爱： Beethoven was fond of music from his childhood，so he became one of the greatest musicians we have ever had. 贝多芬从小就喜欢音乐，所以他成为我们所曾有过的最伟大的音乐家之一。 be fond of one’s glass 爱喝酒;爱杯中物： Mr Brown was fond of his glass before，but he gave it up after a serious illness. 布朗先生以前喜欢喝酒，但是在得了一场重病以后戒酒了。 be fond of the bottle 好酒贪杯： This old scholar is fond of the bottle，he often says that one should sing while drinking for the uncertainty of life. 这位老学者好酒贪杯，他时常说，对酒当歌，人生几何。 be forgetful of 健忘的： Adam has a bad memory，he is often forgetful of things，so his wife has to remind him always. 亚当记性不好，时常健忘，所以他的妻子必须总提醒他。 be frightened of 对……害怕： Maria was frightened of darkness，she never stayed at home by herself at night. 玛丽亚害怕黑暗，她从来不敢夜间独自在家。 be frugal of 节省;节约： The whole family was frugal of money in their daily life to maintain their boy studying at university. 全家在日常生活中节约用钱以便供他们的男孩在大学读书。 be full of 充满： Her family is full of happiness and joy，she loves her children and her children pay filial duty to her. 她的家庭充满幸福和欢乐，她爱她的孩子们，她的孩子们孝顺她。 be full of brains 聪明;脑筋好： This shopkeeper is full of brains，he can do mental arithmetic in his business like a computer. 这位商店主人脑筋好，他在买卖中做心算能赛过计算机。 be full of craft 诡计多端： If a man is full of craft，we don’t think he is a wise man，on the contrary，he is utterly foolish. 如果一个人诡计多端，我们不认为他是个聪明人，相反的，他是绝顶糊涂。 be full of enthusiasm about 热心于;热爱： That retired old man was full of enthusiasm about growing flowers and fishing，he devoted all his spare time to them. 那位退休老人热爱种花和钓鱼，他把闲暇时间都用于这些事。 be full of fancies 富于幻想;异想天开： That poet is full of fancies，so his poems have an unparalleled fantastic idea. 那位诗人富于幻想，所以他的诗奇异无比。 be full of fun 很有趣;很好玩： Children found that hide-and-seek was full of fun，so they began to play it. 孩子们发现捉迷藏很有趣，于是他们就玩起捉迷藏了。 be full of oneself 只为自己打算： No one wants to make friends with that selfish person，for he is full of himself in everything. 没有人想跟那个自私自利的人交朋友，因为他事事只为自己打算。 be full of vigour and vitality 精力充沛;朝气蓬勃： When our sportsmen took part in the competition，they were all full of vigour and vitality. 当我们的运动员参加比赛时，他们全都朝气蓬勃。 beg alms of 向(某人)求救济： This kind-hearted man often gives food and money to beggars before they beg alms of him. 这位善心的人时常在乞丐们还没有张口向他求救济的时候就给他们食物和钱。 be/get shut of 〈俚语〉摆脱掉(某人)： A thick-skinned youth often ran after Mary，this made her much vexed，we would help her to get shut of him. 一个厚脸皮的青年时常追求玛丽，这使得玛丽很苦恼，我们一定帮助她把那人摆脱掉。 be glad of或feel glad of 对……感到高兴： We are glad of the news that our friend has graduated from a famous university with distinction. 我们听到一位朋友以优异成绩毕业于一所著名大学的消息，感到高兴。 be glad to see the back of 因(某人)离去而高兴： If a man is not faithful to others，people will be glad to see the back of him. 如果一个人对别人不忠诚，人们就会因为他离去而高兴。 beg sth of 拜托(某人)办某事;恳请： He begged a favour of the manager and asked him to find a good post for his friend. 他恳请经理帮忙，请经理给他的朋友找一个好位置。 be guiltless of 没有犯……之罪;没有……之罪： Peter is an honest young man，he is guiltless of what others said，all his friends want to witness to his innocence. 彼得是一个正直的青年，他没有犯别人所说的罪，他的所有朋友都想为他的清白作证。 be guilty of 有……之罪;犯……之罪： Being honest and upright in his ways，my friend is never guilty of any crime. 我的朋友作风正派，绝不犯任何罪过。 be jealous of 嫉妒： If a man is jealous of others success and happy in other’s misfortune，he will be held in contempt. 如果一个人嫉妒别人的成功，庆幸别人的灾祸，他将为别人所不齿。 be little accounted of 被轻视： One must always be true in word and resolute in deed or else he will be little accounted of. 一个人应当言必信，行必果，否则他就会被别人所轻视。 be/look the picture of health 是健康的化身： This grandpa is already over ninety but is still healthy and strong，we all think him to be the picture of health. 这位老大爷年过九旬，但是身体仍然健壮，我们都认为他是健康的化身。 be made of ice 冷冰冰的人： That fellow is made of ice，he has no affection for anyone，even to his own wife and children. 那个家伙是个冷冰冰的人，他对任何人都没有感情，甚至对他自己的妻子和孩子也是如此。 be made of money 〈俚语〉(指人)钱多得用不完;在钱里打滚： This rich man is made of money，he has many movables and real estate. 这个富人钱多得用不完，他有许多动产和不动产。 be master of 精通或掌握(某事物)的人： Through years of great efforts，he has been master of modern technology. 经过多年的巨大努力，他已经掌握了现代技术。 be much accounted of 被重视： Owing to his ability and experience，the engineer is much accounted of in our factory. 这位工程师由于他的才能和经验在我们厂里很受重视。 be of age 成年： After a man is of age，he should be responsible for his own action. 一个人成年以后，他要为他自己的行为负责。 be of sb’s age 当在某人的年龄时： When I was of your age，I could not even count the number from one to ten. 当我在你这个年龄时，我甚至连从1数到10都不会。 be of a/one mind 同心协力;相一致： We are of one mind in raising the quality of our product and lowering its cost. 我们同心协力提高我们产品的质量，降低它的成本。 be of assistance to 对……有帮助： Scientific knowledge is of much assistance to detectives when they crack criminal cases. 侦探们破案时，科学知识对他们有很大帮助。 be of avail 有用的;有益的： When the sailors of a wrecked ship drifted to an uninhabited island，everything they brought with them was of avail there. 当沉船的海员们漂流到一个无人居住的岛上时，他们随身携带的每件东西在那里都是有用的。 be of benefit to 有益于;裨益于： Long-distance running is of benefit to our health，but this is limited to young people only. 长跑对于健康有益，但这仅限于年轻人。 be of consideration 重要的： They have put forward many valuable proposals，all of them，we think，are of consideration. 他们已经提出许多宝贵建议，我们认为所有这些建议都是重要的。 be of good birth 〈古旧用语〉出身高贵门第： Our minister is of good birth，some of his ancestors were nobles in the period of Queen Elizabeth. 我们的部长出身高贵门第，他的一些祖先是伊丽莎白女王时期的贵族。 be of good descent 出身好： Their general was of good descent，his forefathers were all high-rank officials in the Roman Empire. 他们的将军出身好，他的祖先都是罗马帝国时的高官。 be of great advantage to 对……非常有利： This opportunity is of great advantage to us，we should avail ourselves of it fully and never miss it before our eyes. 这个机会对我们非常有利，我们应当充分加以利用，切莫失之交臂。 be of great value to 对……有很大价值： These unearthed artifacts are of great value to the study of Renaissance culture and art. 这些出土文物对于研究文艺复兴时期的文化和艺术有很大价值。 be of/in two minds about 对……犹豫不决： Ellen and her friends are of two minds about the destination of their excursion，some want to go to the seashore and others to the forest. 爱伦和她的朋友们对于她们远足的目的地犹豫不决，有些人想去海滨，另外一些人想去森林。 be of little account 无关紧要;不重要(指人、事物等)： The directors attends to numerous affairs everyday，he has no time to deal with things of little account. 主任日理万机，没有时间处理无关紧要的事情。 be of little avail(to) 无用的;无助的;无效的： Such machines are of little avail to us because we have not enough electricity to be their motive power. 这样的机器对我们没有用处，因为我们没有足够的电力充当它们的原动力。 be of little use to 对……没有什么用处： They live in the tropical zone，cotton-padded clothes are of little use to them. 他们生活在热带，棉衣服对他们没有什么用处。 be of little value to 对……没有什么价值： This plan is of little value to us，we have not enough manpower and financial capacity to carry it out. 这个计划对我们没有什么价值，我们没有足够的人力财力去实现它。 be of mixed blood 混血种： This police dog is of mixed blood，it is much cleverer than ordinary dogs though it is uglier. 这个警犬是混血种，它比一般的犬伶俐得多，虽然他更丑陋。 be of much account 重要的： This problem has a great deal to do with our work，so it is of much account to us. 这个问题跟我们工作有很大关系，所以它对我们很重要。 be of no account 不重要的： Tom is of no account in our company，he finds no favour with our manager. 汤姆在我们公司不是一个重要人物，他不被我们经理所关切。 be of no advantage to 对……不利： We know nothing about science and technology，this is of no advantage to us in our work. 我们对于科学技术一点也不懂，在工作上这对于我们是不利的。 be of no avail 无用的;无助的;无效的： As there are no fire and no grain on the island，cooking utensils are of no avail here. 由于岛上没有火也没有粮食，做饭用具在这里一点用也没有。 be of no consideration 不重要的： The old equipment is of no consideration to our factory because we have been equipped with modern production lines. 旧设备对我们工厂不重要，因为我们已经装备了现代化的生产线。 be of no earthly reason 完全没有理由;完全没有道理： It is of no earthly reason to punish such a man who has been proved to be innocent. 惩罚这样一个已被证明无辜的人是完全没有道理的。 be of no earthly use 完全没有用处： Such small tools are of no earthly use to them，what they need is larger ones. 这样小的工具对他们完全没有用处，他们需要的是较大的工具。 be of no help to 对……没有帮助： Your criticism is of no help to him，he will grow angry and insist on his wrong idea all the more when he hears it. 你的批评对他没有帮助，他听了你的批评后会发怒和更坚持他的错误想法。 be of service to 对……有帮助;对……有用： Your advice is of great service to me，I have carried it out in my daily life. 你的忠告对我有很大帮助，我已经在日常生活中按它去做了。 be of small account 无甚价值(指人、事物等)： These suggestions may be of small account at present，but they will become important in future. 这些提议目前可能无甚价值，但是它们在日后将变得重要。 be of the opinion that 主张;认为： That scholar is of the opinion that in order to do research work better，research workers should be well grounded in mathematics and other basic sciences. 那个学者认为，为了把研究工作做好，研究人员们必须在数学和其他基础科学上有坚实基础。 be of the same blood 同宗： They are of the same blood so their appearances are as like as two blocks. 他们是同宗，所以他们的相貌非常相像。 be of the same mind 意见相同： Both teams are of the same mind that the match had better be held on Saturday afternoon. 两个队意见相同，比赛最好在星期六下午举行。 be patient of 能忍受的;能忍耐的： Charles knows how to exercise self-control，so he is patient of acute or incorrect criticism. 查理很有涵养，所以他能忍受尖锐的或不正确的批评。 be possessed of 拥有;具有： This scientist is possessed of great natural ability，he has made distinguished contribution to mankind in his life. 这位科学家很有天才，他在一生中对人类做出了卓越贡献。 be quick of apprehension 敏于理解： The student is quick of apprehension in mathematics，he can understand profound mathematical principles without his teacher’s help. 那个学生对数学敏于理解，他不用老师的帮助就能明了深奥的数学原理。 bereave sb of 夺去某人之(某物);使某人失去(某物)： Serious frustration has bereft the man of his courage，he dare not do anything for the rest of his life. 严重的挫折使他失去勇气，在他有生之年他什么也不敢做了。 bereft of reason 疯狂;失去理智： That poor man has been bereft of reason and has been sent to a mental hospital. 那可怜的人已经疯了，他已被送进精神病院了。 be rid of或get rid of 除掉;摆脱： The youth has been rid of his addiction of smoking and drinking and his health is much better than before. 那青年已经戒除了吸烟喝酒的嗜好，他的身体比以前健康多了。 be scant of 缺乏;不足： Some students are scant of interest in their study，they had better leave school and do what they like to do. 有些学生在学习上缺乏兴趣，他们最好离开学校去做他们喜欢做的事。 be short of 1 缺乏;不足： We want to set up a laboratory of our own，but we are short of funds. 我们想建立起自己的实验室，但是我们缺乏经费。 2 尚未达到;几近于(某地、某程度)： We felt anxious because our car broke down when we were still ten li short of our destination. 我们很着急，因为我们还差10里地不到我们的目的地时我们的汽车抛锚了。 be short of breath 气喘： Athletes were all short of breath when they got to the finishing-line. 当运动员们到达终点线时，他们都气喘吁吁。 be shy of 对……畏缩不前;审慎于： Since we are good friends，don’t be shy of giving advice to us. 我们都是好朋友，你有什么建议尽管提出来好了。 be sicken of 对……厌恶、厌倦： Students were sicken of their teacher’s lesson，for he always made a dull and dry lecture to his students. 学生们都厌倦他们老师的课，因为他们老师讲课非常枯燥无味。 be six of one and half a dozen of the other 半斤八两;二者一样： A peasant sends a beg of grain to the town，he does not want to carry it on his back，he wants to hold it in his arms，we think that it is six of one and half a dozen of the other to him. 一位农民把一袋粮食送到城里，他不想背着它，他想抱着它，我们认为，二者对他都是一样的。 be slow of apprehension 理解力差： He is slow of apprehension in physics，he cannot even distinguish between physical changes and chemical changes. 他对于物理学理解力差，他甚至不能区别物理变化和化学变化。 best of all 首先;第一： Best of all，you must learn by heart as many Tang poems as you can. 首先，你必须尽可能多地背诵唐诗。 be struck/knocked all of a heap〈口语〉吓成一团;搞得一团糟： Mary was struck all of a heap when a figure suddenly sprang out from the dark. 当一个人影忽然从黑暗中跳出时，玛丽吓成一团。 be the admiration of 为……所赞赏之人或物： His academic report is the admiration of us all，for it is concise and comprehensive and sounds reasonable. 他的学术报告受到我们所有人的赞赏，因为它言简意赅，言之成理。 be the derision of 为……所嘲笑的对象： Ellen is terrified out of her wits even when she sees a little cat，so she is the derision of her friends. 爱伦看见小猫都吓得要命，所以她是她的朋友们嘲笑的对象。 be the ditto of 跟(某人)长得一样： It is laughable to say that their boy is the ditto of his father and their gril the ditto of her mother. 说来可笑的是，他们的男孩跟父亲长得一样，他们的女孩跟母亲长得一样。 be the double of 1 是……的两倍： The population of the United States is the double of that of Japan. 美国人口是日本人口的两倍。 2 与……极为相似： Your reading lamp is the double of mine，they are of the same shape and colour. 你的台灯跟我的台灯极为相似，它们的形状和颜色都一样。 be the scorn of 是(某人)蔑视的对象;被(某人)蔑视： If a man fails to keep faith and is improper in behaviour，he will be the scorn of others. 如果一个言而无信，行为不当，他将被别人所蔑视。 be the shadow of one’s former self瘦得不成样子;瘦得变了样： That old man has suffered from a serious illness for a long time，he has become the shadow of his former self now. 那位老人得重病很长时间了，他现在已经瘦得不成样子了。 beware of 当心;提防： That hunter’s hounds are very ferocious and often bite strangers，beware of them when you go into the hunter’s yard. 那个猎人的猎犬非常凶猛，时常咬伤陌生人，当你走进那猎人的院子时要当心它们。 be weary of 厌倦： These children have been weary of playing hide-andseek，they want to play cat-andmouse. 这些孩子们已经厌倦捉迷藏了，他们想玩猫捉老鼠。 bill of sale 卖货的发票： Don’t forget to ask for a bill of sale when you buy the furniture，it is needed by the finance section. 买家具时不要忘记要发票，财务科需要它。 birds of a feather 同类人;一丘之貉： These cunning persons are birds of a feather，they are inseparable as body and shadow. 这些狡猾人是同类人，他们形影不离。 boast of/about 夸耀;自夸： A brave man never boasts of his bravery and a genius never boasts of his wisdom. 勇敢的人从不夸耀自己的勇敢，天才的人从不夸耀自己的聪明。 boast oneself of 自夸;自负： That chubby child much boasts himself of the full marks he has got in his maths examination. 那个胖小孩对于自己在数学考试中得了满分非常自负。 bone of contention 争执的原因;争论的原因： The two engineers hold different opinions about how to improve the equipment，this is the bone of contention between them. 这二位工程师对于如何进设备持有不同意见，这就是他们之间争论的原因。 bone of one’s bones或 flesh of one’s flesh 关系非常亲密： These two friends are bone of their bones，they always share good luck as well as bad. 这两个朋友关系非常亲密，他们总是共享命运。 both of a hair 同类人;一丘之貉： The two dishonest men are intimate friends，they like each other because they are both of a hair. 这两个不诚实的人是好朋友，他们彼此互相喜欢，因为他们是同一类人。 break sb of a habit 使某人戒除一种习惯： New circumstances have broken the child of the habit of laziness，for his new classmates are all diligent and they often laugh at his laziness. 新的环境已经使那孩子戒除了懒惰的习惯，因为他的新同学们都很勤勉并且时常笑话他的懒惰。 break oneself of a habit 戒除一种习惯： Tom has broken himself of the habit of getting up late，he has to rise early so as not to be late for school. 汤姆已经戒除了晚起的习惯，他必须早起以免上学迟到。 break the back of 1 毁坏;伤其要害： This chemical theory is incorrect，through controversy we have broken the back of it. 这个化学理论是不正确的，经过长期的争论，我们已经使它站不住脚。 2 克服某工作中最艰巨部分;度过最困难时刻： It took us more than three months to break the back of this engineering. 我们用了3个多月的时间做完这工程的最艰巨部分。 break the bond of 打破……的束缚： A young physicist broke the bond of convention and found out a new law about the motion of heavenly bodies. 一位年轻的物理学家打破了成规的束缚，发现了一个天体运动的新法则。 break the force of 减弱……的力量： Farmers all set up fences around their fields in winter，for fences can break the force of high winds. 农民们在冬天都在他们田地的周围建篱笆，因为篱笆能够减弱强风的风力。 break the heart of或break sb’s heart 令某人心碎;令某人绝望： Mother feels very sad，for her son’s bad behaviour breaks the heart of her. 母亲非常伤心，因为她儿子的不良行为使她心碎。 break the neck of 完成(工作的)最艰巨部分： Workers toil day and night to build a new railway line，now they have broken the neck of it ahead of schedule. 工人们日夜辛劳修建一条新铁路，现在他们已经较原来的安排进度提前完成该铁路的最艰巨部分。 breathe a sigh of relief 放心地松了一口气： When mother saw that her son had returned safely，she breathed a sigh of relief. 当母亲看到她儿子已经平安地归来，她放心地松了一口气。 breath of air 和风;微风： Spring has come，the breath of air is swaying the drooping willow. 春天来到了，微风吹拂着垂柳。 breath of life 最需要的事物： That millionaire is much affected by vanity，other’s flattery is the breath of life to him. 那个百万富翁有很重的虚荣心，他最需要别人对他谄媚。 buy the refusal of 付(某物)的订钱;购得对(某物)的取舍权： As we did not bring enough money with us to buy the refrigerator，the salesman asked us to buy the refusal of it. 由于我们在购买冰箱时所带的钱不够，店员叫我们先付订金。 care a hill of beans about 〈口语〉介意;在乎： It is only a trifling matter，we do not care a hill of beans about it. 那不过是一件琐事，我们对它毫不介意。 catch a glimpse of 瞥见： We caught a glimpse of a large mirror-like lake under us from our airplane. 我们从飞机上瞥见我们下面一个像镜子一样的大湖。 catch hold of 抓住;握住： Mountaineers often catch hold of a rope and climb up high mountains and precipices. 登山运动员们时常握住一根绳子爬上高山和悬崖。 catch sight of或get a sight of 瞥见;看见： When she walked along a street，she caught sight of some people lining up before a store. 当她顺着一条街行走时，看见一些人在一家商店门口排队购物。 catch/take the fancy of 使喜爱;吸引： This shop was good at catching the fancy of customers，so it did better business than other shops. 这家商店善于吸引顾客，所以他们的买卖做得比别家商店多。 chant the eulogy of 颂扬： A clever man often chants the eulogy of our general manager，so he stands high in his favour. 一个聪明人时常颂扬我们的总经理，所以他得到总经理的恩宠。 chant the praises of 交口称赞;歌颂： Citizens chant the praises of their original mayor because he did many good things for them during his term of office. 市民们交口称赞他们原来的市长，因为他在他的任期内给市民们做了许多好事。 choose/follow the line of least resistance 采取阻力最小的方法;采用最省力的方法或途径： When people are engaged in difficult tasks，they often choose the line of least resistance. 当人们从事困难的工作时，他们时常采用最省力的方法去做它。 clap hold of 急忙捉住： That child clapped hold of a butterfly when it flew by him. 当一只蝴蝶飞近那个小孩时，小孩急忙把它捉住。 clear sth of 清理、清除某事物(如清除上面的污物、障碍等)： Street cleaners clear our streets of dust and other dirts everyday to keep them clean and tidy. 清洁工人每日清除大街上的尘土和其他污物以保持街道干净整洁。 clear the skirts of 为(某人)洗去耻辱;表明(某人)清白无辜： We help to clear the skirts of our neighbour，he is a kind man but his reputation is sullied by others. 我们帮助我们的邻居洗去耻辱，他是个和善的人但他的名誉被别人玷污。 come/drop short of 1 缺乏;不足： Owing to serious drought for several years running，some places come short of grain gravely. 由于连续几年严重干旱，一些地方严重缺乏粮食。 2 有缺陷;达不到(标准、要求等)： These goods cannot be exported because their quality drops short of requirements needed for exports. 这些货物不能出口，因为它们的质量达不到出口的要求。 come of 1 出身于： Through investigation we found to our surprise that most great scientists came of ordinary families. 通过调查我们吃惊地发现，大多数大科学家出身于普通的家庭。 2 由……所引起;是……的结果： Hearty thanks come of hearty help，false help can only bring about abhorrence. 真诚的感谢产生于真诚的帮助，虚伪的帮助只能引起厌恶。 come of age 达到成人年龄;成年： When Jack came of age，his first wish was to earn his living by himself and not to depend on his parents any more. 杰克达到成人年龄时，他的第一个愿望就是独立谋生，不再依赖他的父母。 come short of 在……方面有所不足;没有达到： Dick is a good young man，but he comes short of courage，sometimes he hesitates before difficulty and hardship. 狄克是一个好青年，但他在勇气方面有所不足，他有时在艰难困苦面前踌躇不前。 compliments of the season 恭贺佳节： We are very glad to receive a card from our friend before Christmas，on it is written “With the compliments of the season. ”在圣诞节以前，我们很高兴收到了我们好朋友的贺年片，上面写着“恭祝圣诞，并贺年禧”。 complain of/about 抱怨： They often complain of their long working hours and bad working conditions. 他们时常抱怨工作时间长，工作条件不好。 conceive of 想到;想出(方法、主意、想法等)： At last they conceived of a way which might solve that problem satisfactorily. 最后他们想出一个能够圆满解决那个问题的方法。 consist of 由……所组成;由……所构成： Our new textbook consists of ten lessons，they are all interesting and instructive stories. 我们的新课本由10课课文所组成，这些课文都是有趣和有教育意义的故事。 convict sb of 定某人有……之罪： The judge did not convict the accused of any crime because the accused was innocent. 法官没有判被告人任何罪，因为被告人是清白的。 convince sb of 使某人深信;说服某人： At first we don’t believe that the universe is so vast and boundless，through repeated explanation the scientist convinces us of our ignorance and corrects our idea about the universe. 最初，我们不相信宇宙如此浩瀚无边，经过反复解释，那科学家使我们深信自己的无知，更正了我们对宇宙的想法。 course of things 事态;形势;趋势： The course of things in the money market indicates that interest will soon be reduced. 货币市场上的趋势显示，利率不久即将下降。 sb’s cup of tea 〈口语〉合某人胃口的东西;使某人感兴趣的事物： Dancing is not my cup of tea，I prefer watching TV programs at home. 跳舞我不喜欢，我喜欢在家中看电视节目。 cut the comb of 挫其锐气;杀其傲慢气焰： In the boxing match，one of the boxers was very proud and attacked fiercely，but his rival met his attack calmly and at last cut the comb of him and defeated him. 在拳击比赛中，一位拳击运动员非常骄傲，攻击凌厉，但他的对手沉着应战，最后挫了他的锐气击败了他。 cut the throat of 扼杀;消灭： That engineer has conservative ideas，he often cuts the throat of newly emerging things and keeps them to his old way of thinking. 那位工程师有保守思想，他时常扼杀新生事物，使它们按照他自己原来的思想进行。 days of grace (汇款、保险费等的)法定或习惯的付款宽限期限： That large bank gave our company a week’s grace，that was longer than habitual days of grace. 那家大银行给我们公司一个星期的宽限，这个宽限期比习惯宽限期要长。 (certain) degrees of frost (气温)零下若干度： It is ten degrees of frost outside，you had better put on your fur coat. 外面气温已达零下10度，你最好穿上皮外衣。 deprive sth of 使某物失去(某物)： Trees outside my window deprive my room of sunlight and make it dark even during the day-time. 窗外的树木遮住我屋的阳光，使得我的屋在白天也很黑。 deprive sb of 将某人之(某物)夺走;使某人失去(某物)： If a doctor were deprived of his stethoscope or a surgeon were deprived of his scalpel，what would he do? 如果一位内科医生失去听诊器或是一位外科医生失去手术刀，他将怎么办? deserve well of 应当受到……的善待;有受……奖赏的功绩： Our chief engineer has worked painstakingly in our factory over half his lifetime and he has done distinguished service to us，he deserves well of our factory. 我们的总工程师在我们工厂辛勤工作多半辈子，给我们提供了卓越的服务，他有受到我们工厂奖励的功劳。 diamond of the first water 一等钻石;第一流人物： This eminent scientist has brought benefit to mankind with his invention，he is diamond of the first water among us. 这位卓越的科学家由于他的发明给人类造了福，他是我们中间的第一流人物。 die of 因……而死： The old mother died of grief owing to her son’s bad behaviour. 老母亲由于她儿子的不良行为忧伤而死。 difficult of attainment 难以达到的(指目的、完美等)： His ambition is difficult of attainment，there are numerous insurmountable obstacles waiting for him ahead. 他的雄心壮志是难以达到的，前面有许多不可逾越的障碍在等着他。 disembarrass sb of 使某人摆脱(负担、忧愁等)： His wife’s patient persuasion and warm soothing disembarrassed the man of his worry and vexation. 他妻子的耐心劝解和温暖慰藉使那人消除了忧虑和烦恼。 dispose of 安置;处置(某人、某事物)： These young men are talking over how to dispose of their holidays. 这些年轻人正在谈论怎样度过他们的假日。 divest oneself of 放弃;抛弃(某种想法)： He divests himself of the idea of studying in a university and decides to go into business. 他放弃了上大学求学的想法，决定去经商。 do sb the pleasure of 给某人以某种服务以使他高兴： Jim often did his girl friend the pleasure of accompanying her to seaside resorts. 吉姆时常陪他的女友到海滨胜地游览以使她高兴。 do the will of 服从……的意志;服从……的指挥： All technicians voluntarily do the will of their chief engineer to show their admiration and respect to him. 为了表示对他们总工程师的钦佩和尊敬，全体技术人员都自觉自愿地听从他的指挥。 doubt the truth of 怀疑……的真实性： He never doubts the truth of his secretary’s words because he has confidence in her. 他从来不怀疑秘书话的真实性，因为他信任她。 drain the cup of life to the bottom备尝人生的悲欢： These two old men have both drained the cup of life to the bottom，they are now sighing with regret over it together. 这两位老人都备尝了人生的悲欢，现在他们在一起为此而慨叹。 dream of/about 梦见;梦到： That man is unpleased recently because he often dreams of his late wife these days. 那个人近来闷闷不乐，因为他这些天时常梦见他那已故的妻子。 drink one’s fill of 将(某物)喝足、喝饱： Each time he went to the pub，he would drink his fill of white wine. 每次他去酒馆，他都要把白酒喝足了。 drop a pinch of salt on the tail of诱捕;诱惑;使落入圈套： We have thought of a stratagem so as to drop a pinch of salt on the tail of that naughty child. 我们已经想出一个计策来捉那个顽皮的小孩。 ease sb of 减轻某人的(痛苦、苦恼等)： He tried his best to ease his wife of her worry and assured her that their son would return safely. 他尽全力来减轻他妻子的忧虑，向她肯定地说，他们的儿子一定能够平安回来。 easy of attainment 易于达到的(指目的、完美等)： His aim is easy of attainment，because he himself is a man of great ability，besides his friends will help him in everything. 他的目标容易达到，因为他自己是个很有才智的人，此外，他的朋友们都将在一切方面帮助他。 eat a peck of salt with 深知(其人)： We eat a peck of salt with him，for he is our old neighbour and we have lived together for many years. 我们深知他的为人，因为我们是老邻居，我们跟他住在一起许多年了。 eat of 分食;吃……的一部分： We made an excursion to a mountain，when we got to the mountain top，we felt hungry，so we ate of our canned beef and bread with our friends. 我们去一个山上远足，当到达山顶时，我们感到饿了，就跟我们的朋友们分食所带的罐头牛肉和面包。 eat one’s fill of 将(某物)吃饱： On their way to a scenic spot，the tourists entered a restaurant，there they ate their fill of special local products and drank their fill of good wine. 在去往一个风景优美的景点途中，旅游者们进入一家饭店，在那里，他们饱餐当地特产和畅饮美酒。 eat the bitter fruit of one’s own doings 自食其果： Each one of us should have moral integrity and do things beneficial to the public if a man does the otherwise，he will eat the bitter fruit of his own doings. 我们每个人都应当作风正派，做对公众有益的事，如果有人与此相反，他将要自食其果。 eat the bread of affliction 受折磨;遭遇坎坷： That old man has eaten the bread of affliction all his life，he lives a life of ease only in his old age. 那位老人一辈子遭遇坎坷，到老年时他才生活安适。 eat the bread of idleness 坐食;游手好闲： A young man should not eat the bread of idleness even if he is in rich circumstances without worrying for his living. 一个青年，即使生活在富裕环境中而无需为生计担忧，也不应游手好闲。 ends of the earth 世界之尽处;天涯海角： That old seaman has seen the world，he wandered in the ends of the earth all his life. 那位老海员见过世面，他一生飘游于天涯海角。 entertain an apprehension of 恐怕;害怕： We entertain an apprehension of failure and desire for success，so we do our work cautiously and conscientiously. 我们渴望成功，惟恐失败，所以兢兢业业地工作。 entreat a favour of 请求(某人)帮忙： If we entreat a favour of others，we should be polite and respectable. 如果我们恳请别人帮忙，我们就应当有礼貌和恭敬。 every bit of 所有的： The dog is hungry，it eats every bit of the food we give it and wants more. 那只狗饿了，它把我们给它的所有食物都吃了还要吃。 exclude the possibility of 排除……的可能性： They excluded the possibility of errors in their calculation because they had checked it for several times. 他们排除了在他们的计算中发生错误的可能性，因为他们已经复核了好几遍。 exclusive of 不包括……在内： Our manager employed ten clerks in his company exclusive of his secretary. 我们经理在他的公司中共计雇用十名职员，不包括他的秘书在内。 expectation of life 人的平均寿命： Owing to the progress made in medicine and sanitation，the expectation of life has increased greatly in recent years. 由于医药卫生方面的进步，人的平均寿命近年以来大为增加。 expressive of 表示;表现： When the men reached home safely he wrote a letter expressive of his gratitude to us. 当那个人平安地回到家中时，他给我们写了一封感谢信。 express one’s disapproval of 表示对……不赞成、不同意： His parents expressed their disapproval of his intention to go abroad studying. 他的父母对他想出国学习的打算表示不赞成。 face the consequence of one’s action自食其果： If a man is not honest and upright in his ways and does something improper，he will face the consequence of his action. 如果一个人作风不正派，做了不当的事，他将要自食其果。 fall short of 1 缺乏;不足： The exploration team lost their way and could not get out of the primeval forest，they fell short of food and supplies. 该探险队在原始森林迷了路走不出来，他们缺乏食物和供应品。 2 达不到;不符合(期望、标准等)： The factory promised to replace its product if it fell short of the standard. 这个厂答应，如果他们的产品达不到标准可以退换。 fall short of sb’s expectation 未达到某人的期望： Our company fell short of the directors’ expectation，it lost money instead of making profit. 我们公司没有达到董事们的期望，它不但没有赢利反而赔了钱。 fall short of the mark 未打中目标;未达到目的： He is a good shooter but he falls short of the mark in the shooting competition. 他是个好射手，但是在射击竞赛中没有打中目标。 feel ashamed of 感到羞愧;感到耻辱： I should admit that sometimes I fell ashamed of what I have done myself. 我应当承认，有时我对我自己所做的事感到羞愧。 feel ashamed of oneself for 自己羞愧; 自己害羞： This youth felt ashamed of himself for the bad deed he had done. 这个青年为自己所做的坏事感到羞愧。 feel dubious of 对……感到怀疑： We all feel dubious of this stranger，who has stayed here all afternoon without doing anything. 我们都怀疑这个陌生人，他在这里停留了一个下午什么也不做。 feel the effect of 深感……的效果、效力： Customers have felt the effect of the new market regulations，pedlars dare not cheat them any more. 顾客们已经感到这个新的市场规章的效力，商贩们不再敢欺骗他们了。 feel the need of 需要： Tom has grown up，he feels the need of being treated as a man by others. 汤姆已经长大了，他需要别人拿他当大人看待。 find/get the length of sb’s foot 了解某人的弱点以便控制他： This shrewd businessman tried to find the length of his partner’s foot. 这个精明的商人试图了解他的合伙人的弱点以便控制他。 find the trace of 找到……的踪迹： A hunter sent out his hounds to find the trace of a wolf，for it had run out of his sight. 一个猎人放出他的猎犬去找一只狼的踪迹，因为那只狼跑得看不见了。 first of all 首先： There are many good virtues for us to act upon，but first of all we should be open and aboveboard. 有许多美德我们要奉行，但是首先一条是，我们要光明磊落。 fleece sb of 将某人之物骗走： If a person fleeces others of their belongings，it is against the law，he should be severely punished. 如果一个人将别人的东西骗走，这是违法的，他应当受到严厉惩处。 flower of the flock 某一集体中出类拔萃的人物;精英人物： Lewis is learned and intelligent，he is a flower of the flock among his companions. 路易斯又有学问又很聪明，他在同伴当中是个出类拔萃的人。 fly shy of 畏避;避开： A new teacher tries to become intimate with her pupils，but her pupils always fly shy of her，this makes her very sad. 一位新老师想跟她的学生们亲近，但是她的学生们总是畏避她，这使她非常难过。 follow the banner of 投入……的旗帜下： Colonial people followed the banner of liberty and independence，they rose up in arms against the colonist. 殖民地人民投入自由和独立的旗帜下，他们武装起义，反抗殖民主义者。 follow the lead of 效法某人;以某人为榜样： We should follow the lead of our saints and think thrice before we act. 我们应当效法圣人们的教导，三思而后行。 follow the tracks of 跟随……的踪迹;跟踪： A hunter followed the tracks of a big game，he did not know what beast it was. 一个猎人跟随一个大猎物的踪迹，他不知道这是个什么兽。 for fear of 以免;惟恐： She told the children not to be noisy for fear of waking up her baby. 她叫孩子们别吵，以免吵醒她的婴儿。 for the attainment of 为了完成;为了达到(指目的、理想等)： The artist encouraged his students to struggle all their lives for the attainment of perfection. 该画家鼓励他的学生们终生为了达到完美而奋斗。 for the benefit of 为……的利益： We should do a good job in afforestation for the benefit of our descendants. 为了我们子孙后代的利益，我们应当做好植树造林工作。 frame of mind 心情;心境： Something worries him very much，he is not in the frame of mind. 有些事使他很烦恼，他没有愉悦的心情。 free of 没有;摆脱了……的： As his children can all earn their own living，this old man has been free of all burdens. 由于这位老人的孩子们都能独立谋生了，他已经没有任何负担了。 free sb/sth of 使某人、某事物免除、摆脱： Through several years’ frugality in life，Robert has freed himself of all his debts. 经过几年的省吃俭用，罗伯特已经还清了他所有的债务。 free of charge 免费： The hospital has declared that poor people can enjoy their medical service free of charge. 该医院已经宣布穷人在他们医院可以享受免费医疗服务。 free of heart 无忧无虑： Since the old man retired to the countryside，he has lived a life free of heart. 自从那位老人退休到农村以来，他过着无忧无虑的生活。 from the bottom of one’s heart 真诚地;诚挚地： You can rest assured，all my words are from the bottom of my heart. 请你放心，我所说的话都是真诚的。 gain the upper hand of 占优势;占上风： Out of everyone’s expectation，the weak team gained the upper hand of the strong team in the football match. 出乎所有人意料之外，在那场足球比赛中，弱队竟占了强队的上风。 gales of laughter 阵阵笑声： Gales of laughter are heard at the get-together of alumni and alumnae，who have not seen one another for tens of years. 阵阵笑声从男女校友的联欢会上传出，这些校友们都已经数十年没有见面了。 Garden of Eden 伊甸园(神话中没有罪恶的地方)： Children pretend to have found the Garden of Eden in their play. 孩子们在游戏中假装已经找到了伊甸园。 get a breath of 吸一口(香味、新鲜空气等)： When she is tired，she often goes to a park and gets a breath of flowers. 当她疲倦时，她时常到公园去，吸一吸花香。 get a glimpse of 瞥见;看见： We suddenly got a glimpse of a stranger coming out from a house stealthily. 我们忽然瞥见有一个陌生人从一所房子里溜出来。 get ahead of 赶到……的前面： Little Anna is both wise and diligent，she gets ahead of all her companions in her lesson. 小安娜又聪明又勤勉，她的功课成绩超过她所有的友伴。 get a load of 〈美俚语〉(对某人、某物)打量;估计： I got a load of the visitor and guessed him a member of the upper circles from his dress and manners. 我打量来访的这个人，从他的衣着举止猜测他是个上层人士。 get a peep of 窥视;偷看： Charles got a peep of his little brother through a window pane and saw him eating candy in the room. 查理从窗户玻璃偷看他的小弟弟，看见他正在屋里吃糖果。 get clear of 还清(债务等);避开： My friend lived frugally and got clear of all his debts in a short time. 我的朋友省吃俭用，很短期间就把所有的欠债还清了。 get/gain the esteem of 受……的尊重： That scientist got the esteem of everyone of us for his eminent scientific achievements. 那位科学家由于在科学上的卓越成就受到我们每个人的尊重。 get ground of 1 优于： We must admit that their product gets ground of ours both in quality and in appearance. 我们必须承认，他们的产品在质量和外貌上都优于我们的产品。 2 甩掉(追逐者)： A hungry wolf met some rabbits and wanted to eat them，but the rabbits ran much more swiftly and got ground of it. 一只饿狼遇见一些野兔想吃掉它们，但是野兔跑得更快，把它甩掉。 get/have hold of the wrong end of the stick 误解;领会错了： Our manager told me to post a business letter to this businessman，but I got hold of the wrong end of the stick and posted it to another one. 我们经理叫我把一封商业信函寄给这个商人，但是我领会错了，把信寄给另一位商人了。 get/have/take a new lease of life获得新生;修理得完整如新： After Edward fully recovered from his serious illness，he got a new lease of life and decided to pay more attention to his health henceforth. 艾德华从重病中痊愈以后，他获得了新生，决定今后更好地注意健康。 get/have the best of everything 万事如意： When tourists left our inn，we wished them to get the best of everything and have a pleasant journey. 当旅游者们离开我们旅店时，我们祝他们万事如意一路平安。 get/have the key of the street 〈口语〉被关在屋外;无家可归： A coward husband offended his wife and was expelled from his house，he had the key of the street. 一个懦弱的丈夫得罪了他的妻子，被从家中逐出，他被关在屋外。 get/have the start of 比(某人)占优势： This tennis player got the start of his rival，for he was superior to him both in skill and in strength. 这个网球运动员比他的对手占优势，因为他在球技上和体力上都优于他的对手。 get/have the worst of it 遭到惨败;大吃苦头;处于劣势： Their team got the worst of it in a football match last week，their opponent team was a champion team. 他们队在上星期的一次足球赛中遭到惨败，他们的对手是一个冠军队。 get hold of 抓住;握住： A man fell into a river but he got hold of a rope thrown to him by his companions. 一个人掉在河里，但是他抓住同伴们扔给他的绳子。 get/learn the trick of 学得(某事物)的诀窍;知道了做法： A clever child has learned the trick of drawing pictures when his teacher only teaches him once. 老师只教了一次，一个聪明的小孩就学会了画画的诀窍。 get quit of 脱身;免脱： Andrew got quit of an embarrassing position only through the help of his friends. 只是由于他的朋友们的帮助，安迪才免脱了一个令人难堪的局面。 get/take the measure of 估量(某人)的品格、能力等： When an applicant was led to our manager，our manager asked him to write an essay to take the measure of him. 当一位求职者被领到我们经理那里时，我们经理叫他写一篇文章来估量他的能力。 get the best of 获胜;胜过： We are not sure whether he can get the best of all the obstacles before him. 他能否把他前面的障碍全都克服，我们没有把握。 get the best of the bargain 获得最大好处;取得有利地位： He is a shrewd person，he can always get the best of the bargain in dealing with others. 他是个精明的人，在与别人交往时他总能获得最大好处。 get the best of the quarrel 在争吵中获胜： The woman has a glib tongue，so she gets the best of her quarrel with her neighbour. 这妇女能言善辩，所以她在跟她的邻人争吵时获胜。 get the better of 获胜;胜过： Refrigerators made in our country get the better of imported ones both in quality and in appearance. 国产的电冰箱在质量上和外观上都胜过进口的电冰箱。 get the cream of 得到……的精华： In order to get the cream of automation，our engineer devoted himself to the study of various subjects concerning it. 为了获得自动化作业的精华，我们工程师致力于与自动化作业有关的各门学科的研究。 get the credit of 得到……的荣誉;得到……的声誉： This company has got the credit of doing business honestly because they never break any contract signed with others. 这家公司获得了诚实经商的声誉，因为他们从来不违犯跟别人签订的合同。 get the gauge of 探测(某人)的意向： We got the gauge of our students where they would go after graduation. 我们探测我们学生们的意向，毕业以后他们将向哪里去。 get the hang of 〈口语〉熟悉;了解： We asked a young man to be our guide in our sight-seeing，he got the hang of all scenic spots and historical sites in this city. 我们请一位青年在我们观光中充当向导，他熟悉这个城市里的所有名胜古迹。 get wind of 风闻;得知： Best-quality colour TVs are sold in a shop，when customers get wind of this，they all come and buy it. 上等质量的彩色电视机在一家商店里售卖，当顾客们风闻这个消息以后，都到这里购买。 gifts of comfort and thanks 慰问品： We sent gifts of comfort and thanks to the industrious workers，they stuck to their work even on holidays. 我们给勤劳的工人们送慰问品，他们在节假日仍然坚持工作。 give a bad account of 贬责： Bad deeds should be given a bad account，it has the function of warning and punishment. 不良行为应当受到贬责，这起到警告和惩罚的作用。 give sb a bit of one’s mind 责备： I will give him a bit of my mind if he dares to do it again. 如果他胆敢再做，我就要责备他。 give a description of 对……加以描述： At the request of other tourists，he gave a description of the beautiful scenery of West Lake. 应其他旅游者的请求，他描述了西湖的美丽风景。 give a glowing account of 兴高采烈地述说： The famous athlete gave a glowing account of how he won three gold medals in the Olympic Games. 那位著名的运动员兴高采烈地述说他如何在奥运会上赢得3块金牌的事。 give a good account of 夸奖： Neighbours all gave a good account of this good youth，who had saved a drowning child at the risk of his own life. 邻居们都夸奖这位好青年，他冒着生命危险救起了一个落水的儿童。 give a good account of oneself1 表现得很好;做得成功： Superior quality and good appearance of our products gave a good account of themselves in the exhibition. 我们的产品质量优良，外观优美，在该次展览会上大显身手(获得成功)。 2 付清账款： This company gave a good account of itself in liquidating its debts，so its credit grew higher and higher. 这家公司在结算账目上从不拖欠，因而它的信用日益提高。 give an account of 说明;叙述： They asked the manufacturer to give an account of its products so as to buy in bulk. 他们要求该制造厂对他的产品作一说明，以便大批购买。 give a poor account of oneself1 表现得不好;做得失败： He gave a poor account of himself in the way he treated hisfriends. 他在对待朋友方面表现得不好。 2 未付清账款： This dealer gives a poor account of himself in paying his debts，many companies have ceased business with him. 这个商人没有付清账款，许多公司已经停止跟他交易。 give sb a taste of 叫某人尝尝;叫某人体验一下： In order to educate her children，mother sometimes gave them a taste of tough life. 为了教育她的孩子们，母亲有时叫他们体验一下艰苦的生活。 give details of 详细叙述： Pedestrians gave full details of a traffic accident to the traffic policeman. 行人们向那位交通警详细地叙述了一个交通事故的情况。 give evidence of 显示……的迹象;有……的迹象： When the truck arrived，it gave evidence of having ever turned over. 当卡车到达时，它显示出曾经翻车的迹象。 give one’s word of honour 以名誉担保： This businessman gave his word of honour that he would pay the money immediately after he received our goods. 这位商人以名誉担保，收到我们的货品以后他立即付款。 give the appearance of 假装： A witch dressed herself as an old woman to give the appearance of kindness. 一个女巫打扮成一位老太太的样子假装和善。 give sb the benefit of the doubt 对(某人的过错等)作善意的解释;(在无充分证据下)给某人虽可疑但无罪的处理： Since there is no sufficient evidence，that judge gives him the benefit of the doubt. 由于证据不足，法官给那人以虽可疑但无罪的处理。 give sb the edge of one’s tongue痛骂某人： We all keep him at a distance because he often gives others the edge of his tongue for trifles. 我们都跟他保持距离，因为他时常因为琐事就骂人。 give sb the freedom of 给某人以自由使用(某物)之权： To show his generousity，that rich man gave his friends the freedom of his villa in the countryside. 为了显示他的慷慨，那个富人给他的朋友以自由使用他乡间别墅之权。 give sb the rough side of one’s tongue 严厉斥责某人： The principal gave his students the rough side of his tongue，for they stayed outside overnight. 校长严厉斥责他的学生们，因为他们在外面整夜不归。 give sb the run of 允许某人自由使用(某物)： To our great convenience，a university has given us the run of its laboratory. 使我们感到非常方便的是，一个大学已经允许我们自由使用他们的实验室。 give the slip of 乘(某人)不备时溜掉： Mother asked her naughty child not to go out playing but stay at home studying，her child gave the slip of her when she was cooking in the kitchen. 妈妈要求她的顽皮孩子不要出去玩耍，而要在家中学习，那孩子乘妈妈在厨房做饭时溜掉。 give sb the worst of it 击败某人;胜过某人： Our team gave them the worst of it easily，their team members were all new hands while ours were all veterans. 我们队很容易地就击败了他们队，因为他们的队员都是新手，而我们的队员都是老手。 go the whole length of it 彻底地干;干到底： Our engineer failed many times in designing a new device，but he never lost heart，he decided to go the whole length of it. 我们的工程师在设计一种新器件时失败了许多次，但是他毫不灰心，决定干到底。 grasp of intellect 理解力： Goss，the great mathematician，had astonishing grasp of intellect even when he was a little child，once meeting with an equation，his teacher tried hard to solve it but failed. It was Goss who solved it as easily as blowing away dust. 当大数学家高斯还是一个孩子时就具有惊人的理解力;有一次遇到一个方程式，他的老师怎样努力也解不开，但是高斯不费吹灰之力就把它解开了。 gray of the morning 黎明;破晓： In the gray of the morning，children get up doing morning exercises. 黎明，孩子们起来做早操。 ground of complaint 抱怨的理由： Jack has no ground of complaint against his friends，they have given advice before he fails. 杰克没有理由抱怨他的朋友们，在他失败以前，他们就已经给过他忠告。 grow sick and tired of 对……十分厌倦： Lucy has long since grown sick and tired of her job as a secretary，she wants to be a teacher. 露西早就十分厌倦当秘书的工作，她想去当教师。 grow weary of 厌倦(某事物)： George has grown weary of skating，he is keen on skiing now. 乔治已经厌倦了滑冰，他现在喜欢滑雪了。 hard of hearing 耳朵不灵： He is hard of hearing，you must speak louder so that he can hear clearly. 他的耳朵不灵，你说话声音必须大一些以便他能够听清。 have a conception of 有……之概念;能想得出来： We all have a conception of the things we have ever seen. 我们对于曾经见到过的东西都能想得出来。 have a dislike of/for 不喜欢： Mary has a dislike of ducks，she thinks them an ugly and awkward animal. 玛丽不喜欢鸭子，她认为它们是又丑又笨的动物。 have a distrust of 不信任： Jim is an oversensitive youth，he even has a distrust of his intimate friends. 吉姆是个多疑的青年，他甚至不信任他的亲密的朋友们。 have a dread of 害怕： This woman has a dread of darkness，so she never goes out after dark. 这位妇女害怕黑暗，所以天黑以后她从来都不出去。 have a feeling of 感到： Dick has a feeling of compunction after he has quarrelled with his old friend. 狄克在跟他的老朋友吵架以后，感到内疚。 have a foggy idea of 对……仅有一模糊的概念： Will you please tell us more clearly，for we have not the foggiest idea of what you have said. 请你更清楚地告诉我们，因为对你所说的事我们一点也不知道。 have a full realization of 充分认识(某事物)： We have had afull realization of that person’s cunning，so we all keep him at a distance. 我们已经充分认识到那个人的狡猾，所以都跟他保持一定距离。 have a good/bad opinion of 对……有好的(坏的)评价： That clerk will soon be promoted，for the superiors have a good opinion of his ability. 那个职员不久将被提升，因为上级对他的能力有好的评价。 have a good command of 精通;能自由运用： The chief engineer has a good command of several subjects，especially electronics. 该总工程师精通好几门学科，特别是精通电子学。 have a good grip of 深刻理解： That engineer is an expert in mechanics and kinematics，he has a good grip of Einstein’s theory of relativity. 那个工程师是一位力学和运动学专家，他深刻理解爱因斯坦的相对论。 have a good sense of 对……有良好的感觉： Camels have a good sense of direction，they can walk hundreds of li in the desert without losing their way. 骆驼有良好的方向感，它们能在沙漠中走数百里而不迷路。 have a good/thorough grasp of 深刻理解;彻底理解： He is an expert in mechanical technology and he has a good grasp of gear transmission. 他是个机械技术专家，对齿轮传动彻底理解。 have a high grade of intelligence智力很高： Children having a high grade of intelligence do not necessarily become prominent when they grow up. 智力高的儿童长大以后并不必然出人头地。 have a high/low opinion of 对……有高的(低的)评价： Those who have ever visited the exhibition all have a high opinion of that artist’s works. 参观过展览会的人都对该画家的作品有高的评价。 have a horror of 对……极害怕;对……极憎恶： Most women have a horror of snakes，for the snake looks so hideous. 大多数妇女都很害怕蛇，因为它的样子太丑恶。 have a lead of 领先： John was a quick walker，soon he had a lead of about twenty meters before us. 约翰是个健步者，他不久就把我们甩在后面约20米的距离。 have an abhorrence of 憎恨;厌恶： We all have an abhorrence of servility，only abject people would do things like that. 我们全都憎恨卑躬屈膝，只有卑鄙的人们才做那种事。 have a poor sense of 对……感觉迟钝： Human beings have a poor sense of direction，they cannot travel a long way without a compass. 人类对方向的感觉迟钝，他们没有罗盘就不能做远途旅行。 have appreciation of 对……有鉴赏能力： The girl has astonishing appreciation of music，she can make out the works of Beethoven，Schubert and other great musicians. 那姑娘对音乐有惊人的鉴赏能力，她能分辨贝多芬、舒伯特和其他大音乐家的作品。 have assurance of 对……有把握： That football team unhesitantly agreed to the request to have a match with another team because they had assurance of winning it. 那个足球队毫不踌躇地接受跟另一球队比赛的请求，因为他们有赢得比赛的把握。 have a whale of a good time 过得极快活;玩得极愉快： These tourists had a whale of a good time in their tour to Europe，they became healthier and more energetic after they returned. 这些旅游者们在他们去欧洲的旅游中过得很快活，他们在回来以后变得更健康更精力充沛。 have a wide/large choice of 有大量(物品)备选： Their corporation has a wide choice of mountain products for its customers such as walnut，date，haw etc. 他们公司备有大量山货供顾客选购，例如核桃、枣、红果等。 have a will of one’s own 意志坚强： That ambitious young man has a will of his own，he never hesitates before difficulty and hardship. 那位胸怀大志的青年意志坚强，他在艰难困苦面前毫不踌躇。 have control of/over 1 对……能够控制： If a teacher wants to do a good job in his teaching，he must have control of his class first. 如果一位教师想做好教学工作，他必须首先能够控制他所教的班。 2 对……有管辖权： Our manager has absolute control of our corporation，especially over its personnel arrangement. 我们经理对我们公司有绝对的管辖权，特别是在人事安排方面。 have disposal of 控制;支配： Their chief accountant has disposal of all financial affairs of their company. 他们的总会计师控制他们公司的所有财务工作。 have enough of 已经足够了： We have had enough of that kind of things，they can never cheat us with that any more. 那类事情我们已经受够了，他们再也不能用它来欺骗我们了。 have every chance of(doing sth)(发生某事)可能性极大： She has every chance of being selected because she is excellent both in virtue and study. 她被挑选的可能性极大，因为她品学兼优。 have feet of clay 怯懦;衰弱： While debating，they had feet of clay and dared not argue strongly on just ground. 当辩论时，他们怯懦，不敢据理力争。 have/gain the wind of 1 占(他船)的上风;对……占优势地位： That company has the wind of its rivals in the scrambling for markets，for it has sufficient financial capacity. 那家公司在争夺市场上较它的对手们占有优势地位，因为它的财力充足。 2 得到……的线索;发觉： Archaeologists have failed many times in locating the site of an ancient palace，now they gain the wind of it from a local old man，they will track it down by following this clue. 考古学家们在确定一个古代宫殿的地址上已经失败了许多次，现在他们从一位当地老者那里得到了线索，他们将顺着线索追踪下去。 have/get the laugh of 羞辱(某人)： They often got the laugh of a young man of his mistake，but the young man didn’t respond. 他们时常用那个青年所犯错误来羞辱那个青年，但他不答理他们。 have/get the run of 可以自由使用(某物)： Their principal has allowed us to have the run of the instruments and equipment of their laboratory. 他们校长已经许可我们自由使用他们实验室中的仪器和设备。 have little chance of(doing sth)(做某事或发生某事)可能性很小： Their team has little chance of winning the game，on the one hand，their skill is inferior to their rival’s，on the other，they have no good sportsmanship. 他们队赢得这场比赛的可能性很小，一者他们的球艺不如他们的对手，再者他们没有好的竞技精神。 have much chance of (doing sth)(发生某事)可能性很大： We all believe that our tutor has much chance of winning this well-known international prize. 我们都相信，我们的导师获得这个著名的国际奖金的可能性极大。 have (the) need of 需要： After so long an excursion，all children have the need of a good rest. 在这样长距离的远足以后，所有的儿童们都需要好好休息一下。 have nerves of steel 意志坚定;有胆量： These youths enlisted by that expedition team all have nerves of steel，they will go on an exploration to Africa. 被那个探险队召募的这些青年都意志坚定，他们将去非洲探险。 have no chance of (doing sth) (发生某事)没有可能性： Our team has no chance of winning the match，because our adversary is a famous champion team. 我们队没有赢的可能性，因为我们的对手是个著名的冠军队。 have no idea of 一点也不知道(某事);一点也不懂(某事)： I come here only today，so I have no idea of the accident which happened yesterday. 我是今天来的，所以我一点也不知道昨天发生的事故。 have no lack of 不缺乏(某物)： We have no lack of grain，for we have had bumper harvests several years running. 我们不缺乏粮食，因为我们连续几年获得丰收。 have one’s fill of sorrow 饱经忧患： That man has had his fill of sorrow in his life，he lives a better life only in his old age. 那个人一生饱经忧患，到老时才过上较好的生活。 have plenty of brains 聪明;好脑筋： This child has plenty of brains，he always gets full marks in his mathematics examination. 这个小孩脑筋好，数学考试总得满分。 have plenty of cheek 厚脸皮： Little Tom is only a small child but he has plenty of cheek. 小汤姆仅仅是个小孩，但他厚脸皮。 have/take a view of 视察;观察： The whole factory is busy making preparations，for some honoured guests will have a view of us these few days. 我们全厂忙于准备工作，因为一些贵宾这几天要来视察。 have the advantage of 1 较(某人)占优势;较(某人)强： Our football team is superior to them in both skill and sportsmanship，so we have the advantage of them in the match. 我们足球队在球艺和竞技精神上都比他们强，所以我们在比赛中比他们占优势。 2 (在某方面)具有优势： Our manufacturer has occupied most markets because our products have the advantage of good quality and reasonable price. 我们制造厂已经占领了大部分市场，因为我们的产品具有质量优良、价格合理的优势。 have the best of 获胜;胜过： At last these textile engineers have the best of all difficulties and succeed in designing a new-type automatic loom. 最后，这些纺织工程师们克服了所有困难，成功地设计出一种新型自动织布机。 have the countenance of 得到……的支持： The new construction scheme put forward by a young technician has had the countenance of our chief engineer and has been put into practice. 一位年轻的技术人员所提出的新的施工方案已经得到我们总工程师的支持并付诸实施。 have the courage of one’s opinion敢于提出自己的主张;敢于实现自己的主张： When our director asked for advice at a meeting，a young technician had the courage of his opinion. 当主任在会上征求建议时，一个年轻的技术人员敢于提出自己的主张。 have the custody of 对(某人)有监护之责： Parents have the custody of their children when they have not come of age. 当孩子们尚未成年时，父母对他们有监护之责。 have the defect of 有……之缺点;有……之不足： Nearly all able men have the defect of too much selfconfidence，which sometimes may bring failure upon them. 几乎所有有才干的人都有过于自信的缺点，这有时可能使他们招致失败。 have the digestion of an ostrich 消化力特强： That weight lifter has the digestion of an ostrich，he eats two or three times as much as we do. 那位举重运动员消化力特强，他吃的东西相当于我们的两三倍。 have the heels of 追过;胜过： This runner had the heels of all his rivals and got to the finishing-line first. 这个赛跑运动员追过了他的所有对手，首先到达终点线。 have the lee gauge of 在……的下风;较……不利： It is obvious that our team has the lee gauge of their team in this match. 很明显，在这场比赛中跟他们队相比，我们队比较不利。 have the legs of 比……跑得快： Bill is very proud of himself that he has the legs of his little brother in a race. 比尔在一次赛跑中比他的弟弟跑得快，感到很骄傲。 have the makings of 有成为……所需的性质： This excellent youth has in him the makings of a great inventor. 这个优秀的青年有成为伟大发明家的特质。 have the pull of 控制某人;胜过某人： As that shrewd man has a glib tongue，he has the pull of all his colleagues. 由于那个精明的人能说会道，所以他控制着他的所有同事。 have the refusal of 对……有优先购买权;对……有优先取舍权： As she has already paid some money as an earnest，she has the refusal of this TV set. 由于她已经付了一些钱作为定钱，她对这台电视有优先购买权。 have the time of one’s life 度过生平最快乐或最痛苦的一段时间： That man had the time of his life when his wife was still alive，they formed a happy and joyful family together. 当那个人的妻子还活着的时候，他度过他生平最快乐的一段时间，他们共同组织了一个幸福快乐的家庭。 have the weather gauge of 占……之上风;较……有利： We have the weather gauge of them in the competition because we are all well-trained and experienced contestants. 在竞赛中我们比他们有利，因为我们都是训练有素和有经验的选手。 have the worst of it 遭到失败;处于不利地位： Their team had the worst of it，for they were puffed up with pride and took their rival lightly. 他们队遭到失败，因为他们骄傲轻敌。 have visions of 有……之幻想： It is nothing strange that young people often have romantic visions of great success. 毫不奇怪，年轻人时常有取得巨大成功的浪漫幻想。 heap coals of fire on sb’s head 以德报怨使人感到内疚： I think that it is a waste of energy to heap coals of fire on an ungrateful man’s head. 我认为以德报怨使一个忘恩的人感到内疚纯粹是白费力气。 heaps of time 充裕的时间： We need not hurry，there are heaps of time for us to do it. 我们用不着匆忙，我们有充裕的时间去做它。 hear the last of 最后一次听到： We heard the last of his happenings when we met some old neighbours. 当我们遇到一些老邻居时，我们最后一次听到他的遭遇。 heir of one’s body 直系继承人： That old man has no heir of his body，he has to adopt a son to inherit his legacy. 那位老人没有直系继承人，他必须过继一个儿子来继承他的遗产。 hold an abhorrence of 憎恨;厌恶： People all hold an abhorrence of that person，he is conceited and arrogant and considers everybody and everything beneath his notice. 我们都厌恶那个人，他骄傲自大，目空一切。 hold the key of 控制;支配： Our manager holds the key of major issues in our company. 我们经理在公司掌握大权。 hold the record of 保持……的纪录： It is laughable to say that a big eater holds the record of eating most in our school. 说来可笑，一个大饭桶在我们学校保持吃得最多的纪录。 Idleness is the mother of all evil.〈谚语〉懒惰为万恶之源。 Each time the child is lazy，his mother would warn him that idleness is the mother of all evil. 每当她的孩子懒惰的时候，他的母亲就警告他：懒惰是万恶之源。 Ignorance of law excuses no one.〈谚语〉不知法不能作免罪的口实。 If a man breaks the law，he should be punished，he cannot take ignorance of law as a pretext to evade the punishment because ignorance of law excuses no one. 如果一个人犯了法，他应当受到惩处，不能用不知法作借口来逃避惩处，因为不知法不能作免罪的口实。 impossible of attainment 不可能达到(指目的、理想、完美等)： High rank is impossible of attainment to him，for he does not know how to fawn on our manager. 他不可能被提升到高职位，因为他不知道如何巴结我们的经理。 (be) independent of 不依赖的;不受支配的;独立于……之外的： If we have got a car，we will be independent of buses and trolley-buses. 如果我们有一辆汽车，我们就可以不坐公共汽车和无轨电车了。 inform sb of 把(某事)通知某人;把(某事)告诉某人： John asked his colleague to inform the manager of his resignation，he had got a new job. 约翰请他的同事把他辞职的事通知经理，他已经找到一个新工作。 instead of 代替;而不是： Instead of losing heart，they do their work more industriously after their failure. 他们失败以后不但没有灰心，反而更勤奋地工作。 It would try the patience of a saint.〈谚语〉这使圣人也要发脾气。 What we do must be in conformity with truth or else it would try the patience of a saint. 我们所做的事要符合真理;否则，就会使圣人也发脾气。 Jack of all trades and master of none 样样皆通样样稀松的人;杂而不精的人： That young man can only be assigned some miscellaneous affairs，for he is a Jack of all trades and master of none. 那个青年只能被分配做一些杂事，因为他是一个样样皆通样样稀松的人。 keep abreast of 与……并驾齐驱;不落后于： In order to stand firmly among countries and peoples in the world，we must keep abreast of the times in science and technology. 为了稳立于世界各国家与各民族之间，我们必须在科学与技术上跟上时代。 keep a copy with 留(文件、公函等的)副本： When you send out business letters，don’t forget to keep a copy of them for future reference. 当发出业务函件时，请不要忘记留下副本以便将来查核。 keep a record of 记下;记载： It is important to keep a record of the resolutions and problems discussed each time we have a meeting. 我们把每次开会的决议和所讨论的问题记载下来，是很重要的。 keep a wide berth of 远远避开抛锚;远远避开： If a man is swollen with pride and does not treat others politely，people will keep a wide berth of him. 如果一个人骄傲自满，不以礼待人，人们就会远远避开他。 keep clear of 避开;躲避： When John was in trouble，his cunning friends all keep clear of him so as not to be involved. 当约翰遭遇麻烦时，他所有狡猾的朋友都躲避他以免被牵连。 keep control of 1 控制： Man should keep control of himself in anything and at any time，especially when he has lost his temper. 人应当在任何事情和任何时候都控制自己，特别是在发怒的时候。 2 对……有管辖权： The head office keeps control of all its branch offices in their business and financial affairs. 总公司对它的所有分公司在业务和财务上有管辖权。 keep count of 晓得有多少： A peasant raised many ducks and geese，he kept count of them so as not to be snatched away by foxes. 一位农民养了许多鸭和鹅，他知道有多少只，以免被狐狸叼走。 keep sight of 照看;看守： When children played in the kindergarten，several nurses kept sight of them. 当孩子们在幼儿园游戏时，好几个阿姨照看着他们。 keep the run of 〈美口语〉与……保持接触;经常了解： We keep the run of their factory so as to supply raw materials to them in time. 我们与他们的工厂保持接触以便及时供应他们原料。 keep trace of 观察或留心……的发展： It is our duty to keep trace of the international situation. 观察国际形势的发展是我们的责任。 keep tracks of 1 保持与(某人)的联系： We keep tracks of our old classmates to tell them in time the development and changes taking place in our Alma Mater. 我们保持与老同学们的联系，以便及时告诉他们母校的发展变化。 2 留心(某事物)的发展;掌握(某事物)的线索： We should keep tracks of modern science and technology in the world so as not to fall behind. 我们应当留心世界上现代科学技术的发展以免落在后面。 kind of 〈口语〉(作状语用)有点儿;有几分： Bob looked kind of unpleased when he saw his friends playing football without asking him to join them. 当鲍布看到他的朋友们踢足球而没有邀请他参加时，脸上露出几分不高兴。 know/have the length of sb’s feet了解某人的弱点(以便控制)： That cunning person knows the length of our feet，he will try to control us when necessary. 那个狡猾的人知道我们的弱点，必要时他将设法控制我们。 know the time of day 1 消息灵通： That pedlar knows the time of day，so he can always buy things when the price is low and sell them when the price is up. 那位商贩消息灵通，所以他总能在价格低的时候买进货物，价格高的时候把它们卖出。 2 处事机警;能见机行事： Tom knows the time of day，so he never offends anyone and makes friends everywhere. 汤姆处事机警，所以他没有得罪过任何人而且到处交朋友。 language of flowers 华丽的言辞： When we listen to a good orator，we can enjoy his language of flowers and abundance of vocabulary. 当我们听一位好演说家演讲时，我们可以欣赏他那华丽的言语、丰富的词汇。 language of signs 手势语： Although this youth is not dumb，he understand the language of signs used among dumb people. 虽然这个青年不是哑人，但他了解哑人们使用的手势语。 lapse of memory 遗忘;记错： Owing to a lapse of memory，I cannot call the name of an old neighbour. 由于遗忘，我不能叫出一位老邻居的名字。 lapse of pen 写错;笔误： There arises a misunderstanding between Jack and Alice，it is caused by a lapse of pen in their letter. 杰克和爱丽丝中间发生了误会，那是由于他们信件中的笔误产生的。 law of honour 公认的行为准则： To be honest to others is a law of honour，we should act up to it. 对人要诚实，这是公认的行为准则，我们要做到它。 lay hold of 握住;抓住： A brave fireman laid hold of a rope and climbed up a high building on fire. 一位勇敢的消防队员握住一根绳子爬上一个着火的高楼。 lay the foundation of 为……建立基础： Through years of painstaking management，these youths have laid a firm foundation of their enterprise. 经过多年的惨淡经营，这些青年们已经为他们的企业打下坚实基础。 least of all 最少;最不： Our teachers like that naughty pupil least of all in our class，for he often does not pay heed to what they say. 在我们班中，我们老师最不喜欢那个淘气学生，因为他时常不注意听老师说话。 leave go of 放手;放掉(某物)： Leave go of my collar，you brute. 放开我的衣领，你这可恶的人。 leave/lose hold of 松手;放手(某物)： Although the teapot is very hot，I dare not lose hold of it lest it should fall down. 虽然那茶壶很热，我也不敢放手，恐怕它摔了。 leave of absence 请假： George came back to his home town on leave of absence. 乔治请假回到家乡。 lend the shelter of one’s name and position to 用自己的名誉地位庇护(某人)： When someone framed up Carl’s good friend，Carl lent the shelter of his name and position to him. 当有人陷害卡尔的好朋友时，卡尔用自己的名誉地位来庇护他。 let go hold of 松手;放手(某物)： Mary lets go hold of John’s hand only when she has descended the ladder. 一直到玛丽从梯子上下来以后，她才把约翰的手松开。 let go of 松手;放手;放开(某物)： A child let go of his string and his bird flew away at once. 一个小孩放开他的绳子，他的小鸟立刻飞跑了。 line of conduct 行为准则;行为方针： We take honesty and tolerance as our line of conduct and never fail to do like this. 我们把忠厚老实作为我们的行为准则，绝不改变。 little/nothing short of 简直不比……差;简直可以说……： The works of that philosopher are nothing short of those of Socrates and Plato. 那位哲学家的著作几乎可以跟苏格拉底、柏拉图的著作比美。 Lookers-on see most of the game.〈谚语〉旁观者清。 My friend often asks other’s opinion about his words and deeds because he believes in the proverb lookers-on see most of the game. 我的朋友时常征求别人对自己言行的意见，因为他相信“旁观者清”这个谚语。 lose command of oneself 失去自制力： In no circumstances should we lose command of ourselves because it may lead to serious mistakes. 在任何情况下我们都不应失去自制力，因为那可能导致严重错误。 lose control of 对……失去控制： When George was insulted by some rogues without cause or reason，he was boiling with rage and lost control of himself. 当乔治无缘无故地遭到几个流氓侮辱时，他怒不可遏，失去对自己的控制力。 lose count of 不晓得有多少： A peasant raised so many large and small pigs that he even lost count of them. 一位农民饲养的大猪小猪太多，他甚至不知道它们有多少头。 lose sight of 再也看不到;忽略;忘记： We must not lose sight of the fact that we are all compatriots and we should help one another. 我们不要忽略这个事实，即我们都是同胞，我们应当互相帮助。 lose the scent of 失去……的嗅迹;失去……的踪迹： A hunter suddenly lost the scent of the wolf，which he had pursued from its lair. 一位猎人突然失去那只狼的踪迹，这只狼他是从它的巢穴中追逐的。 lose the thread of 失去……的线索： Owing to bewilderness，a speaker lost the thread of his arguments and could not go on speaking. 由于慌乱的缘故，一位发言者失去了他议论的线索，不能继续谈下去。 lose trace of 失去……的踪迹;不知……在何处： A boy went out for a walk with his pet dog，he suddenly lost trace of the dog，for it ran into the crowd of people in the country fair. 一个男孩带着爱犬出去散步，他忽然找不到他的爱犬，因为它跑入了一个农村集市的人群中。 lose tracks of 1 与(某人)失去接触、联系： I have lost tracks of many old friends and do not know where they are now. 我已经跟许多老朋友失去联系，不知道他们现在在哪里。 2 跟不上(某事物)的进展、发展： If we lose tracks of modern computer technology，we will lag behind in many most advanced branches of science. 如果我们跟不上现代计算机技术的进展，我们将在许多尖端科学部门落后。 lots and lots of 〈口语〉许许多多的;大量的： If we have a chance to make a travel to Africa，we can see lots and lots of zebras running swiftly on the immense African prairie. 如果我们有机会去非洲旅行，我们将能看到许许多多的斑马奔驰在辽阔的非洲大草原上。 make a boast of 夸耀;自夸： That scholar never makes a boast of anything，especially of his learning. 那位学者绝不夸耀任何事物，尤其是绝不夸耀他自己的学问。 make a boss of 把(某事)弄得一团糟： A layman office worker made a boss of the affairs in the office so that we did not know whether to laugh or to cry. 一位外行的职员把办公室里的事务弄得一团糟，使得我们哭笑不得。 make a cat’s paw of 利用他人作为利己的工具： The relation between kind and honest people is to help each other，it is not the action of them to make a cat’s paw of others. 善良人们之间的关系是互相帮助，利用他人作为利己的工具绝不是善良人们的行为。 make (much) account of (非常)重视;看重： He made much account of his friend’s advice and tried hard to act up to it. 他非常重视他的朋友的建议，努力设法做到它。 make a clean breast of 完全吐露;彻底谈出： These two girls are intimate friends，when they have something in heart，they would make a clean breast of it to each other. 这两个姑娘是亲密的朋友，当她们心中有事时，她们总是互相倾谈。 make a clean sweep of 彻底清扫;完全廓清： The married couple are both cleanly people，they often make a clean sweep of their house to clear away all waste and dirty things. 这一对夫妇都是爱好清洁的人，他们时常彻底清扫他们的家，把所有废物、污物全部清除。 make a denial of 否定;否认： When parents have a talk with their naughty child，the child makes a denial of the mischief charged against him by his little brother. 当父母找他们的顽皮孩子谈话时，那孩子否认他的小弟弟指控他的恶作剧行为。 make a description of 对……加以描述、描写： Grandma made a description of the magnificent and splendid scene of the palace for her grandchildren. 祖母给她的孙子、孙女们描述了皇宫宏伟华丽的景象。 make a display of 夸耀;显示： Little Tom makes a display of his toys to his little companions and tells them how to play with them. 小汤姆对他的小同伴们夸耀他的玩具并告诉他们怎样去玩。 make a feature of 以(某事物)为特色： That film makes a feature of thrilling scenes and luxurious settings. 那个影片以惊人的场面和豪华的布景为特色。 make a feint of 假装作(某事)： That naughty child made a feint of not awaking when his little friends came to his room in the morning. 当小朋友们早晨进入那顽皮孩子的屋中时，那顽皮孩子假装还没有醒。 make a fool/ass of oneself 当傻瓜;做蠢事;闹笑话;出洋相： Do you realize that you were making a fool of yourself when you tried to fawn on a rich man in public the other day? 你觉察到没有，那天你当着大家的面试图巴结一个富人是出洋相? make a fool of 愚弄(某人);欺骗(某人)： Alice is a clever girl，no one can make a fool of her. 爱丽丝是个聪明的姑娘，谁也别想愚弄她。 make a friend of 与……交朋友： It is interesting to say that we make a friend of a sailor in the ship on our voyage to Shanghai. 说来有趣，在我们去上海的航程中，我们在船上跟一位海员交了朋友。 make a fuss of 过分注意： Connie made a fuss of her hair-dressing she often stood before a mirror for a long time. 康妮过于注意自己的发型，她时常面镜而立很长时间。 make a god of one’s belly 贪吃;嘴馋： This person did nothing all day long，he just made a god of his belly. 这个人整天什么事也不做，只是贪吃。 make a good fist of 做得成功;圆满完成： He has made a good fist of his duty，we should not make too much demand of him. 他已经尽到了他的职责，我们不应当对他要求过多。 make a good job of 做得好;处理得好： You have made a good job of your work，you should be praised by us. 你已经圆满地完成了你的工作，你应当受到我们的赞扬。 make a good thing of 从……中获得很大好处或利润： This shrewd businessman has made a good thing of the import and export business he engages in recently. 这位精明的商人从他最近做的进出口业务中获得很大利润。 make a goose/hare of 欺骗(某人);愚弄(某人)： We should never make a goose of others especially of our inferiors. 我们绝不应该愚弄他人，特别是对于不如自己的人。 make a hash of 把(某事)搞坏;弄得一团糟： Our new manager knows nothing about management，he makes a hash of our company’s business. 我们的新经理不懂得经营管理，他把我们公司的业务弄得一团糟。 make a laughing-stock of 使(某人)成为笑柄： His amazon wife often punishes him in public，this makes a laughing-stock of him. 他那凶悍的妻子时常当众惩罚他，这使他成为笑柄。 make a lion of 使(某人)成为一时的红人： A cunning person wormed his way into our superiors’ confidence and made a lion of himself in our unit. 一个狡猾的人骗取了我们上级的信任，因而在我们单位里成为一时的红人。 make a market of 把……作为赚钱的机会;利用……赚钱： There is a fanaticism of household electronic appliances in the society，this shop makes a market of selling parts and accessories of them. 社会上出现了购买家用电器的狂潮，这家商店把出售家用电器零配件作为赚钱的机会。 make a martyr of 使(某人)殉难： A conflagration made a martyr of this young man，who helped the fire brigade in putting it out. 一场大火使这位年轻人殉难，他帮助消防队救火。 make a martyr of oneself 牺牲自己的利益博得信誉;为沽名钓誉而做出牺牲： This industrialist made a martyr of himself by offering financial assistance to charitable institutions. 这位实业家以捐助慈善机构的方法博得声誉。 make sth a matter of conscience凭良心做某事： This kind-hearted old lady made it a matter of conscience to help poor and wretched people. 这位善心的老太太凭良心帮助贫苦不幸的人们。 make a merit of 以(某事)居功自夸;把(某事)当作自己的功劳： A child made a merit of ever helping his little brother washing face，he often mentioned this before his mother. 一个小孩以曾经帮助他的小弟弟洗脸而居功自夸，他时常在母亲面前提到这件事。 make a mess of 把(某事)弄糟;把(某事)搞得一塌糊涂： A lay-man pretended to be a dab hand and made a mess of the work. 一个外行人假充内行，把工作搞得一塌糊涂。 make a mock of 嘲弄;愚弄： Adam often makes a mock of his friends so as to poke fun with one another. 亚当时常嘲弄他的朋友们以便互相取笑。 make a mockery of 1 使无效果： His failure made a mockery of his teacher’s great efforts to help him. 他的失败使得老师帮助他的一番心血都白费了。 2 证实为假： His ignorant remarks make a mockery of his claims to be a learned scholar. 他那无知的谈话证明，他自称为博学之士是假的。 make a monkey of oneself 出洋相;装丑角： That mischievous child is too thick-skinned，he often makes a monkey of himself when his teacher scolds him. 那个淘气孩子脸皮太厚，当老师责骂他时，他还时常出洋相。 make a muck of 1 弄脏(某物)： Mother let her boy wear a new suit in the morning and the boy made a muck of it before noon. 母亲早晨叫她的男孩穿一身新衣服，不到中午那孩子就把它弄脏了。 2 把(某事)弄得一团糟： A man knows nothing about technique but pretends to be an engineer，so he makes a muck of technical affairs in his factory. 一个人不懂技术却假充工程师，所以把他的厂里的技术事务弄得一团糟。 make a muddle of 把(某事)搞得一团糟;把(某事物)搞得混乱： Linda made a muddle of her room，there was no place to put your feet if you went into it. 琳达把她的房间弄得一团糟，如果你进去，连落脚的地方都没有。 make a muff of 把(某事)弄糟： The first time Jack was asked to go on errands，he made a muff of his duty for lack of experience. 杰克第一次被要求出差办事时，由于缺乏经验他把任务弄糟了。 make a muff of oneself 出丑;做蠢事;闹笑话： A pedlar wanted to cheat his customer with counterfeit goods but was seen through，he made a muff of himself in public. 一个商贩想用假货欺骗顾客，但是被看破了，他当众出了丑。 make a mush of 把(某事)弄糟： A man opened a shop but knew nothing about business，he made a mush of it in a few days. 一个人开了一个商店却不懂业务，几天的功夫就把事情弄糟了。 make a mystery of 把(某事物)搞得神秘： That witch made a mystery of her tracks so as to cheat the princess. 那个女巫把她的行踪搞得神秘化以欺骗公主。 make an admission of 承认(过错、犯罪、失败等)： An honest man makes an admission of his mistake openly after he has commited it unpurposedly，this makes people respect and love him all the more. 一位正直的人在无意中犯了一个错误以后公开地承认它，这使得人们更加敬爱他。 make an avowal of 公开宣布： After Adam expressed his opinion，his friends made an avowal of their agreement with him. 亚当发表他的意见以后，他的朋友们公开宣布同意他的意见。 make an enemy of 树(某人)为敌;把(某人)变成仇人： A woman often ridicules her neighbours，thus she makes an enemy of them. 一位妇女时常嘲笑她的邻居们，因而使这些邻居们成为她的仇人。 make an example of 惩一儆百： Although the student asked for pardon，we still punished him severely so as to make an example of him. 虽然那学生请求宽恕，我们仍然严厉地惩罚了他以便惩一儆百。 make an exception of 把(某人、某事)作为例外： Every student should come to school on Sunday afternoon，but I will make an exception of your son. 每个学生星期日下午都要到校，但是我把你的儿子作为例外。 make an exhibition of oneself 出众出丑;出洋相： A swindler tried to cheat an old lady out of her money but was caught on the spot，he made an exhibition of himself. 一个骗子试图骗一位老太太的钱，但被当场捉住，他当众出了丑。 make an idol of 迷信(某人);崇拜(某人)： Students all made an idol of that doctor and compared him to a saint. 学生们都崇拜那个博士，把他比作圣人。 make a night of it 痛快地玩一夜;通宵宴庆： With the permission of their principal，students made a night of it on the eve of their departure. 在校长的允许下，学生们在离别前夕痛快地玩了一夜。 make an issue of 使(某事)成为争论之点： Children made an issue of stars，some of them thought that stars were little lamps in the sky. 孩子们把星星作为争论之点，他们中有些人认为星星是天上的小灯。 make an offer of 提议;出价： We agreed with an engineer when he made an offer of examining our lathe thoroughly so as to locate the defect. 当一位工程师提议彻底检查我们的车床以确定故障的部位时，我们同意他的意见。 make a nuisance of oneself 惹人讨厌： Some children made a nuisance of themselves by quarrelling loudly outside the window. 一些孩子们在窗外大声争吵惹人讨厌。 make a parade of 夸耀;炫示： A proud man often made a parade of his knowledge，but really he was a semiilliterate. 一个骄傲的人时常夸耀他的知识，但是实际上他是个半文盲。 make a pet of 宠爱(某人、某物)： This child made a pet of his dog，he often spared his breakfast to feed it. 这个小孩宠爱他的狗，他时常省出自己的早点喂它。 make a pig of oneself 狼吞虎咽;大吃大喝： That gluttonous person makes a pig of himself at the feast as if there were no one else present. 那个贪吃的人在宴会上狼吞虎咽，旁若无人。 make a point of (doing sth) 认为(做某事)非常重要;坚持(做某事)： David makes a point of being punctual，he thinks that we should be on time for every appointment we have made. 大卫认为守时非常重要，他认为我们应当对所有的约会都准时到达。 make a practice of 经常做;惯于做： Some pedlars make a practice of cheating their customers with inferior goods，this makes us look down upon them. 有些商贩经常用次品欺骗顾客，这使得我们看不起他们。 make a present of sth to sb或make sb a present of sth 把某物赠给某人： Today is John’s birthday，his parents make him a present of a new bicycle. 今天是约翰的生日，他的父母把一辆新自行车作为赠给他的礼物。 make a prize of 捕获(敌船舰等);掠夺： Allied battleships made a prize of a Nazi destroyer near the west coast of Africa by the end of World War Two. 第二次世界大战即将结束时，盟军战舰在靠近非洲西海岸处捕获一艘纳粹驱逐舰。 make a raise of 收集到;筹集到： This charitable institution has made a raise of a relief fund to be used for poor and wretched people. 这个慈善机构已经筹集到一笔救济贫苦人们的救济金。 make a regular thing of 使……成为习惯;使……成为制度： Sometimes I get up very early，but I cannot make a regular thing of early rising for myself. 有时我起得很早，但我不能使自己养成经常早起的习惯。 make a religion of 对(某事)很认真： Some old people make a religion of morning exercises，they do it even on rainy days. 有些老年人早晨锻炼很认真，即使雨天他们也要做。 make a run of it 逃跑;逃走： When some naughty children are up to mischief，their teacher suddenly appears，they make a run of it at once. 正当几个顽皮孩子恶作剧时，他们的老师忽然出现，孩子们立刻跑走了。 make a secret of 对(某事)保密： It will be Henry’s birthday next Sunday，his friends have bought fine gifts for this，in order to surprise him，they keep a secret of this until they suddenly appear at his birthday celebration. 下星期日将是亨利的生日，他的朋友们已经为此买了精美的礼品，但是，为了使亨利惊讶，他们对此事保密一直到他们忽然在生日庆祝会上露面。 make a show of 1 夸示;炫耀： He often makes a show of his rich and influential relatives. 他时常炫耀他的有钱有势的亲戚们。 2 展览;装门面： This park makes a show of various flowers，visitors can buy anyone of them if they like. 这家公园举办花卉展览，如果游客们喜欢可以任意购买。 make a show of oneself 出丑;做蠢事;闹笑话： A drunkard made a show of himself at a pub yesterday，sometimes he laughed aloud and sometimes he cried. 昨天一个醉汉在酒馆里闹笑话，他有时高声大笑有时哭。 make a sight of oneself 样子古怪;出丑： Something goes wrong with the man’s brain，he often dresses himself up as a mighty general and makes a sight of himself. 那人的脑子有些毛病，他时常打扮成威武将军的模样，样子很古怪。 make a speciality of 专门研究;专长于： This doctor makes a speciality of cancer curing，he has devoted himself to it over half his lifetime. 这位医生专长于癌症的治疗，他已经大半生致力于这项工作。 make a (sorry) spectacle of oneself出丑;出洋相;大大丢脸： A greedy person went to the cinema with an invalid ticket，he was identified out and made a spectacle of himself. 一个贪心的人用一张废票去看电影，被人家辨认出来，因而使自己出丑。 make a stranger of 冷淡地对待(某人)： Mary makes a stranger of John when John visits her，this makes him very sad. 当约翰去访问玛丽时，玛丽冷淡地对待他，这使约翰非常伤心。 make a study of 仔细研究;详细考察： In order to make out the composition of a new substance，this chemist makes a study of it and writes a treatise on it. 为了弄清一种新物质的结构，这位化学家仔细地对它进行了研究，并写了一篇关于它的构成的论文。 make a toy of 1 以(某物)作玩具;以(某物)自娱： Ordinarily Alice has nothing to do，she only makes a toy of embroidery. 平时爱丽丝无事可做，她只是以刺绣自娱。 2 不太认真地做(某事)： At first，George only makes a toy of repairing radio sets，but later it becomes his job. 最初，乔治并不认真地从事收音机修理，但是后来那却成为他的职业。 make a virtue of necessity 把非做不可的事装成是出于好心才做的： A man works in a grocery as a salesman，but he makes a virtue of necessity and tells others that he is only helping that grocer. 一个人在一家杂货店当店员，但他把他的职业说成是出于好心才做的，告诉别人，他是帮助那个杂货商人。 make brief of 把(某事)很快地办完： The student is very tired in the evening，he makes brief of his lesson and goes to bed hastily. 那学生在晚上时非常疲倦，他很快地把功课做完就匆匆地睡觉了。 make capital of 利用;从……中取利： That selfish man makes capital of everything for his own advantage whenever it is possible. 那个自私自利的人只要有可能就利用一切事来为他自己的利益服务。 make certain of 把……弄确实;使有确实把握： He has sent out a man to the station to make certain of the time of a train. 他已经派人去车站核实一次列车的时间。 make choice of 挑选： It is strange to say that most people make choice of the road for their lives accidentally and unconsciously. 说来奇怪，大多数人在选择他的人生道路时是偶然的和无意识的。 make fish of one and flesh of another 厚此薄彼;偏爱一方： Leading members should be fair in dealing with their subordinates，they should never make fish of one and flesh of another. 领导们对待他们的下属要公平，绝不应厚此薄彼。 make sb free of one’s house 让自己的房子任由某人使用： In order to show his generosity，a rich man made hisfriends free of his house. 为了显示他的慷慨，一个富人让自己的房子任由他的朋友们使用。 make sb free use of 1 使某人自由使用(某物)： This university made us free use of all reference books and technical materials in its library. 这所大学准许我们自由使用它图书馆中的所有参考书和技术资料。 2 使自由出入(某地)： Queen Elizabeth made her consultants free use of her palace so that they might give advice to her at any time. 伊丽莎白女王允许她的顾问们自由出入王宫以便可以随时向她提供意见。 make fun of 嘲弄;取笑： Classmates all made fun of that chubby boy and the boy answered back sarcastically too. 同学们都取笑那个胖男孩，那个男孩也反唇相讥。 make game of 嘲弄;与……开玩笑： It is cruel and immoral for the stronger to make game of the weaker. 强者嘲弄弱者是残忍的和不道德的。 make hard work of 使(某事)困难重重： When tourists trudged towards their hotel in the evening，it suddenly rained heavily，this made hard work of their walk. 当旅游者们晚上步履艰难地走向他们的旅馆时，天忽降大雨，这使得他们的行走更加困难。 make hay of 使混乱;彻底摧毁： The removal of our library made hay of all its reference books and technical materials，they had to be rearranged. 我们图书馆搬家把参考书和技术资料都弄乱了，它们得重新整理。 make light of 轻视;藐视： This proud pupil makes light of all his classmates and thinks that they are all inferior to him in study. 这个骄傲的小学生藐视所有同学，认为他们在学习上都不如他。 make little account of 轻视;藐视： My neighbour has some influential friends in society，so no one dares to make little account of him. 我的邻人在社会上有一些有势力的朋友，所以没有人敢于藐视他。 make little of 1 轻视： Our manager never makes little of any of his subordinates，on the contrary，he pays due respect to them. 我们经理对任何一个下属也不轻视，相反地，他给他们以应有的重视。 2 不领会;难了解： As I am a layman of electronics and mechanics，I make little of the principle of automation. 由于我对电子学和机械学是外行，我不懂自动化操作原理。 make matchwood of 把(某物)打得粉碎： A drunkard made matchwood of some furniture in the public house. 一个醉汉把酒馆里的一些家具打得粉碎。 make meat of 〈俚语〉杀死(某人)： Only a man with brutality and inhumanity makes meat of others with no reasons. 只有残暴和不通人性的人才无故杀人。 make mention of 提及;说到： In his book the writer makes mention of many European astronomers and their works. 在他的书中，作者提到许多欧洲的天文学家和他们的著作。 make mincemeat of 1 彻底击败(某人)： That boxer made mincemeat of his rival，who was struck down and could not rise up. 那个拳击手把他的对手彻底击败，他的对手被打倒在地站不起来。 2 驳倒(信念、看法、论点等)： They made mincemeat of every argument of their adversary and won the debate. 他们把对方的每一个论点都驳倒，赢得了辩论。 make much of 1 重视： Our chief engineer made much of the opinions of everyone of us，he summed them up and studied them. 我们的总工程师重视我们每个人的意见，把这些意见汇总起来加以研究。 2 充分利用： Paul makes much of his knowledge about science and writes some books on popular science at his leisure. 保罗充分利用他的科学知识，在闲暇时写了一些科普书籍。 3 明了;理解： Through explanation he made much of our intentions and promised to help us. 经过解释，他明了了我们的意图，答应要帮助我们。 make neither head nor tail of 对(某事)一点也摸不着头脑： As he is a layman about physics and chemistry，he makes neither head nor tail of the lecture on nuclear fission and nuclear fusion. 由于他对物理、化学是门外汉，所以关于核裂变和核聚变的演说他一点也摸不着头脑。 make no account of 轻视;藐视： This clerk never stood high in his manager’s favour because the manager made no account of him. 这位职员从来没有得到他的经理的尊重，因为经理轻视他。 make no pretence of 不假装;不以……自居： That doctor makes no pretence of a learned man，he confesses that he has only a narrow sphere of knowledge. 那位博士不以是一个有学问的人自居，他承认他自己的知识面很窄。 make no question of 对……不加怀疑： Our manager makes no question of his secretary’s ability，he puts everything to her. 我们经理不怀疑秘书的能力，他把一切事务都交给她。 make no reckoning of 没有考虑到： This careless and negligent youth makes no reckoning of the difficulties and hardships he would meet with when he makes his plan. 这个粗心大意的青年在他制定计划时没有考虑到他将遇到的艰难困苦。 make no stranger of 亲热地对待： When we asked for their help，they made no stranger of us and promised prompt assistance to us. 当我们要求他们帮助时，他们亲热地对待我们并答应立即给以援助。 make nothing of 1 忽视;把……等闲视之： The reason of his failure is that he makes much of his own ability and makes nothing of other’s advice. 他失败的原因是因为他过于重视自己的能力，忽视别人的建议。 2 不能理解： Students make nothing of this book because it is too profound for them. 学生们不能理解这书本，因为这本书对他们来说太深奥。 make of 由……制成： Furniture will all be made of plastics so as to save wood and other materials. 家具将要都由塑料制造以节省木材和其他材料。 make sth of 了解;解释： What are we to make of his behaviour? 我们怎样解释他的行为呢? make oneself master of 精通(某事物);能把(某事物)运用自如： Through several years’ hard work，my friend has made himself master of computer technique. 经过几年的努力，我的朋友已经精通了计算机技术。 make sad work of it 做坏;搞糟： A clerk knows nothing about bookkeeping，when his manager asks him to keep accounts，he makes sad work of it. 一位职员不懂得记账，当他的经理叫他管理账务时，他把工作搞得一团糟。 make semblance of 假装;装作： When mother came in，her naughty boy made semblance of studying his lesson at once. 当妈妈进来时，她淘气的孩子立刻就装作念书的样子。 make sense of 弄懂;了解…的含义： You must make sense of this ancient poem thoroughly before you translate it into a foreign language. 在你把这首古诗译成外语以前，你必须彻底了解它的含义。 make short of long 长话短说;扼要地说： To make short of long，we must have both an ambitious goal and a down-to-earth style of work. 长话短说，我们必须既要有远大的理想又要脚踏实地地去干。 make short/quick work of 迅速处理(某事);迅速解决(某事)： Mrs White made short work of her household affairs so as to go out shopping. 怀特太太迅速做完家务事以便出去购物。 make something of 1 从中取利;利用： A shopkeeper wanted to make something of this business，so he participated in actively. 一位商店主人想从这笔业务中取利，所以他积极参与。 2 说得非常重要;把……教育成有作为的人： His parents support him to go to university so as to make something of him. 他的父母供他上大学，以便把他教育成有作为的人。 make something of it 〈俚语〉借故找茬;借故打架： After drinking too much wine，a man became drunken，he walked out of the public house and said to a pedestrian “Want to make something of it?”一个人喝了太多的酒以后，醉酒了，他走出酒店，对一个行人说： “你想打架吗?” make something of oneself/one’s life 出人头地;飞黄腾达： That gentleman has struggled arduously over half his lifetime，now he makes something of himself. 那位先生艰苦奋斗多半辈子，现在他出人头地了。 make sport of 取笑(某人);嘲弄(某人)： We made sport of Connie that her boy friend would forsake her and love another girl. 我们拿康妮取笑说，她的男朋友将要把她抛弃去爱别的姑娘。 make sure work of 对(某事物)有把握： This connoisseur makes sure work of curio appraisal，he is an expert in this respect. 这位鉴赏家对古玩的鉴定有把握，他是这方面的专家。 make/take a note of 把……记下来： We have taken a note of what they said in the negotiation for further reference. 我们已经把他们在谈判时所说的话记了下来，以供将来参考。 make the acquaintance of 与……结识： They made the acquaintance of some scholars when they attended an academic conference. 他们参加一个学术会议时，他们结识了一些学者。 make the ascent of 攀登;上升： A famous mountaineer has made the ascent of that high mountain which no one has ever conquered before. 一位著名的登山运动员已经登上那座向来未被人征服的高山。 make the ascription of sth to 把某事归因于;把某事归属于： We make the ascription of the Five Classics and Four Books to Confucius and Mencius. 我们认为五经四书是孔子和孟子所著。 make the best of 尽量利用;善用： This shrewd businessman makes the best of every chance he gets，so he can make more money than others. 这个精明的商人善用每一次机会，所以他赚的钱比别人多。 make the best of a bad bargain 善处逆境： Everyone of us should learn the ability to make the best of a bad bargain，for we cannot always be in favourable circumstances. 我们每个人都应当学会善处逆境的本领，因为我们不可能总是处于顺境。 make the best of a bad job/business尽量把损失减至最小;善处逆境： It is no use repenting that we have made a mistake，what we should do is to make the best of a bad job. 我们犯了错误后悔没有用，我们应该做的是尽量把损失减至最小。 make the best of both worlds 企图生前享福死后极乐;两全其美： This rich man is superstitious to the utmost degree，he spends a lot of money in building a luxurious tomb for himself so as to make the best of both worlds. 这个富人迷信到了极点，他花了很多钱给自己建了一个豪华的坟墓，以便生前享福死后极乐。 make the best of one’s gifts 善用自己的天赋： A musician made the best of his gifts and soon became famous in his country. 一位音乐家善用自己的天赋，不久就在他的国家出了名。 make the best of one’s opportunity善用自己的机会： A young man makes the best of his opportunity to gain professional proficiency，he soon becomes an expert in his trade. 一位青年善用自己的机会钻研业务，不久他就成为该行业的专家。 make the best of one’s time 善用自己的时间： The finals draw near，we must make the best of our time in reviewing our lessons. 期末考试快要到了，我们必须善用我们的时间复习功课。 make the best of one’s way 尽量快走： After visiting some scenic spots and historical sites，the tourists made the best of their way，for they must get to the hotel before dark. 在游完一些名胜古迹以后，旅游者们尽量快走，因为他们必须在天黑以前赶回旅馆。 make the best of things 随遇而安;(虽然事态不太满意但)感觉满足： That poor man makes the best of things anywhere he has enough to eat. 只要吃得饱，这个穷人在哪里都知足。 make the most of 1 尽量利用： A diligent student made the most of books and absorbed as much knowledge as he could. 一位勤勉的学生尽量读书，吸收尽可能多的知识。 2 极为重视： Our superiors make the most of our advice and organize a special group to carry it out. 我们的领导极为重视我们的建议，组织一个专门班子来实现它。 make the worst of 对……作最坏打算;尽量往坏处看： My friend goes about things steadily，he often makes the worst of it when he engages in something. 我的朋友办事稳健，他办事时常常作最坏的打算。 make use of 使用;利用： Our factory tried to make use of the most modern equipment and the most advanced technology in our production. 我们工厂在生产中尽力使用最现代化的设备和最先进的工艺。 man of blood 凶险的人;凶手： People told us that he was a man of blood and asked us to be on the alert against him. 人们告诉我们，他是个凶险的人，叫我们提防着他。 man of brains 聪明人： This pedlar is a man of brains，he can persuade his customers into buying his bad-quality fruit. 这个商贩是个聪明人，他能说服他的顾客们买他的劣质水果。 man/woman of fashion 上流社会人物;时髦人物： Seaside resorts are full of men and women of fashion in summer. 夏季，海滨胜地满是时髦人物。 men of all conditions 各种各样的人： Men of all conditions walk in the streets，it is impossible to know what they are thinking and what they are about. 大街上走着各种各样的人，要想知道他们在想什么和在忙什么是不可能的。 men of good will 善良的人们： Men of good will are ready to help anyone who are in need. 善良的人们愿意帮助任何需要帮助的人。 men of the day 当代英雄;红极一时的人物： These people are men of the day，they have done eminent meritorious services for mankind. 这些人们是当代的英雄，他们为人类建立了卓越的功勋。 much of a 称得上的;了不起的： We think that young scientist much of a heroic figure，he has made important invention in most advanced branches of science. 我们认为那位青年科学家称得上是英雄人物，他在尖端科学上做出了重要的发明。 Never too much of a good thing.〈谚语〉好东西也不宜过多： A child feels some pain in the stomach，for he eats delicious cake too much，his mother gives him some remedy and tells him never too much of a good thing. 一个小孩吃美味蛋糕过多，胃口有些疼，他母亲给他一些药吃，并且告诉他，好东西也不宜过多。 next of kin 最近的亲戚(们)： As they are all next of kin，they will cooperate well in their work. 由于他们都是最近的亲戚，他们在工作上一定能合作得很好。 ninety-nine of a hundred 百分之九十九;几乎总是： Ninety-nine of a hundred，when I open my mouth，my wife seems to know what I am going to say. 几乎总是这样，每当我一张嘴，我妻子似乎就知道我要说什么。 no end of 〈口语〉很多;非常： This young man is proud and full of conceit，he thinks no end of himself. 这个青年骄傲自负，他自命不凡。 None of that! 不要这样! Two mischievous boys want to fight，their teacher cries： “None of that! You bad boys. ”两个顽皮男孩要打斗，他们的老师喊道： “不要这样! 你们这些坏孩子。” none of the best 不甚好： George’s work is none of the best，he must keep on making efforts and improve it from various respects. 乔治的工作不甚好，他必须继续努力，从各方面改进它。 None of your lip! 不要无礼! 别这样放肆! Harvey talks rough and impolitely，his father scolds him： “None of your lip!”哈维说话粗野，不礼貌，他的父亲责骂他： “别这样放肆!” None of your tricks! 别耍花招! Mother chided her naughty child：“None of your tricks! It’s you who broke the window，not your little brother. ”妈妈斥责她顽皮的孩子：“别耍花招，是你打破的窗户，不是你弟弟打破的。” not a bit of it 一点也不;毫不(作强烈否定之用)： You would think that she was very tired after such a long walk，but not a bit of it. 你一定认为经过这么长的路程她一定很累吧，可是一点也不。 not a breath of 一点也没有： It is very hot in our courtyard，there is not a breath of wind. 在我们庭院里非常热，一点风也没有。 not a rag of 丝毫没有;完全没有： We are hungry and want to eat something，but there is not a rag of food in our kitchen. 我们饿了，想吃点什么，但是我们厨房里一点食物也没有。 not a shred of 丝毫没有;完全没有： What he says is mere commonplaces，there is not a shred of new and original thing in it. 他所说的话只不过是老生常谈，没有一点新颖的东西在内。 nothing of the kind (用于礼貌或有力的否定回答)绝没有那种事： “I am sorry to cause you so much trouble. ”“My dear friend，it is nothing of the kind.” “我很抱歉，给你带来这么多麻烦。”“亲爱的朋友，那绝不算什么。” nothing of the sort 一点也不是;绝不是那么回事： “Perhaps John is cheating us with a lie.”“Nothing of the sort，he is an honest man.” “也许约翰是用谎言来欺骗我们。”“绝不是那么回事，他是个诚实的人。” nothing short of 简直不比……差;简直可以说： He is a great musician of the day，his composition is nothing short of that of Beethoven. 他是当代的大音乐家，他的作品简直不比贝多芬的作品差。 nothing to speak of 不值一谈(的小事);无足轻重： “What were you busy about yesterday at home?”“Nothing to speak of，I helped my wife to wash her hair.” “你昨天在家里忙什么了?”“不值一谈的小事，我帮我的妻子洗头了。” not show a spark of interest in 对……毫无兴趣： Joseph is a rough fellow，he does not show a spark of interest in playing chess and drawing pictures. 约瑟是个粗鲁的家伙，他对下棋绘画毫无兴趣。 not that I know of 〈口语〉1 据我所知不是这样： “Peter is a slippery fellow，isn’t he?”“Not that I know of，he is an honest and tolerable man. ”“彼得是个滑头，不是吗?”“据我所知不是这样，他是个老实人。” 2 我不知道： “Did Daisy quarrel with Ada yesterday?”“Not that I know of.” “昨天黛西跟爱达吵嘴了吗?”“我不知道。” not the half of 仅仅是(某事物)的次要部分： This is not the half of the story，things more interesting are still to come. 这仅仅是事情的次要部分，更有趣的还在后面呢。 not the length of a street 很近的距离;些微的差别： His house is not the length of a street from here，we may go and see him. 他的家离这里很近，我们可以去看看他。 not think much of 对……评价不高;不大重视： They do not think much of that youth，he is only a graduate from a primary school. 他们不大重视那个青年，他仅是个小学毕业生。 not to make chalk of one and cheese of the other 公平对待;一视同仁： Not to make chalk of one and cheese of the other，otherwise you will be despised. 对人要一视同仁，否则你将被看不起。 not to speak of 更不用说： She is a cruel woman，she does not love her own child，not to speak of other children. 她是个残忍的妇女，她不爱自己的小孩，更不用说别的孩子了。 of ability 有能力的;有才干的： Our new manager is of great ability，he will surely bring our corporation to prosperity. 我们的新经理有卓越的才能，他一定能使我们公司繁荣昌盛。 of age 成年;达到成人的年龄： John is of age now，he decides to leave home to temper himself in the world. 约翰现在已经成年，他决定离家到外面去闯荡。 of a kind 同一种类的;质量不太好的： Three of a kind beats two of a kind in cards. 玩牌时三张同花赢两张同花。 of all ages 所有年龄的： Walking is a form of exercise，it is appropriate for people of all ages. 散步是一种运动，它适合于所有年龄的人。 of all makes 各种厂牌的： Cars and motorcycles of all makes are on show in the exhibition，you may try any of them on the spot. 各种厂牌的汽车、摩托车都在展览会上展出，你可以当场试开任何一辆。 of all others (表示惟一、突出等)在所有的当中： Jack is the only wise and diligent pupil of all others in this school. 杰克是这所学校所有学生当中惟一又聪明又勤勉的学生。 of all people (表示惟一、突出等)在所有人当中： Of all people I respect that great scientist most，he has changed the appearance of physics radically with his theory. 在所有人当中，我最尊敬那位伟大的科学家，他以他的学说从根本上改变了物理学的面貌。 of all sorts 各种各样的： There are little animals of all sorts in this forest such as squirrels，hares，hedgehogs，lizards etc. 在这个森林中有各种各样的小动物，例如松鼠、野兔、刺猬、石龙子等。 of all things (表示惟一、突出等)在所有事物当中： We think that virtue is the most important of all things in human life. 我们认为，在人类生活中道德是所有事物中最重要的。 of antiquity 古代的： Many great personages of antiquity still live in our hearts because they have benefited posterity. 许多古代的伟大人物仍然活在我们心中，因为他们给后代造了福。 of a/one piece with 与……一致;与……同一性质： We need not argue with each other，for your argument is of one piece with mine. 我们不需要彼此辩论，因为你的论点跟我的论点是一致的。 of a sort或of sorts 勉强算是的;名不符实的： It is a painting of sorts，but hard to describe. 这勉强算是一幅画，但毫无特色。 of a suit with 与(某物)是一整体;与(某物)协调： Benjamin lacks in youthful vigour，this is of a suit with his old-fashion family. 本杰明缺乏青年人的朝气，这和他的老派家庭是相协调的。 of authority 有权威的;有威望的： He is a physicist of authority，his name is often referred to in books of this subject. 他是一位有威望的物理学家，他的名字时常在物理学书籍中被提到。 of average 平均水平;一般程度： A child of average intelligence knows about a hundred words at the age of four. 一个智力在一般水平的孩子在四岁时大约认识一百个字。 of bad repute 名声不好的： My neighbour is a man of bad repute，he has ever been accused of theft. 我的邻居是个名声不好的人，曾经被人控告过行窃。 of choice 精选的;优良的： This shop sells woolens and silk goods of choice，the price may be higher but the quality is best. 这家商店售卖上等毛织物和丝织物，价格可能高一些，但质量是上等的。 of consequence 重要的： Things of consequence should be done first，those of no consequence may be put next. 重要的事情应当先做，不重要的事情可以下一步做。 of course 当然;自然： Of course they will attend that meeting because their immediate interests are to be discussed at it. 他们当然要参加那个会议，因为该会议要讨论他们的切身利益。 of easy virtue (指妇女)轻浮的;水性杨花的： People pay no respect to that woman，for she is of easy virtue. 人们不尊重那个妇女，因为她性情轻浮。 of eminence 著名的;显赫的;卓越的： a doctor of eminence名医/a scientist of eminence卓越的科学家/a poet of eminence卓越的诗人/a man of eminence名人/a position of eminence显赫的地位 of even date 同一日期;即日： We will report you in detail in a letter of even date. 我们将在同一天发出的信中向你详细报告。 offer the hand of fellowship 伸出友谊之手： Was there anyone who offered you the hand of fellowship when you were in misery? 你在患难中时，有人向你伸出友谊之手吗? of first-class make 第一流的： It will take her two months’ wage to buy a fur coat of first-class make. 买一件第一流的裘皮大衣要花费她两个月的工资。 of foreign growth 外国种植培养的： Owing to the difference in climate and soil conditions，plants of foreign growth cannot grow well in our country. 由于气候和土壤条件不同，国外培养的植物在我国生长得不好。 of gentle birth 出身名门： This lady is of gentle birth，her father and grandfather were both distinguished public servants of the country. 这位女士出身名门，她的父亲和祖父都是国家的卓越公仆。 of gentle blood 出身名门： That officer is of gentle blood，some of his remote ancestors were famous generals of the Roman Empire. 那位军官出身名门，他的几位远祖是古罗马帝国的著名将军。 of good breeding 有良好教养的： This youth is of good breeding，he is gentle and polite and reverent to old folks. 这位青年有良好教养，他文雅有礼貌，尊敬长辈。 of good family 出身高贵门第： This scholar is of good family，it is said that his forefathers were high-ranking court officials in the Qing Dynasty. 这位学者出身高贵门第，据说他的祖先在清朝是朝廷的命官。 of good repute 名声好的： That gentleman is of good repute，he is enthusiastic in public affairs and undertakings of social welfare. 那位先生名声很好，他热心于公共事务和社会福利事业。 of great bulk 有巨大体积的： Containers of great bulk cannot be transported in the city，for the streets are very crowded and narrow. 巨大体积的集装箱不能在城市里运输，因为街道太拥挤狭窄。 of great delicacy 灵敏的(指仪器、器官等);微妙的： Some of the instruments in our laboratory are of great delicacy，even the weight of a hair can be shown on their scale. 我们实验室中有些仪器非常灵敏，即使一根头发丝的重量也可以在它们的刻度上显示出来。 of great/high promise 大有希望的;大有前途的： This young man is of great promise，he is ambitious in his aim and steadfast in his work. 这位青年大有前途，他的目标远大、工作踏实。 of great moment 极重要的： Newton’s law of motion is of great moment in physics，we should study it carefully. 牛顿的运动法则在物理学上非常重要，我们要好好学习它。 of great reputation 很有声望的;享有盛名的： The botanist is of great reputation in scientific circles，the superiority of hybrid rice was first discovered by him. 该植物学家在科学界享有盛名，杂交水稻优势就是由他首先发现的。 of great weight 很重要的;很有价值的： People are interested in his address because they have found some views of great weight in it. 人们对他的演说发生兴趣，因为他们在其中发现了一些很有价值的见解。 of great worth 很有价值的;价值极大的： That connoisseur often goes to the flea markets nearby，once he has ever found some curios and jadewares of great worth in them. 那位鉴赏家时常去往附近的旧货市场，有一次他曾在其中发现一些价值极大的古玩玉器。 of high reputation 名誉很好的： That shop is of high reputation，it runs its business honestly and never cheats anyone. 这家商店名誉很好，它诚实经商，从不骗人。 of home growth 本国种植培养的： Through efforts of agricultural technical personnel，various flowers of home growth have been exported to foreign countries in great quantities. 通过农业技术人员的努力，我们培植的各种花卉已经大批量地向外国出口。 of it (用于名词之后以加强语气)： He lost an arm in a traffic accident，and the right arm of it. 他在一次交通事故中失去一只胳臂，并且是右臂。 of itself 自行;自动地： The interesting point is that this robot can go in and out his house of itself. 有趣的地方是，这个机器人能够自行走出和走入他的家门。 of its own accord 自然地;自动地(指事物)： This door often opens of its own accord，we have not found out the reason for it. 这个门时常自己就开了，我们还没有找出原因。 of late 近来;最近： Several great events happen of late in scientific circles such as the discovery of superconduction，the success of controlled nuclear fusion etc. 近来科学界发生几件大的事件，例如超导现象的发现，可控核聚变的成功等等。 of late years 近年以来： Great changes have taken place in my home town of late years，many large plants have been set up and many schools opened. 近年以来我的家乡发生很大变化，建立了许多大工厂，开办了许多学校。 of little moment 不重要的： As we are busy，we have no time to deal with things of little moment. 由于我们很忙，我们没有时间处理不重要的事情。 of little weight 不重要的;没有价值的;没有分量的： What they put forward are all proposals of little weight，so few people pay any attention to them. 他们所提的都是些不重要的建议，所以很少有人注意他们。 of long standing 多年的;由来已久的： The dispute between them is of long standing，so they are on ill terms with each other. 他们之间的纠纷由来已久，所以他们之间的关系紧张。 of name 有名的;有名望的： He is a man of name in our town，we all heard of him before. 他是我们城镇里有名望的人，以前我们都听说过他。 of necessity 必然的(地);不可免的(地);不得已地： His bad end is a matter of necessity，he has committed too much evil. 他那不好的下场是必然的，他犯的罪太多了。 of no effect (on/upon) 1 (对……)没有效果： This remedy is of no effect on his illness，he has asked his doctor to change for a new one. 这个药对他的病没有疗效，他已经要求医生换一种新药。 2 (对……)没有影响： His words are of no effect on them，for he is a man of little account. 他的话对他们没有影响，因为他是个无足轻重的人。 of no moment 不重要的： Don’t waste your time on those trifles，they are of no moment to us. 不要把你的时间浪费在那些琐事上，它们对我们不重要。 of no name 无名的;不出名的： He is a man of no name，you cannot find him without knowing his address. 他是个无名之人，你不知道他的住址就找不着他。 of no/small reputation 默默无闻的;没有声望的： He is a writer of no reputation in our city because few journals carry his essays around here. 他在我们城市里是一位没有声望的作家，因为这一带很少有报章刊登他的文章。 of no value 没有价值的： His writings are destined to oblivion，for they are all of no value. 他的作品注定要湮没无闻，因为他写的完全是没有价值的东西。 of no worth 没有价值的： Secondhand goods in flea markets are all of no worth，we can buy a lot of them with little money. 旧货市场上的旧货都是不值钱的东西，我们可以用很少的钱就买很多。 of old 昔时的;很久以前的： They can never forget the days of old，when they had the happiest time of their life together. 他们永远也不会忘记昔日的时光，那时他们共同度过一生的最美好的光阴。 of one’s choice 自己挑选的;自己喜欢的： This old man had a collection of curios of his choice，he loved them as his own heart. 这位老人存有一批他自己喜爱的古董，他爱惜它们如同自己的生命。 of oneself 自动地;自然而然地： A dog often went to his master’s tomb of itself and circled round it. 一只狗常常自动地走到主人的墓地围着墓转圈。 of one’s (own) free will 自愿地;出于自愿： These youths came and took part in our hard and dirty labour of their own free will. 这些青年们自愿地来参加我们又苦又脏的劳动。 of one’s own 属于自己的： These instruments are all of his own，he has bought them to be used in his profound study. 这些仪表都是他自己的，他购买它们是为了在他那深奥的研究工作中使用。 of one’s own accord 自愿地： Pupils often come to help this old lady，they do this of their own accord，no one asks them to do so. 学生们时常来帮助这位老太太，他们这样做完全是自愿地，没有人要求他们这样做。 of one’s own motion 自动地;自愿地： More and more people come to donate money and clothes，they do this completely of their own motion. 越来越多的人们前来捐钱捐衣物，他们这样做完全是自愿地。 of one’s own volition 出于自己意志;自愿地： His behaviour is of his own volition，so he should be responsible for it. 他的行为出于他自己的意志，所以他应当为它负责。 of repute 出名的;有声望的： That large enterprise is of repute in our city，it deals with many foreign corporations in business. 那家大企业在我们城市里有声望，它跟许多外国公司做生意。 of set purpose 故意地;有意地： The person is wicked by nature，he often incites discord among others of set purpose. 那人天性邪恶，他时常在别人当中故意地挑拨争吵。 of shreds and patches 破破烂烂的;没有价值的： Their arguments are all of shreds and patches，so they lose in the debate. 他们的论据都是没有价值的，所以在辩论中他们输了。 of the day 当今的;当前的： Our most important duty of the day is to replenish ourselves with the knowledge of modern science and technology. 当前我们最重要的任务是用现代科学技术的知识充实我们自己。 of the first rate 头等的;第一流的： Their team will certainly win championship because their team members are all of the first rate. 他们队必将赢得冠军，因为他们的队员都是第一流的。 of the first water 第一流的;第一等的： Madame Curie was a scientist of the first water，she made great contribution in the discovery of uranium，radium and other radioactive elements. 居里夫人是一位第一流的科学家，在铀、镭和其他放射性元素的发现上她做了巨大的贡献。 of the hour 当前的;迫切的;目前大家所关切的： We must make our country thriving and prosperous，this is our task of the hour. 我们必须使我们的国家繁荣昌盛，这是我们当前的任务。 of the moment 此刻;当今;现在： Our most important work of the moment is to make full preparations for our graduation examination. 此刻我们最重要的工作是为我们的毕业考试作好充分准备。 of the old school 守旧的;旧式的;旧派的： Although Cathy is young，her thought is conservative and her manner and style are of the old school. 虽然凯丝年纪很轻，但她的思想是保守的，她的举止作风是守旧的。 of the right kidney 脾气好的;相宜的;合适的： Charles is of the right kidney，he never loses his temper no matter what you say to him. 查理脾气好，无论你对他说什么，他也不发火。 of the royal blood 皇家的;皇族的： Our viceroy was a man of the royal blood，Queen Victoria was his aunt. 我们的总督是皇族成员，维多利亚女王是他的姑母。 of the same kidney 气质相同的;同一类型的： These two friends are of the same kidney，they have lived together many years without any quarrel. 这两位朋友气质相同，他们一起生活许多年没有吵过嘴。 of the time 当前的;当今的;当代的： Our task of the time is to master modern science and technology and apply them to our work. 我们当前的任务是掌握现代科学技术并把它们运用到我们工作上去。 of unsound mind 头脑不健全的;精神失常的： This man is of unsound mind，he needs to be attended by his family members all the time. 这个人精神失常，他时时刻刻需要他的家里人照看。 of yore 从前;往昔： In days of yore，this old married couple often had a stroll along mountainous paths，enjoying the tranquillity of autumn evenings. 在昔日，这对老夫妻时常漫步在山间的小径上，享受秋日晚间的宁静。 oil of palms 贿赂;贿金： He is honest in performing his official duties and has never been enticed by oil of palms. 他廉洁奉公，从来不被贿赂所诱惑。 one of these days 1 不久;过不了几天(用于许诺)： Don’t be anxious，we will bring you some good news one of these days. 不要着急，过不了几天我们就会给你带来好消息。 2 总有一天： That kind-hearted old man will certainly enjoy happiness one of these days. 总有一天那位善心的老人会享福的。 one of these fine days 改天;将来： We will call at your house one of these fine days and admire the beautiful flowers you have planted. 改天我们将要到府上拜访，观赏你种植的美丽的花卉。 one of those days 不幸的日子： Something sad happened on one of those days. 一件悲惨的事发生在那个不幸的日子。 one’s length of days 一个人的寿命： No one knows how long his own length of days is though they all hope to have a longer one. 没有一个人知道自己的寿命有多么长，虽然他们都希望自己的寿命更长一些。 one’s walk of life 职业： It is surprising to say that nearly all of us choose our walks of life by accident. 说来令人惊奇，我们当中几乎所有的人都是偶然选定我们的职业。 on penalty of 否则要受……之罚： Smoking near the warehouse is forbidden on penalty of ten yuan. 禁止在仓库附近吸烟，违者罚款10元。 partake of 1 分享;参与： They are good friends and partake of fortune and misfortune always. 他们是好朋友;永远祸福与共。 2 带有几分(某种性质)： His manner partakes of insolence though he always keeps silence. 虽然他总也不说话，但他的态度带有几分傲慢。 pass the time of day with 跟(某人)闲聊天： When that old lady has nothing to do，she often passes the time of day with her neighbours. 当那位老太太没有什么事做时，她时常跟她的邻居们聊天。 pay the debt of nature或pay one’s debt to nature 死： Everyone of us will pay the debt of nature，some earlier and some later. 我们每一个人总有一天要死去，有些人早一些，有些人晚一些。 people of all walks of life 各界人士： They asked people of all walks of life to make donation for the relief of poor and wretched men. 他们要求各界人士踊跃捐助救济贫苦的人们。 people of good will 善良的人们： People of good will always try to help others whenever there is a chance. 善良的人们只要有机会就努力帮助别人。 piping time(s) of peace 太平盛世;歌舞升平时期： Ordinary people all hope to have a piping time of peace instead of that of calamity. 普通老百姓都希望太平盛世而不希望灾荒之年。 point of view 观点;着眼点： It is natural that they have different points of view on that problem. 他们在那个问题上观点不同是很自然的。 point the finger of scorn at 轻蔑地指点(某人);嘲笑(某人)： That proud man often points the finger of scorn at others，but he forgets his own defects. 那个骄傲的人时常轻蔑地指点别人，但是他忘记了自己的缺点。 possible of 可能……的： The weather is changeable，it is possible of raining these days. 天气变化无常，这些天可能下雨。 presence of mind 沉着;镇定： I must admit that I lack presence of mind when I meet with troublesome things. 我必须承认，当我遇到麻烦事时，我缺乏镇定。 pride of place 高位;头等重要的地位： Although my friend has got to the pride of place，he is still modest and prudent to others. 虽然我的朋友已经登上高位，但他对人仍然谦虚谨慎。 prime of masters 名家;泰斗： He is the prime of masters in artistic circles，his works are often shown in local exhibitions. 他是艺术界的名家，他的作品时常在当地展览会中出现。 prime of the moon 新月： The married couple lived a merry life，they often went boating on the West Lake under the prime of the moon. 这对夫妻过着甜蜜的生活，他们时常在新月下泛舟西湖。 reach the end of the line (指关系等)破裂： These two firms reached the end of the line in their business relations，they censured each other for lack of credit. 这两家商号业务关系破裂，他们互相指责对方缺乏信用。 reach the top of 到达……之顶点： Through several hours’ valiant struggle，mountaineers reached the top of that high mountain at last. 经过数小时的勇敢搏斗，登山运动员们终于到达了那座高山的顶峰。 regardless of 不管;不顾;不关心： Regardless of his doctor’s advice，this old man still indulged himself in the addiction of drinking and smoking. 不顾医生的忠告，这个老人仍然沉溺于喝酒吸烟。 relieve sb of 解除某人的(负担等);减轻或解除某人的(痛苦、困难等)： The government has made an appropriation to relieve flood victims of distress. 政府已经拨款救济水灾灾民。 remind sb of 使某人想起： Alice often reminds me of my own sister，for my sister is just as beautiful and lively as she. 爱丽丝时常使我想起我自己的妹妹，因为我的妹妹跟爱丽丝同样的美丽和活泼。 retain the memory/remembrance of记得(某人、某事)： I still retain the memory of my schooldays and my schoolmates in my childhood. 我仍然记得我童年时期的学生生活和同学们。 rid oneself of 摆脱;除去： I have rid myself of the debts，which have vexed me so many years. 我还清了我的债务，这些债务一直使我苦恼这么多年。 rob sb of 抢劫某人之(某物);剥夺某人之(某物)： The reward of one’s labour is protected by law，no one is allowed to rob him of it. 人们的劳动报酬受法律的保护，任何人也不允许去剥夺。 rule of thumb 单凭经验的办事方法;从经验得来的办法： That shopkeeper knows nothing about management and administration，he runs his shop only by rules of thumb. 那位商店主人对经营管理一点也不懂，他仅凭从经验上得来的办法经营他的商店。 run a chance of failure 有失败的危险： He runs a chance of failure in his task，but he is not afraid because he may try it again if it should fail. 他的工作有失败的危险，但是他不怕，因为万一失败的话，他可以再做。 run ahead of 做在先;进行在先： Their progress of work has run ahead of us，we must work hard to keep pace with them and surpass them. 他们的工作进度已经走在我们前面，我们必须努力以便赶上和超过他们。 run foul of 与……相撞;与……纠缠在一起： Motor-driven vehicles must be driven more slowly and carefully when it is foggy or else they will have the danger of running foul of each other. 下雾时机动车辆必须驾驶得更慢和更小心，否则就会有相撞的危险。 run risks of或run the/a risk of冒……之危险： Some zoologists went into wild mountains and ran the risk of their lives to investigate large carnivorous animals. 一些动物学家进入深山冒生命危险去调查大型食肉动物。 run short of 用尽： An exploration team is running short of its supplies，they must try to get some replenishment. 一支探险队的给养快要用尽了，他们必须设法获得一些补充。 run the chance of 冒……之危险： We promise to do the hard work by ourselves，this means that we run the chance of complete failure. 我们答应由我们自己去做那件困难的工作，这意味着我们在冒彻底失败的危险。 run the danger of 冒……之危险： People all praised that young man，who ran the danger of his own life to save a child. 人们都夸奖那位年轻人，他冒着自己生命危险去救一个儿童。 scrape the bottom of the barrel 刮桶底;〈俚语〉使出最后一招： A girl asked her boy friend to see her home but her boy friend didn’t want to，so she scraped the bottom of the barrel，threatening him that if he didn’t，their friendship might break. 一个姑娘要求她的男朋友送她回家，但她的男朋友不肯，于是那姑娘使出最后一招，威胁他的男友说，如果他不肯，他们之间的友谊可能中断。 scratch the surface of 对……作肤浅的探讨;对……浅尝即止： Owing to limit of time，that orator only scratched the surface of this problem，he would probe into it deeply in his next speech. 由于时间限制，那位演说家对这个问题只作肤浅的探讨，他将在他的下次演说中深入地探讨它。 secure the attention of 把握住……的注意力： This gentleman is a good speaker，his eloquence secures for him the attention of his audience. 这位先生是个好演说家，他的口才为他把握住听众的注意力。 seek the society of 追求与(某人)往来： A shrewd man tries his best to seek the society of rich and influential people so as to gain advantage. 一个精明的人尽最大努力追求与有钱有势的人们往来以便从中获益。 see little of 很少见到(某人);很少与(某人)往来： We see little of John recently，perhaps he has gone on holidays. 我们最近很少见到约翰，他大概是度假去了。 see much of 经常见到(某人);经常与(某人)往来： When we were in Shanghai，we saw much of that scholar，who passed our door everyday to go teaching. 当我们在上海时，我们经常见到那位学者，他每天路过我们门口去教书。 see something of 见到一些： Don’t try to fool him，he has seen something of the world. 不用想愚弄他，他是个有些见识的人。 see the back of 赶走;撵走： We are glad to see the back of that fellow，he is a black sheep among us. 我们很高兴把那个家伙赶走，他在我们当中是个害群之马。 see the last of 最后一次见到;再也见不到： We sawthe last of that old man when he was sent to hospital. 我们最后一次见到那位老人是他被送往医院的时候。 see the light of day 出世;问世： The Five Classics and Four Books saw the light of day in our country more than two thousands years ago. 五经四书在两千多年以前在我国问世。 seize/claw hold of 抓住;掌握： When a brave mountaineer climbed up a steep precipice，he seized hold of a steel cable and ascended quickly. 当一位勇敢的登山运动员攀爬一座陡直的峭壁时，他抓住一条钢丝绳，很快地往上登。 sell sb a bill of goods 以花言巧语骗得某人相信或同意： A girl sold our manager a bill of goods and our manager employed her as his assistant. 一个女郎以花言巧语骗得我们经理的信任，我们经理就雇用她为助手。 shed flood of tears 泪如雨下;泪如泉涌： This woman is so sad that she sheds flood of tears as if a knife was piercing her heart. 这位妇女太悲伤了，她泪如雨下，心如刀割。 show a clean pair of heels 逃之夭夭;逃走： A naughty child made fun of his little sister so much that she cried，when his mother appeared he showed a clean pair of heels at once. 一个顽皮小孩把他的小妹妹戏弄哭了，当他们妈妈来时，那孩子立刻逃走了。 show appreciation of 对……显示鉴赏能力： That foreign poet showed high appreciation of Chinese poetry，especially to those of Li-Bai and DuPu. 那位外国诗人对中国诗显示了很高的鉴赏能力，特别是对于李白和杜甫的诗。 show a sign of或show signs of 现出……的样子或迹象;有……之征兆： When we are in high spirits，everything around us shows a sign of joy，but when we are in low spirits，things around us all show signs of sorrow. 当我们高兴的时候，我们周围的每件事物都显出欢乐的样子;而当我们不高兴的时候，我们周围的事物又都显出忧愁的迹象。 show evidence of 显示……的迹象： Although that ancient palace has been a historical site of a thousand years，it still shows evidence of the solemn and dignified panorama of the emperor sovereignty over land under heaven in those days. 虽然那个古代宫殿已经是千年古迹，但是他仍然显示出当年天子君临天下的庄严肃穆景象。 show signs of wear 快要穿破了;快要用坏了： My shoes have shown signs of wear，I must buy a pair of new ones. 我的鞋快要穿破了，我必须买一双新的。 show/take/a fair/light pair of heels逃之夭夭;逃走： When a mischievous boy had broken a neighbour’s window，he was afraid of being blamed，so he showed a fair pair of heels at once. 当一个淘气小孩打破了邻居的窗子时，他恐怕受到责备，所以立刻逃之夭夭。 sing of 歌颂(某事物);吟咏： A scholar believes in the goodness of human inherent character，so he often sings of the greatness of human nature in his works. 一位学者相信人性本是善的，所以他在作品中时常讴歌人性的伟大。 smell of oil (作品等)有熬夜赶制的痕迹： A student burned the midnight oil to write his composition，so his composition had the smell of oil when he gave it in. 一个学生开夜车写他的作文，所以当他把作文交给老师时，那作文有熬夜赶制的痕迹。 smell of the candle/lamp 带有熬夜赶制的痕迹;有苦心雕琢的迹象： Nearly all his writings have smell of the candle because he is eager to excel. 几乎他的所有作品都带有苦心雕琢的迹象，因为他是个要强的人。 smoke the pipe of peace 言归于好;和解： There was bitter and deepseated hatred between these two tribes，but now they have smoked the pipe of peace. 这两个部落之间有深仇大恨，但是现在他们已经言归于好了。 some sort of 某种的;多少有些： When we are together with that man，we often feel some sort of arrogance in his manner. 当我们跟那个人在一起的时候，我们时常感觉他的举止有些傲慢。 something of 在某种程度上;在某种意义上： We all take this old man as something of our reverend teacher. 我们都把这位老人当做我们应当尊敬的老师。 something of the kind/sort 某种类似的事物： In his makings there are generosity，gallantry and something of the like. 在他的气质中有着慷慨、豪侠以及诸如此类的东西。 sort of 有几分;有点儿： Mary is sort of unhappy today，what is wrong with her? 玛丽今天有点不高兴，她怎么了? So that’s the time of day! 〈俚语〉情况原来如此! 原来是你耍的小花招! 这就对了! When Joseph had told the whole story to Alice，she laughed and said： “So that’s the time of day!”当约瑟夫把事情原委都告诉爱丽丝以后，爱丽丝笑了，她说： “情况原来如此!” sow the seeds of discord/dissention/strife 散布不和种子;挑拨离间： A wicked person sowed the seeds of discord between these two good friends with ill intentions. 一个邪恶的人不怀好意在这两个好朋友之间散布不和种子。 speak highly of 称赞;赞扬： A teacher spoke highly of a girl before the class，this made the girl unparalleled happy. 一位老师当着全班的面表扬一个女孩，这使得那个女孩无比地快乐。 speak ill of 说……的坏话;诽谤： It is an indecent act to speak ill of someone behind his back，it fully shows the bad character of the person who does it. 在别人背后说他的坏话是不正当的行为，它充分显示说坏话者的不良品格。 speak the worst of 尽量往坏处说(某人)： We should fiercely criticize the one who speaks the worst of others，expose him to the public if necessary. 我们应当狠狠批评那些尽量往坏处说别人的人，必要时可以把他暴露出来。 speak well of 称赞;赞扬： Mother often speaks well of her daughter this makes her son feel uneasy. 母亲时常称赞她的女儿，这使她的儿子感到不快。 spend a lot of care on 花费很多心血： This botanist has spent a lot of care on his study of cross pollination between plants of different species. 这位植物学家已经在他的不同种属植物间的异花授粉研究工作上花费了很多心血。 stand a good chance of 大有……的希望： That young scientific worker is modest and prudent and does his research work in a down-to-earth manner，he stands a good chance of success in his career. 那位年轻的科学工作者谦虚谨慎，研究工作做得扎实，他在他的事业上大有成功的希望。 stand clear of 站开;避开;移开： Mother asked her child to stand clear of Edward，for Edward often fought with other children. 妈妈叫她的小孩别跟爱德华一块玩，因为爱德华时常跟别的孩子打架。 steer clear of 避开;绕开： Connie steers clear of meeting a friend of hers，that friend has ever offended her but does not make an apology. 康妮避开跟她的一个朋友见面，这个朋友曾经冒犯过她而不向她道歉。 steer sb clear of 使某人避开;使某人防范： We steer our friends clear of offending that dishonest person，it is not worth while contradicting him. 我们叫我们的朋友们别得罪那个不正派的人，因为不值得跟他闹矛盾。 stem the torrent of 抵制;对抗： People ask a young man to be careful about his words and acts，but this young man stems the torrent of their advice and goes on doing what he wants. 人们要求一个青年对自己的言行要检点，但是这个青年抵制他们的忠告，继续想做什么就做什么。 stink of/with money 钱多得花不完： That industrialist stinks of money，his enterprises bring him money more than he can spend. 那位实业家钱多得花不完，他的企业给他赚来他花不完的钱。 stop short of 突然煞住;决定不做： That gentleman is going to accuse a man who has ever wronged him，but he suddenly stops short of it because he thinks of the proverb forgive and forget. 那位先生将要去控告一个曾经冤屈过他的人，但是他忽然决定不控告了，因为他想到一个谚语：不念旧恶，不记仇。 stress of weather 险恶天气;暴风雨： Fishing boats were all driven back by stress of weather，they had to wait at home until the bad weather was over. 捕鱼船由于险恶天气都停止捕鱼回航了，他们必须等到天气好转以后再出航。 stretch of imagination 夸张;妄想： We think it is only by stretch of imagination that he says he has seen a man as tall as a giant. 我们认为他说他看到一个跟巨人一样高的人仅仅是夸张之词。 strike sb all of a heap 使某人瞠目结舌： When the famous magician suddenly conjured several differentcoloured hares out of an empty bag，the audience were stricken all of a heap. 当那著名的魔术师忽然从一个空袋子中变出几个颜色不同的小兔时，观众们惊得瞠目结舌。 strike of day 破晓;黎明： That old man has made it a habit to get up at strike of day and do morning exercises by the riverside. 那位老人已经养成习惯，黎明即起，在河边作晨练。 strike the eye of 给……以深刻的印象;醒目： These tourists have visited many scenic spots，their beautiful scenery strikes the eye of them. 这些旅游者游览了许多名胜之地，其美丽风景给了他们深刻的印象。 strike the fancy of 投合……的心意;吸引： His words struck the fancy of us and we answered him with warm applause. 他的话投合我们的心意，我们报他以热烈的掌声。 strip sth of 从某物上剥去或除掉(某物)： Tall trees outside my window strip my room of sunshine and make it rather dim even at noon. 窗子外面高大的树木遮住我房间的阳光，即使在中午，我的房屋也不明亮。 strip sb of 脱去或剥去某人的(某物)： The doctor stripped his patient of his clothes so as to cure the scald on his body. 医生脱去病人的衣服以便医治他身上的烫伤。 supply the place of 替代;充作……的代用品： Modern production lines have supplied the place of old equipment in our factory so that our output is doubled than before. 我们工厂现代化的生产线替代了旧的设备，产量也较前增加了一倍。 take account of sth或take sth into account 对某事物加以考虑;对某事物加以注意： Taking account of the distance，we decided to set out early in the morning to get there before dark. 考虑到路程远，我们决定早晨很早就动身以便天黑以前到达那里。 take a cursory view of 匆匆看： As I am very busy，I only take a cursory view of today’s newspaper. 由于我很忙，我只匆匆看一下今天的报纸。 take a dim view of 对(某事物)不以为然;对(某事物)不抱乐观态度： They took a dim view of theircompany’s future，for its management was confused and it had lost money for several years running. 他们对他们公司的前途不抱乐观态度，因为他们公司的经营管理混乱，并且已经连续好几年赔钱。 take advantage of 利用： That young man took advantage of every chance to study technique so as to improve himself in technical knowledge and specialized ability. 那位青年利用一切机会钻研技术以便增进自己的技术知识和专业技能。 take a gloomy view of 对……抱悲观看法： An old man takes a gloomy view of human life，for he himself has suffered in numerable difficulties and obstacles in his lifetime. 一位老年人对人生抱悲观看法，因为他自己在一生中就遭遇了无数的艰难险阻。 take a lot of doing 费事;费力： It takes them a lot of doing to design an automatic feeding machine because they have never seen such a machine before. 设计自动进料机费了他们很大力气，因为他们以前从来没有见过这样的机器。 take an attitude of 采取……的态度： Many scientists take an attitude of devotion towards their study，so they have attained great achievements in their careers. 许多科学家对他们的研究工作采取献身的态度，所以他们在事业上获得很大成就。 take an/the opportunity of 利用……的机会;抓住……的机会： Some diligent youths take the opportunity of half-day work to go to a sparetime academy studying technique. 有些勤勉的青年利用半日工作制的机会，到业余专科学校学习技术。 take a red-coloured view of 对(某事)抱乐观看法： Mother took a redcoloured view of her family，her child would win honour for her when he grew up. 母亲对她的家庭抱乐观看法，她的孩子长大以后一定给她争光。 take care of 1 照看;看管： We often asked our neighbours to take care of our house when we went out shopping. 我们出去购物的时候，我们常请邻人们替我们照看家里。 2 当心;小心： Take care of the stove，don’t let children at home alone. 小心炉火，别叫孩子们单独在家里。 take care of number one 为自己打算;照看自己： This shrewd man always takes care of number one though he pretends to think always for the public. 这个精明的人总为自己打算，虽然他假装时时为公众着想。 take care of oneself 保重身体;注意健康： This old man takes care of himself all the time since he recovered from a serious illness. 自从这位老人从一场重病中恢复过来以后，他随时注意自己的健康。 take care of the pence 节约小笔费用： The housewife always takes care of the pence in her household expenses to save some money for a rainy day. 那家庭主妇在家务开支上总是节约小笔费用以便存一些钱备不时之需。 Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves.〈谚语〉积少可以成多： Grandma often tells her grandchildren the proverb that take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves and asks them to practise strict economy. 祖母时常告诉她的孙子、孙女们“积少可以成多”这个谚语，要求他们厉行节约。 take control of 1 控制;支配： In autumn，rivers are very easy to overflow，we must take control of their current to avoid floods. 秋季时，河水容易泛溢，我们必须控制它们的水流以免出现水灾。 2 管辖;管理： Our chief accountant has been assigned to take control of all financial affairs in our factory. 我们的总会计师已经被指定来管理我们工厂的全部财务工作。 take counsel of 跟……商量;请……指教： Although he is our chief engineer，he often takes counsel of all technical personnel about technical affairs. 虽然他是我们的总工程师，但是关于技术事务他时常跟所有技术人员商量。 take counsel of one’s pillow 彻夜思考： That gentleman has the habit of taking counsel of his pillow when he cannot decide something in the daytime. 当这位先生白天有些事情不能决定时，他有彻夜思考的习惯。 take delivery of 收到;提取： We ask that company to pay us immediately after they take delivery of our goods. 我们要求那个公司在收到我们货物后立即付款。 take fast hold of 紧握： Sailors stood firmly and took fast hold of one another’s hands against the gale and billows. 海员们站稳，互相紧握着手与狂风骇浪抗争。 take/get the wind of 1 占(他船)的上风;比……占优势： Our ship took the wind of a tanker，for the wind blew from our side. 我们占那只油轮的上风，因为风是从我们这边刮来的。 2 得到……的线索;发觉： A new brand of colour TV has more functions in receiving and watching patterns，when people get the wind of this，they all want to buy it. 一种新牌子的彩色电视在收看图像上有更多的功能，当人们发觉以后，都想购买它。 take heed of 当心;注意;提防： We should take heed of running vehicles when we cross a street of heavy traffic. 当我们横越交通繁忙的街道时，要注意行驶的车辆。 take leave of one’s senses 发疯： The man suffers from a mental illness and has taken leave of his senses，he should be sent to a mental hospital. 那人患有精神病并且已经发疯，他应当被送到精神病院。 take little account of 不重视;不注意： Old people take little account of their dress，they are more concerned about their health. 老年人不注意自己的服装，他们更关心他们的健康。 take much account of 重视： Our manager takes much account of export business，for our profit comes mainly from that business. 我们的经理重视出口业务，因为我们的利润主要来自这项业务。 take no account of 不考虑;不注意： This youth thinks himself intelligent and capable，so he takes no account of hisfriends’ advice. 这个青年自认为精明强干，所以他不考虑朋友们的忠告。 take no notice of 不理睬;不注意： He takes no notice of his parents’biddings and sticks to his old way of doing things. 他不注意他父母对他的叮嘱，仍然我行我素。 take note of 注意： Henry always takes note of other’s opinions and improves his work by them. 亨利总是注意别人的意见，并借以改进自己的工作。 take one’s fill of rest 充分休息： A coach asked his players to take their fill of rest before the next match took place. 一位教练要求他的运动员们在下次比赛到来以前要充分休息。 take one’s leave of 向(某人)告别;向(某人)辞行： Jim took his leave of his relatives and friends before he departed from his home town. 吉姆在离开家乡以前，向他的亲戚朋友告别。 take possession of 占领;占有;占取： Imperialists took possession of the resources of manpower and material of their colonies and pillaged them madly. 帝国主义者占取他们殖民地的人力物力资源，疯狂地加以掠夺。 take short view of 对(某事)目光短浅;对(某事)持短见： Mother never takes short view of her children’s prospects，she lets them receive as much education as they can. 母亲对于她的孩子们的前途从来不目光短浅，她叫他们受到尽可能多的教育。 take stock of 估量(某人的能力等);观察(形势)： Our manager often takes stock of his employees’ ability before he appoints them any post. 我们经理在委派他的雇员们职务以前，时常先估量他们的能力。 take the helm of 掌管： A lot of profit has been made since this new director took the helm of our company. 自从这位新主任掌管我们公司以来，已经获得大量利润。 take the liberty of (doing sth) 冒昧(做某事);允许自己(做某事)： They are so unbridled as to take the liberty of using my dictionary without asking for my permission. 他们如此放肆，竟然不经我允许就使用我的辞典。 take the line of least resistance 采取阻力最小的办法;采取最省事的方法： We should take the line of least resistance in doing our work so as to complete it better and more quickly. 我们做工作时应当采取阻力最小的办法以便更好更快的完成它。 take the measure of 1 给(某人)量尺寸： This tailor takes the measure of his customers very carefully so that new suits made by him fit them very well. 这个裁缝给他的顾客们量尺寸非常细心，所以他所做的服装非常适合顾客身材。 2 掂(某人)的分量;估量(某人)的能力： The chief engineer often assigns tough tasks to his subordinates to take the measure of them. 这位总工程师时常给他的下级分配困难的工作以便掂量他们的能力。 take the measure of sb’s feet 估量某人的品格、能力等： A boss insisted on taking the measure of his employees’ feet by himself，he did not believe in other’s introduction. 一个老板坚持亲自估量雇员们的能力，他不相信别人的介绍。 take the opportunity of 利用……的机会;抓住……的机会： Students often take the opportunity of their teacher’s absence to operate the computers themselves. 学生们时常利用他们老师不在的机会亲自操作电脑。 take the part of 与……站在一边;袒护;支持： Mother often takes the part of her younger child when there is a quarrel between her two children. 当两个孩子发生争吵时，母亲时常站在她那较小的孩子一边。 take the path of 踏上……的前路;开始从事： Andy took the path of life after he graduated from a technical college. 安迪在一所技术院校毕业以后踏上了人生的道路。 take the place of 代替;接替……的位置： Modern automatic production lines have taken the place of old equipment，so our factory has changed its features. 现代化自动生产线已经代替了旧的设备，所以我们工厂已经改变了面貌。 take the road of 走……的道路： As no one wants to help that youth，he has to take the road of self-reliance. 由于没有人想帮助那个青年，所以他必须走自力更生的道路。 take the shine of 使光泽消失;使黯然失色;使相形见绌： When our princess appeared，she took the shine of all other girls with her beauty and grace. 我们的公主出现时，她以她的美丽和仪态使得其他所有姑娘黯然失色。 take the top of the table 坐上席;做(会议的)主席： As this old man is of noble character and high prestige，he takes the top of the table wherever he goes. 由于这位老人德高望重，所以他无论到哪里都是坐上席。 take the trouble of 不怕麻烦地去做;努力去做： Our good neighbour often takes the trouble of doing dirty and toilsome jobs for us whenever we ask for his help. 每当我们请求我们的那位好邻居帮忙时，他时常不怕麻烦地为我们做脏活累活。 talking of/about 至于;谈到： Talking of human nature，that philosopher neither praises nor depreciates. 谈到人性，那位哲学家既不赞扬也不贬低。 tell a pack of lies 谎话连篇;满口谎言： We never put any trust to that person for he tells a pack of lies about anything you ask him. 我们一点也不信任那个人，因为无论你问他什么事他都是满口谎言。 tens of thousands 数以万计的： We dare not look at a nest of ants because there are tens of thousands of them in it，which makes your heart tremble. 我们不敢看蚂蚁窝，因为那里面有数以万计的蚂蚁，使你的心发麻。 That’s (quite) another pair of shoes. 〈口语〉那(完全)是另外一回事;那就另当别论了： This woman often looks down upon other’s children，when we ask about her own child，she says：“That’s another pair of shoes.” 这位妇女时常看不起别人的孩子，当我们问起她自己的小孩时，她说：“那就另当别论了。” the aim of our being 人生的目的： Many saints of the East and the West have studied the true aim of our being，but few of them have reached any conclusion. 东方和西方许多圣贤已经研究了人生的真正目的，但是他们之间很少有人得到任何结论。 the arm of flesh 人力;人之努力： Earthquakes，typhoons，eclipses and other natural phenomena are all beyond the arm of flesh. 地震、台风、日月蚀以及其他自然现象都是超出了人力所能达到的范围。 the back of beyond 〈口语〉远方;天涯海角： An old mother cannot go asleep at deep night because she misses her son whois at the back of beyond. 一位老母亲夜不成寐，她思念远方的儿子。 the back of ground 偏僻之地;遥远的地方： This young man left his home town and went to the back of ground，he would never return again. 这个年轻人离开家乡去往遥远的地方，他将永远不再回来。 the bar of conscience 良心的制裁： If there were no law，only the bar of conscience could do nothing. 如果没有法律，只靠良心制裁一点用也没有。 the best of it is或the best part of it is (在某件事情中)最妙的地方是;最有趣的是： Many people visited him yesterday，the best of it was，none of them knew him. 昨天有许多人拜访他，最有趣的是，这些人当中没有一个人认识他。 the better part of (某事物中的)较大的部分;较多的部分： Through efforts of all staff members，our factory has produced the better part of our ordered goods. 经过全体职工的努力，我们工厂已经生产了订货的大部分。 the bill of fare 菜单： As we are hungry，we choose some dishes at random from the bill of fare and ask them to serve quickly. 由于我们很饿，我们从菜单上随便点几个菜，要求他们快点上。 the bird/dove of peace 和平鸽： There are prolonged cheers from the multitude when innumerable birds of peace hover in the sky. 当无数和平鸽在天空中翱翔时，人群中发出长时间的欢呼。 the bloom of youth 青春;年富力强： These youths are now in the bloom of youth，they are all pillars of our state. 这些青年人正在年富力强，他们都是我们国家的栋梁。 the bulk of 大半;大部分： The bulk of inhabitants in the mountain region are hunters and wood-cutters. 山区中的大部分居民是猎人和樵夫。 the center of commerce 商业中心： Streets around the center of commerce are thronged with people and vehicles from morning till night. 商业中心附近的街道上从早到晚挤满了人和车辆。 the center of shopping 购物中心： There are many large stores in the center of shopping，their business is brisk and prosperous. 在购物中心有许多大商店，他们的买卖非常兴隆。 the code/law of honour公认的行为准则;决斗准则： Perfect impartiality and being open and aboveboard are the code of honour. 不偏不倚和光明正大是公认的行为准则。 the day of days 重大的日子： The date of one’s marriage is the day of days all his life. 一个人结婚的日期是他一生中重大的日子。 the Day of Judgement或the day of doom (宗教)最后审判日： Christians believe in the Day of Judgement. 基督徒们相信有最后审判日。 the end of the line/road 到此为止： Now we reach the end of the line，let no more of this happen again. 咱们到此为止，今后不许再发生这样的事。 the evening of life 晚年： This old man retired to his home village in the evening of life. 这位老人，晚年退休回到他的家乡。 the fifth wheel of a coach 多余的东西;多余的事物： You had better leave that company at once，for you have become the fifth wheel of a coach there. 你最好赶快离开那家公司，因为你在那里已经是多余的了。 the flower of life 青春时代： These youths are in the flower of life，they should sing and dance and enjoy it. 这些青年正处于青春时代，他们应该唱歌、跳舞，享受青春。 the four corners of the world 世界各地： This old sailor has been to the four corners of the world，so he is much experienced and knowledgeable. 这位老海员曾经去过世界各地，所以他见多识广。 the full of the moon 满月： People admire the full of the moon because it is so bright and so poetic and also because it symbolizes family reunion. 人们欣赏满月的景色，因为它是那样的明亮和富有诗意，还因为它象征着全家团圆。 the gate of horn 应验的梦： I had a good dream last night and I hope it is the gate of horn. 我昨夜做了一个好梦，我希望它是一个应验的梦。 the gate of ivory 不应验的梦： We hope that your dreadful dream will be the gate of ivory. 我们希望你那个可怕的梦是个不应验的梦。 the gentry of the press 新闻界人士： The gentry of the press have the duty of propagating information and linking up thought. 新闻界人士有传播信息沟通思想的任务。 the gift of tongues 说外语之能力： This little girl has the gift of tongues，for her father is a German and her mother is an English woman. 这个小女孩有说外语的能力，因为她的父亲是个德国人，她的母亲是个英国人。 the glow of sunset 晚霞： Tourists admired the glow of sunset on top of a high mountain，they were all fascinated by the brilliant and splendid scenery. 旅游者们在一个高山山顶上欣赏晚霞，他们都被这光辉艳丽的景色所迷住。 the god of day 太阳： The god of day is the source of life，all creatures on the earth exist under his charity. 太阳是生命的源泉，世界上所有生物都在他的恩赐下生存。 the god of love 爱神： Although the handsome young man and the beautiful girl are thousands of li apart，the god of love forms a bond between them. 虽然那英俊的青年和那美丽的姑娘相隔万里，但爱神把他们结合在一起。 the gospel of health 健康之道： It is all necessary for old people to learn some knowledge about the gospel of health. 老年人们学习一些关于健康之道的知识是完全必要的。 the hell of it is…… 〈美俚语〉妙就妙在;麻烦就在于： A magician turns a handkerchief into a rabbit in his magic，the hell of it is that none of us knows where this rabbit comes. 一位魔术师在他的魔术中把一条手帕变成一个小兔，妙就妙在我们没有一个人知道那只小兔是从哪里来的。 the irony of fate 命运的播弄;命运的嘲弄： It is owing to the irony of fate that this kind man wandered about in a desperate plight all his life. 这位善良的人颠沛流离一辈子，这是命运的播弄。 the land of Nod 睡乡： He fell into the land of Nod the moment he reposed his head on a pillow. 他刚把头放在枕头上就进入了睡乡。 the living image of 酷似(某人);活像(某人)： Alice is the living image of her mother，you need not see her mother after you see her. 爱丽丝酷似她的母亲，你看见她以后就不需要再看她的母亲了。 the long and the short of it(is)总而言之： After praising various merits of little Tom，our teacher said：“The long and short of it is，he is a good child，every pupil should learn after him.” 在夸奖小汤姆的各项优点以后，我们的老师说：“总而言之，他是个好孩子，每个学生都应当向他学习。” the master of one’s destiny/fate能掌握自己命运的人： Joseph is the master of his fate，he never yields to misfortune but struggles against it. 约瑟能掌握自己的命运，他从来不向坏运气屈服，而是与之抗争。 the milk of human kindness 天生的善心;人情味： The milk of human kindness may be said to be a lubricant，it can eliminate or decrease conflicts. 人情味可以说是一种润滑剂，它可以消除或减少冲突。 the mode/way of life 生活方式： His mode of life is different from others’，he works from morning till night without any amusement. 他的生活方式跟别人不同，他从早到晚整天工作，丝毫不娱乐。 the morning of life 生活的开端： These youths are in the morning of their life，their future is full of brightness. 这些青年是处于生活的开端，他们的前途充满光明。 the mother of the months 〈诗歌用语〉月亮;玉兔： The mother of the months hangs high in the night sky with twinkling little stars around her. 月亮高挂在夜空中，闪耀的小星星围绕着它。 the necessaries of life 生活必需品： That little island is far away from land，the necessaries of life are transported there by ships. 那个小岛远离陆地，日用必需品用船运到那里。 the noon of night 〈诗歌用语〉午夜： Men and other animals are fast asleep at the noon of night，only autumn insects are busy singing their eternal songs. 人类和其他动物在午夜时都在熟睡，只有秋虫在忙着唱它们的永恒之歌。 the order of nature 自然的规律： We must do things according to the order of nature，we cannot go against it. 我们必须按照自然规律办事，不能违背它。 the other side of the coin 事情的另一面;问题的另一面： When taking something into consideration，we must also consider the other side of the coin. 当我们考虑事情时，也必须考虑事情的另一面。 the other side of the shield 盾的反面;问题的另一面： If we want to deal with a problem appropriately we must also take the other side of the shield into consideration. 如果我们想妥善地处理一个问题，我们必须把问题的另一面也加以考虑。 the patience of Job 极度的忍耐;极大的耐心： Nurses need the patience of Job in their work，so such work can only be done by women. 护士们的工作需要极大的耐心，所以这种工作只能由妇女去做。 the pick of the basket/bunch 一批中最好的;精华： This book is the pick of the bunch，other books are all not worth while reading. 这本书是这些书中最好的，其他书都不值得一读。 the pink of perfection 十全十美;完美到极点： The pink of perfection is only our ideal，we can never reach it but always come nearer to it. 十全十美是我们的理想，我们永远也达不到它，但是总是离它越来越近。 the pith and marrow of (某事物)之精髓： You should absorb the pith and marrow of this book，it is of much benefit to you. 你要吸取这本书的精髓，那对你有很大益处。 the power of life and death 生死予夺之权： In ancient England，kings like George the first，Henry the fifth all had the power of life and death to their subjects. 在古代英国，像乔治一世、亨利五世等对他们的臣民都有生死予夺之权。 the pricks of conscience 良心的责备;内疚： The pricks of conscience made that man apologize to his neighbour. 良心的责备使得那个人向他的邻居道歉。 the range of vision 视野;眼界： One should widen the range of his vision so as to take more things into his consideration. 人应当扩大他的眼界以便把更多的事物纳入考虑范围。 there is no question of (某事)是不可能的： There was no question of Charles Darwin visiting Australia in his old age. 达尔文在晚年时不可能访问澳大利亚。 the relation of forces 力量的对比： Winning and losing of a football match are decided by the relation of forces between the two teams. 一场足球比赛的胜负取决于两个队实力的对比。 the reverse side of the medal 问题的另一面;事情的另一面： Mother asked her child to consider the reverse side of the medal while dealing with things. 母亲要求她的孩子在处理事物时要考虑事情的另一面。 the Revival of Learning 文艺复兴： The Revival of Learning is the turning point of literature and arts in European history. 文艺复兴是欧洲历史上文学和艺术的转折点。 the root of the matter 事情的实质;问题的本质： How can we settle a problem appropriately before we make clear the root of the matter? 在没有闹清问题的实质以前，我们怎么能够妥善地处理一个问题呢? the rubs and worries of life 人生的辛酸： Mother has fully suffered the rubs and worries of life in bringing up her children. 母亲在把儿女们养大成人中饱尝了人生的辛酸。 the rule of the road 交通规则： A driver was fined by traffic policemen for breaking the rule of the road. 一个司机因为违犯交通规则被交通警罚款。 the run of events 事情发展的趋势： We are sure that the run of events is in favour of us if we do not make any mistake. 我们有把握，如果我们不犯错误，事情发展的趋势有利于我们。 the run of the market 市场趋势;行情： This businessman makes money in his business because he is good at analysing the run of the market. 这位商人在买卖中赚了钱，因为他善于分析市场趋势。 the run/state of things 事态;情况;形势： They decided to make clear the run of things before they took any measure. 他们决定在采取任何措施以前先闹清情况。 the scene of action 现场;出事地点： We hurried to the scene of action to see if there was anyone injured in this accident. 我们急忙赶到出事地点，看看在这场事故中是否有人受伤。 the second half of (某事物)的后一半： Our country was nearly dismembered by imperialists in the second half of the 19th century. 在19世纪后半期，我们国家几乎被帝国主义者所瓜分。 the sequence of events 事情发生的顺序;事情的进展： They were not qualified to speak on this problem because they did not make out the sequence of events. 他们对这个问题没有发言权，因为他们没有闹清事情的进展情况。 the shades of evening/night 暮色(夜色)： The shades of evening come close from all sides，soon mother earth is devoured by the night. 暮色四合，不久天地就被夜色所笼罩。 the smiles of fortune 福星高照;好运： When Paul leaves his home town，his relatives and friends all wish him the smiles of fortune. 当保罗离开家乡时，他的亲友们都祝愿他福星高照。 the spitting image of 酷似(某人、某物的)人或物： This place is the spitting image of my home village，they both have small gardens and clear ponds. 这个地方酷似我的家乡村庄，它们都有小花园和清澈的池塘。 the star of day/noon 太阳： The star of day gives us light and heat，it is the fountainhead of all creatures on earth. 太阳给我们光和热，它是地球上所有生物的源泉。 the state of affairs/things 事态;情况;形势： Correct measures come from correct analysis of the state of affairs. 正确的措施来源于对事态的正确分析。 the state of mind 心情;心境;精神状态： We cannot make out the state of mind of that person，sometimes he is happy and sometimes he is not. 我们闹不清那个人的心情，他有时快乐，有时不快乐。 the stream of time 时光的流逝： It is no use lamenting over the stream of time，what we should do is to make full use of it. 哀叹时光的流逝是没有用的，我们应当做的是充分利用它。 the sum and substance of (某事物)之实质;(某事物)之精髓： Sometimes it is difficult to make out the sum and substance of things which happen in our daily life. 有时闹清日常生活中所发生的事情的实质是困难的。 the survival of the fittest 适者生存： The survival of the fittest is an important principle of Darwin’s theory of evolution. 适者生存是达尔文进化论的一个重要原则。 the sweet and the bitter of life 人生之苦乐;人生的盛衰荣枯： People become mature only after they have tasted the sweet and the bitter of life. 人们只有在尝了人生的苦乐之后才能变得成熟。 the talk of the town 街头巷尾之话题： A brilliant and large shootingstar which appeared in the sky last night becomes the talk of the town. 昨夜出现在天空中的明亮而大的流星成为街头巷尾的话题。 the theatre of operations 战场;战区： Although the war has been past for several hundred years，there are still traces of fierce combats at the old theatre of operations. 虽然战争已经过去数百年，但是古战场上仍然有激烈战斗的遗迹。 the thin end of the wedge 有重大后果的小事;得寸进尺的开端： Everything may be the thin end of the wedge，so we should not pay little heed to minor matters. 每件事都可能带有重大后果，所以我们不能忽略小事情。 the time of one’s life 〈口语〉一生中最愉快的一段时间： I still remember my stay in Shanghai with my good friend，it was the time of my life. 我仍然记得我和好友在上海的逗留，那是我一生中最快乐的一段时间。 the topic of the day 当前最受人注意的问题或话题： People all show concern for that newly-built children’s recreation field，it is the topic of the day. 人们都关心那个新建的儿童娱乐场，它是当前最受人注意的话题。 the tricks of the trade 商业技巧;生意经： This man is good at the tricks of the trade，so he is called a shrewd businessman. 这个人精于商业技巧，所以被称为精明的商人。 the turn of the wheel 命运的转变： An unlucky man waits for the turn of the wheel，he believes deeply that out of the depthof misfortune comes bliss. 一个不走运的人等候着命运的转变，他深信否极泰来。 the vicar of Brag 看风使舵的人;两面派： People call him the vicar of Brag because he always sits on the fence when there is a dispute. 人们称他为看风使舵的人，因为每当发生争执他总是骑墙观望。 the warp and woof of... (某事物)的实质： Experienced people make their decision according to the warp and woof of things. 有经验的人们根据事物的实质来做他们的决定。 the way of the world 世道常情： People are all partial to and side with their own relatives and friends，this is the way of the world. 人们都偏袒自己的亲朋好友，这是世道常情。 the white rose of innocence/virginity 白玫瑰似的纯洁： We praise Mary because she has the white rose of innocence in her heart. 我们夸奖玛丽，因为她的心像白玫瑰似的纯洁。 the work of a moment 易如反掌的工作： Dick is full of conceit，he thinks everything the work of a moment. 狄克非常自负，他认为无论什么事都是易如反掌。 the world of fashion 时髦社会;交际界： People belonging to the world of fashion often dress themselves up gorgeously. 时髦社会的人们时常把自己打扮得花枝招展。 the world of letters 文坛;文艺界： People of the world of letters all devote themselves to some branches of literature and yield rich fruits. 文艺界的人们都专心于文学的某此分支的研究并取得丰硕成果。 the worm of conscience 折磨人的内疚;悔恨： When a man has done something wrong，the worm of conscience often makes him awake at midnight and tortures him. 当一个人做了错事时，悔恨时常使他睡不着觉，使他痛苦。 the year of discretion 能辨别是非善恶的年龄(在英国为14岁)： Mother sets her heart at ease a little，her child has reached the year of discretion now. 母亲有点放心了，因为她的孩子现在已经到了能够辨别是非善恶的年龄了。 the year of our Lord或the year of our redemption 公元……年或纪元……年： Albert Einstein was born in the year of our Lord 1879 爱因斯坦降生于公元1879年。 think better of 经过再考虑以后决定不做(某事)： We have thought better of setting out today because there may be bad weather. 经过再考虑以后我们决定今天不出发了，因为可能有恶劣天气。 think highly of 对……评价甚高;非常重视……： Our manager thinks highly of that engineer because he has solved many technical problems for the company. 经理对该工程师评价极高，因为他已经为公司解决了许多技术问题。 think little of 看不起;对……评价极低： Staff members think little of that man，for he has no real ability and true learning. 职工们看不起那个人，因为他没有真才实学。 think no small beer of 珍惜;重视： We should think no small beer of our reputation，we can never restore it once it is stained. 我们应当珍惜我们的名誉，一旦它被玷污，我们将永远不能恢复它。 think no small beer of oneself 妄自尊大;夜郎自大： If we think no small beer of ourselves，our friends will keep away from us. 如果我们妄自尊大，我们的朋友们将远离我们。 think nothing of 把……看成平常;把……看成不重要： That person thinks nothing of others，so others also think nothing of him. 那个人对任何人都看不上眼，所以大家也就对他看不上眼。 think nothing of it (对于感谢的礼貌回答)不用客气： “We are grateful to you，we owe our success to your precious help.”“Oh，think nothing of it，my dear friends.” “我们很感激你，由于你的宝贵援助，我们才能成功。”“啊，不用客气，我亲爱的朋友们。” think not much of或 not think much of 对……评价不高;对……不重视： We think not much of him though he blows his trumpet loudly. 虽然他自吹自擂，但我们对他评价不高。 think of 1 思考;考虑： We must think of a completely safe plan before we begin our work. 在我们开始工作以前，我们必须先考虑一个万全之计。 2 有……的想法;有……的看法： We could not think of cooperating with them，because they looked down upon us. 我们不可能有跟他们合作的想法，因为他们看不起我们。 3 打算;盘算： That student was thinking of how to go abroad to study after graduation. 那学生正在盘算毕业以后如何去外国留学。 4 想一想吧： Just think of the low temperature there，you will be frozen to death if you go there. 想想那里的气温吧，如果你去那里，你将被冻死。 5 想起;记得： We can still think of our studying together in the primary school. 我们还能够记得我们一块在小学读书的情景。 6 建议： He thought of a good idea at the meeting which we all agreed to. 他在会上提出一个好建议，我们大家都同意。 think poorly of 对……评价低;对……估价低： They think poorly of us，because we have given them a bad impression. 他们对我们评价很低，因为我们给了他们一个坏印象。 think scorn of 鄙视;藐视： Righteous people all think scorn of those who flatter and fawn on the wealthy and the influential. 正直的人们都看不起那些谄媚巴结有钱有势的人。 think small beer of 轻视;小看： Never think small beer of our defects no matter how slight they are. 无论我们的缺点多么轻微也决不可轻视它。 think something of oneself 自以为了不起; 自命不凡： Dick thinks something of himself because he wins his little brother in a race. 狄克自以为很了不起，因为他在赛跑中赢了他的小弟弟。 think (all) the better of 对(某人)更加钦佩： After the accident，we thought all the better of that youth，he saved so many people at the risk of his life. 在那次事故以后，我们更加钦佩那个青年，他冒着生命危险救了那么多人。 think (all) the world of 极其看重;热爱： That youth thinks all the world of his reputation，he holds it more preciously even than his life. 那个青年极其看重他的名誉，他爱惜名誉胜过生命。 think well of 对……评价很高： The director thinks well of a engineer for his ability and wants to promote him to a high post. 主任因为那工程师有才能而对他评价很高，他想把他晋升到高级职位。 this side of 在……之前;在……以下;不超过： We can only offer you this side of one hundred yuan，you may sell it to us if you wish. 我们出价不会超过一百元，如果你愿意的话，你可以把它卖给我们。 throw a flood of light on 充分阐明(某事物)： Madame Curie’s theory of atomic structure threw a flood of light on the immense power contained in atoms. 居里夫人关于原子结构的理论充分阐明了原子中所含有的巨大的能量。 time of peace 和平时期： In time of peace，industry and commerce are developed and people live and work in abundance and contentment. 在和平时期，工商业得到发展，人们安居乐业。 too fond of the bottle 嗜酒如命;酷爱杯中物： He was too fond of the bottle，once the cup was in hand，nothing else was in mind. 他嗜酒如命，一旦端起酒杯，什么事也不顾了。 too much of a good thing 好事过头反成坏事： Mother makes a pet of her dear son，we are afraid that it is too much of a good thing. 母亲宠爱她的儿子，我们恐怕那会好事过头反成坏事。 to say nothing of 更不用说;更不必说： Their baby cannot even walk，to say nothing of running. 他们的婴儿连走路都不会，更不用说会跑了。 to say the least of it 至少可以这样说;退一步说： To say the least of it，we are not enemies if you don’t agree that we are good friends. 如果你不承认我们是好朋友的话，至少可以这样说，我们不是敌人。 to speak of (常用于否定句)值得一提的： We don’t think it is something to speak of. 我们认为那事不值得一提。 treat of 论述;论及(指书、文章等)： That astronomer’s recent work deals with the origin of our Milky Way system. 那位天文学家的近著是论述我们银河系的起源。 tricks of fortune 命运的恶作剧： Although that man has wandered about in a desperate plight all his life，he still does not yield to the tricks of fortune. 虽然那个人已经颠沛流离了一辈子，但他仍然不向命运的恶作剧屈服。 turn the flank of 由侧面包抄(某人);在机智上胜过(某人);智取： As we cannot win our rivals with eloquence，we try to turn the flank of them. 既然我们不能用口才来胜过我们对手，我们试图在机智上胜过他们。 under the seal of secrecy 约定守秘密： Upon their request and under the seal of secrecy，we told them the real situation of the matter. 在他们的请求下，并且约定要严守秘密，我们才告诉他们事情的真相。 upon the receipt of 在收到……之后： Upon the receipt of their invitation we paid a visit to their city. 在收到他们的邀请以后，我们访问了他们的城市。 upwards of 超过;以上(指数量、价格等)： I don’t know exactly，but I suppose he is upwards of fifty years old. 我不确切知道他的年龄，但我推测他在五十岁以上。 wash one’s hands of 对(某事)不再负责;洗手不干(某事)： Our original director has washed his hands of the factory’s affairs，a new director has taken the place of him. 我们原来的厂长已经不再负责厂里的事务，一个新厂长接替了他。 well，of all things! (表示惊讶、愤怒等)哼，竟然如此!哼，怎么搞的! When Adam heard of that news，he cried：“Well，of all things，I will talk it over with them.” 当亚当听到那个消息以后，他喊道：“哼，竟然如此! 我要跟他们好好谈一谈。” What kind of? 哪一类的?什么样的? When salesmen told a customer that their shop had the accessory he wanted to buy，the customer asked：“What kind of?” 当售货员们告诉一位顾客他们商店有他所要买的零配件时，那顾客问道：“哪一类的?” What of it? 那又有什么了不起呢?那又怎么样呢? That proud engineer said to a young worker：“Even if you can design such a machine，what of it?” 那个骄傲的工程师对一位年轻的工人说：“即使你能设计出这样的机器，那又有什么了不起呢?” wide of the mark 1 远未射中目标： This shooting sportsman has a bad skill，most of his shootings are wide of the mark. 这个射击运动员技能不佳，他的大部分射击都远未射中目标。 2 毫不相干： Your talk is wide of the mark，let’s return to our topic. 你的谈话与讨论的问题毫不相干，让我们回到我们的话题上来。 wine of good body 醇厚的葡萄酒： If you have a taste，you will know it is the wine of good body. 如果你品尝一下，你就会知道，它是醇厚的葡萄酒。 win the applause of 赢得掌声： After that singer sang her beautiful song，she won long and warm applause of her audience. 那唱歌人唱完她的歌以后，她赢得了听众长时间热烈的掌声。 words of one syllable 简单明了的语言： I think we should exchange our views with words of one syllable and need not beat about the bush. 我认为我们应当用简单明了的语言来交换意见，用不着兜圈子。知识来源：李士钧编著. 英语介词用法词典. 天津：天津科学技术出版社. 2003 第491-580页.
随便看	Apropos of Around As As for Aside from As to Astride At Athwart Atop Bar(barring) Because of Before Behind Below Beneath Beside Besides Between Betwixt Beyond But But for By By means of