自考专升本英语复习：基础词组的用法

    1.hold on/hold up 坚持，稍等/阻塞 

    2.insist on/persist in/stick to 坚持 

    3.knock at the door/knock into the wall/knock out sb/knock sth off/knock sth over 敲门/撞墙/打晕某人/把……打掉/把……撞倒 

    eg.Who has knocked the vase off the shelf? 谁把花瓶从架子上弄掉的?

    4.let out the secret/keep sth a secret 泄密/保守秘密 

    5.before long/long before/it is not long before …很久之前/不久之后/不久之后便…… 

    eg.It was not long before I realized that how foolish I was at that time. 不久之后我便意识到我当时是多么的愚蠢。 

    6.be made up of/consist of/contain/include 由……构成/包含，包括 

    eg.The class is made up of fifty students./The class consists of fifty students./The class contains/includes fifty students. 这个班由五十名学生组成。

    7.mean to do sth/mean doing sth 打算做某事/意味着做某事 

    eg.I didn't mean to hurt you by telling you the truth. 我告诉你真相并不是打算要伤害你。 

    eg.It means killing me that you lie to me. 对我撒谎就意味着要杀了我。

    8.in badly need of/in lack of/in want of 急需，缺乏 

    9.have nothing to do with sb/it is none of sb's business 和某人没关系/不管你的事 

    10.object to sth/doing sth 反对某事/反对做某事

    11.an idea occur to sb 某人突然想到一个主意 

    eg.An idea occurred to Tom that he can hide himself under the bridge. 汤姆突然想到他可以藏在桥底下。 

    12.owe sth to 把……归功于 

    eg.He owed all his success to the supports from his family. 他把成功归功于家人的支持。

    13.pay sb some money for sth 花某人多少钱为（某东西）

    14.sth cost sb some money （东西）花了某人多少钱

    15.sb spend some money on sth/in doing sth 某人花钱在（什么事上）/做……

    16.it takes sb some money to do sth 花钱去做……

    17.take place/take one's place/take the place of sb发生/取代某人/取代某人 

    18.practise doing sth 联系做某事 

    19.provide sb with sth/provide sth for sb 向某人提供某物  

    20.on purpose 故意 

    21.rather than/other than 而不是/除了，不同于

 
    eg.He bought the red tie rather than the green one. 他买了那条红领带而不是那条绿色的。 

    eg.He never speaks to me other than to ask for something. 他除了向我要东西，从不和我说话。

    eg.She seldom appears other than happy. 她很少有不高兴的时候。

    22.refer to 指的是，提及 

    23.play a role in 在……扮演一个角色，在某方面起作用 

    24.make room for 为……腾地方 

    25.see sb off/meet sb at the station 为某人送行/去车站接某人 

    26.send out/send for a doctor/send off/send up/派出/派人去请医生/发出气体/发射 

    27.make sense 有意义 

    eg.What you have said makes no sense. 你刚才说的话都是废话。 

    28.sentence sb to death/stone sb to death/starve sb to death 判某人死刑/用石头把某人打死/饿死某人