英語(yǔ)常用短語(yǔ)精解之四

字號(hào):

to take part
    at all
    to look up
    to wait on (upon)
    at least
    so far
    1.to take part : (participate)
    【說(shuō)明:】to take part(參加,參與)指參加宴會(huì),會(huì)議,聚會(huì)等而言,后面一定要用in。如果用with,則作袒護(hù)支持解,如He took part with me. (他加入我這一邊支持我。)
    【例:】
    (1) Henry was sick and could not take part in the meeting last night.
    亨利病了,昨晚他不能夠參加會(huì)議。
    (2)I did not want to take part in their argument.
    我不要參加他們的辯論。
    2.at all : (in any degree, in the least-generally used only in a negative sense)
    【說(shuō)明:】at all(絲毫,極少)為副詞片語(yǔ),多用于否定句以加強(qiáng)語(yǔ)氣。也可以用在疑問(wèn)句中作究竟解,如Do you know at all?(你究竟知不知道?)用在if的后面作既然解,如If you do it at all, do it well. (既做,就好好地做。)
    【例:】
    (1) He said that he did not have any money at all.
    他說(shuō)他一點(diǎn)錢都沒(méi)有。
    (2)When I asked her whether she was tired, she said, “ Not all at!”
    當(dāng)我問(wèn)她是否疲倦時(shí),她說(shuō),“一點(diǎn)也不!”
    3.to look up : (to search for-especially in a dictionary or catalogue where one must turn over pages)
    【說(shuō)明:】to look up(查出,查找)尤指從字典或目錄中翻查所要找的單字或號(hào)碼條文等。To look up作為不及物動(dòng)詞用時(shí),其意義為抬頭或仰望,如She looked up from her writing(她不寫(xiě)字了,抬起頭來(lái)仰望著。)
    【例:】
    (1) Every student should look up all new words in his dictionary each day.
    每個(gè)學(xué)生應(yīng)該每天從字典上查閱所有的生字。
    (2)Ellen said that she did not know Robert’s number but that she would look it up in the telephone book.
    艾倫說(shuō)她不知道羅勃的電話號(hào)碼,但是她呆以從電話簿上查出來(lái)。
    4.to wait on (upon) : (to serve, attend to – in a store or shop)
    【說(shuō)明:】to wait on(侍候,招待)指在商店中店員招待顧客,或指在家中仆人侍候主人,在飯店中堂倌侍候客人而言。On可以改用upon.
    【例:】
    (1) A very pleasant young woman waited on me in Macy’s yesterday.
    昨天一位很可愛(ài)的年輕女店員在麥茜公司里招待我。
    (2)The clerk asked, “Have you been waited on yet, Sir?”
    店員問(wèn),“先生,有人侍候過(guò)你嗎?”
    5.at least : (in the minimum)
    【說(shuō)明:】at least(至少)也可以用at the least,為副詞片語(yǔ)。
    【例:】
    (1) Every student should spend at least two hours on his homework every night.
    每個(gè)學(xué)生每晚至少應(yīng)費(fèi)兩小時(shí)做他的家庭作業(yè)。
    (2)Helen has been sick in bed for at least two months.
    海倫至少已經(jīng)臥病兩個(gè)月了。
    6.so far : (up to the present time)
    【說(shuō)明:】so far(到現(xiàn)在為止,到目前為止)作副詞用,與up to now的意思相同。動(dòng)詞應(yīng)用現(xiàn)在完成式。
    【例:】
    (1) So far John has been the best student in our English class.
    到現(xiàn)在為止,約翰一直是我們英文班上秀的學(xué)生。
    (2)How many idioms have we studied in this book so far?
    到現(xiàn)在為止,我們?cè)谶@本書(shū)里學(xué)了多少片語(yǔ)呢?