托福100條必備習語(4)

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86. be available to
    使可得到
    Their reports of the climate, the animals and birds, the trees and plants, and the Indians of the West were made available to scientists.
    87. be aware
    意識到
    I’m sure you are aware that one-third of your final grade is based on your lab work.
    88. be bare of
    Written to be performed on a stage bare of scenery, Thornton Wilder’s play Our Town depicts life in a small New England community.
    89. be beat
    be very tired精疲力盡
    M: It’s almost midnight. Why don’t we leave those dishes until tomorrow?
    W: Good idea! I’m beat.
    90. be behind in sth
    延遲, 落后
    M: Hey, Larry. Wanna (= Want to ) meet a few of us for coffee in a little while?
    W: Hmm, I would if I weren’t so far behind in this reading I’m doing for history.
    91. be behind time
    落后
    M: Boy, how quickly technology changes! So many people have a computer in their home nowadays.
    W: I know. I feel so behind the time.
    92. be beset with
    To trouble persistently; harass
    By 1970, the rail industry was beset with problems.
    93. be better off doing sth
    境況好
    Wouldn’t she be better off getting a good night’s sleep so she’ll feel fresh in the morning?
    94. be bound to do sth
    be certain to do sth
    It’s bound to rain soon.
    Without a plentiful and convenient supply of some suitable writing medium, development of the arithmetic process was bound to be hampered.
    95. be brought up
    Mercy Warren was brought up with the values of gentility在上流社會的價值觀影響下長大.
    96. be capable of
    Snakes are capable of graceful motion throughout the entire length of their rubbery bodies.
    97. be characteristic of
    Geologists find it useful to identify fossils in a rock sample because certain assemblages of species are characteristic of specific geologic time periods.
    98. be clogged with
    be crowded with
    The roads are clogged with the traffic between the suburbs and the cities every morning and evening.
    99. be coming into its own
    正在立國時期
    At a time when Canada was coming into its own, they felt that a major factor因素 in the development of a strong and healthy nation was a vital有生氣的 and relevant實質(zhì)性的 art.
    100. be concerned with
    Langston Hughes, a prolific writer of the 1920’s, was concerned with the depicting the experience of urban Black people in the United States.