分類: 片語動詞

square * away +
使…準備就緒
There are few things I have to square away before I can leave.
The project should be squared away in the summer.

square off
擺好打鬥姿勢
The two drunks squared off and the barman had to intervene before a fight broke out.

square off against +
擺好打鬥姿勢
They squared off against the police when they arrived.

square up
結清 (債務)；誰也不欠誰
Can I square up with you for last night?

square up
擺好打鬥姿勢
The companies are squared up for a fight.

square up to +
勇敢地面對；正視
They need to square up to what they did wrong if we are to make any progress.

square with +
與…相符；與…一致
What he said doesn’t square with what the others said.

square * with (square sth with sb)
(做某事之前) 先得到 (某人的) 允許
I’ll have to square that with my boss before I can confirm it.
I’ll have to square it with the manager first.

squeeze up
硬擠 (在一小空間)
Four of us had to squeeze up in the back of the car.

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grasp at +
試圖抓住 (某物)
He grasped at the rail when he fell.

grasp at +
毫不猶豫地抓住 (機會)
They grasped at the chance to speak to her.

grass on +
(向當局、警方) 告發，揭發
He grassed on us and got us into a lot of trouble.

grass * up +
(向當局、警方) 告發，揭發
She didn’t grass them up, even though they’d been bullying her badly.

grey * out +
取消電腦程式的某項功能 (使該按鈕變成灰色、沒有作用)
They greyed out the print button to stop people using it. (在美式英語中，grey 拼成 gray)

grind away
不停地做 (某事)
Although I hated it, I ground away until I finished.

grind * down +
折磨；壓迫；澆 (某人) 冷水
Their negativity grinds me down.

grind * into +
用力壓、扭、搓等
She ground her cigarette into the ashtray.

grind on
令人厭煩地長時間持續著
The war ground on for years.

grind on
說、講或談個不停
He was still grinding on about football when we left.

grind * out +
吃力地寫出 (文章、樂曲等) 或做出 (某樣東西)
I find it very hard to grind out an original essay every week.

grind * up +
磨碎
She ground the beans up and made some coffee.

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cross * off +
劃掉，刪去 (名單上的項目)
She crossed him off her Christmas card list after they argued.
The children say their names, and you cross them off.

cross * out +
(在書寫中) 給…打叉，給…劃道線；劃掉
She crossed out her mistakes and wrote the correct answers above them.
Just cross out the old address.

cross * up
使混淆；蒙蔽
The treasure map was deliberately drawn to cross us up.

cruise through +
輕易通過 (考試等)；(在比賽中) 輕鬆獲勝
He cruised through the exam.

crumb down
(餐廳、咖啡店等) 清理餐桌
The waiter crumbed down before the coffee was served.

cry off +
取消承諾；打退堂鼓
I’ve got to work tonight; can I cry off going out for dinner?

cry out
(疼痛時或在吃驚或擔心時) 大叫，大聲喊叫
He cried out when he dropped the box on his toes.

cut across +
抄近路穿過 (某個地方)
It’ll be quicker if we cut across the park.
We cut across the field to save time.

cut across +
影響到 (兩個或多個不同的群體、階層等)
The issue cuts across social backgrounds as it affects us all equally. (這問題的影響跨越了社會背景；它對每個人都有影響)
These problems cut across class boundaries. (這些問題是跨界影響的)

cut * back +
削減，縮減
The firm cut back production because sales were sluggish.

cut back on +
削減 (開銷、開支、支出)
The government has decided to cut back on spending on the armed forces.

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spring back
彈回
The lock springs back when the key is turned.

spring for +
替他人付…的錢；請客
She is going to spring for all their medical bills.

spring from +
突然出現；突然從…冒出來
He sprang from the bushes when I walked past.

spring from +
來自於；起源於；出身於
His anger springs from his feelings of insecurity.

spring * on (spring sth on sb)
突然或出其不意地向某人宣布或提出某事
They sprang a birthday party on me at work.

spring up
(如雨後春筍般) 湧現；突然而迅速地出現；迅速增長
Charity shops are springing up in the recession.
In southern California new Internet companies were springing up every day.

spruce * up +
把…弄整潔；把…打扮漂亮
We spruced the flat up before we put it on the market.

spur * on +
鞭策、激勵或鼓舞某人做某事
The thought of the bonus spurred her on to complete the work on time.

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go up
上揚，上漲，增長，增加
The price of petrol has gone up sharply because of the increase in duty in the Government’s budget.

go up
被建造
Skyscrapers are going up everywhere in the city centre.

go up
發出 (聲音)
A huge cheer went up when the president arrived.

go up
(在比賽中) 晉級
The top three teams go up at the end of the season.

go up to +
(英) 上大學 (尤指上牛津或劍橋大學)
She went up to Cambridge after she finished secondary school.

go up to +
到達；延伸至
The book only goes up to the start of the Second World War.

go with +
(衣服等) 搭配；相配
That shirt doesn’t go with those pants.
Does this tie go with my shirt?

go with +
伴隨；陪同
I am going with Susan to the party.
A lot of benefits go with the job.

go with +
接受，同意
We’re going with our original plan in the end.

go with +
與 (異性) 交往，與 (某人) 談戀愛；與 (某人) 發生性關係
I am going with Yuri.
She’s been going with him since she was at university.

go without +
沒有
A person can go without water for three days.
I had to go without lunch today because I didn’t have any time.

go without +
沒有 (某物) 也行；沒有 (某物) 也得將就
They’re not coming, so we’ll have to go without their help.

goof around
鬼混，閒混
We spent the weekend goofing around.

goof off
逃避工作，留下工作；遊手好閒
We goofed off for the afternoon to watch the match.

goof * up +
破壞；把…弄糟
They goofed up our plans.

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creep in
(感情或感覺) 逐漸出現
He tried to stay calm, but you could hear the anger creeping in.

creep in
雖然盡量避免但仍出現
Errors crept in as the text got longer.

creep into +
(某事物) 出現 (在某事物中)
An angry tone crept into her voice.

creep * out +
使 (某人) 感到憂慮或不安
He creeps me out when he gets drunk.

creep out on +
長時間從事相同的活動
He’s been creeping out on that computer game all day.

creep over +
開始出現負面的感覺
Fear crept over me as I walked through the graveyard.

creep up on +
悄悄靠近 (某人)
They crept up on their rivals and overtook them.

crop up
出現；發生
I’m going to be late tonight as something has just cropped up at work.

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splash down
(太空梭) 降落在海中
Apollo 13 splashed down after a harrowing flight.

splash out
大手筆花錢
We went to an expensive restaurant and splashed out to celebrate.

splash out on +
花大錢 (購買)
I splashed out on a new camera.

split * up +
分組
The teacher split the class up into groups of four.

split up
離婚；分手
They are always splitting up and then getting back together again.

spoil for +
一心想 (打架、吵架、衝突等) — 通常用於進行式或完成進行式
He’s been spoiling for an argument all day.

sponge * down +
用海綿擦拭乾淨
I’ll sponge it down before putting it away.

sponge off +
依賴 (某人) 生活；寄居在 (某人) 家裡
Let’s go to Taipei, we can always sponge off my brother there.

sponge on +
不勞而獲得金錢或接受金錢
A lot of people are sponging on the state by claiming benefits they’re not entitled to.

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go through +
經歷；遭受
You wouldn’t believe what I went through when I was ill!

go through +
複習
I went through my notes before the exam.

go through +
徹底檢查；翻遍
I went through my desk looking for the letter.

go through +
採行；透過；遵循
You must go through the proper channels to get the approval.

go through +
解釋：闡述
He went through his ideas twice but I couldn’t really understand them.

go through
得到正式的認可、核准、批准
My divorce went through last week.

go through +
進入
They said I could go through the exam room.

go through +
用光；花掉
We went through a fortune on our holiday.

go through +
完成
I went through my work in a daze after I heard the news.

go through with +
完成 (已同意或計畫的事)；履行…諾言
I have decided to go through with the operation.
He did promise, but I doubt that he’ll go through with it.

go to +
花 (錢)
About half of my income goes to pay the mortgage.

go together
相配；相容；協調
Drinking and driving don’t go together.

go towards
用於幫助或支付
The money went towards my university fees.

go under
破產；倒閉
Many small shops are going under because they cannot compete with the supermarkets.

go under
(手術前) 進入麻醉狀態
She went under a few minutes after they administered the anesthetic.

go under
沈沒
The ship went under in a heavy storm.

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crack down on +
鎮壓；取締
The police always crack down on drink-driving offences over the Christmas period.

crack on
繼續奮力做某事
We had to crack on to get everything finished on time.

crack up
瘋掉；(精神) 崩潰
He cracked up after his son died and had to take a couple of months off work.

crack up
手機收訊不良
You’ll have to talk louder- you’re cracking up.

crack up
放聲大笑；捧腹大笑
Everybody cracked up when he told the joke.

crack * up +
(使) (飛機、車輛等) 撞毀
He cracked his car up last night when he came off the road.

crank out
不顧品質地大量製造
My boss keeps cranking out stupid memos.

crank * up +
注射 (毒品)
He’s been cranking up heroin for years.

crank * up +
用曲柄發動 (機器、汽車引擎等)
He cranked the saw up.

crank * up +
提高…的等級 (或程度)
I cranked the volume up as high as it would go.
We’ll have to crank up the air conditioning tonight.

crash out
(通常在很疲倦時) 很快睡著
I crashed out in front of the TV last night.

crash out
(因太累走不動或醉得不省人事而) 睡在某人家裡
David crashed out at a friend’s flat after the end-of-term party.

cream * off +
甄選或挑走 (最好、最優秀的人才)
The private schools cream off many of the best pupils.
They always cream off all the best students.

cream * off +
撈走，捲走
This means smaller banks can cream off excess profits during lending booms.
I wondered how much Allen had creamed off in addition to his share.

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buy * in +
大量買進 (某物)
They bought in lots of salt.

buy into +
接受某一構想
I never bought into the idea of my son marrying to her.

buy * off +
買通 (某人)；向 (某人) 行賄；用錢疏通
He bought the newspaper off by placing a lot of adverts.

buy * out +
收購…的股份或股權
Pacific Inc. was bought out by a company from Oregon.
His business partners bought him out to get rid of him.

buy * up +
全部買下；整批收購
We bought up all the beer in the store.

buzz around +
在 (某地) 跑來跑去地忙碌著；在 (某地) 忙來忙去
Reporters were buzzing around the scene of the accident.

buzz off
離開 (某地)
I’m buzzing off now- I have to meet some people.

buzz off
走開，滾開 (一般用於祈使句)
He told them to buzz off because they were annoying him.
Buzz off and stop bothering me!

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