分類: 片語動詞

contract in (to)
訂約參加 (合同、協定、協議等)；同意參與
Since it started, many companies have contracted in to lend their support.

contract * out +
訂約退出 (合同、協定、協議等)；同意退出；訂約把…承包出去或外包出去
They have contracted out their catering services to save money.
The firm contracts out most of the basic building work.

contract out of +
正式退出 (合同、協定、協議等)
I contracted out of the deal years ago.

cool * down +
(使) 冷卻；(使) 變涼
I left the tea for a minute until it cooled down enough to drink.

cool down
冷靜下來
It took me ages to cool down after the argument.

cool off
冷靜或平靜下來
We’ll talk to Harry once he cools off and can talk rationally.

coop * up +
禁錮 (人或動物)
They cooped the dog up in a tiny room.
He was cooped up in a tiny room.

cop it
受罰
They really copped it when they got caught shoplifting.

cop off
提早下班或放學
We copped off early on Friday because there was nothing to do.

cop off
親吻、愛撫並發生性關係
She copped off with Damian at the end-of-term party.

cop out
逃避 (責任)；迴避
She was going to take a Master’s degree but copped out and chose the Diploma course instead.
He has copped out of his responsibilities.

cotton on (to)
明白；理解；領會；懂得
It took me ages to cotton on to what they were planning.
It took him a while to cotton on to what I was saying.

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bucket down
下 (傾盆) 大雨
Take an umbrella; it’s bucketing down.

budge up
挪出空間；騰出地方
We had to budge up to let the fourth person in the back of the car.

buff * up +
擦亮；擦淨
The silver candlestick looked lovely after I buffed it up.

buff * up +
改善
After the scandal, the politician tried to buff up his public image.

buff up on +
快速增進知識
I buffed up on my grammar before the test.

bug off
走開，滾開
I told her to bug off because she was annoying me.

bug out
嚇得嘴巴張得大大的
He bugged out when she turned up.

bug out
倉促離去；逃竄
They bugged out when the police arrived.

build * up +
發展；擴展
She built the business up from nothing into a market leader in less than a decade.

build * up +
增加
Tension has been building up ever since the government passed the unpopular law.

bulk * out
使變大、變厚；使膨脹；使變得更厚實、更豐滿
I bulked the essay out with a few quotes to reach the number of word required.

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slug it out
激烈地戰鬥到底
They slugged it out for hours but never came to an agreement.

smack of +
帶有…味道，含有…意味 (通常指負面的意味)
The government’s decision smacks of hypocrisy.

smash * down +
打破，打碎；(使) 粉碎
The police smashed the door down to get into the house.

smash * in +
連續猛擊某物使之粉碎
He smashed the windscreen in.

smash * up +
(使) 粉碎
The burglars smashed up the office as there was no money to steal.

snap * off +
折斷
He snapped off a bit of chocolate from the bar and gave it to me.

snap out of it
打起精神來；重新振作起來
I was feeling depressed and knew I had to snap out of it.

snap to it
趕快，快點
He had taken ages so I told him to snap to it and get it finished.

snap * up +
把…搶先弄到手；搶購
Collectors snapped up every copy the day it was released.

snarl * up +
糾纏在一起
My line was all snarled up after I caught that last fish.

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lust after/for +
渴望，渴求
He lusts after/for a Rolex.

lust after/for +
想和 (某人) 做愛；貪戀 (色慾、美色或女色)
He secretly lusts after/for his friend’s wife.
Some men lust for gold, but most lust for women.

put * down
殺死 (年老、體弱、生病或危險的動物) (通常以 have sth put down 形式出現)
He had his dog put down because it was in a lot of pain from its tumors.

put * down +
慢慢放下，擱下 (某物)
Put the gun down slowly and keep your hands where I can see them.

put * down for +
把 (某人) 登記在 (認捐多少錢等) 的名單上
I have put you down for NT$200,000, is that all right?

put * down to +
把 (某事) 歸因於
He didn’t score many, but we can put that down to inexperience.

put * in +
安裝
They had to put in a whole new central heating system because the house was so cold.

put * in +
投資
To start up the business, they each put in NT$100,000.

put in for +
(正式) 要求
He put in for a transfer to the new branch.

put off
延宕；推遲；延後
The concert’s been put off until next month because the singer’s got a throat infection.

put * off +
延宕；推遲；使延期
Don’t put off your homework – do it now!

put * off +
使不想做；使反感；使倒胃口
I was really put off by the way he eats with his mouth open.
The smell put me off my food.

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go for +
競爭；爭取；追求
Our team is going for the gold medal in the Olympics.
There were 200 people going for just three jobs.

go for +
喜歡
I don’t really go for horror films.
Do you go for tall men? I go for clever men, whatever they look like.

go for +
攻擊，打 (某人)；抨擊，責罵
The neighbor’s dog went for the postman and bit him.
The media has really gone for Simon’s new book in a big way!

go for +
選擇
I think I’ll go for the steak. What are you having?

go for +
充作；被看作
It’s a couch that also goes for a bed.

go for it
加油!
Go for it, you will be successful.

go for it
(你) 去吧!
Mary: I’m going to go outside for a breath of fresh air.
John: Go for it. I’ll just be gonna chill (= relax) here.

go forth
離開某地
He went forth and found a wife in another city.

go forth
前往國外；出發，動身
They went forth to spread the word of the new religion.

go forward
(鐘錶) 往前撥
Do the clocks go forward in the summer?

go forward
進步；進展；前進
The top three teams go forward to the next round.

go in
住院 (接受治療、手術等)
He went in for a triple bypass operation two days ago.

go in
(某物) 進得去；放得進去
This nail won’t go in. I think it must have hit a brick.
That space is too small, so the bookcase won’t go in.

go in
(太陽、月亮、星星等) 躲到雲裡，被雲遮住
The sun has gone in.

go in
開始攻擊，開始進攻
The troops went in at dawn.

go in for +
參加 (比賽、考試等)
Are you going to go in for soccer this year at school?
I’d like to go in for a more advanced exam if I can.

go in for +
支持；提倡；主張
I don’t go in for the claims being made about blogging.

go in for +
喜歡
He goes in for classical music.
I don’t go in for golf much.

go in for +
從事 (某職業)
Have you thought about going in for teaching?
I think he’s planning to go in for politics.

go in with +
結盟
They’re going to go in with the Social Democrats.

go in with +
與…合夥
She’s gone in with an ex-colleague on a new restaurant idea.
Ask the other to go in with them on the plan

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bring * on +
引起，導致 (尤指疾病)
Getting wet in the rain yesterday brought on my cold.

bring * on +
使出現；使登台；使上場
Bring on the dancers!

bring * out +
推出 (新產品)；出版
The band are bringing out a new CD in the autumn.

bring * out +
使顯現出，使暴露出 (特性、特質等)
Your new shirt brings out the color of your eyes.
Susan brings out the best in him.
Plenty of money often brings out the worst in someone.

bring * out in
使 (某人) 發生健康問題或產生負面情緒反應
It was the lobster that brought me out in this rash all over my body.
Don’t mention what happened last week, it could bring him out in a temper.

bring * round
使 (某人) 恢復知覺
The doctors brought him round a few hours after the operation.
We threw water in his face to try and bring him round.

bring * to
使甦醒
We used smelling salts to bring her to after she fainted.

bring * up +
提及，提到；提出
I didn’t want to bring up the fact that she was unemployed.

bring * up +
養育 (小孩)
Sam was brought up in South Carolina.
She brought up three sons on her own.

bring * up +
使出庭受審；(因某罪名而) 傳訊 (某人) 出庭
He was brought up on charges of public intoxication.

brush * off +
不理會 (某人或某事)；不聽；不接受；不承認
Mary brushed her ex-boyfriend off at the party.
I tried to tell him, but he just brushed me off.

brush * up +
複習；溫習；透過練習來改善、增強或提高
She took a two-week course to brush up her Spanish before she travelling around South and Central America.

bubble over
充滿：洋溢 (到了極點的某情緒)
She bubbled over with joy when she heard her exam results.

buck up
快點，趕快
‘Buck up – the taxi’s waiting.’

buck * up +
注意改善；加把勁
You’d better buck your ideas up, or you’ll fail the course.

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sleep on +
(徹夜) 思考 (某事)
My boss said she’d have to sleep on it when I asked her for a raise.

sleep over
在別人家過夜
The au pair made tea for the friends who were sleeping over.

sleep through +
在…期間未能醒來；因睡著而沒有聽見或看見
I sleep through the storm even though the wind blew some slates off the roof.

slip out
溜走；悄悄地離開
The party was really dull so we slipped out and went to the pub instead.

slip up
犯小錯，失誤
The waitress slipped up and didn’t bring us what we had ordered.

slob about/around
懶散；無所事事
I slobbed about all day as I couldn’t be bothered to do any work.
I spent the day slobbing around at home.

slope off
溜走；開小差
The lecture sounded really boring, so I sloped off and went to the pub.

slough * off +
拋棄，丟棄
The government is increasing its powers but is sloughing off responsibility for its failures.

slough * off +
(尤指蛇) 脫 (皮)，蛻 (皮)
Snakes slough off their old skin.

slough * off +
(對傷害或侮辱) 置之不理或等閒視之
He sloughed off the pain and continued running.

slow * down +
(使) 慢了下來；(使) 減緩；(使) 減速
Because Mary’s level in English is lower than the rest of the students, she slows the class down.

slow down
(活動的) 減少
It is important to slow down, rest, and eat sensibly.

slow * up +
(使) 慢了下來；(使) 減緩；(使) 減速
Because Mary’s level in English is lower than the rest of the students, she slows the class up.

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pull * to
把 (已打開的) 門或窗戶關上
Could you pull the door to, please?

pull together
(一群人) 通力合作
If we all pull together, we’ll have it finished in no time.

pull up
(使車輛) 停住
The cab pulled up outside my house and I got out.

pull * up
制止並斥責
He pulled me up because I had got my facts wrong.

pull yourself together
控制你自己的情緒；要控制住你自己
He was so angry that he couldn’t pull himself together.

push in +
插隊；擠到等候隊伍的前面
She just pushed in the queue in front of me at the supermarket checkout.

put * across +
使 (自己的想法、建議等) 被瞭解；表達；溝通
I thought Ms. Smith put her ideas across rather clearly in the meeting.
He found it difficult to put across what he wanted to say at the meeting.

put * away +
把 (某物) 收起來或放回原處
He put the dictionary away on the shelf after he’d finished the crossword.

put * away
把 (某人) 關進 (監獄或精神病院)
The judge put him away for ten years for robbery.

put * away +
儲存 (金錢) 備用
I try to put some money away every month towards our summer holiday.

put * back +
拖延，推遲
The AGM has been put back until July the seventeenth.

put * by +
儲存 (金錢) 備用
I try to put some money by every month towards our summer holiday.
Try to put a little bit by each week.

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go before
以前發生過
We can’t ignore what has gone before and pretend that everything has been OK.

go by
(時間) 流逝
Ten years went by before we saw each other again.

go by +
憑…判斷，根據…做判斷；以…為準
Don’t go by my watch; it’s usually a bit slow.

go by (+)
路過；順便去
Nobody was at home when I went by yesterday.
I went by the post office on the way home.

go down
減少；下降
The price of digital cameras has gone down recently.

go down
沈沒
The Titanic went down after it hit an iceberg on its maiden voyage.

go down
(月亮、太陽) 沉落；西下
The sun went down at seven o’clock.

go down
坐牢
He went down for ten years for armed robbery.

go down
被記下來；被銘記
It went down as the worst day in the history of the company.

go down
(食物) 被吞下，被嚥下
The medicine went down easily.
A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down.

go down
倒下；跌倒
The boxer went down in the second round.

go down
發生
The police thought that a big crime was going down that night.
I was nowhere near here when the robbery went down.

go down
(系統，尤指電腦) 停止運作
The computer system went down for an hour last night.

go down
(劇院或電影院的燈光等) 逐漸暗下來
The lights went down and the audience stopped talking.

go down
被接受；被認可；被喜愛
Jim went down well with Mary’s parents on his first visit.
The new director’s appointment did not go down very well.

go down to +
被打敗；被征服
Chelsea went down to Arsenal in a thrilling game.
The famous tennis player went down to an unknown young woman.

go down with +
罹患 (某種疾病)；因…而病倒
She went down with a virus.
Four people in my office have gone down with the flu.

go down with +
被…接受；被…認可
Do you think the scheme will go down with the farmers in the area?

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come over
來，(到某人家) 拜訪，順便來訪
Why don’t you come over after work for dinner?

come to
甦醒
Don’t worry! She faints all the time. She always comes to after a few minutes.

come to +
達到 (某數量、某金額、某狀況、某狀態、某時等)
The two men started arguing but they soon came to blows and started fighting in earnest.

come up
出現；發生
I’ll let you know if anything comes up.
A chance may come up soon.

come up
(太陽、月亮或星星) 出現，升起
The sun came up just as we reached the outskirts of the town.

come up against +
遇到 (問題、困難或不愉快的事)
They came up against a lot of opposition to their plans for an out-of-town supermarket development.

come up to +
達到；及於
The job offer didn’t come up to her expectations.

come up with +
提出，想出 (計畫、構想、方法、藉口等)
She came up with a great proposal for the new advertising campaign.

come upon +
偶然遇見；偶然發現
I came upon the book in a little second-hand bookshop in Tainan.

conjure * up +
使腦海浮現；使想起
This music conjures up a picture of flowing water.

conjure * up +
魔術般地變出；奇蹟般地創造
I had to conjure up a full weekend’s entertainment for the visitors with no notice at all.
They managed to conjure up a goal and won the match.

conk out
很快就入睡；熟睡
I was exhausted and conked out on the sofa.

conk out
突然停止運轉；突然發生故障
The printer conked out so I couldn’t get a hard copy.

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