分類: 片語動詞

touch down
(飛機) 降落，著陸
The plane touched down at Narita airport an hour late.

touch * for
向 (某人) 借錢，向 (某人) 要錢
I touched him for some cash as I’d forgotten my cards.

touch * off +
引起，觸發
The government’s decision touched off riots in the capital.

touch on/upon +
提到，提及，觸及
The presidential candidates touched on the subject of health care during the debates.

touch * up +
潤色，修飾 (畫、照片、文章等)
Touch up the paint before you try and sell the house.

touch * up
毛手毛腳
She got angry when he tried to touch her up in the elevator.

toy at +
隨便想想
She toyed at getting them to help her but then did it alone.

toy over +
有…的念頭，有…的想法
I toyed over the idea for a while, but decided not to go ahead with it.

toy with +
撥弄 (盤中食物)
It was horrible, so I just toyed with the food.

toy with +
有…的念頭，有…的想法
We toyed with the idea of moving to the country, but it isn’t really practical.

toy with +
(因緊張而) 撥弄
He toyed with the stem of his glass as he spoke.

track * down +
(長時間追尋後) 追蹤到，追查到，發現到 (某人)；追查出 (某事)
It took me ages to track them down in the crowd at the football game.

trade down
賣掉…以購進價格較低的同類物品
Their house is too large now that their children have left home, so they’re going to trade down to a smaller one.

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show * around/round
帶 (某人) 參觀 (某地)；給 (某人) 做嚮導
The estate agent showed us around the house but we didn’t like it much.

show * in +
帶 (某人) 進來；帶 (某人) 進去
The secretary showed me in to speak to the manager.

show * off +
炫耀；賣弄
He always shows off his new things.

show off
表現自己；炫耀自己；賣弄自己
Young boys show off in order to impress girls.

show * off +
使醒目；使顯眼
The shirt really showed off his new tie.

show * out
送 (某人) 到門口；送 (某人) 出去
Her secretary showed me out after the interview.

show * over
帶 (某人) 參觀或遊覽 (某處)
He showed us over the scene of the accident.

show through
(感情、情緒或氣質等) 表現出來，表露出來
His anger showed through despite his smile.

show * up
使 (某人) 難堪；使 (某人) 蒙羞、丟臉
He showed us up when he arrived drunk and started arguing.

show up
到來，出現，露面，出席
I hadn’t seen my cousin for years, and all of a sudden, he showed up at my workplace yesterday!

show up
顯現出來，顯露出來
The downturn in sales showed up in the company’s accounts.

shrug * off +
對…不予理會；對…不屑一顧
He shrugged off the criticism and carried on the same way.

shut * away
把 (某人) 關起來；隔離
Many people have been shut away in psychiatric hospitals for disagreeing with the government.

shut * down +
(使) 關閉；(使) 停業
The shop shut down when the out-of-town supermarket opened.

shut * down +
(使) (電腦) 關機；(使) 停止運轉
You should close all programs before you shut a computer down.

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play * down +
淡化；貶低；減低…的重要性
The President played down his affair with the intern.

play off
加賽以決定勝負
As both teams had the same points, they played off to decide the winner.

play * off against
挑撥離間，使相互爭鬥、對抗 (以坐收漁利)
He played them off against each other to get the best deal.

play on
繼續比賽
It looked like a foul, but the referee told them to play on.

play on
繼續演奏
The band played on for another hour.

play on/upon +
利用 (某人的弱點)；玩弄 (某人的情感或特質) (以獲取自己想要的東西)
They are just playing on our fears to get us to do what they want.

play on +
一語雙關
The advert plays on the slogan.

play out
以…方式發展；以…作結局
Let’s see how things play out.

play * out +
裝出…真的發生的樣子
Computer games allow people to play out their violent urges.

play * out +
把…表演完；把 (比賽) 進行到底
Rain stopped them playing the game out.

play up +
誇大…的重要性；大肆喧染；凸顯
She played up her part in the new movie, but it was actually a very small role.

play up
調皮搗蛋；製造麻煩
The children played up all evening and drove the babysitter mad.

play up to +
逢迎，討好，巴結，取悅，奉承，向 (某人) 獻殷勤
She has been playing up to the boss because she wants a promotion.

play with +
擺弄，玩弄 (某物)
He can’t stop playing with his beard.

play with +
沒有吃很多；吃了一點而已
I wasn’t hungry, so I just played with the food.

play with +
稍作考慮
We played with the idea, but decided against it.

plead out
認罪 (以減輕刑期或罰款)
The CEO pleaded out and blamed the CFO for the fraud.

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look on
旁觀
Everybody just looked on as the two men fought.
The crowd just looked on as the old lady was mugged.

look on * as
視為
I look on her as a close friend.

look out
當心，留意
Look out! you’re going to drop that!

look * over +
檢查，視察，察看；看一看
They came to look the house over with a view to buying it.

look round +
察看 (房子)
We looked round the house and decided that we didn’t like it enough to buy it.

look to +
期望，希望，指望
They’re looking to me to help improve sales figures.

look * up +
查閱 (字典等)
I take time to look up new vocabulary words.
I didn’t know what “loquacious” meant and had to look it up in a dictionary.

look * up +
(順道) 看望，拜訪
If you ever travel to Taipei, you should look me up.

look up
(情勢等) 好轉，改善
The economy is looking up.

look up to +
尊敬，敬仰
He looks up to his father.

look upon * as
視為
I look upon him as a close friend.

lord it over + (sb)
在 (某人) 面前擺架子；對 (某人) 逞威風
She loves to lord it over her employees.

lose out
吃虧；失利；輸
Many people lost out when the new regulations were enforced.

lose out on +
(在某方面) 吃虧；失利；失敗
Because I left the company, I lost out on my bonus.

lose out to +
輸給，敗給；被擊敗；被取代
People without IT skills often lose out to those with the skills.

luck out
走運
I really lucked out when I met my partner.

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hold * up +
(使) 耽擱；(使) 延遲
The accident held traffic up for an hour.

hold * up +
暴力搶劫；武裝搶劫 (某人，銀行)
Five men held the bank up yesterday.

hold with + (通常用於否定句)
同意，贊成
I don’t hold with their plans.

home in on +
直搗 (問題核心)；切中 (要害)；瞄準 (目標)
The government is homing in on benefit fraud.

hone in on +
全神貫注於…；瞄準 (目標)
The company honed in on its rival and tried to take it over. (有些人認為這片語動詞是錯的；它跟 home in on 很容易被搞混)

hook up
與 (某人) 見面
We hooked up at the conference.

hook up to +
把 (兩個電子設備或裝置) 連接起來；把 (設備或裝置) 接到電腦 (或電源) 上
He’s hooked up to a ventilator in the hospital.

horse around
胡鬧；起哄；鬼混
The class were horsing around when the teacher came in and told them to sit down.

hound * out +
迫使 (某人) 辭職、離開 (某地或某職位)
The press hounded the minister out after the scandal broke.

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get over +
從 (疾病、失敗等) 中恢復過來
It took me ages to get over the bout of flu.

get over +
克服，解決 (問題)
It took us a long time to get over the problems with the computer system.

get * over +
傳達；使人瞭解
He makes jokes to help get his message over.

(can’t/couldn’t) get over +
(簡直無法) 相信、置信 (表示非常驚訝)
Tell me again, I can’t get over it!

get over +
越過；橫過；橫越
We couldn’t get over the river because of the floods.

get over
來或去 (某地)
He said he needed help and ask me to get over as soon as I could.

get * over with
做，做完 (某事)
I wanted to get the interview over with as quickly as possible.

get round/around +
說服 (某人) (做某事) — 美式英語用 around
She didn’t want to let me do it, but I succeeded in getting round her.

get round/around +
(找到) 解決或規避問題 (的辦法)
We’re nearly ready, but there are few little problems we have to get round before we finish.

get round/around
(消息等) 傳開，傳播；(大家都) 知道了
It didn’t take long for news of his resignation to get round.

get round/around to +
抽出時間做某事；(拖延或耽擱後) 開始做某事
I should be able to get round to that job next week.
We must get around to cleaning those windows.

get through
(電話、無線電等) 打通，接通
I tried calling her mobile phone, but I couldn’t get through.

get through +
吃完，喝完；花光；用完，用光
He gets through two bottles of wine a day.

get through +
完成，結束，處理完 (工作等)
I’m going to take some work home because I haven’t managed to get through it all today.

get through
完成，結束，處理完 (工作等)
Call me when you get through.

get through +
通過 (考試、測驗、測試等)
My car didn’t get through its inspection.

get * through
幫 (某人或某物) 通過 (考試、測驗、測試等)
My teacher got me through the exam.

get through +
度過，熬過 (困境、困難的日子等)
We will have to be careful with our money to get through the month.

get * through
(使在議會等) 通過 (法律、法案、議案等)
Getting a bill through Congress is a long process.

get through
(法律、法案、議案等) (在議會等) 獲得通過
If the proposal gets through, it’ll make things much better for us.

get through +
(使) 通過 (某空間)；穿過，貫穿，穿透
We need a stronger drill to get through this wall.
The water got through the roof and damaged the carpets.

get through
通過，穿過
The door was jammed, so we couldn’t get through.

get through
(使) 到達；(使) 傳到
The message didn’t get through.

get through to +
使 (某人) 明白，理解
I explained it carefully, but I just couldn’t get through to him.

get through to +
打通或接通 (電話、無線電等) 給
I rang but couldn’t get through to her.

get through to +
進入 (下一階段)
If they win, they’ll get through to the quarterfinals.

get to +
使 (某人) 生氣，惱怒
Don’t let her get to you; she’s just in a bad mood.

get to +
(使) 到達 (某地)
When I get to it, I’ll look at the matter carefully.

get to +
開始做某事；開始討論某主題
We asked him to get to the point, but he just waffled away.

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flare out
突然發怒
He flared out when he saw the dreadful report.

flare up
(不好的事情) 突然爆發
The argument flared up when he was rude to them.

flesh * out +
為…補充細節或添加資料
The recent government report fleshed out the draft proposals.

flick over
快速翻頁；快速轉台 (轉換電視頻道)
She flicked over to see if the news had started.

flick through +
快速轉台 (轉換電視頻道)
I flicked through the channels to see if there was anything worth watching.

flick through +
快速翻閱某物
I flicked through the magazine and decided to buy it.

flip * off +
比中指
When the police were walking away, he flipped them off.

flip out
欣喜若狂
He flipped out when he won the final.

flip through +
快速翻閱 (書籍、雜誌等)；快速轉台 (轉換電視頻道)
I flipped through the latest issue of the magazine in the shop and decided to buy it.

flog * off +
廉價出售 (某物)
The council flogged off the land cheaply to a developer who had close links to a few of the councilors.

floor it
開快車；加足油門飆車
She floored it when the police arrived.

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chuck * away +
丟掉，丟棄，拋棄
I chucked away all my old records years ago when CDs came out.

chuck * in +
辭去；放棄；停止 (某事或某嘗試)
I chucked my job in to go traveling.

chuck * in +
發表 (意見等)；做 (評論)
I chucked in a few points at the end of the discussion.

chuck * out +
丟掉，丟棄，拋棄
I chucked out some stuff I found in the fridge that had gone bad.

chuck up
噁心；嘔吐
He got ridiculously drunk and chucked up in the back of the minicab on the way home.

chuck * up +
辭去；放棄；停止 (某事或某嘗試)
She didn’t like the course, so she chucked it up after a few weeks.

churn * out +
(不顧品質地) 大量或快速生產；粗製濫造
The government churns out educational policies every few months.

clam up
(突然) 閉口不說；沈默不語
Everybody clammed up when the Principal entered.

clamp down on +
鎮壓；嚴加取締；嚴加打擊
The government are clamping down on antisocial behavior.

claw * back +
(政府用增稅，公司用提價等方式) 收回 (金錢) 或彌補 (支出)
The new tax will claw back what the government has given out in grants.

claw * back +
(困難地) 重新取得 (權力等)
The opposition parties are trying to claw back the voters they lost in the last election.

clean * out +
清理；把…打掃乾淨；清除…內之物
I really must clean the study out; there’s stuff all over the floor and piles of paper everywhere.

clean * out
使 (某人) 花光或耗盡錢財
The holiday cleaned me out – I’m broke till the end of the month.

clean * up +
清理；徹底打掃；把…打掃乾淨
Susan cleaned the mess up before she left.

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block * off +
封鎖；封閉；阻斷
The police blocked off the road after the murder.

block * out +
擋住，遮住 (光線或聲音)
The trees block the sun out most of the day.

block * out +
不去想；不去回憶
It was so unpleasant that I try to block it out– otherwise, I’d just be angry all the time.

block * up +
阻塞；堵塞；封鎖
The pipe’s blocked up and no water gets through.

blow * away +
槍殺
He grabbed a gun and blew the police officer away.

blow * away +
輕易戰勝；輕易打敗；輕取 (對手)
Their new product has blown all the others away.

blow * away
讓…印象深刻
Her first novel blew me away.

blow away
(被風等) 吹走
The flag blew away in the storm; we’ll have to buy a new one.

blow * down +
(被風) 吹倒
A tree was blown down in the storm.

blow in
意外地到來、造訪
My cousin blew in unexpectedly with his entire family.

blow * off
沒有做 (承諾過或安排好的事情)
We were going to meet last night, but she blew me off at the last minute.

blow * off +
忽視；認為…不重要
I blew the homework off and did badly.

blow * out +
(被) 吹熄
She blew the candles out on her birthday cake.

blow over
(危險或難堪的情況) 平息；被淡忘；過去了
All this negative publicity will blow over in a couple of weeks.
The scandal blew over within a fortnight when the press found someone else to attack.

blow * up +
爆炸；(被) 炸毀
The terrorists blew the bridge up.

blow up
爆炸
The bomb blew up before they could defuse it.

blow up
氣炸了；大發雷霆
When Joan heard the news, she blew up and rushed out of the room.

blow * up +
給…充氣
The pressure was low, so I blew the tyre up.

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wiggle out
逃避或避免 (做某事)
He was supposed to be in charge but tried to wiggle out.

wiggle out of +
逃避或避免做某事
I wiggled out of having to work late.

wimp out
退卻；畏縮
I was going to have the hottest curry on the menu, but I wimped out and had a mild lamb Korma instead.

wind down
放鬆；使鬆弛
I’m going to wind down in the country this weekend and do nothing.

wind * down +
逐漸停止運作；使逐漸結束
They wound the committee down after the inquiry.

wind * on
把片子往前倒
He wound the video on to show us the scene.

wind up
以… 告終；落得個…的下場
If he doesn’t get his act together, he is going to wind up in jail.

wind * up +
關閉 (企業)
The company was wound up when the creditors demanded payment.

wind * up +
上緊手錶或類似機械的發條
He wound up the toy dog and set it on the floor.

wind * up +
使小孩或動物興奮、興高采烈、手足舞蹈
The kids always get wound up when Uncle Henry comes over.

wind * up +
使生氣；使惱怒
The children are really winding me up.

winkle * out +
好不容易才搜出或找出 (某人或某物)；費了很大的勁才取得或弄到 (訊息等)
It took me a while to winkle the truth out of him.

wipe * out +
徹底毀滅，徹底消滅；謀殺，殺光
The tidal wave wiped out the small fishing village.

wipe * out +
使精疲力竭，使疲憊不堪
After surfing all day, I was completely wiped out.

wire * up +
給建築物接上電源；將電子設備的線路接好
She wired her new stereo system up as soon as she got home.

wise up
學聰明；弄清楚；瞭解內情或真相；識破，看透
His supervisor told him to wise up and start following the rules or else he’d lose his job.

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