spring back; spring for; spring from; spring on; spring up; spruce up; spur on

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; go up to; go with; go without; goof around; goof off; goof up

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; creep into; creep out; creep out on; creep over; creep up on; crop up

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; splash out; splash out on; split up; spoil for; sponge down; sponge off; sponge on

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; go through with; go to; go together; go towards; go under

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; crack on; crack up; crank out; crank up; crash out; cream off

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; buy into; buy off; buy out; buy up; buzz around; buzz off

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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spell out; spew out; spew up; spin off; spin out; spit it out; spit out

spell * out +
清楚地說明;詳細地解釋
He’s so stupid that you have to spell everything out for him.
He won’t understand you unless you spell everything out for him.

spew * out +
(使) 噴出,(使) 湧出
The volcano is spewing out lava and hot gases.

spew up
嘔吐
He spewed up when he was drunk.

spin * off +
產生意想不到的額外利益;作為副產品來生產
The research spun off a number of new products as well as solving the problem.

spin * off +
(從現有公司脫離出來) 組成 (一家單獨或部分獨立的子公司)
They spun off the retail division last year.

spin * off +
(利用走紅節目的演員來) 拍攝 (另一電視節目)
They spun it off from the main show, but it didn’t really attract many viewers.

spin out
(車輛) 失控
The car hit the water and spun out.

spin * out +
使盡可能持久、經久
I spun the work out to make as much money from the job as I could.

spit it out
(叫某人把不想說的事情) 爽爽快快地說出來
Hurry up, spit it out! I can’t wait all day for the truth.

spit * out +
憤怒地表示;憤怒地說出
He spat her name out when he saw her arrive.

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fuel up; go over; go over to; go past

fuel up
(給車輛) 加油
We stopped to fuel up before the car ran out.

go over +
複習,溫習
Do you usually go over your notes before class?
We went over our notes before the exam.

go over +
重複;解釋
Could you go over that point again, please?

go over +
打掃;做清潔工作
I went over the living room with the vacuum cleaner before they arrived.

go over
成功,受歡迎
That didn’t go over well.
My plans went over well.

go over
拜訪;探望
I hadn’t seen her for a while, so I went over on Friday night.

go over to +
(去) 旅行
I’m going over to Hong Kong next month.

go over to +
改變 (觀念、信仰等);加入 (另一政黨或宗教等)
She went over to Islam when she was living in the Middle East.

go over to +
改吃;改喝;改嘗試不同的事物
I used to drink beer but I have gone over to wine.
I’ve gone over to (eating) vegetarian food.

go past +
未停下腳步地經過、通過
She went past me without saying hello.

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burn down; burn off; burn out; burn up; burst into; butt in; butt out; butter up

burn * down +
(建築物) 燒成灰燼;全部 (被) 燒毀
The building was burnt down and only ashes were left.

burn down
(建築物) 燒成灰燼;全部 (被) 燒毀
Two buildings burnt down in the fire.

burn * off +
燒掉
I burn off a lot of calories in the gym.
His hair was burnt off.

burn out
失去繼續工作的熱忱和幹勁
Jennie burnt out after ten years working as a futures broker and went to live in the country.

burn * up
非常生氣;使非常氣惱
His undeserved win in the election really burns me up.

burn* up +
高速行駛
The bank robbers burned up the roads but were soon captured.

burn * up +
燒毀,燒盡
He burnt up the files.
All his possessions were burned up in the fire.

burst into +
突然起火 (尤指火勢失去控制)
The car burst into flames and the driver died as he didn’t have time to get out.

burst into +
突然 (笑、哭、唱、拍手等) 起來
She burst into laughter when she heard the joke.

butt in
插嘴
I hope you don’t mind me butting in on your conversation, but I couldn’t help hearing what you said.

butt out
不管別人的事;不多管閒事
This is none of your business, so just butt out!

butter * up +
奉承,討好
I tried buttering my tutor up but she still wouldn’t let me hand it in late.

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