標籤: 片語動詞

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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brighten up
(天氣) 轉晴，放晴；變得陽光燦爛
The day started cloudy but brightened up in the afternoon.

brighten up
高興；面露喜色
He brightened up when he heard the news.

brighten * up +
使明亮；使發亮；使發光
We tried to brighten the place up by painting it.

bring * about +
導致；造成；帶來；引起
Democracy brought about great change in the lives of the people.
The changes to the law were brought about by the government because so many people were ignoring the old one.

bring * along +
把 (某人或某物) 帶來
You can bring your friends along if you like.

bring * along +
促使 (某人或某物) 發展；幫助…發展
Her coach has brought her along a lot in the last six months.

bring * around/round
說服 (某人)；使 (某人) 信服
It took me ages to bring him around/round to my point of view.

bring * around/round +
把 (某物) 帶來 (尤指帶到某人家中或約定的地方)
He brought some books around/round when he came last night.

bring * around/round
引入 (新話題)；改變 (話題、討論內容等)
He didn’t want to discuss the details, but I managed to bring him around/round and he told me everything.

bring * back +
使想起；喚起
Visiting my old school brought back memories of when I was a pupil there.

bring * back +
帶回來；歸還
He took the calculator home yesterday and hasn’t brought it back yet.

bring * down +
使 (政府或政客) 垮台
The vote of no-confidence brought the government down.

bring * down +
降低；減少；使降價
The improvements in technology have brought the prices of computers down considerably in recent months.

bring * forth +
出示；展示
The prosecution brought forth a lot of evidence against him.

bring forth +
產生；引起
The report has brought forth a lot of criticism of the policy.
Her letter to the paper brought forth a flood of supportive comments.

bring * forth +
取出 (某物)
She brought forth the diary and showed it to us.

bring * forward
把…提前
The meeting has been brought forward to this Friday instead of next week because some people couldn’t make it then.

bring in +
帶來；賺進，賺得
The job brings in two thousand dollars a month.

bring * off +
成功完成 (困難的事)；(好不容易) 做成
You robbed the bank! I can’t believe you brought that off.
If they can bring off the deal, they’ll be able to retire.

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turn * off +
關掉 (電視、電燈、 收音機、水龍頭等)，關閉 (設備)
Don’t forget to turn off the iron before you leave the house.
I turned the TV off and went to bed.

turn on +
突然攻擊
The pit bull suddenly turned on the small child.
The neighbor’s dog turned on me when I tried to stroke it.

turn * on +
(在性方面) 使產生快感，刺激；激發…的性慾；使感興趣
Scientists have discovered that the smell of cinnamon turns many people on.
He’s very nice, but he just doesn’t turn me on.

turn * on +
打開 (電視、收音機 、電燈、水龍頭等)，開啟 (設備)
Turn on the TV. The baseball game starts in a few minutes.
I turned the radio on to get the weather forecast.

turn * out +
生產，製造
The weavers can turn out two or three rugs a month.
The factory turns out three thousand units a day.

turn * out +
關掉 (電燈)
Turn out the light before you go to bed.

turn out
(去) 參加
Over 100,000 people turned out for the concert.

turn out
結果是；原來是；最後證明是
She turned out to be the murderer after all.
It looked as if we were going to fail, but it turned out well in the end.

turn * over +
交出；交給 (當局)
The court ordered the company to turn over their financial records.

turn to +
求助於；求救於
She had nobody to turn to when her husband died.

turn to +
開始做，開始使用
He turned to drink after he lost his job.
He turned to drugs after his wife left him for another man.

turn up
(未經尋找而) 被找到，被發現
My keys turned up in the bedroom.

turn up (for)
出現，來到
She didn’t turn up for class today.
She failed to turn up for work on Friday.

turn * up +
調高，開大 (聲音、溫度或亮度等)
I turned the music up full blast.

type * up +
把 (手寫稿) 打出來
She typed up her lecture notes and printed them out.
I need to type up my report.

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sit on +
成為…的一員
She’s sat on the finance committee from the beginning.

sit on +
嚴加管教 (某人)，嚴厲管束 (某人)；壓制 (某人)；訓斥 (某人) 使其閉嘴或不鬧事
If his girlfriend finds out, she’ll get mad and sit on him.

sit on +
將…擱置不理；拖延
The government have been sitting on the report because it was so critical.

sit * out +
坐在一旁，不參加
I had to sit the game out because I was ill.

sit over +
慢慢地吃或喝
We sat over dinner discussing the plans.

sit through +
一直挨到 (不愉快之事) 結束；耐著性子聽完或看完
I was bored and wanted to leave halfway through, but we sat through the film.

sit with +
與…一致，與…相符
It’s hard to see how their new plan sits with the promises they made.

size * up +
評估；判斷
The doorstaff sized up everyone entering the club.

size * up +
使某物變大；製造尺寸較大的產品
Soft drinks manufacturers have sized up their products in recent years.

skive off
逃 (學)；逃 (課)；逃避 (工作)
I pretended I was ill and skived off on Monday.

slack off
減緩；減弱；減少；放鬆；鬆弛
Students usually begin the term well, then slack off near the end of the semester.

slag * off +
(嚴厲) 批評；詆毀；責難
The concert was terrible and all the papers slagged the band off.

sleep * off +
(尤指吃多或喝多後) 以睡眠來消除 (不適)；以睡眠來消除 (藥物的作用、生氣等)
She went to bed to sleep off the effects of the tequila.
He should be able to sleep off the effects of the drug within a few hours.

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