(1) You're a popular girl, Grace, and a lot of the younger ones look up to you. (2) John: Rock stars are really good people to look up to. (3) Hope is a spring leaf. Never look at vexation, but look up to the hopes.
look up to [luk ʌp tu:] 📢 UK📢 US
adv.非常;差不多;很多地;很大程度上; adj.许多的,大量的; pron.很多;大量;很好的东西;(与不可数名词连用,尤用于否定句,或与 how 连用以询问数量,也可与 as、so 和 too 连用)许多;
n.<非正>健身房;体育馆;室内健身操;体操;
抬头看(某人或某物), 尊重[敬仰](某人);企慕;瞧得起;仰慕;
vt.印;给…以深刻印象;使铭记; n.印象;印记;
(1) I ran away from home when I was sixteen... (2) After his beating Colin ran away and hasn't been heard of since... (3) She ran away with a man called McTavish last year...
run away [rʌn əˈwei] 📢 UK📢 US
逃跑,走掉;逃脱;(使)流走[掉];出奔;
n.女朋友;女性朋友;
美国,美利坚合众国;
婚礼;
(1) Nobody mentioned anything to me about it. (2) Sorry, I won't mention it again. (3) Now that you mention it , she did seem to be in a strange mood.
mention [ˈmenʃn] 📢 UK📢 US
首要的是,尤其;最重要的是;
n.女人,妇女;成年女子;女拥人或女下属;女人本能;
adj.对不起的;无价值的,低等的;遗憾的;感到伤心的;
vt.提到,说起;提名表扬; n.提及;
(1) a hugely/immensely popular singer (2) This is one of our most popular designs. (3) Skiing has become very popular recently.
(1) He's only 17 and therefore not eligible to vote. (2) There is still much to discuss. We shall, therefore, return to this item at our next meeting. (3) Muscle cells need lots of fuel and therefore burn lots of calories...
therefore [ˈðeəfɔ:(r)] 📢 UK📢 US
adj.新鲜的;淡水的;新的;无经验的; adv.刚;最新的; n.开始;新生;泛滥;淡水流;
adv.因此;所以;故;乃;
n.吨;大量,许多;
[医]医学院,医学专科学院;
(1) She was educated in the US. (2) He was educated at his local comprehensive school and then at Oxford. (3) Children need to be educated on the dangers of drug-taking.
educate [ˈedʒukeɪt] 📢 UK📢 US
vt.& vi.教育,教导;训练,培养; vt.使理解或接受;
n.演员(尤指男演员);行动者;参与者;
n.人群;群众;一群; vi.拥挤,聚集; vt.挤满;将…塞进;催逼;
太平洋;
(1) She still owes her father £3 000. (2) She still owes £3 000 to her father. (3) The country owes billions of dollars to foreign creditors.
n.地点,场所;斑点,污点;[股票]现货;职位,职务; v.弄上污渍,弄上斑点;污辱,玷污;认出,发现;散步; adj.现场的;现货的;插播的; abbr.satellite positioning and tracking 卫星定位和跟踪;
(1) He still has nightmares about the accident. (2) The trip turned into a nightmare when they both got sick. (3) (informal)Nobody knows what's going on─ it's a nightmare !
(1) She was angry at Steve's rudeness, but I could forgive it. (2) Harry's rudeness to everyone was becoming hard to take. (3) Patrick's boorish rudeness soon drove Monica's friends away.
(1) immediately she'd gone, I remembered her name. (2) Counselling is being given to those most immediately affected by the tragedy. (3) the years immediately before the war
(1) on the other hand, we must increase production and practice economy, with the emphasis on economizing. (2) Spear phishing on the other hand is not normally targeting the random individual. (3) The clay figurines of Tianjin, on the other hand , are shaped by hand.
(1) What difference will it make if he knows or not? (2) I don't think it makes a lot of difference what colour it is (= it is not important) . (3) ‘Shall we go on Friday or Saturday? ’ ‘It makes no difference (to me). ’
difference [ˈdɪfrəns] 📢 UK📢 US
n.家务劳动;
adj.将来的,未来的;[语法学]将来时的; n.前途;[美国俚语]未婚妻;期货;
adv.其他;否则;另外; adj.别的;其他的;
n.差别,差异;[数]差数,差额;意见分歧;特色; vt.辨别,区分;
(1) This is Carla. Do you remember her? (2) I don't remember my first day at school. (3) He still remembered her as the lively teenager he'd known years before.
(1) She's fluent in French and German. She also speaks a little Italian. (2) rubella, also known as German measles (3) I didn't like it that much. also, it was much too expensive.
(1) Do not look down upon him! I am sure he is a diamond in the rough. (2) Those who look down upon others are looked down upon by others. (3) You shouldn't look down upon him just because he is a dustman.
(1) Yes, a briefcase, a travelling bag and suitcase. (2) A man with a briefcase can steal more money than any man with a gun. (3) He put down his briefcase and asked her what was wrong.
briefcase [ˈbri:fkeɪs] 📢 UK📢 US
n.公文包;手提包;公事包;手提箱;
n.哺乳动物;
adv.前天;前日;
pron.他们的;他的或她的;
(1) The suspect was taken to the nearest police station for questioning. (2) Two police officers arrested him and took him to Kensington police station. (3) Local police station, establish emergency relief for victims to provide food, etc.
(1) Do not wait for good things to happen to you. You need to walk towards happiness. (2) If you happen to talk to him, have him call me. (3) Do drop in if you happen to be passing!
happen to [ˈhæpən tu:] 📢 UK📢 US
vt.& vi.记得;牢记; vt.记着;纪念;回想起;送钱[礼物]给…;
adv.总是,老是;永远,始终;常常;不断地;
发生在…身上;碰巧;赶巧;值;
处于危险[受罚, 痛苦]之中;
(1) The bank is just across the street. (2) to walk along/down/up the street (3) the town's narrow cobbled streets
(1) So Miss Fan kept the invitation from the wangs strictly secret. (2) After you've gone, I'll jump over into the wangs'yard and spend the night there. (3) They were chatting merrily when they found themselves back at the wangs'gate.
(1) The president is a good man... (2) For me to think I'm any better than a homeless person on the street is ridiculous. (3) The children were very good...
(1) "Forgive my manners," she said calmly. "I neglected to introduce myself." (2) This comedy of contemporary manners is told with compassion and acid humour. (3) He attacked the food as quickly as decent table manners allowed.
(1) And he said unto him, "Who is my neighbor?" (2) "Who is it?" he called.— 'It's your neighbor.' (3) He matched his dog against his neighbor's in a race.
(1) Do not wait for good things to happen to you. You need to walk towards happiness. (2) Check us in at the hotel and wait for my call. (3) The spider must wait for prey to be ensnared on its web.
(1) We have lived in the same house for twenty years. (2) Our children go to the same school as theirs. (3) She's still the same fun-loving person that I knew at college.
(1) a simple solution (2) The answer is really quite simple. (3) This machine is very simple to use.
simple [ˈsɪmpl] 📢 UK📢 US
adv.必要地;必需地;必定地;必然地;
继续雇用;继续前进;继续穿着[戴着];(使)继续服药[接受训练];
adj.简单的;单纯的;易受骗的;天真的; n.笨蛋;愚蠢的行为;出身低微者;
n.拴猎狗的皮带; vt.用皮带系住;
(1) His friend was killed and he knows he is lucky to be alive. (2) She was lucky enough to be chosen for the team. (3) You were lucky (that) you spotted the danger in time.