大学英语四级考试：100个常用的英文短语(1)

2>.to take hold of 紧握；抓住；获得 同义短语：catch/get/lay hold of
句子：
1.he would like to take hold of two tickets for the concert.
他希望能获得两张音乐会的票。
2.he took hold of the rope and saved his life.
他紧抓住绳子而救了自己一命。
3.the blind man took hold of my arm, and i led him across the street.
这位盲人抓着我的手臂让我领他穿越街道。
4.the two movers took hold of the opposite ends of the table.
两个搬运工人各自抓住桌子的一端。
5.you should take hold of the rope until you reach the ground.
你应该紧抓住绳子直到你到达地面。

3>.to get through 完成
句子：
1.let me use your pen when you get through with it。
你用完笔之后借我一下。
2. the test usually takes an hour ，but joe got through early。
测验通常需要一个小时，但是乔很早就做完了。
3.the teacher got them through the entrance examination 。
老师协助他们通过入学考试。
4. what’s time does mary get through work every day?
玛丽每天什么适合完成工作？
5. don’t get through your studying meeting until the bell rings.
请不要在铃声响前结束研习会议。

4>.to find fault with 挑剔；批评；吹毛求疵
句子：
1.our boss always finds fault with other’s work.
我的老板总爱挑剔他人。
2. it is very easy to find fault with the work of others.
批评他人的工作状况是件容易的事。
3. the maid quit BECause mr. brown kept finding fault with her work.
这个女孩辞职了。因为布朗先生不停的批评她。
4. she is always finding fault with the work of her secretary.
她总是挑剔秘书的错误。
5. man is apt to find fault with others.
人们有论人是非的倾向。

5>.to keep to 远离；避开 keep from 抑制；忍住 keep out 阻止入内
句子：
1.ford chained the carriage down to a lamppost to keep it from begin stolen.
福特将马车锁在灯柱下以防止被偷。
2.the policemen told the boys to keep off the grass。
警察告诉孩子们不要践踏草地。
3.there was a large sign just outside the door which said,"danger! keep out!"
大门外有一个大标志，写着：“危险！勿近！”
4.i told him to keep out of the place.
我告诉他远离那个地方。
5.keep off! the bus is coming!
让开！公共汽车来了！

6>.to be up to someone 由某人决定
句子：

1.it is up to you to get the job done.
你有责任把工作做完。
2.it is up to the captain to decide when to set sailing.
何时开船由船长决定。
3.it is up to whrther we go to the reception or not. it's not up to me.
我们去不去招待会是由你决定，而不是我。
4.it is up to the you whether we should take action or not.
我们是否要采取行动由你决定。
5.it is up to the president to decide how many troops will be sent.
要派遣多少军队由总统决定。

7>. to catch fire 着火
句子：
1.those trees in the forest catch frie when lightning strikes them.
当森林中的树木被闪电打中时，就起火烧了起来。
2.be careful with that match; that straw catches fire easily.
小心火烛，稻草很容易着火。
3.don't stand too close to that stove.your clothes may catch fire.
不要太靠近火炉，你的衣服可能因此着火。
4.no one seems to know how the building caught fire.
似乎没有人知道房子是怎么着火的。
5.first the curtains caught on fire and then bedclothes.
首先窗帘着火了，之后床单也跟着燃烧起来。

8>.to call down 谴责；责备
句子：
1.our teacher called annie down for coming late to school.
老师斥责安妮上学迟到。
2.his supervisor called him down for being habitually late.
他的上司因他习惯迟到而责备他。
3.don't call linda down for that mistake.i'm sure that she didn't make it on purpose.
不要为了那个错误谴责琳达，我确信她不是故意犯错。
4.mike was called down by his boss for coming late to work.
迈克因为上班迟到而被老板责备。
5.bob's mother called him down for walking into kitchen with muddy boots.
bob因穿泥靴进厨房而被母亲骂。