大学英语四级考试：100个常用的英文短语(2)

9>.to be out of the question 不可能
句子：
1.his proposal for bringing water to the city is out of the question.
他提议将水引入城内，这是不可能的事。
2.i have so much work to do that a holiday for me this year is out of the question.
我有很多工作要做，所以今年要想度假是不可能的了。
3.germany's demands were out of the question, and england answered by declaring war.
德国的要求不可能行得通，所以英国以宣战作为答复。
4.it is out of the question to live on this island.
在那荒岛上是不可能存活的。
5.it is out of the question for him to lend you so much money.
他不可能借你这么多钱。

10>.to keep track of 登记；记录
句子：
1.the nurse kept track of the patient's temperature.
护士记录病人的体温。
2.i'm trying to keep track of the money we're spending.
我试着把我们所花费的钱记录下来。
3.they have to keep track of all our expenses while we are in tokyo.
我们会把所有在东京的开支记录下来。
4.do you keep track of the long distance telephone calls,which you make in your office each month?
每个月你在办公室所打的长途电话都有登记吗？
5.baseball fans often keep track of every team in the league.
棒球迷往往将联盟中的每一支球队情况详细记录。

11>. to burn down 烧毁
句子：
1.the village was burn down to the ground during the war.
这村庄在战乱中完全被烧毁了。
2.the wooden tower was dangerous. i'm glad the owner decied to burn it down.
我很高兴木屋的主人决定把已相当危险的木屋烧毁。
3.the most glorious city in asia was burned down to be a fiery ruin.
亚洲最荣耀的城市已经被烧成一片灰烬。
4.after the sagging barn collapsed, the farmer burned it down.
那间下陷的谷仓倒塌后，农夫就把它烧掉了。
5.their home was burned down and they had to build a new one.
他们家被烧毁了，所以必须重建。

12>.to burn up 完全烧毁
句子：
1.they burned up all the garden rubbish yesterday afternoon.
昨天下午他们将花园里的垃圾统统烧掉了。
2.joe gathered up all the old newspapers and burned them up.
乔将所有的旧报纸堆积起来烧掉。
3.all his book were burned up in the fire.
他所有的书籍都在火中烧掉了。
4.he burned up the letter and threw the ashes into the fireplace.
他烧掉信并将灰烬丢入壁炉中。
5.he threw the old letters into the fireplace and burned them up.
他将旧信件丢入火炉中烧掉。

13>.to burn out 烧掉；烧断
句子：
1.don’t run the motor too long, or you’ll burn it out.
不要让马达空转太久，否则它会烧坏。
2.we read in ancient history of the cruel punishment of burning out the eyes.
古代历史中可看到用火灼瞎人的眼睛的残酷刑罚。
3.you need some new electric light bulbs. both of these bulbs are burned out.
你需要一些新灯泡，这两个灯泡已经烧坏了。
4.there are no lights in the house. perhaps a fuse has burned out.
房子里没有灯光，可能是保险丝烧掉了。
5. my desk lamp burned out last night.
我的台灯昨晚烧坏了。

14>.to blow up 爆炸
句子：
1.his rear tire blew up.
他的后轮爆胎了。
2.there were thirty men in the mine when it blew up.
况坑爆炸时里面有30个人。
3.is it possible for the volcano to blow up suddenly?
这座火山可能突然就爆发吗？
4.when the torpedo struck the ship, it immediatelu blew up.
当鱼雷击中船只时，船立刻便爆炸了。
5.if a tire blows up while one is driving at high speed, it can be very dangerous.
在高速驾车时爆胎是件很危险的事。

15>.to break out 突然发生；爆出；爆发
句子：
1.he was living in paris when the war broke out.
战争爆发时他住在巴黎。
2.the newspaper says that an epidemic of influenza has just broken out in this place.
报上说流行性感冒正在这个地区蔓延。
3.the woman broke out in laughter.
这女人突然大笑起来。
4.a fire broke out last night,claiming five lives.
昨晚发生大火，夺走了5条人命。
5.ma skin breaks out if i eat too much chocolate.
如果吃太多巧克力我的皮肤就会过敏。

16>.to do over 重做
句子：
1.the author did that passage over.
作家重写那段文章。
2.they are going to do over our apartment in the spring.
他们打算春天时整修我们的公寓。
3.please do that exercise over until it is perfect.
请反复练习直到完美为止。
4.this letter is so badly written that i think i'd better do it over.
这封信写得太差，我想还是重写比较好。
5.he always does his work over and over until it is perfect.
他总是一再地重做他的工作直到完美无暇为止。