be tired of 厭煩

get rid of 擺脫，去除

be covered with 被…蓋滿，充滿著…

be busy doing sth. 忙于做某事

in the middle of 在…中間，正在做某事

accompany sb. 陪伴某人

hand in 提交，呈送

think of 記起，想起

have to do 不得不做某事

a waste of time 浪費時間

chat with sb. 和某人聊天

at least 至少

compare with 與…相比較

vary from 不同

look after 照顧

inherit from 從…繼承；從…得到

be mean with sth. 在某方面吝嗇

a big fortune 一大筆錢

carry on 繼續(xù)，參與

fail to do sth. 未能做某事

take care of 照顧

encourage sb. to do 鼓勵某人做某事

the same as 和…一樣

wear out 耗盡，磨損

be ready to do 準(zhǔn)備好做某事

be used to doing sth. 習(xí)慣于做某事

be equal to 相等，合適

be familiar with 和…熟悉

believe in 相信

take charge 負(fù)責(zé)，主持

at hand 在手邊，即將到來

resort to 依靠，求助于

concentrate on 集中精力于…;全神貫注于…

face with 面對，面臨

start a business of one’s own 某人自主創(chuàng)業(yè)

be too particular about 對……很挑剔

keep one’s promise 遵守承諾

spend one’s time doing 某人花費時間在某事上

inform sb. of sth. 通知某人某事

be responsible for 對某事承擔(dān)責(zé)任

have a good appetite 胃口好

instead of 代替；而不是

be trained as 被訓(xùn)練成

be stuck in a traffic jam 遭遇堵車

be qualified for 可以勝任

put off 推遲

be out of stock 脫銷了

be arrested for doing sth. 因為犯……罪而被逮捕

take revenge on 向某人復(fù)仇

be divided into 被分成

play an active role in 在……方面起到積極作用

devote oneself to something/doing sth 致力于；投身于

aim at 瞄準(zhǔn)；目的在于

in addition 此外

by contrast 與……相反的是

general public 公眾

free market 自由市場

military spending 軍費開支

be crazy about sth. 對某事癡迷

view… as … 把……看作

not simply… but also… 不僅……而且……

step away from 離開

be split on 意見有分歧

hold sway over 對……有影響力，控制

be able to do sth. 有能力做某事

make a living by 通過……謀生

be prepared for 為……做準(zhǔn)備

be passionate about 對……充滿熱情

have no choice but to do 沒有其他選擇而不得不做某事

prevent sb. from doing sth. 阻止某人做某事

be saddled with 背負(fù)

student loan 助學(xué)貸款

credit history 信用記錄

safe bet 穩(wěn)贏

knock back 喝下

to a large extent 在很大程度上

hold true 對……適用

in the right way 適當(dāng)?shù)模行У?/p>

take picture 拍攝照片

be fond of 愛好，喜愛