先来介绍5个常用搭配。
01agree with① 同意;赞同:I quite agree withhim on the sports.我非常同意他在运动方面的观点。
② 与…相符;与…一致:His words do not agree withhis actions.他言行不一致。
③[常用于否定句] (食物等) 适合:Too much meat doesn’t agree withher.她不宜吃太多肉。02hold on① 抓着…不放;坚持:She held onto me tightly.她紧紧地抓住我。I will hold onto my dream and never give it up.我要坚持自己的梦想,永不放弃。
② [电话用语] 别挂断;等一下:Can you hold on? I’ll see if the manager’s in the office.先别挂电话行吗?我去看看经理在不在办公室。03make up① [不用于进行时] 组成;构成:In some languages, 100 words make uphalf of all words used in daily conversations.在一些语言中,100个词就构成了一半的日常会话用语。
② 编写;编造:At your first meeting you should make upa rule book.在第一次会议上,你要编写出一个规章手册。
③ 为…化妆:They made him upas an old man for the last act of the play.在演这出戏的最后一幕时,他们把他打扮成一个老头。04pick up① 拿起;拾起:The phone rang and I picked it up.电话响了,我接了起来。I picked up the rubbish and threw it into the trash can.我把垃圾拾起来,扔进垃圾桶。
②(车辆等) 中途搭 (人);中途带 (货):I’ve got to pick upmy daughter from school at four o’clock.我四点钟得去学校接女儿。
③ 营救;救起:Twenty men fell into the water and were picked up by other boats.二十人落水后,被其他船只救起。
④(偶然地、无意地) 得到;学会 (语言);买到:She picked upJapanese when she was in Japan. Now she can speak it freely.她在日本时学会了日语,现在她日语讲得很流利。We managed to pick upa few bargains in the market.我们从市场上买到了几件便宜货。
⑤ 接收到:We were able to pick upthe BBC World Service.我们能收听到英国广播公司的国际广播节目。
⑥重提 (话题);恢复 (健康等):He picks upthis theme again in later chapters of the book.在该书的后几章,他又重回到这个主题上。05take up 开始 (从事);占用Rogers took uppainting for a while, but soon lost interest.罗杰斯学了一段时间的绘画,但很快便失去了兴趣。Meetings and phone calls take upa large part of the day.开会和接电话占用了一天中的大部分时间。