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401 to pride oneself on…为…而感到自豪，自夸…There are more and more people who would like to pride themselves on having bigger material possession than their peers, but they never know there are great many people who do not own what they do, and yet they enjoy a happier life and healthier life.有越来越多的人为自己比其他人拥有更多的财富而感到自豪，但他们并不知道还有很多人，他们没有多少物质财富，但是他们却享有比其他人更幸福、更健康的生活。

402 to have priority over…比…优先，优先于…It's natural that graduates with Doctoral degrees have priority over graduates with M. A. degrees in choosing a job in today's market.在今天的劳动市场上，那些拥有博士学位的人在选择工作的问题上要比那些有硕士学位的人更有优先权，这是个很自然的事。

403 to be proficient at／／in…精通于…In finding a better job, those who are proficient in two or more foreign languages usually have priority over those who speak only one foreign language.那些精通两门以上外语的人找起好工作来比懂一门外语者有更大的优势。

404 to prohibit…from…禁止…做…，限制…去…His weakening health prohibited him from going into the depth of the subject, although he said that nothing could prevent him from doing the research.虽然他说什么也阻碍不了他的研究工作，但是他日渐衰弱的身体使他难以更深入地研究他的课题。

405 to be prone to…易于…，有…的倾向，很容易…Weak people are prone to such minor diseases as colds and stomachaches. 那些体弱的人很容易得诸如感冒和腹痛等类的小病。

406 to be prophetic of…预言到…，预见到…In his book The Future of the Globe, many parts are devoted to the prediction of the things that will disappear in another fifty years in the world and some statements are obviously prophetic of the disasters that will be most likely to happen.在他的《世界的未来》一书中，很多章节预测了今后50年将要从世界消失的事物，而且有些言论无疑是在预言世界很可能会遭受的灾难。

407 to protect…against…保护…免受…，防御…As more and more middle school students waste more and more time in the “Chat Room” on computers, the harm resulted from “Chat Room” attraction is like a red flag to both their schoolteachers and their parents. They are raising a cry against their children's such a preposterous interest andappealing to the whole society for effective measures to be taken to protect school children against being further harmed by this disastrous attraction. 由于有越来越多的中学生浪费越来越多的时间到电脑上的“聊天室”去聊天，因此，由此所造成的危害使学校的老师和孩子们的家长十分气愤。

他们极力反对孩子们的这种无聊的兴趣，呼吁全社会采取行之有效的措施，保护儿童免受这种灾难性兴趣的更大危害。

408 to be proud of…为…感到骄傲，为…感到自豪I have been proud of many things and I am proud of a number of people, but none of the things was done in a five-star hotel and none of the people was enjoying an extravagant and luxurious life.我一直为很多事情感到骄傲，也在为一些人感到骄傲。

但是这些事情中没有哪一件是在五星级大饭店干出来的，在这些人中也没有哪一个是享受着奢侈豪华的生活的。

409 to provide…for…向…提供…Many teachers can provide enough materials and language items to satisfy their eyes for their students, but few can provide them with a way or ways that is good enough to satisfy their real needs.很多老师都能够向学生提供足以满足他们感官需要的学习材料和语言内容，但彳艮少有人能向学生们提供能满足他们真正需要的学习方法。

410 to keep one's finger on the pulse of…了解(熟悉) …的情况As the president of such an influential international group, you must keep your finger on the pulse of the world's market and any possible market changes that are most likely to influence the structure of your products. 作为如此有影响力的跨国公司的总裁，你必须要了解国际市场的动向，必须了解极可能会影响你们产品结构的任何可能发生的市场变化。

411 to be qualified for…胜任…，有资格…According to an underground newspaper, over 45 percent policemen in this area are not quite qualified for their jobs and over 12 percent of them are totally devoid of attributes to be a policeman.据一家小报刊登的消息，这个地区有百分之四十五的警察并不很胜任警务工作，而且有百分之十二的警察根本就没有当警察的素质。

412 to possess the qualifications of…县备…的条件(资格) You should get your son an opportunity for some special training in law, since he seems to possess the qualifications of a lawyer.因为你儿子具备当律师的条件，所以你应该给他找个机会接受法律方面的特殊训练。

413 to make no question of…对…不加怀疑，认为…是理所当然的The directors said that he made no question of your daughter's physicalqualifications for being an film actress, but he doubted that she has the inner qualities for playing different roles.那位导演说他并不怀疑你女儿当演员的外在条件，但是他怀疑她有扮演不同角色所需要的内在品质。

414 to quote for…提出…的报价I quoted for all the spare parts of the latest model of the engine last month, but they asked us to quote for the price again and asked us if we could reduce the price by another O. 5 percent.上个月我已经把最新款式的发动机部件价格报给了他们，可是他们仍要求我们再次报价并问我们是否可能将其价格再降低0．5个百分点。

415 to rain benefits on…施恩惠于…From the way he is raining benefits on Sally's father, you know that he has a design on his daughter.从他对萨莉父亲大施恩惠的那个劲头来看，你就知道他对他的女儿是别有用心的。

416 to rain praise on…对…赞不绝口From the way most of the clerks are trying to rain praise on the general manager's daughter, you know that they are all availing the opportunity to flatter their boss for a closer relationship.从大多数职员对总经理的女儿的那种赞不绝口的劲头来看，你就知道他们是在利用这个机会巴结老板，以便把关系搞得更近乎些。