英语——高三广东高考一轮复习(中学阶段重难点短语复习2)

英语——2009届高三广东高考一轮复习中学阶段重难点短语复习（二）一. 教学内容：中学阶段重难点短语复习（二）二. 重难点短语与例句：1. benefit（from）受益，得到好处。

I have benefited a lot from extensive reading. 广泛的阅读使我受益匪浅。

This project is of great benefit to everyone. 这项工程对每个人都大有好处。

2. by birth 在出生上，论出身，按血统at birth 在出生时；give birth to 出生I am French by birth and a British subject by marriage. 我按出生是法国人，因结婚而成为英国公民。

The baby weighed seven pounds at birth. 那婴儿出生时重七磅。

On October17, at 9:25 A. M. I gave birth to a beautiful baby girl. 10月17日上午9时25分，我生下一个漂亮的小女孩。

3. blame sb. for sth. 因……责备某人blame sth. on sb. 把……推在某人身上The driver was not to blame for the accident. 这次事故怪不着司机。

=They couldn’t blame the accident on the driver.4. on board 到船上，在船上，上火车或飞机We went on board Athens yesterday morning. 我们昨天早晨登上雅典号。

5. in brief（=in as few words as possible）简言之In brief, Tom is a lazy boy. 简而言之，汤姆是个懒孩子。

6. on business 出差办事。

I have to go to London on business tomorrow. 明天我要到伦敦去办事。

7. be busy with sth. 忙于某事be busy doing sth. 忙于做某事He is busy with some important work. 他正忙于处理一些重要的事情。

=He is busy doing some important work.8. but for（=without）要不是。

表示假设But for your advice, I should have failed. 要不是你的忠告，我会失败的。

But for music（=Were it not for music）, life would be dull. 要不是音乐，人生会很无聊。

9. be capable of 能够，有能力be capable of being +过去分词：是能够被……的Salamanders once were thought to be capable of living in fire. 火蜥蜴曾被认为能生活于火中。

10. in any case（=for love or money, at any rate, at any price, at any cost, whatever happens; anyhow）无论如何In any case he can not give up it. 他无论如何也不会放弃它。

11. in case（=for fear that）万一；in case of（=in the event of）如果发生……万一in the case of 至于……，就……而言in no case在任何情况下都不（倒装句放句首）In case you need something, please don’t hesitate to let me know. 如果你需要什么东西，请别客气，尽管跟我说。

In case of emergency, break the glass and press the button. 遇到紧急情况时，击碎玻璃罩并摁下按钮。

I will reveal your secret in no case. 我决不会泄漏你的秘密。

12. be cautious of 谨防She is cautious of telling secrets. 她很谨慎，不会泄露秘密。

13. center one’s attention on（=focus one’s attention on）把某人的注意力集中在……上You should focus your attention on your work. 你应该把注意力放到工作上。

14. in charge of（=responsible for）负责（某事）in the charge of …由……管take charge of（=to be or become responsible for）负责管理（照顾）Mr. Zhang was in charge of the shop while the manager was away. 经理不在时，张先生负责这个商店. =The shop was in the charge of Mr. Zhang while the manager was away.15. charge…for 因……索取（费用），charge sb. with sth. 控告某人犯有……As long as you’ve paid in advance we won’t charge you for delivery. 只要你预先付款，我们就不收你送货费。

Bill was charged with murderer. 比尔被指控谋杀。

16. round the clock（=all day and all night, usually without stopping）昼夜不停地Surgeons are working round the clock to save his life. 外科医生们正在日夜工作以抢救他的生命。

17. comment on 评论Downing Street has so far refused to comment on these reports. 英国政府对这些报道迄今不予置评。

18. commit oneself to 使自己承担……commit sb. to prison把某人送进监狱；commit one’s idea to writing 把某人的想法写下来；commit a matter to a committee 把某事交给委员会讨论She committed herself to science. 她专心从事科学事业。

19. in common（和……）有共同之处，共用。

be common to sb. 是与某人所共有的The two sisters have nothing in common. 两姐妹没有什么共同之处。

In this situation it is common to say that nothing can be done until law and order is restored. 一般来说在这种形势下，不恢复法律和秩序是什么也干不了的。

20. keep company with（=be friendly and go out together）和……要好。

He who keeps company with a wolf will learn to howl. [谚]跟狼在一起，就会学狼叫；近墨者黑。

21. compare…with … 把……与……比较compare…to… 把……比作……I compared the copy with the original, but there was not much difference. 我比较了复印件和原件，但是差别不是很大。

Life is poetically compared to the morning dew. 在诗歌中，人生被比喻为朝露。

22. by comparison 比较起来in comparison with（=in contrast to）和……比起来We can only tell good from bad by comparison. 我们可以通过比较来分辨好坏。

23. complain of（or about）抱怨；诉苦；控告；complain about 抱怨某人或事情；complain to sb. about sth. （or sb. ）向某人抱怨……I have nothing to complain of. 我没有任何不满。

You’ve got nothing to complain about. 你没什么可抱怨的。

24. concentrate on（or upon）集中，专心I can’t concentrate on my work when I’m tired. 我累了就无法集中精力工作。

25. in conclusion（=as the last thing）最后一点；at the conclusion of 当……结束时；In conclusion, I’d like to say how much I’ve enjoyed staying here. 最后我想要说我在这里过得有多愉快。

26. condemn sb. to 判决The criminal was condemned to death. 这个罪犯被判死刑。

27. on condition that（=if）以……为条件，假如I’ll come on condition that John is invited too. 如果约翰也受到邀请，我就来。

28. in that = because 因为；now that = since 既然He didn’t attend the negotiation in that he was ill. 他因为有病，没有参加谈判。

Now that you are a college student, you should learn to be independent of your parents’ help. 既然你已是个大学生了，就应当学着独立，不靠父母的帮助。

29. in / out of condition（=thoroughly healthy or fit / not fit）健康状况好/不好。