四级阅读必背短语

四级阅读必背短语to get down（从……）下来；写下；使沮丧We’ll get down at the next station. 我们下一站下车。

to do without没有……也行；用不着People can do without a lot of things, but they cannot do without food. 许多东西人们没有也能过得去，但没有食物不行。

to drop off 下降，减少；睡着，入睡The recession caused sales to drop off. 经济不景气使销量下降。

to find out 查明，找出，发现What you should find out is when he is going to leave.你应该查明的是他将在什么时候离开。

to clear up 清理；澄清，解决；（天）放晴You should clear up your room. 你应该清理你的房间。

to die down 逐渐消失，变弱The wind died down noticeably. 风力已显著减弱。

to keep…company 陪伴He stayed at home to keep his wife company. 他留在家里陪伴太太。

to take effect 生效，起作用The pill takes effect as soon as you swallow it. 这药丸一吞下去就见效。

to make a face 做鬼脸Why do you make a face? 你为什么要做鬼脸？to make friends (with) 与……交朋友I wanna make friends with you. 我愿意和你做朋友。

little by little逐渐地，一点点地We will get to know the girl little by little. 我们会逐渐地了解这个女孩的。

no matter 不要紧；无关紧要It’s (of) no matter. 这无关紧要。

no more… than 只不过What he said was no more than a joke. 他的话只不过是个玩笑。

by nature 天生的, 生来He was, by nature, a man of few words. 他天生是个沉默寡言的人to be of the opinion 持有……的看法He is of the opinion that money is not important. 他认为钱并不重要。

to participate in 参加Celia decided to participate in the London Marathon. 西莉亚决定参加伦敦马拉松比赛。

to be patient with 对……有耐心You ought to be patient with him. 你对他应该有耐心。

peculiar to…特有的, 独具的Language is peculiar to mankind. 语言是人类特有的。

in person 亲自, 当面He considered going to see them in person. 他考虑亲自去看他们。

to prohibit…from 禁止，阻止Women wear shorts are prohibited from visiting the monastery.穿着短裤的妇女禁止进入寺院。

on purpose 故意Do you think he made that mistake on purpose? 你认为他是故意弄错的吗？beyond the reach of 无法达到Some matters are beyond the reach of the law. 这样的事情不受法律管辖。

by mistake 错误地He took the umbrella by mistake. 他错拿了这把伞。

at most 最多，至多This book should be published in two months at most. 这本书最多两个月后就会出版to object to 反对I object to all this noise. 我反对一切噪音。

in place of 代替We now have computers in place of typewriters. 我们现在已有计算机取代了打字机。

to take pride in 以……自豪He is so good at painting, so he take pride in it. 他画画很在行，所以他为此而自豪。

to proceed from 由……发出I suggest we proceed from where we left off yesterday.我建议我们从昨天未完的地方开始。

in progress 进行中The concert is in progress. 音乐会在进行中。

in public 公开地，当众He is going to make a speech in public. 他将当众发表演说。

to be opposed to…反对……Most Americans would, I suspect, be opposed to this proposal.我猜，大多数美国人都会反对这个提案。

to account for 解释，说明She could not account for her mistake. 她无法解释其错误。

to have the advantage of…有机会，占优势Truth should always have the advantage. 真理总是占着优势。

in agreement 同意，一致We seem to be in agreement on the matter. 在这件事上我们的意见看来是一致的。

after all 毕竟，到底After all, February only has twenty-eight days. 二月份毕竟只有28天。

to amount to 总计，等于What will all of this work amount to? 这工作全部总计为多少？。

to arrive on 到达Mr. Smith, together with his wife, is to arrive on the evening.史密斯先生和夫人将于晚间抵达。

to be based on 基于His argument is based on good solid reasoning. 他的论点建立在充分而正确的推理之上。

for the better 好转His health has changed for the better. 他的健康状况已有好转。

to buy…for 用多少钱买I bought this book for 50 dollars. 我用50美元买下了这本书。

in addition 此外，又，加之In addition, he said, the drug's dosing schedule is only once per month.此外，这种药物的给药方案只能是每月一次。

to agree with 赞同I cannot agree with you on this point. 在这一点上我不赞同你的看法。

to apply to 与……有关；适用The usual laws of corporate finance do not seem to apply to banks.一般的公司金融规律对银行好像不适用。

to be lined with 沿……排列The streets were lined with cars. 街上汽车排列成行。

to emerge from 从……显露出来After a long hunt of him, we saw him emerge from the crowd.我们找了他半天，才见他出现在人群中。

to take advantage of利用It never occurred to me to take advantage of him. 我从没有想过要占他的便宜。

to back up 支持，援助Other actions can be taken to back up the policy. 可以采取其他措施来支持这个政策。

to cut down 削减；砍倒Recycling cuts down on waste. 废品回收能减少浪费。

to be concerned about关心；挂念People began to be concerned about the air pollution here.人们开始对这里的大气污染表示忧虑。

to be indifferent to…不在乎……Children will fail to progress if their parents are indifferent to their success.如果家长对孩子的成功漠不关心，孩子将不会有进步。

to contribute…to 有助于；捐献Science has contributed much to modern technology. 科学对现代技术作出了很大贡献。

to be absent from…缺席，不在He was absent from school for two weeks. 他两星期未去上课。

in accord with 与……一致The calculated result is in accord with theoretical analysis. 计算结果与理论分析符合。

The numbers in this table don't seem to be in accord with reality.表中的数字似乎与事实不符。

to adjust… (to) 调节；适应The eyes need several minutes to adjust to the dimness.需要花几分钟的时间使眼睛适应昏暗。

to fall in 坍塌The roof of the house was about to fall in. 房子的屋顶快要塌了。

to find out 查明，找出，发现If you excuse me for a second, I'll find out for you. 请稍候片刻，我给你查一下。