大学英语2常用短语

大学英语2

be removed from…从…被撤职；come to one’s rescue 营救某人；

chance upon 偶遇；with infinite precaution 极度小心；

plunge into…投身于…; at the stroke of the pen 大笔一挥；

a summer retreat 避暑地；take precaution against…对…采取预防措施（防备）fierce competition 激烈的竞争； a menace to sth.对…构成的威胁；

before one knows it 转眼之间，瞬息之间；take refuge避难；

fall from office 离位，下台；30 odd years 30 多年；

in the time of war 在战争时间；in a market-driven ecomony 在市场经济驱动下；recall the past回忆过去；play down 冲淡，贬低；

play down the difference 淡化分歧；be forced to do 被迫做；

evacuation plan/route 撤离计划/路线；crime scene 犯罪现场；

scene painting 场景制作；blast 爆炸；Tsunami 海啸；

agricultural products 农作物；regulate condition 调整状态；

radiation contamination 发射性污染；detect cancer 探测癌症；

Consumer Price index (CPI)消费者物价指数；Inflation通货膨胀；

Commerce ministry 商务部；Commerce ministry spokesman 外交部发言人; soaring prices 上涨的物价；social stability 社会稳定性；

interest rate 利率；aggressive steps 积极的措施；

a will of iron 钢铁般的意志；summon s

b to sp 召唤某人到某地；

gesture sb to do sth 示意某人做某事；toll the bell 敲钟；

be authorised by…由…授权；domestic violence 家庭暴力；

（GDP）gross domestic product;国民生产总值；

nuclear radiation 核辐射；be stunned by (the news)被…震惊；

range from A to B 在…范围；advocate for…提倡，拥护；

protest against 提出异议；complain of(a pain,illness)诉说（病痛等）；minister to…照料；give way to…/yield to…向…让步；对屈服；

be identified with…与…合成一体；卷入；identical twins 同卵双胞胎；

transcend the boundary of…超越…的界限；transcend the boundaries of religion and nationality；the adopted city 所移居的城市；slum children 贫民窑的儿童；

the outcast 流浪者；expand to include…扩大到…范围；

eg：The range of concerns has expanded to include AIDS patients,drug addicts and victims of domestic violence .

civilian worker 民工; civilian award 平民奖；

at one’s request 应…要求/请求；needy people 有需要的人；

be (常was) never able to…始终不能；religious beliefs 宗教信仰；

be hospitalized 被从入医院；alarming accusations 令人惊讶的指责（指控）；jaws of death 鬼门关；be starved to death 饿死；

air assault（attack）空袭；without parallel 史无前例，无与伦比；

a heap of ruins 一堆废墟；on top of that,除了这些；

free speech 言论自由； a wave of…大量的；

a wave of new comers 大量的新来者； a wave of buying 抢购狂潮；

a wave of terrorism 一股恐怖主义浪潮；foster（v/adj）children 养子；

foster parents 养父母；owe sth to sb 把…归功于…;

label sb sth把某人标上…的标签；price label 价签；

the bottom line 基本要点，底线；imbue sb with sth 向某人灌输某物；

crucial factor 至关重要的因素；make it （to）(a place) 成功抵达某地；industrial potential 工业潜力；acting potential 表演潜力；

potential customer 潜在的顾客；by contrast 对比之下；

get ahead 获得成功，出头；have what it takes to do 具备做sth成功所需的条件spring from…发源于，来自；life span 寿命；

memory span 记忆力保持时间；span of knowledge 知识面；

artificial factors 人为因素；exclude… from..使...不得进入，把..排除在外拒绝in hopes that…希望； a succession of…一系列的…；

resent doing sth 憎恶做某事；reverse discrimination 变向歧视；

a battery of 一连串的；lose faith in sth 对某事失去信念；

amass a fortune 积累一笔财富；slash fur prices 削减皮货价格；

stand for…为…奋斗，拥护；disperse the crowd 分散群众；

converge on 向…拥去，集中；heath care 医疗保健；

a prelude to……的开端/序幕/前奏；without exception 无例外地；

excess baggage（luggage）超重行李；Exchequer bond 公债，国库债券；

exclusion zone 禁区； a military exclusion zone 军事禁区；correspondent to objective reality 符合客观现实；domestic（foreign）loans内（外）债；loan-sharking 放高利贷； a carpet manufacture 地毯制造厂商；

the cloth（glass）manufacture 织布（玻璃制造）业；

the manuscript of a book 书的原稿；negotiate with sb about/with sth与某人谈判某事；the resumption（suspension）of all-round negotiation全面谈判的恢复（终止）；

arose one’s hostility 引起某人的敌意；fame and wealth名利和财富；

by contrast 相比之下；distress signal n. 遇险信号;

joint venture 合资企业；character threads 任务线索；

and vice versa 反之亦然；to be polite 出于礼貌；

be qualified for…能胜任；sign a contract 签合同；

a temporary/permanent job一个临时/永久的工作；

the departure of plane 飞机起飞时间；in the context （of）在这种背景（环境）下；approve of ones application 批准某人的申请；

justify the action 证明行为正当；ensure sb sth 保证某人得到某物；

偶遇：chance upon；run into come across meet with meet…by chance;

a multitude of/multitudes of 许多，大量；…by name 名叫…;

get into the habit of…养成…的习惯；get rid of the habit of…除；

come to an end 结束；be faced with…面临着某种情况；

keep sb on the payroll 使某人留任；somehow or other 以某种方式；

the other way around 相反地，倒过来；smooth over （conflicts）缓和，减轻（冲突）；leave sth in sb’s hand 把…交某人管理；child abuse 虐待儿童；

put the car before the horse本末倒置；escalate into…升级为，激化为；

an installation engineer 安装工程师；international operations 国际业务部；

a two-year contract 两年的合同；the odd behavior 古怪的行为；

appreciate ones expertise 欣赏某人的专长；serve meals at all hours 24小时营业；

sooner than anyone expected 大家都没想到；surpass…in…在…超越…;