Unit10 Money短语

短语·典句·考点

put off 推迟，拖延

【巧记提示】put（放）+off（远的），事情放得远些，时间靠得后些。

【经典例句】Thanks to the bad weather,the sports meeting had to be put off till next week.

因为天气不好，运动会被推迟到下个星期。

She managed to put off the creditors for another week.

她设法说服债主晚一个星期再来。

【考点聚焦】put off的其他含义：

迟迟不做，拖住（某人），使人反感，退缩，让……下车

【活学活用】21.完成句子

有人建议推迟会议。

It is suggested that the meeting__________ __________ __________

__________.

答案：should be put off

die out 消失，灭绝

【巧记提示】die（死）+out（完全地），完全灭亡，消失，灭绝。

【经典例句】Many old customs are gradually dying out.

许多旧风俗逐渐地消失了。

Fish will die out of water.鱼离开水就不能活。

【考点聚焦】out有“完全地，彻底地，达到最大限度”的意思。如：

put out扑灭run out用光wear out用坏，耗尽tire out累倒

【活学活用】22.单项填空

I am__________with all the housework.

A.trying out

B.run out

C.give out

D.worn out

答案：D

break up 分解，分裂，结束

【经典例句】The two friends who used to be close to each other broke up.

这两个曾经很亲密的朋友决裂了。

Their marriage broke up.他们的婚姻破裂了。

The police broke up the fight.警察制止了斗殴。

【考点聚焦】up有“完结、彻底（做完）”的含义。如：

eat up吃光drink up喝光

pay up还清finish up（干、吃……）完

use up用完

【活学活用】23.单项填空

They__________the whole ship into parts.

A.broke up

ed up

C.drinked up

D.payed up

答案：A

in addition 除……之外，另外

【巧记提示】in（在……里）+addition（增加），在范围内增加的（部分），即另外。

【经典例句】Mom gave me sandwiches for my picnic and a bag of cookies in addition.

妈妈给我三明治野餐时吃，还外加一袋饼干。

In addition to an album,I gave him a pen and a pencil.

除了一本照相簿外,我还给了他一枝钢笔和一枝铅笔。

【考点聚焦】in addition只能作状语，后面不能接名词或代词。要接名词、代词需用in addition to。

【活学活用】24.单项填空

__________its obvious economic success,Shanghai is reestablishing itself

as one of the distinguished cultural centers.

A.Because of

B.In honor of

C.In addition to

D.For the present

答案：C

out of work 失业

【巧记提示】out of（离开）+work（工作）

【经典例句】Millions of men were out of work.

成千上万的人失业了。

He must square up to the reality of being out of work.

他必须正视失业这一现实。

【考点聚焦】反义词组：in work 如：

Is her husband in work?她丈夫有工作吗？

其他表示“失业”的说法：

lose one’s job表示短暂的动作，不能延续。

be unemployment表示状态，可以延续。

【活学活用】25.完成句子

这是他那一第三次失业了。

It was the third time that he had been__________ __________ __________that year.

答案：out of work

dream up 虚构出；凭空想出

【巧记提示】dream（做梦）+up，做梦想出来的，即虚构出。

【经典例句】Everything has worked out wonderfully,which is better than anything we ever dreamed up.

一切都进行得非常顺利，这是我们从来没有设想过的。

【考点聚焦】辨析dream up和make up：

dream up侧重于表示想出不同寻常的点子、主意以及设想某种情形；

make up多指编制故事、歌曲等。

【活学活用】26.用make up 或dream up 完成句子

1）He__________a plan to corner the market.

2）He always__________an excuse for his being late.

答案：1）dreamed up 2）made up

make sure 确定，证实，确保

【巧记提示】make（做）+sure（稳当的），把事情做得稳当，即确保。

【经典例句】Father makes sure that all the lights are off before he goes to bad.

爸爸睡觉前总要看看灯是不是都关上了。

You’d better make sure of the time and the place.

你最好核实时间和地点。

【考点聚焦】make sure的用法：

1)make sure of/about 确保，设法做到

2)make sure to do 一定要……

【活学活用】27.单项填空

Please__________the lights will go out if no one is in the room.