专四必背短语1分解

careful of/about/with 小心,注意

Children must be taught to be careful of traffic.

必须教育孩子要当心车辆。

We must be careful of public property.

我们必须爱护公共财物。

certain of /about 确信,肯定

The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.

证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。

He got up at six so as to make certain of being in time.

他六时起床以确保准时。

characteristic of 特有,独特

Exquisite workmanship is the outstanding characteristic of these artistic handworks.

工艺精美是这些工艺品的突出特点。

Some animals possess the characteristic of man. 有些动物具有人类的特征。

clear of 没有,不接触

You are now clear of all suspicions.

你现在已经没有嫌疑了。

I tried to edge away until I was clear of the crowd. 我侧着身子移动，最后走出了人群。

clever at 善于

She's very clever at winkling secrets out of people. 她很会从别人那里探听到秘密。

Her mother was clever at many things.

她妈妈对许多事情都很精通。

close to 接近,亲近

The campsite is close to all local amenities.

营地紧靠当地所有的便利设施。

Everyone felt that the speaker's remarks hit close to home.

大家都感觉到发言人的话击中了要害。

comparable to/with 可比较

Farmers were meant to get an income comparable to that of townspeople.

农民的收入本应该与城里人的收入相当。

The music of Irving Berlin is scarcely comparable to that of Beethoven.

欧文·伯林的音乐很难与贝多芬的媲美。

apt to 易于

Paper is apt to catch fire.

纸容易着火。

He is apt to leave things about.

他总喜欢把东西到处乱放。

ashamed of 羞愧,害臊

She was deeply ashamed of her behaviour at the party.

她对自己在聚会上的行为深感羞愧。

You should be ashamed of yourself, crawling to the director like that.

你那样巴结董事，应该感到羞耻。

approximate to 近似,接近

The Prime Minister has made a statement closely approximate to a falsehood.

首相发表了一项几近谎言的声明。

Your story approximates to the real facts.

你所说的事接近事实真相。

aware of 意识到

After her mother's death, she became acutely aware of her own mortality.

她母亲去世后，她开始强烈意识到自己的生命是有限的。

It is inconceivable that the minister was not aware of the problem.

令人难以置信的是那位大臣竟然没有意识到这个问题。

available to 可用,可供

We are considering the options available to us in this no-win situation.

在这种取胜无望的情形下，我们在考虑有什么选择。

Her money is tied up in securities and is not available to her at present.

她的钱用来买了股票，目前她还不能支用。

bare of 几乎没有,缺乏

The mountaintops were bare of any vegetation. 那些山顶上光秃而无任何植物。

He is bare of credit.

他没有信用.

bound for 开往……

I boarded the plane bound for England.

我登上了飞往英格兰的飞机。

The ship is bound for Shanghai.

这船是开往上海的.

capable of 能够