高级英语第二版第六册课后习题答案复习

drag into | speak up for | rife with | of one’s own accord

ration out | single out | trudge through | beside oneself

in place | on the warpath | see through | comply with

1. The office was rife with rumors.

2. Ann rationed out the cake between the children.

3. The arrangements are all in place for the concert next Thursday.

4. There are serious penalties for failure to comply with the regulations.

5. The course would take me three years to complete, but I was determined to see it through.

6. She has often spoken up for the rights of working mothers.

7. If there was one thing she couldn’t face in the morning it was her mother on the warpath.

8. He was beside himself with grief when she died.

9. Don’t drag me into your argument! It has nothing to do with me.

10. I spent the whole weekend trudging through this report, and I still haven’t finished reading it.

11. She came of her own accord. No one asked her to come.

12. It’s not fair the way my sister is always singled out for special treatment.

1).这家公司是由几名有事业心的年轻人创立的。(enterprising)

The company was started by a couple of enterprising young men.

2). 那是他唯一一次自己在午夜前睡觉的，因为他实在太累了。(of one’s own accord)

It was the only time when he went to bed of his own accord before midnight, because he w as really too tired.

3). 经过长时间的仔细酝酿，书才得以完成。(meticulous)

Many hours of meticulous preparation have gone into writing the book.

4). 她从头到脚穿着一身黑。(be attired)

She was attired from head to foot in black.

5). 为攒我们去度假的钱，我节衣缩食整整一年。(scrimp and save)

I’ve been scrimping and saving all year to pay for our holiday.

6). 我知道他是好意，但我希望他别来管我们。(well-meaning)

I know he’s well-meaning, but I wish he’d leave us alone.

7). 当有人指出他犯了错误时，他非常生气。(indignant)

He became very indignant when it was suggested he had made a mistake.

8). 说了多少次了，安东尼，刀子和叉子要放入中间的抽屉！(umpteen)

I’ve told you for umpteen times, Anthony, knives and forks go in the middle drawer!

9). 缝纫恐怕不是我的专长。(forte)

I’m afraid sewing isn’t one of my fortes.

10). 观众热烈的欢迎使她十分高兴。(buoy)

She was buoyed by the warm recepti on her audience gave her.

come across | make an impression | side effect | liken to

press release | confront with | lace up | dash off

inherent in | hark back | blow away | weed out

1). The Department of Transport has issued a press release about the proposals for

the new motorway.

2).He's always harking back to his childhood and saying how things were better then.

3). She dashed off the letter in five minutes.

4). The first round of interviews only really serves to weed out the very weakest of applicants.

5). He comes across as a bit of a bore in interviews.

6). They blew away the other team in the second half of the game.

7). Does this drug have any side effects?

8). He made quite an impression on the girls at the tennis club.

9). She can lace up her shoes and she’s only five!

10). She seems completely unaware of the contradictions inherent in her professe

point of view.

11). She’s been likened to a young Elizabeth Taylor.

12). I thought I would remain calm, but when I was confronted with the TV

camera, I became very nervous.

1). 她一直努力把自己重新塑造成一位演员。(reinvent as)

She kept trying to reinvent herself as an actress.

2). 导演的新片回归到早期的电影风格。(hark back to)

The director’s latest film harks back to the early years of cinema.

3). 教授指出了那位博士提出的新理论中一些内在的缺陷。(inherent)

The professor pointed out some of the inherent defects of the new theory proposed by that doctor.

4). 即便在今天，有些传统风俗在农村地区仍然流行着。(prevail)

Even today some of the traditional customs still prevail in rural areas.

5). 禁烟运动对年轻人产生了不小的影响。(make an impact on)

The anti-smoking campaign made quite an impact on young people.

6). 她的报道文章言简意赅。(terse)

Her newspaper articles are terse and to the point.

7). 这一事件引发了一场两国之间的外交争端。(spark)

The incident sparked a diplomatic controversy between the two countries.

8). 他的英语作文错误很多，因为他是在截止日前匆匆写出来的。(dash off)

There were many mistakes in his English composition, because he had dashed it off

just before the deadline.

9). 所有的售货员似乎都带着同样假惺惺的微笑。(phony)

All salespeople seem to have the same phony smile.

10). 你有没有想过从事工程师这一行？(take up)

Have you ever thought of taking up engineering?