湖南自考英语专业：00600高级英语重要词组复习资料（4）

Try one‘s hand at 尝试

She warned that she hadn‘t tried her hand at baking sweets for some time.

她说她已经有一段时间没尝试烤甜点了。

Brush off 刷掉，拂去

When I finished the cookies she brushed off the table and brought a thick， small book from the bookcase.

Exchange A for B with sb. 用A和B作交换

He exchanged the black jacket for a blue one with salesman.

Single out 挑选出

I didn‘t question why Mrs. Flowers had singled me out for attention.

Do one‘s heart good 使人感到鼓舞，欢欣

Take to 对…产生好感

That do my heart good to see settled people take to you all.

Trailed off 声音逐渐弱到不出声

Her voice trailed off.

On the order of 大约

equipment costing on the order of a million dollars.

花费近百万美元的设备

in sb‘s place 处于谁的情况

Try to put yourself in my place and think how you would feel.

Get to sb. 影响某人

I has become fashionable to think that， like fast food， fast ideas are the way to get to a fast-moving， impatient public.

Feed on sth 受到…滋养

Hatred feeds on envy. 因妒生恨。

Think up 想出

She was trying to think up an excuse

In the shape of 以…的形式

This one was very young， with inexperience even in the shape of his mustache which he had shaved too much on the left side.

他非常年轻，从他胡子的形状看，他很缺乏经验，他左侧的胡子乔得太多了。

Number off 报数Go away 走开

Draw lots 抽签，抓阄

Go by 遵照

We must draw lots， unless it is thought that we should go by ages.

Get off （with sth.） 免受处罚

got off scot-free. 逍遥法外

picture sth to oneself 想象或设想某事物

This isn‘t the last draw we shall have， and picture to yourselves what it will be like in this cell if we have a privileged class.

Leave sb/sth out of sth 排除在外Kidd has been left out of the team.

Have it/things/everything one‘s own wayHave it your own way. 按你的意思办吧

Scrap of paper 纸片

Feel for 摸索，寻找

In one‘s favor 占优势

an error in our favor. 对我方有益的错误

force on sb 勉强某人接受某事物