351. shut out 排除，不让…进来
    EG: This shut out any danger of fire.这排除了失火的危险。
       The late comers were shut out the stadium.迟到者都被关在体育场外面。
352. sick of 厌烦
    EG: She is sick of doing nothing. 她因无所事事而厌烦。
353. sit for （准备）参加（考试），应考
    EG: He sat for the entrance examinations.
354. sit in（on）列席，旁听
    EG: I was allowed to sit in on the deliberations of the board. 我被允许出席委员会的评议会议。
355. sit up 迟睡，熬夜
356. speed up 使加速（反义slow down；同义step up）
357. stand by
    [1]站在一边，袖手旁观；
    [2]支持，帮助。
358. stand for 代替，代表，意味着
359. stand out 突出，显眼
    EG: He stands out in the crowd, as he is 2 meters in height. 他在人群中显得很突出，因为他身高2米。
       The two girls stood out from the whole class, and were always winning prizes for school work. 这两个女孩子在班上表现得很出色， 因成绩优异而频频获奖。
360. stand up
    [1]站起来；
    [2]（论据、论点等）站得住脚。
361. stand up for 支持，维护，保卫
    EG: Don’t be afraid to stand up for your rights. 不要害怕维护你的权利。
362. stand up to
    [1]勇敢面对，反抗；
    [2]经得起，顶得住。
    EG: He is too weak to stand up to her. 他太软弱，不敢面对她。
363. start from scratch 从头做起，从零开始
364. step in 插入，介入
EG: If the police had not stepped in when
they did there would have been
serious violence. 当时警方迟一些
干预就会发生严重的暴力事件了。
365. step up 加快，加速，增加
    EG: When John found himself going to
be late, he stepped up his face.当约
翰发现自己要迟到时，他就加快了
步伐。
EG: The factory has stepped up production. 工厂提高了产量。
366. stick out 伸出，突出
367. stick to 坚持，忠于，信守（同义adhereto，keep to，cling to，hold to）
EG: I will stick to my father whatever is said of him.
368. sum up 总结，概括
369. summon up
    [1]鼓起（勇气），奋起；
    EG: You must summon up all your courage to meet the danger. 你必须鼓足勇气于面对危险。
    [2]唤起。
    EG: She tried to summon up the memory of the event. 她试图唤起对那件事的回忆。
370. take a chance 冒险一试
    EG: Won’t you take a chance on the prize? You may win it. 你何不碰碰运气去争奖？你可能得奖。
371. take advantage of 利用
372. take after 与…相象
    EG: She takes after her mother in appearance.她的长相随她的母亲。
    **look like 外表看起来“像”；
      take after相貌、性格方面“随”年长
的亲属。
373. take apart 拆开，拆卸（机器）（？）
374. take away 消除，消耗
    EG: Please use this medicine to take away the pain. 止痛请用这种药。
375. take care 当心，留神
    EG: Take care not to catch cold. = Take care  (that) you don’t catch cold.小心不要感冒着凉。
376. take care of
    [1]照顾，照料；
    [2]承担，处理，负责（be responsible
for）。
377. take charge of  负责，监督，管理
378. take delight in 以…为乐
    EG: Harry takes great delight in teasing his little sister. 哈里很喜欢逗他的小妹妹玩。
379. take down 记下，写下（同义—get down, set down, put down, write down）
EG: Your speech is so quick that I can’t take down what you’ve said.
380. take effect 生效，奏效
381. take in
    [1]接受，吸收；
    EG: The school will take in three hundred new students.
[2]了解，理解；
EG: People never take in new facts very easily when they’re unhappy.人们不高兴时，从来就不会非常容易地理解新事实。
    [3]欺骗。
    EG: The newspaper’s reportage on everything good and nothing bad takes its readers in. 这家报纸只报喜不报忧，使读者受骗。
382. take off
    [1]起飞；
    [2]脱下。
    EG: He took off his hat and bowed politely as he passed.
383. take on
    [1]呈现；
    EG: Her face took on a haunted quality.
       她脸上流露出心烦意乱的表情。
    [2]具有；
    EG: The word is taking on a new meaning. 这个单词具有一种新的意义。
    [3]接纳，开始雇佣；
    EG: They no longer have to take on large numbers of temporary staff to do the checking. 他们无须再雇佣大量的临时工做核对工作。
    [4]承担，从事；
    EG: He was always ready to take on the hardest job. 他总是乐于做最艰难的工作。
    [5]装出。
384. take one’s cue from 学…的样，听…的劝告
EG: Tom took his cue from his teacher’s
tone. 汤姆学他老师说话的腔调。
385. take one’s time 慢慢来，从容不迫
    EG: She is used to taking her time.她习惯于不慌不忙。
**take time 费时间，花功夫
386. take over 接管，接办
387. take pains 煞费苦心，尽力
388. take part in 参加，协助
389. take place 发生，举行
390. take shape 成形
391. take the place of 代替
    EG: Nothing could take the place of the family he has lost. 他失去了家庭，这一损失是无法弥补的。
392. take to 喜欢，亲近形成…的习惯
    EG: I saw him yesterday for the first time and took to him at once.昨天我第一次见到他，并很快就喜欢上了他。
       He took to writing novels.他开始喜欢写小说。
393. take turns 轮流，交替
394. take up
    [1]开始从事；
    EG: My assistant left to take up another post. 我的助手离开了，去从事另一项工作。
    [2]接受（挑战等）；
    EG: She wished Jane would take up Tom’s offer to decorate the house. 她希望简接受汤姆的提议，去装修房子。
    [3]采取，采纳；
    EG: He hated to see her taking up this hard, uncompromising attitude. 他不愿看见她采取这种强硬的、不妥协的态度。
    [4]占去，占据。
    EG: I won’t take up any more of your time. 我不愿再占用你的时间。
395. take…as 把…作为
    EG: They take him as a lucky person.他们把他看作幸运者。
    ** take…as是“作为…使用（或对待）”，
take…for含“把…误认为”之意。如:
I took him for my brother.我把他当成
我的兄弟了。
396. take…for 把…认为是，把…看成为（参
见395）
397. take…for granted
    [1]认为…理所当然；
    [2]（因视为当然而）对…不予重视
    EG: He is so busy with his job that he takes his family for granted.他工作很忙，于是他便认为可以因此而不关心他的家人。
398. take…into account 考虑
    EG: I will take your suggestion into account. 我将考虑你的建议。
399. talk back 回嘴，顶嘴
400. talk into 说服
    EG: She talked me into taking a week’s holiday. 她劝我去度一周假。
**talk…out of 说服…不…
401. think better of 改变主意，重新考虑
402. think of
    [1]思索，考虑，深思；
    [2]想象；
    EG: Just think of the cost! 想一想那费用吧。
    [3]想到，忆及；想起；
EG: think of a word beginning with B. 想到一个以B为首的字。
    [4]企图，意欲。
EG: I am thinking of going to Dublin. 我正计划去都柏林。
403. think of… as 把…看做是，以为…是
    EG: You mustn’t think of me as being unhappy. 你一定不要认为我不高兴。
       I have long thought of it as the most enchanting city in England. 长期以来我一直认为这是英国最迷人的城市。
404. think over 仔细考虑
405. touch on 关系到，涉及（稍稍谈到）
    EG: Our conversation touched on many subjects. 我们的谈话涉及到许多题目。
406. touch up
    [1]对…作最后的润笔，修正；
    [2]使想[唤]起（记忆）；
    [3]轻轻鞭打（马等）。
407. try on （动作）试穿
408. try out 试验
409. tune in (to sth) 收听，调谐
410. turn down
    [1]关小，调低；
    EG: That radio is pretty loud. Can you turn it down a little? 收音机声音太大了，你能关小一点吗？
    [2]拒绝，摒弃。
    EG: He proposed to her, but she turned him down. 他向她求婚，她拒绝了他。
411. turn in
    [1]交还，上交；
    EG: The work you’ve been turning in lately hasn’t been up to scratch. 你近期交上的作品还没有修改呢。
    [2]转身进入，拐入。
412. turn （…）into 变成
    EG: The caterpillar turned into a butterfly.毛毛虫变成了蝴蝶。
        The magician turned the girl into a swan which surprised the audience.魔术师把这个女孩变成了天鹅，使观众们很惊讶。
413. turn off
    [1]关掉，断开；
    [2]拐弯，叉开。
    EG: You don’t even turn off, you just go straight ahead. 你甚至不用拐弯，一直往前走就是了。
414. turn on 接通，打开
415. turn out
    [1]结果是，（最后）证明是；
    EG: The beggar turned out to be a thief.
    那乞丐原来是个贼。
    [2]制造，生产；
    EG: The factory has turned out high-precision instruments. 这家工厂生产出了高精密仪器。
    [3]驱逐，（使）离开；
    EG: He was turned out of his birth place.他被迫离开出生地。
    [4]关掉，旋熄（尤指电器及煤气等）。
      EG: Turn out /off the gas. 关掉煤气。
416. turn over
    [1]移交，转交（=hand over）；
    [2]翻过来，翻倒。
417. turn to
    [1]变成；
    [2]求助于，借助于。
    EG: In his desperation, he turned to drink.他在绝望中借酒消愁。
418. turn up
    [1]到来，出现；
    EG: He turned up at rehearsal the next day looking awful.第二天彩排时，他来了，脸色非常不好。
    [2]开大，调大。
    EG: Could you turn the fire up? 你能把火调大一点吗？
419. use up 用完，耗尽
    EG: Our stock of matches is used up. 我们储存的火柴用完了。
420. ward off 防止，避开
    EG: Brushing your teeth regularly helps to ward off tooth decay. 经常刷牙对防止蛀牙有好处。
421. warm up (使)暖起来，（使）加热
422. wear off 渐渐减少，逐渐消失
    EG: The paint on your fingers will wear off in time. 你手指上的油漆会慢慢褪掉的。
       The effects of the shock will soon wear off. 这种打击的影响不久即可消失。
    **（使）人精疲力竭用wear out。
423. wear out
    [1]（物）穿破，磨损，用坏；
    [2]（人）（使）疲乏，（使）厌倦，（使）耗尽。
    EG: His patience was worn out by all these troubles and anxieties. 这些烦恼和忧虑使他再也忍耐不住了。
424. wipe out
[1]擦去，除去；
    out 表示空间“由里向外”，因而与表示
“clean”的动词连用，表示清除物体内
部；而off 可表示“离开”平面，因而
与表示“clean”的动词连用，表示清除
物体表面（the surface of ）。如:
    Did you sweep out the closet last night?
昨晚你把壁橱（里面）打扫干净了吗？
    I cleaned out the desk and dusted it off.
我把课桌里面擦干净，并拭去桌面上的
灰尘。
[2]彻底摧毁，消灭。
EG: The whole enemy was wiped out.敌人全军覆没。
   The earthquake wiped out the town. 地震毁灭了那座城市。
425. work out
    [1]算出；
    EG: The weekly rate is worked out by dividing by 52. 除以52就算出来每周费用了。
    [2]想出，设计出，制定出；
    [3]解决。
    EG: Economists have tried to work out an alternative economic system. 经济学家试图找到一种可供选择的经
济体系。
426. work up
    [1]引起，激起；
    [2]逐渐上升，向上爬。
427. write off 取消，注销，勾销
    EG: The new equipment was written off in three years.新设备三年就报废了

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