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gather

1. be gathered 聚集,。如：

Thousands of welcomers were gathered at the airport. 數(shù)千歡迎者聚集在機場。

2. gather around 聚集,，召集,，集合。如：

Gather around and I’ll tell you good news. 大家都過來,，我告訴你們一個好消息,。

3. gather around sb (sth) 聚集在某人(某事物)的周圍。如：

A crowd soon gathered around him. 不一會兒就有一群人圍在他周圍,。

The children gathered around the fire. 孩子們圍火而坐,。

4. gather in 收進，收獲,。如：

The harvest has been safely gathered in. 莊稼已妥善收獲完畢,。

5. gather sb sth / gather sth for sb 為某人收集或采集某物。如：

He gathered me some flowers. / He gathered some flowers for me. 他給我采了幾朵花。

6. gather sb (sth) around sb (sth)把某人(某物)聚集在某人(某事物)周圍,。如：

He soon gathered some young people around him. 他很快就叫了一些年輕人圍在他旁邊,。

7. gather to do sth 聚集在一起做某事。如：

A crowd gathered to see what had happened. 一群人聚集在一起看到底發(fā)生了什么事,。

8. gather together

(1) 集在一起,，圍攏來。如：

People gathered together to listen to the broadcast programme. 人們圍攏來收聽廣播節(jié)目,。

Gather the men together and we’ll start the march. 把人找攏來,，我們就要出發(fā)了。

(2) 收拾,，整理,。如：

They gathered their belongings together and set off. 他們收拾好東西就出發(fā)了。

Give a moment to gather my notes together. 給我些時間整理一下筆記,。

9. gather up

(1) 收集,，拾起，撿起,，收拾,。如：

He gathered up the child in his arms. 他把孩子抱起來。

Gather your toys up. 把你的玩具收拾起來,。

(2) 集中,，概括。如：

This title best gathers up the subject. 這個標(biāo)題把這個問題很好地概括了起來,。

general

in general

(1) 一般說來,，總的說來，大體上,，通常,。如：

In general the plan is good. 總的說來，這個計劃是好的,。

He was in general quite glad to go. 總的說來,， 他還是很樂意去。

(2) 大多數(shù),，多半(放在名詞之后),。如：

Children in general are fond of candy. 小孩子多半都喜歡吃糖。

People in general don’t do things like that. 人們多半不會那樣做,。

注：也可說成 as a general rule,。

get

1. get about [around]

(1) (能)到處走動，旅行,。如：

He didn’t get about much after the operation. 手術(shù)后他不常外出去動,。

It’s easy in this city to get about by bus. 在本市乘公共汽車去各處都很方便,。

(2) (消息、謠言等)傳播,，流傳,。如：

I don’t mind you knowing, but I don’t really want it to get about. 我不是不讓你知道，但我實在不想讓它傳出去,。

2. get along

(1) 離開(某地),。如：

It’s time we were getting along. 我們該走了。

(2) 相處,，過日子,，合得來。如：

How are you getting along (with her)? 你(與她)過得怎樣?

Do you get along with your boss? 你與老板合得來嗎?

(3) 進展,。如：

How are you getting along with your work? 你的工作進展如何?

3. get away

(1) 離開,，逃離，逃走,。如：

I won’t be able to get away (from the office) before 7. 我七點以前離不開(辦公室),。

The thieves got away with all our money. 那些賊偷了我們所有的錢逃走了。

(2) 逃避責(zé)罰,，免受處罰，受較輕處罰,。如：

If you cheat in the exam, you’ll never get away with it. 考試作弊必予追究,。

For such a serious offence he was lucky to get away with a fine. 他犯了那么嚴(yán)重的過失，卻僥幸只交罰款了事,。

4. get back

(1) 返回,，回家。如：

When did you get back from Paris? 你是什么時候從巴黎回來的?

(2) 取回,，拿回,，失而復(fù)得。如：

He got back the watch he lost. 他丟的表找回來了,。

We decided to get the books back. 我們決定把書要回來,。

5. get down 下來，取下,，放下,，弄下，寫下,，打下,，吞下。如：

The boy climbed up the tree and couldn’t get down. 小男孩爬上樹,，卻下不來了,。

He spoke too fast and I couldn’t get down all he said. 他說得太快,，我無法記下他所說的所有東西。

We managed to get down enemy planes. 我們設(shè)法打下了兩架敵機,。

The medicine was so horrible I could hardly get it down. 那藥很難吃,，我好不容易才咽下去。

6. get down to (doing) sth 開始做某事,，認(rèn)真處理某事,。如：

It’s time we got down to some serious work. 我們該認(rèn)真干點正事了。

7. get in

(1) 進站,，到達,，回來。如：

The train (plane) got in late. 火車(飛機)晚點了,。

I’ll phone him as soon as I get in. 我一到家就給他打電話,。

(2) 請來。如：

They have got the doctor in to look at the child. 他們已請來大夫給孩子看病,。

(3) 插話,。如：

He talks so much that it’s impossible to get a word in. 他說個不停，別人休想插話,。

(4) 收獲,，收割。如：

The villagers were busy getting the harvest in. 村民們在忙于收獲莊稼,。

8. get off

(1) 起飛,，動身，出發(fā),。如：

The plane got off on time. 飛機準(zhǔn)時起飛,。

We got off immediately after breakfast. 我們吃完早餐就動身了。

(2) 下班,，下車,。如：

We get off at five. 我們五點下班。

I’ll get off at the next stop. 我在下一站下車,。

(3) 從輕處罰,，被放過。如：

He got off with a small fine. 他交了一小筆罰款了事,。

9. get on

(1) 上車,。如：

The bus came and we got on. 公共汽車來了，我們就上了車,。

(2) 進行,，進展，過日子,。如：

Let’s get on with our work. 我們繼續(xù)干吧,。

How are you getting on (at school)? 你(在學(xué)校)的情況如何?

(3) 相處,。如：

He is not an easy man to get on with. 他不好相處。

10. get out

(1) 出來,，出去,，離開。如：

The door was locked and we couldn’t get out. 門被鎖上了,，我們無法出去,。D(21)

The meeting went on late, so I got out as soon as I could. 會議開到很晚，所以一有機會我便離開了,。

(2) 拿出,，取出。如：

He got out a dictionary and looked up the word in it. 他拿出一本詞典來查這個詞,。

(3) 出版,，發(fā)表。如：

We hope to get the report out before the end of the month. 我們希望在這個月底發(fā)表這個報告,。

(4) 泄漏,，傳出。如：

If the secret gets out, there will be trouble. 如果秘密泄漏出去,，那就麻煩了,。

11. get out of

(1) 逃避，躲掉,。如 ：

He tried to get out of helping me. 他企圖逃避給我?guī)椭?span style="color: maroon;">

He will do anything to get out of work. 為了逃避工作,，他什么事都干得出來。

(2) 使說出(拿出等),。如：

He tried to get money out of her. 他設(shè)法要她出錢。

The police got the truth out of him. 警察迫使他說出了真話,。

(3) 放棄,，戒除，停止,。如：

You must get out of that bad habit. 你必須戒除那個壞習(xí)慣,。

He told me to get out of smoking. 他叫我戒煙。

12. get over

(1) 走過,，越過,，渡過。如：

How can we get over the river? 我們怎樣過河?

(2) 克服,，戰(zhàn)勝,。如：

She can’t get over her shyness. 她克服不了羞怯感。

(3) 恢復(fù),，痊愈,。如：

Have you got over your cold yet? 你的感冒好了沒有?

He hasn’t got over her death. 他還在為她的死悲痛不已,。

13. get through

(1) 做完，用完,，吃完,，看完。如：

There’s a lot of work to get through. 有很多工作要做,。

He has got through all his money. 他的錢全用完了,。

I must get through the book before Saturday. 我必須在星期六以前看完這本書。

(2) 通過(考試),，接通(電話),，度過(時間)。如：

Did you get through your driving test? 你的駕駛測驗通過了嗎?

I tried to telephone you but couldn’t get through. 我設(shè)法給你打電話,，但打不通,。

14. get together 聚會，聯(lián)歡,。如：

When can we get together? 我們什么時候可以聚一聚?

We’ll get together with him to discuss this problem. 我們要與他碰頭討論這個問題,。

15. get up

(1) 起床，起身,。如：

I get up at six every morning. 我每天早上六點鐘起床,。

The class got up when the teacher came in. 老師進來時，全班學(xué)生都站起來,。

(2) 打扮,。如：

She got herself up as a peasant girl. 她打扮成農(nóng)家姑娘。

(3) 舉辦,。如：

We are getting up a party for her birthday. 我們要給她開個生日慶祝會,。

16. get doing

(1) 繼續(xù)做某事。如：

Get moving, please. (不要停下)請往前走,。

(2) 開始做起某事來,。如：

Soon I got talking to her. 很快我就同她談起話來了。

We got chatting and discovered that we’d been at college together. 我們聊起天來才發(fā)現(xiàn)我們原來在大學(xué)是同學(xué),。

17. get done

(1) 被……,。如：

He got caught for speeding. 他因超速而被抓住。

Some glasses got broken when we were moving. 我們在搬家時有些玻璃杯被打破了,。

(2) 處于某種狀態(tài),。如：

Soon he got dressed and went out. 他很快穿好衣服出去了。

Don’t get excited about it. 不要為此事激動,。

18. get sb sth / get sth for sb 為某人弄到某物,。如：

Let’s get them something to eat. 咱們先給他們弄點東西吃。

Will you get me a ticket? / Will you get a ticket for me? 你能為我弄張票嗎?

19. get sb (sth) to do sth 做某人(某事物)做某事,。如：

You must get them to come over here. 你必須想法讓他們到這兒來,。

He couldn’t get the car to start and went by bus. 他因無法發(fā)動車子,，所以就乘公共汽車去。

20. get sb (sth) doing sth 使某人(某事物)(開始)起來,。如：

What he said got us thinking. 他說話使我們思考起來,。

Can you get the clock going again? 你能讓這鐘重新走起來嗎?

21. get sth done 使某事被做。如：

Go and get your hair cut. 去把頭發(fā)理了,。

You must get the work done by Friday. 你必須最遲在星期五以前把工作做完,。

注：有時表示遭遇。如：

He got his watch stolen. 他的表被偷了,。

He got his fingers caught in the door. 他的手指讓門給夾住了,。

22. get to do sth

(1) 開始做某事。如：

I got to know him in 1995. 我是1995年認(rèn)識他的,。

You’ll like her once you get to know her. 你一旦了解她你就喜歡她的,。

(2) 有機會做某事，設(shè)法做成某事,。如：

He never got to go to college. 他從無機會上大學(xué),。

How did you get to be captain? 你是怎樣當(dāng)上船長的?

gift

1. make sb a gift of sth 把某物作為禮物送給某人。如：

Grandma made me a gift of her silver. 祖母把她的銀器作為禮物送給了我,。

He made her a gift of his dictionary. 他把他的字典作為禮物送給她,。

注：有時也可說成 make a gift of sth to sb。如：

He made a gift of ten thousand dollars to the library. 他向圖書館捐贈一萬美元,。

2. have a gift for (doing) sth 有做某事的才能(天賦),。如：

He has a gift for music (poetry). 他有音樂(詩歌)天賦。

He has a gift for teaching children. 他有教小孩子的天賦,。

She has a gift for (learning) languages. 她有學(xué)語言的天賦,。

注：有時用介詞 of, 但此時 gift 前通常用定冠詞。如：

She has the gift of speaking well. 她很有口才,。

He has the gift of making friends easily. 他有善于交友的才能,。

give

1. give sb sth / give sth to sb 把某物給某人。如：

Please give me a dictionary. / Please give a dictionary tome. 請給我一本詞典,。

2. give away

(1) 分發(fā)，送人,，贈送,。如：

He gave away all his money to the poor. 他把所有的錢都給了窮人。

(2) 背棄,，出賣,。如：

I know you didn’t want to give your friend away. 我知道你不想出賣朋友。

(3) 泄漏,，暴露,。如：

He gave away the secret through carelessness. 他一時大意,，泄露了秘密。

3. give in

(1) 上交,。如：

Give in your examination papers now. 現(xiàn)在請把考卷交上來,。

(2) 讓步，投降,。如：

The enemy were at last forced to give in. 敵人終于被迫投降,。

He has given in to my views. 他已經(jīng)聽從了我的意見。

4. give off 發(fā)出(光,、熱,、聲音、氣味等),。如：

The gas gave off an unpleasant smell. 這種氣體有一種難聞的氣味,。

The chemical change gives off heat and light. 這種化學(xué)變化發(fā)出熱和光。

5. give out

(1) 分發(fā),，散發(fā),。如：

Give the money out to the children. 把錢分給孩子們。

The teacher gave out the examination papers. 老師把試卷發(fā)了下來,。

(2) 用完,，耗盡。如：

Our money soon gave out. 我們的錢很快就用完了,。

My patience at last gave out. 我終于失去了耐心,。

(3) 垮掉。如：

The chair gave out under the fat woman. 這個胖女人把這把椅子坐垮了,。

(4) 失靈,，出故障。如：

The car gave out at the foot of a hill. 汽車在一座山腳下壞了,。

The car engine suddenly gave out. 汽車發(fā)動機突然失靈了,。

(5) 發(fā)表，公布,。如：

It was given out that he was dead. 他的死訊已公布,。

(6) 發(fā)出(熱、聲音,、信號等),。如：

The gas-fire gives out a good heat. 這煤氣爐發(fā)出很大的熱量。

6. give up

(1) 放棄,，戒掉,。如：

He’s given up the idea. 他已放棄這個想法。

The doctor told me to give up smoking. 醫(yī)生叫我戒煙。

(2) 交出,，讓出,。如：

Give up your arms and live! 交槍不殺!

He gave up his seat to an old woman. 他把座位讓給了一位老大娘。

(3) 投降,，認(rèn)輸,。如：

They gave up without a fight. 他們不戰(zhàn)而降。

I give up; tell me wht the answer is. 我認(rèn)輸,，告訴我答案吧,。

glad

1. be glad of (about, at) sth 對某事感到高興。如：

I’m glad of your success. 我為你的成功而高興,。

I’m glad at (hearing of) the news. 聽到這消息我很高興,。

I’m glad about his new job. 我對他的新工作感到很高興。

2. be glad to do sth 很高興做某事,。如：

I’m glad to lend you the money. 我很樂意把錢借給你,。

Everyone was glad to hear the news. 聽到這消息大家都很高興。

go

1. go back

(1) 回去,。如：

When will he go back? 他什么時候回去?

Let’s go back to what the chairman said earlier. 咱們回到主席早些時候所說到的話題上吧,。

(2) 回顧，回溯,。如：

My family goes back to the 18th century. 我的家族可追溯到18世紀(jì),。

2. go by

(1) 從(……)旁邊經(jīng)過。如：

A police car went by (us) at full speed. 一輛警車全速從我們身旁駛過,。

(2) (時間,、機會等)過去。如 ：

Two years went by. 兩年過去了。

He let the chance go by. 他錯過了機會。

(3) 遵循,，按照，以……為依據(jù),。如：

That’s a good rule to go by. 那是要遵守的好規(guī)則。

We can’t go by looks alone. 我們不能只看外表,。

3. go down

(1) 下落,，下沉。如：

The sun is going down. 太陽西下,。

Three ships went down in the storm. 風(fēng)暴中有三艘船沉沒,。

(2) 下降，降低,，減低，減弱。如：

The standard of work has gone down. 工作標(biāo)準(zhǔn)降低了,。

We waited for the wind to go down. 我們等待風(fēng)勢減弱,。

Eggs are going down in price. / The price of eggs is going down. 雞蛋價格下跌了。

4. go in for

(1) 參加(考試,、比賽等),。如：

I’d like to go in for a more advanced examination if I can. 如果可能的話，我想?yún)⒓痈呒壍目荚嚒?span style="color: maroon;">

Which events is he going in for at the Olympics? 他參加奧運會的什么項目?

(2) 從事(某一職業(yè)等),。如：

Have you ever thought of going in for teaching? 你考慮過從事教書這一職業(yè)嗎?

(3) 愛好,，喜歡。如：

I don’t go in for sports. 我不愛好體育活動,。

5. go into

(1) 到達,，進入，從事,，參加,。如：

I’m going into town today. 我今天要進城。

He decided to go into politics. 他決定從政,。

Two days later they went into battle again. 兩天后他們又投入了戰(zhàn)斗,。

He went into the army at the age of 18. 他18歲參軍。

(2) 調(diào)查,，研究,，弄清楚。如：

The police are going into the murder case. 警察在調(diào)查這想謀殺案,。

We need to go into the question of costs. 我們有必要研究一下費用問題,。

6. go out

(1) 出去。如：

Let’s go out for a walk. 我們出去走一走吧,。

(2) 出國,，遠(yuǎn)行。如：

He’s gone out to Japan. 他去日本了,。

(3) 熄滅,。如：

The fire has gone out. 火熄了。

7. go over

(1) 復(fù)習(xí),、溫習(xí),、演習(xí)。如：

Let’s go over the new word again. 我們把生詞再復(fù)習(xí)一遍,。

She went over her lines before the first night of the play. 她在該劇首演前又演習(xí)了一次臺詞,。

(2) 檢查、查看,、核對,。如：

Go over your work carefully before you hand it in. 交作業(yè)前要仔細(xì)檢查一下。

Let’s go over everything and find out where the trouble is. 咱們把一切檢查一遍，看問題出在哪里,。

8. go through

(1) 通過,。如：

Can the table go through the door? 那桌子能過得了那門嗎?

The new has gone through. 新的法律已經(jīng)通過。

(2) 檢查,，審查,，查找。如：

We’d like to have you go through the book. 我們想請你審閱這本書,。

I’ve gone through all my pockets but can’t find my keys. 我把所有的口袋都找遍了,，但就是找不到我的鑰匙。

(3) 經(jīng)歷,，經(jīng)過,。如：

The country has gone through too many wars. 這個國家經(jīng)過了太多的戰(zhàn)爭。

(4) 做完,，用完,。如：

Let’s go through the exercises. 咱們把這些練習(xí)做完。

He went through all the money his father gave him. 他花完了他父親給他的所有錢,。

9. go up

(1) 上升,，上漲。如：

Prices have gone up again. 物價又上漲了,。

World population is going up. 世界人口在上漲,。

(2) 興建，建立,。如：

New houses are going up all over the countryside. 鄉(xiāng)下到處在建房子,。

10. have gone to 到……去了。如：

He has gone to Beijing. 他去北京了,。

The children have gone home. 孩子們回家去了,。

比較 have been to 與 have gone to：前者表示“去過某地”，后者表示“到某地去了”,。如：

I have been to Japan three times. 我去過日本三次,。

A：Where is John? 約翰在哪?

B：Oh, he has gone home. 哦，他回家去了,。

11. be going to do sth

(1) 打算或準(zhǔn)備做某事,。如：

He is going to sell his house. 他打算把房子賣掉。

We are going to leave for Shanghai. 我們打算離開去上海,。

(2) 即將發(fā)生某情況,。如：

It’s going to rain. 要下雨了。

I’m going to be twenty next month. 下個月我就20歲了,。

There’s going to be a storm soon. 很快要來暴雨了,。

(3) 按計劃或安排要發(fā)生的事,。如：

What is he going to play next? 他下面演奏什么?

The wall is going to be painted green. 墻壁要被漆成綠色。

12. go＋doing去做某事,。如：

We often go swimming together. 我們經(jīng)常一起去游泳,。

Let’s go boating this afternoon. 我們今天下午去劃船吧。

類例：

go skating 去滑冰go skiing 去滑雪

go dancing 去跳舞go climbing 去爬山

go fishing 去釣魚go hunting 去打獵

go shopping 去買東西go sight-seeing 去觀光

go walking去散步go camping 去野營

13. go on doing sth 不停地做某事,，繼續(xù)做某事。如：

You can’t go on working all night without a rest. 你不能通宵工作而不休息,。

She nodded, smiled, and went on stitching. 她點了點頭,，笑了笑，又繼續(xù)縫衣服,。

14. go on to do sth (做完某事后)接著或繼續(xù)做某事,。如：

He went on to show us how to do it. 他接著又教我們?nèi)绾巫觥?span style="color: maroon;">

Go on to do the other exercises after you have finished this one. 做完這個練習(xí)后， 請接著做其它的練習(xí),。

15. go on with sth 繼續(xù)做某事,。如：

He took a cup of tea, and went on with the story. 他喝了一口茶，又接著講故事,。

Mother went on cooking; I went on with my homework. 媽媽繼續(xù)做飯,，我繼續(xù)做功課。

good

1. be good at (doing) sth 擅長(做)某事,。如：

He’s good at tennis (maths). 他擅長打網(wǎng)球(學(xué)數(shù)學(xué)),。

She is good at telling stories. 她擅于講故事。

2. good and 很,，非常,。如：

He was good and angry. 他非常生氣。

I pushed him good and hard. 我使勁地推他,。

3. It’s good for sb to do 做某事對某人有好處,。如：

It’s good for you to drink coffee. 喝咖啡對你有好處。

It’s good for her to buy a computer. 買臺電腦對他有好處,。

4. It’s good of sb to do 某人做某事是很好的,。如：

It’s good of you to lend it to me. 你真好把它借給我。

It’s good of her to help us. 她幫助我們真是太好了,。

5. It’s no good doing sth 做某事沒有用,。如：

It is no good talking. 空談是沒有用的。

Is it any good trying to explain? 試圖作些解釋有用嗎?

It’s no good his [him] apologizing now. 現(xiàn)在他道歉也沒用了,。

注：有時也可接不定式,，但許多語法家反對這一用法，所以學(xué)生不宜模仿,。

graduate

1. graduate at [from] 從……畢業(yè),。如：

He graduated from high school last year. 他去年中學(xué)畢業(yè),。

My friend graduated at Oxford. 我的朋友畢業(yè)于牛津大學(xué)。

注：英國英語多用介詞 at, 美國英語多用介詞 from,。

2. be graduated at [from] 從……畢業(yè),。如：

He was graduated from Harvard. 他畢業(yè)于哈佛大學(xué)。

注：用被動語態(tài)不如用主動語態(tài)常見,，所以上面一句省略 was更常見,。

Greek

1. be all Greek to sb 某人完全不懂或一竅不通。如：

It’s all Greek to me. 這我完全不懂,。

What the lawyer said was Greek to me. 這個律師講的話我一點也聽不懂,。

grow

1. grow into

(1) 長成，變成,。如：

He has grown into a fine young man. 他已長成一個英俊的小伙子,。

(2) 長大了(可以穿)。如：

The coat is too big for him now, but he will grow into it. 這上衣他現(xiàn)在穿太大,，等他長大些再穿就合適了,。

2. grow out of

(1) 由……產(chǎn)生。如：

Their love grew out of friendship. 他們的愛情從友誼中產(chǎn)生,。

(2) 長大了(而穿不了),。如：

Mary has grown out of all her clothes. 瑪麗已長大，所有的舊衣服都穿不了,。

3. grow up 長大(成人),。如：

When he grew up, he became a great scientist. 他長大之后，成了一位偉大的科學(xué)家,。

4. grow to do sth 開始做某事,。如：

He’s growing to like her better. 他變得更喜歡她了。

The little girl is growing to be more and more like her mother. 這個小姑娘長得越來越像她媽媽了,。

注：其后接的不定式通常為 be, like, hate, believe 等,。