恋词词组 B 部分

172个B部分词组，词组的意思与运用是理解句子的关键，写作时用好词组更是加分项。考研，四六级各种考试，写作都可用哦。多读句子加强语感，加快对句子的理解和做题速度。加星星句子建议加强背诵

恋词词组 B 部分

必背词组——短语动词

1、benefit from

通过……获益；从……中受益；得益于

[真] 得益于 Which of the following is true according to the text? [A] Some Founding Father benefit politically from slavery. [B] Slaves in the old days did not have the right to vote. [C] Slave owners usually had large saving accounts. [D] Slavery was regarded as a peculiar institution.

2、blame on

把责任推给……；归咎于

[真] 归咎于 When we are deprived of green, of plants, of trees, most of us give into a demoralization of spirit which we usually blame on some psychological conditions, until one day we find ourselves in garden and feel the expression vanish as if by magic.

3、bring about

引起；导致

[真] 引起 It can be inferred from the last paragraph that. [A] financial risks tend to outweigh political risks [B] the middle class may face greater political challenges [C] financial problems may bring about political problems [D] financial responsibility is an indicator of political status

必背词组——其他词组

4、be applicable to

适用于；适当；可实施

[真] 适用于 The author associates the issue of global warming with that of smoking because. [A] they both suffered from the government' s negligence [B] a lesson from the latter is applicable to the former [C] the outcome from the latter aggravates the former [D] both of them have turned from bad to worse

5、be biased against

有偏见

[真] 有偏见 The author implies in Paragraph 5 that professors are . [A] supportive of free markets [B] cautious about intellectual investigation [C] conservative about public policy [D] biased against classical liberal ideas

6、be busy with

忙于

[例] 忙于 As often as I visit her, she is always busy with work.

7、because of

因为，由于

[真] 因为，由于 Now the company is suddenly claiming that the 2002 agreement is invalid because of the 2006 legislation, and that only the federal government has regulatory power over nuclear issues.

8、be cautious about

对……谨慎

[真] 对……谨慎 The author implies in Paragraph 5 that professors are . [A] supportive of free markets [B] cautious about intellectual investigation [C] conservative about public policy [D] biased against classical liberal ideas

9、be concerned with

参与；干预；关心；关于

[例] 关心 If we were not able to picture the world in a hundred years or more, would we be concerned with global warming?

10、be confronted with

面对

[例] 面对 Be confronted with the past with the least regret. Be confronted with the present with the least waste. Be confronted with the future with the most dreams.

11、be conscious of

知道；意识到；察觉到

[例] 意识到 We won't be conscious of how important something is until the moment we lose it.

12、be considered as

被认为是；被看作

[真] 被看作 Only gradually was the by-product of the institution noted, and only more gradually still was this effect considered as a directive factor in the conduct of the institution.

13、be dependent on

依靠；依赖；取决于……；有赖于……

[真] 有赖于…… In any case, all such interventions are heavily dependent on scientific advice and also scientific and technological manpower factor in the conduct of the institution.

14、be deprived of

被剥夺；丧失；不能享有

[真] 不能享有 The commission ignores that for several decades America's colleges and universities have produced graduates who don' t know the content and character of liberal education and are thus deprived of its benefits.

15、be dominant over

支配；主导；控制

[真] 控制 What can be learned from the last paragraph? [A] Immigration issues are usually decided by Congress. [B] Justices intended to check the power of the Administration. [C] Justices wanted to strengthen its coordination With Congress. [D] The Administration is dominant over immigration issues.

16、be eager to

盼望；渴望；热切想做

[真] 热切想做 Consumers may create "earned" media when they are. [A] obsessed with online shopping at certain Web sites [B] inspired by product-promoting e-mails sent to them [C] eager to help their friends promote quality products [D] enthusiastic about recommending their favourite products

17、be entitled to

有……的资格；有权

[真] 有……的资格 Yet these creatures are members of the biotic community and, if its stability depends on its integrity, they are entitled to continuance.

18、be exposed to

暴露于(险境)；遭受(危险或不快)；受……的影响(或熏陶)；接触

[真] 遭受（危险或不快） It is suggested in Paragraph 3 that childless folks . [A] are constantly exposed to criticism [B] are largely ignored by the media [C] fail to fulfill their social responsibilities [D] are less likely to be satisfied with their life

19、be generous to

对……慷慨

[真] 对……慷慨 What prompted the chancellor to develop his scheme? [A] A desire to secure a better life for all. [B] An eagerness to protect the unemployed. [C] An urge to be generous to the claimants. [D] A passion to ensure fairness for taxpayers.

20、be immune to

(对疾病）免疫，有免疫力；不受影响

[真] 不受影响 We learn from the last two paragraphs that business-method patents. [A] are immune to legal challenges [B] are often unnecessarily issued [C] lower the esteem for patent holders [D] increase the incidence of risks

21、be inclined to

倾向于；想要

[真] 倾向于 Female capuchin monkeys were chosen for the research most probably because they are [A] more inclined to weigh what they get [B] attentive to researchers' instructions [C] nice in both appearance and temperament [D] more generous than their male companions

22、be interested in

对……感兴趣；有兴趣；关心

[真] 对……感兴趣 People are more interested in unaffordable garments.

23、be likely to

可能

[真] 可能 It is suggested in Paragraph 3 that childless folks. [A] are constantly exposed to criticism [B] are largely ignored by the media [C] fail to fulfill their social responsibilities [D] are less likely to be satisfied with their life

24、be obliged to

不得不；必须；感激；感谢

[真] 感激 We are obliged to them because some of these languages have since vanished, as the peoples who spoke them died out or became assimilated and lost their native languages.

25、be obsessed with

痴迷于……

[真] 痴迷于…… Consumers may create "earned" media when they are . [A] obsessed with online shopping at certain Web sites [B] inspired by product-promoting e-mails sent to them [C] eager to help their friends promote quality products [D] enthusiastic about recommending their favourite products

26、be puzzled by

对……迷惑；困惑

[真] 对……迷惑 The story of John Dane shows that less well educated New Englanders were often. [A] influenced by superstitions [B] troubled with religious beliefs [C] puzzled by church sermons [D] frustrated with family earnings

27、be regarded as

被认为；被看作

[真] 被看作 Which of the following is true according to the text? [A] Some Founding Fathers benefit politically from slavery. [B] Slaves in the old days did not have the right to vote. [C] Slave owners usually had large savings. [D] Slavery was regarded as a peculiar institution.

28、be resistant to

反对；抵制；抗拒；有抵抗力；不受……损害

[真] 抗拒 The text suggests that immigrants now in the U.S.. [A] are resistant to homogenization [B] exert a great influence on American culture [C] are hardly a threat to the common culture [D] constitute the majority of the population

29、be satisfied with

对……满意；满足于；称心

[真] 对……满意 It is suggested in Paragraph 3 that childless folks. [A] are constantly exposed to criticism [B] are largely ignored by the media [C] fail to fulfill their social responsibilities [D] are less likely to be satisfied with their life

30、be second to

仅次于……

[真] 仅次于…… What does the author think of intellect? [A] It is second to intelligence. [B] It evolves from common sense. [C] It is to be pursued. [D] It underlies power. 【second to none = first】

31、be subject to

受……影响；易遭受；受……支配；服从

[真] 受……支配 In 2006, the state went a step further, requiring that any extension of the plant's license be subject to Vermont legislature' s approval.

32、be susceptible to

易受……影响；易为……左右；易受（伤）；易患（病）；体质过敏

[真] 易患（病） Women are particularly susceptible to developing depression and anxiety disorders in response to stress compared to men.

33、be unlikely to

不太可能；未必会发生

[真] 不太可能 But despite some claims to the contrary, laughing probably has little influence on physical fitness. Laughter does produce short-term changes in the function of the heart and its blood vessels, boosting heart rate and oxygen consumption. But because hard laughter is difficult to sustain, a good laugh is unlikely to have measurable benefits the way, say, walking or jogging does.

34、be unprepared for

无准备；没有预料；措手不及；不乐意；不情愿

[真] 无准备 Egalitarian sentiments were often tempered by fears that the mass of the population was unprepared for self-rule and democracy.

35、be vulnerable to

脆弱的；易感染(某种疾病)；易受伤害；易受影响

[真] 易受影响 The extinction of large prehistoric animals is noted to suggest that . [A] large animals were vulnerable to the changing environment [B] small species survived as large animals disappeared [C] large sea animals may face the same threat today [D] slow-growing fish outlive fast-growing ones

36、be willing to

乐意；愿意

[例] 愿意 He added that if I were ever in India, he would be willing to see me and "enjoy togetherness".

37、be worth doing

值得(拥有)；具有(某一行动)的价值；值得(做)

[例] 值得(做) The question is not worth discussing again and again.

38、by accident

偶然；意外

[例] 偶然 I ran into an old friend by accident yesterday in the park.

39、by all means

(表示许可)好的；当然可以

[例] 当然可以 “May I borrow your bike?” “By all means.”

40、by chance

偶然地；意外地

[例] 偶然地 Everything happens for a reason. Nothing happens by chance or by means of good luck.

41、by/in contrast

相比之下；与……相反；与……截然不同；与……对比鲜明

[例] 相比之下 He had almost failed the exam, but his sister, by contrast, had done very well.

42、by means of

用；以；通过……

[真] 通过…… Additional social stresses may also occur because of the population explosion or problem arising from mass migration movements — themselves made relatively easy nowadays by modern means of transport.

43、by nature

生性；按其固有的性质；就其本质

[例] 生性 He was very generous by nature.

44、by way of

作为……；采用……方法；通过； 经由；取道

[例] 经由 He is traveling to London by way of France. [例] 通过 It is good to learn English by way of listening and speaking.

识记词组——短语动词

45、back up

后退；支持；备份的，后备的(back-up)

[例] 后退 The crowd was ordered to back up three Paces. [例] 支持 Whatever happens, I will back you up. [真] 备份的，后备的(back-up) As a result, they have lost the parachute they once had in times of financial setback--a back-up earner (usually Mom) who could go into the workforce if the primary earner got laid off, or fell sick.

46、bear/keep in mind

牢记；记住

[真] 牢记 But as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) reviews the company's application, it should keep in mind what promises from Entergy are worth.

47、bear out

证实；支持

[真] 证实 Neither of these patterns is borne out by the analysis, suggesting that the structures of the languages are lineage-specific and not governed by universals.

48、begin with

从……开始

[真] 从……开始 Yet a suspiciously large number of top people have surnames beginning with letters between A and K.

49、benefit by

受益

[例] 受益 Some employers, such as his university, already benefit by offering a great deal of flexibility, he said.

50、bet on

打赌；希望；期待

[真] 期待 David Williams' suit should trouble this gambling nation. But don't bet on it.

51、bid for

投标；努力争取

[例] 努力争取 To bid for the 2008 Olympic Games, Beijing is waiting for such a chance to contribute her part to the Olympic culture as a whole.

52、boast of/about

自夸；夸耀

[例] 自夸 It was the enemy's boast of impregnability that caused their own defeat. [n.] Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth. [v.]

53、break up

结束(婚姻关系)；(婚姻关系)破裂； 解散；拆开；打碎；分解

[例] (婚姻关系)破裂 Their marriage broke up. [例] 解散 The crowd broke up. [真] 拆开 It's like the teacher who breaks up the troublemakers in the back row by pairing them with better-behaved classmates.

54、bring/carry/put into effect

实行；实施

[真] 实施 As a result of all these factors governments are becoming increasingly dependent on biologists and social scientists for planning the appropriate programs and putting them into effect. 【As a result of 由于 As a result, 结果，】

55、bring forth

产生；提出

[例] 提出 Did you bring forth your suggestion at the meeting yesterday?

56、bring in

赚得；挣(钱)；引入

[真] 赚得 It is the playgoers, the RSC Contends, who bring in much of the town's revenue because they spend the night (some of them four or five nights) pouring cash into the hotels and restaurants.

57、bring into

带进；使开始

[例] 带进 Appreciate what others bring into your life and how they help shape your life.

58、bring out

激发；阐明；出版；推出(产品)

[例] 推出(产品) The company will bring out a new car next month. [真] 激发 In fact, circumstances seem to be designed to bring out the best in us and if we feel that we have been "wronged" then we are unlikely to begin a conscious effort to escape from our situation.

59、bring together

集合

[真] 集合 In Europe as elsewhere, multi-media groups have been increasingly successful groups which bring together television, radio, newspapers, magazines and publishing houses that work in relation to one another.

60、build on/upon

把……建立于；以……为基础

[真] 以……为基础 Building on this basic truth about interpersonal influence, the researchers studied the dynamics of social influence by conducting thousands of computer simulations of populations, manipulating a number of variables relating to people's ability to influence others and their tendency to be influenced.

61、burn down

烧毁；(把……)烧成平地

[例] 烧毁 A fire burned the house down.

62、burn out

烧坏；烧尽

[例] 烧尽 The candle burnt out. 【Few minds use out, most rust out.】

63、burn up

烧毁；烧起来；烧得更旺

[例] 烧毁 My father has burnt up old letters. [例] 烧得更旺 Put some wood on the fire and make it burn up.

64、burst into

突然……起来；突然发作

[例] 突然……起来 Maria looked at the picture, and then to my surprise she burst into shouts of laughter.

65、burst out

突然发生；突然……起来；大声叫喊

[例] 大声叫喊 "Get out！" she burst out.

66、burst upon/on

突然来到；突然出现

[例] 突然出现 A sound burst upon our ears.

67、buy into

购买(公司或机构)的股份

[例] 购买(公司或机构)的股份 She has bought into a shoe-repair shop.

68、buy off

贿赂；收买

[例] 收买 If you're trying to buy me off, I'm afraid you've come to the wrong person.

69、buy out

买下全部股权或产权；出钱使(某人)免掉服役

[例] 买下全部股权或产权 Having bought out all his partners, he now owns the whole store.

70、buy up

大量买进；全部买下

[例] 大量买进 America's new plan to buy up toxic assets will not work unless banks mark assets to levels which buyers find attractive.

识记词组——其他词组

71、back and forth

反复地；来回地

[例] 来回地 He said that he had been shuttling back and forth between Texas and Louisiana for the past few years. 【shuttle 摆渡车 shuffle 洗牌】 [例] 来回地 He walked in the room back and forth and said nothing.

72、bad debt

呆账(收不回的账)

[真] 呆账(收不回的账) Today they argue that market prices overstate losses, because they largely reflect the temporary illiquidity of markets, not the likely extent of bad debts.

73、badly off

贫困的；(for)缺少

[例] 贫困的 He is not as badly off as you think. [例] (for)缺少 Many schools in rural areas are badly off for teachers.

74、be able to

能；会

[真] 能 Thus poor countries might not be able to escape their poverty traps without political changes that may be possible only with broader formal education. [真] 能 Clearly, only the biggest and most flexible television companies are going to be able to compete in such a rich and hotly-contested market.

75、be addicted to

沉迷于；对……上瘾

[真] 对……上瘾 Part of the problem is that many homeless adults are addicted to alcohol or drugs.

76、be aware of

了解；觉察到；意识到

[真] 了解 Above all, they would hope to study a fundamental question: Are humans actually aware of the world they live in? [例] 意识到 I was not aware of the danger. 【raise one's awareness about/of ...提升某人某方面的意识】

77、be beneficial to

有益于

[真] 有益于 All these are beneficial, not detrimental, to consumers.

78、be bothered with

被……烦扰

[真] 被……烦扰 Unhappy parents rarely are provoked to wonder if they shouldn't have had Kids, but unhappy childless folks are bothered with the message that children are the single most important thing in the world: obviously their misery must be a direct result of the gaping baby-size holes in their lives.

79、be bound to

必定；一定

[例] 必定 Confucius said "If three men are walking together, one of them is bound to be good enough to be my teacher.”

80、be bound up with

与……密切相关

[真] 与……密切相关 Furthermore, it is obvious that the strength of a country's economy is directly bound up with the efficiency of its agriculture and industry, and that this in turn rests upon the efforts of scientists and technologists of all kinds.

81、be central to

对……来说是很重要的

[例] 对……来说是很重要的 When people talk about climate change they know that China is going to be central to any solution to that global problem.

82、be characterized by

以……为特征

[真] 以……为特征 He argued that human evolution was characterized by a struggle he called the "survival of the fittest" in which weaker races and societies must eventually be replaced by stronger, more advanced races and societies.

83、be crucial to

对……至关重要

[真] 对……至关重要 Secrecy is crucial to this police operation.

84、be different from

与……不同

[真] 与……不同 This entails reducing our dependence on the North American market, whose programs relate to experiences and cultural traditions which are different from our own.

85、be disappointed at

对……失望

[例] 对……失望 They might be disappointed at you for a little time, but they will get over it eventually.

86、be distracted by

对……心烦意乱；被……分心

[例] 被……分心 You may need a lot of imagination to see that, because you're going to be distracted by the weird motion of the other two objects.

87、be enrolled in

入伍；入学

[真] 入学 The journalist advocating participatory democracy in all phases of life, whose own children are enrolled in private schools.

88、be equal to

与……相当

[真] 与……相当 In several of the studies, when stressed-out female rats had their ovaries (the female reproductive organs) removed, their chemical responses became equal to those of the males.

89、be equipped for

准备好；为……做好准备

[例] 为……做好准备 To be equipped for conflict, according to Phillips, requires "self-anaesthesia", which he sees as a dominant motif in postwar British life. 【self-anaesthesia 自我麻痹】

90、be equivalent to

等同于；相当于

[真] 相当于 In a society that so persistently celebrates procreation, is it any wonder that admitting you regret having children is equivalent to admitting you support kitten-killing?

91、be essential to

对……必不可少的；非常重要的

[真] 非常重要的 It tends to ignore, and thus eventually to eliminate, many elements in the land community that lack commercial value, but that are essential to its healthy functioning.

92、be faced with

面对

[例] 面对 But if the North refused a peaceful separation, then the South would be faced with the choice of surrender or fight.

93、be familiar with/to

熟悉；熟知

[例] 熟悉 Every manager should be familiar with how everything in his or her department works, and be prepared to jump in if needed in a crisis. If you are familiar with the "Star Trek" television series, then the terms collective and assimilation might also be familiar to you.

94、be fascinated with

对……着迷

[真] 对……着迷 The American spymaster who built the Office of Strategic Services in World War Ⅱ and later laid the roots for the CIA was fascinated with information.

95、be fond of

喜爱；爱好

[例] 喜爱 In recent years, fast food rushes into China, and Chinese young people begin to be fond of it. But is anything popular a good one?

96、be forced to

被迫……；不得不……

[真] 不得不…… Owing to the remarkable development in mass-communications, people everywhere are feeling new wants and are being exposed to new customs and ideas, while governments are often forced to introduce still further innovations for the reasons given above.

97、behind someone's back

在某人背后；背着某人

[例] 背着某人 How could you do this behind my back.

98、behind the scenes

幕后地；不公开地

[真] 幕后地 Behind the scenes, they have been taking aim at someone else: the accounting standard-setters.

99、be ignorant of

对……无知；不知道；不了解

[真] 对……无知 Darwin had a phrase to describe those ignorant of evolution: they "look at an organic being as a savage looks at a ship, as at something wholly beyond his comprehension".

100、be independent of

与……无关

[例] 与……无关 Self-respect should not be dependent on the praise of others; it should be independent of others' praise.

101、be indicative of

指示；暗示

[真] 指示 The author believes that Futurist poetry is indicative of basic change in human nature.

102、be/seem irrelevant to

与……无关

[真] 与……无关 We can draw a conclusion from the text that inflation seems irrelevant to oil-price shocks.

103、be jealous of

妒忌

[真] 妒忌 The statement "it is all too monkey" implies that monkeys, like humans, tend to be jealous of each other.

104、be liable for

有责任；有义务

[例] 有责任 The seller shall not be liable for failure or delay in delivery of goods in consequence of any Force Majeure incidents. 【Force Majeure 不可抗力 Act of God.】

105、be liable to

可能；易于……的

[例] 可能 When a specified number of points have been recorded, you will be liable to be disqualified from driving for a certain period.

106、be made of

用……造成(原材料可见)

[例] 用……造成(原材料可见) The Eclipse platform is made of several layers and gives plug-ins the ability to listen to what is going on in each of these layers.

107、be marked by

特点是；以……为特点

[例] 以……为特点 Relations between the two nuclear-armed nations continue to be marked by distrust.

108、be of ... importance

重要

[例] 重要 Professionalism will be of the utmost importance.

109、be open to

对……开放；易受；易接受

[例] 易受 He was always gossiping at work so he left himself wide open to be criticized by his colleagues.

110、be opposed to

反对；与……相对

[例] 反对 Most Americans would, I suspect, be opposed to this proposal.

111、be popular with

受……欢迎

[例] 受……欢迎 It is expected to be popular with business customers since it can easily access voice and data services on networks internationally.

112、be proud of

自豪；骄傲

[例] 自豪 We all have much to be proud of.

113、be relevant to

有关；相关联

[真] 相关联 Your humor must be relevant to the audience and should help to show them that you are one of them or that you understand their situation and are in sympathy with their point of view.

114、be sensitive to

对……敏感；易受影响

[真]对……敏感 This may also explain why we are not usually sensitive to our own smells--we simply do not need to be.

115、be soft on

对……心软或仁慈

[真]对……心软或仁慈 He theorised that a judge fearful of appearing too soft on crime might be more likely to send someone to prison if he had already sentenced five or six other defendants only to forced community service on that day.

116、be stuck in

陷(入)；困(于)

[真] 陷(入) For all the possibilities of our new culture machines, most people are still stuck in download mode.

117、be supposed to

应该

[例] 应该 Outside directors are supposed to serve as helpful, yet less biased advisers on a firm's board.

118、be the talk of

成为(某地)人们谈论的话题

[真] 成为(某地)人们谈论的话题 The decision of the New York Philharmonic to hire Alan Gilbert as its next music director has been the talk of the classical-music world ever since the sudden announcement of his appointment in 2009.

119、be to blame

是……的原因；应负责任

[真] 是……的原因 The alphabet is to blame for the failure of Zoe Zysman.

120、be tolerant of

能够容忍

[真] 能够容忍 The change in Japanese life-style is revealed in the fact that the young are less tolerant of discomforts in life.

121、be typical of

象征；代表

[真] 代表 Aimlessness has hardly been typical of the postwar Japan whose productivity and social harmony are the envy of the United States and Europe.

122、be unaware of

不知道；没意识到

[真] 没意识到 This, for those as yet unaware of such a disadvantage, refers to discrimination against those whose surnames begin with a letter in the lower half of the alphabet.

123、be unfamiliar with

不熟悉；不了解

[例] 不了解 Brown provides plenty of background information to help readers who may be unfamiliar with the Middle Ages.

124、be up to sb.

由某人决定；是某人的职责或责任

[真] 由某人决定 The upside is the possibilities contained in knowing that everything is up to us; where before we were experts in the array of limitations, now we become authorities of what is possible.

125、be urged to

促使；催促

[真] 促使 For the women of my generation who were urged to keep juggling through the 80's, downshifting in the mid-90's is not so much a search for the mythical good life as a personal recognition of your limitations.

126、be worthwhile to

值得花费时间(或金钱、精力)；有价值

[例] 有价值 Thus, it may be worthwhile to convert your lat/lon values to radians during indexing instead of having to convert them over and over during search time.

127、be worthy of

值得……；配得上……

[真] 值得…… If ambition is to be well regarded, the rewards of ambition-wealth, distinction, control over one's destiny-must be deemed worthy of the sacrifices made on ambition's behalf.

128、beyond dispute

无可争议的

[例] 无可争议的 Beyond dispute is the fact that the EEC nations have already transferred varying degrees of national sovereignty to Brussels.

129、beyond one's ability

超出……的能力范围

[例] 超出……的能力范围 I'd like to help, but it is beyond my ability.

130、body of

大批；大量

[真] 大量 Yet only one of his books is now in print, and his vast body of writings on music is unknown save to specialist.

131、bottom line

结果；底线

[例] 底线 Bottom line, you bring in revenue for them, you win, they win.

132、box office

售票处；票房；(戏院、电影院、公园的)售票室

[真] 售票处 They all seem to look alike (though they come from all over) -- lean, pointed, dedicated faces, wearing jeans and sandals, eating their buns and bedding down for the night on the flagstones outside the theatre to buy the 20 seats and 80 standing-room tickets held for the sleepers and sold to them when the box office opens at 10:30 a.m.

133、but then

但另一方面

[真] 但另一方面 Humans are unique in their capacity to not only make tools but then turn around and use them to create superfluous material goods--paintings, Sculpture and architecture--and superfluous experiences-music, literature, religion and philosophy.

134、by analogy

用类推的方法

[例] 用类推的方法 They argued for the theory by analogy.

135、by and large

总的来说；大体上

[例] 总的来说 By and large, your idea is a good one. [真] 大体上 And if you need to predict human height in the near future to design a piece of equipment, Gordon says that by and large, “you could use today's data and feel fairly confident.”

136、by common consent

公认

[例] 公认 Shakespeare is, by common consent, the greatest English dramatist.

137、by hand

用手；手工的；专人送(交)的

[例] 手工的 My sweater is knitted by hand. [例] 专人送(交)的 Your letter will be delivered by hand.

138、by heart

凭记忆；熟记

[例] 熟记 Remember all these rules by heart.

139、by mistake

错误地

[例] 错误地 I have an apology to make to you--I am afraid that l opened your letter by mistake.

140、by no means

决不；一点都不

[例] 决不 I am discouraged by no means.

141、by reason of

因为

[例] 因为 We are late by reason of your lateness.

142、by rights

根据正当权利；正当合理地

[例] 正当合理地 The property is hers by rights.

143、by the end of

到……末期

[真] 到……末期 One of the federal government's studies predicts that the number of the homeless will reach nearly 19 million by the end of this decade.

加分词组——短语动词

144、bargain for/on

为购买(某物)讨价还价；预料； 考虑到(某情况)

[真] 为购买(某物)讨价还价 So, if the provinces want to run the health-care show, they should prove they can run it, starting with an interprovincial health list that would end duplication, save administrative costs, prevent one province from being played off against another, and bargain for better drug prices.

145、bear a similarity to

与……相像

[真] 与……相像 The challenge the computer mounts to television thus bears little similarity to one format being replaced by another in the manner of record players being replaced by CD players.

146、beat about/around the bush

不直截了当地说；转弯抹角；旁敲侧击

[例] 转弯抹角 He would not answer yes or no, but beat about the bush.

147、beat sb. to the punch

先于某人做某事；抢占先机

[真] 抢占先机 Later, more established companies raced to add such patents to their files, if only as a defensive move against rivals that might beat them to the punch.

148、bed down

睡在……；在……过夜

[真] 睡在…… They all seem to look alike (though they come from all over)--lean, pointed, dedicated faces, wearing jeans and sandals, eating their buns and bedding down for the night on the flagstones outside the theatre to buy the 20 seats and 80 standing-room tickets held for the sleepers and sold to them when the box office opens at 10:30 a.m.

149、bite one's nails

担心害怕；束手无策

[真]束手无策 When it comes to the slowing economy, Ellen Spero isn't biting her nails just yet.

150、blow up

爆炸；炸毁；给(轮胎等)充气；[口]大发脾气

[例] 炸毁 The brave solider volunteered to blow up the bridge. [例] 给(轮胎等)充气 l blow up my tire once a month. [例] [口]大发脾气 I hadn't expected that he would blow up so easily.

151、bombard with

轰炸；痛斥；连续提问

[例] 连续提问 He bombarded Catherine with questions to which he should have known the answers.

152、boot up

启动(电脑)

[真] 启动(电脑) All I have to do is to go to my CD shelf, or boot up my computer and download Still more recorded music from iTunes.

153、build in

使成为(房间等的)固定部分

[例]使成为(房间等的)固定部分 These cupboards are built in.

154、build into

做在里面；包含在里面

[例] 包含在里面 The rate of pay was built into the contract.

155、bundle up

(使)穿得暖暖的

[例] (使)穿得暖暖的 You'd better bundle (yourself) up well--it's going to be very cold today.

加分词组——其他词组

156、be appropriate for

适于

[真] 适于 If you are part of the group which you are addressing, you will be in a position to know the experiences and problems which are common to all of you and it'll be appropriate for you to make a passing remark about the inedible canteen food or the chairman's notorious bad taste in ties.

157、be charged with

承担

[真] 承担 He has not been charged with the task of approaching any but the factual aspects of those problems.

158、be correlated with

与……有关系；与……相互关联

[真] 与……有关系 Research has found that IQ predicted leadership skills when the tests were given under low-stress conditions, but under high-stress conditions, IQ was negatively correlated with leadership--that is, it predicted the opposite.

159、be diligent in

勤勉于……；专心于……

[例] 勤勉于…… A man who wishes to make fewer mistakes and suffer fewer setbacks must be diligent in learning and courageous in practice.

160、be indispensable to/for

必不可少的；必需的

[真] 必不可少的 Personal search agents are indispensable to job-hunters.

161、be injurious to

对……有害

[真] 对……有害 Darwin was convinced that the loss of these tastes was not only a loss of happiness, but might possibly be injurious to the intellect, and more probably to the moral character.

162、be on the wrong planet

脱离实际

[真] 脱离实际 It was banks that were on the wrong planet, with accounts that vastly overvalued assets.

163、beside the point

离题；不切正题；无关紧要

[真] 无关紧要 But had Entergy kept its word, that debate would be beside the point.

164、between jobs

(委婉语)暂时失业中

[真] (委婉语)暂时失业中 The financial crisis has made it more acceptable to be between jobs or to leave a bad one.

165、be validated by

被……所证实

[真] 被……所证实 The result can be validated by the grain trade in different provinces.

166、beyond one's comprehension

不能理解

[真] 不能理解 Darwin had a phrase to describe those ignorant of evolution: they "look at an organic being as a savage looks at a ship, as at something wholly beyond his Comprehension".

167、beyond the capability of

超出……的能力范围

[例] 超出……的能力范围 Many of life's problems which are beyond the capability of the extended family were resolved by asking friends or colleagues.

168、beyond the dreams of

超出……的梦想；做梦也想不到

[真]做梦也想不到 America and Americans were prosperous beyond the dreams of the Europeans and Asians whose economies the war had destroyed.

169、book value

帐面价值

[真] 帐面价值 But banks' shares trade below their book value, suggesting that investors are skeptical.

170、by a large margin

以较大的差幅

[真] 以较大的差幅 The winner, by a large margin, was a tiny Virginia company called Open-Source Solutions, whose clear advantage was its mastery of the electronic world.

171、by courtesy of

承蒙……的允许；由于……的好意

[例] 承蒙……的允许 The painting is displayed here by courtesy of Turkey National Museum.

172、by the book

按规则；依照惯例

[例] 按规则 He always goes by the book.