1、account：n 账户、账目;描述、叙述、报告;v 认为是，视为

　　account for sth 是…的说明(或原因);解释，说明;(数量上、比例上)占

　　①The poor weather may have acounted for the small crowd.天气不好可能是人来得少的原因。

　　②How do you account for the show’s success?

　　你认为这次演出为何成功?

　　③The Japanese market accounts for 35﹪ of the company’s revenue.日本市场占该公司收入的35﹪。

　　2、add

　　①add to 增加 The rise in electricity costs has added to our difficulties.

　　②add up [非正式]说得通，言之成理;(似乎)有道理;把…加起来

　　Add up 3, 4 and 5 and you'll get 12.

　　③add up to 总计达，意味着

　　The bills add up to exactly $100. 这些帐单加起来正好一百元。

　　His evidence really adds up to this: he didn't murder the man.

　　他的证据实际上意味着:他没有谋杀那个人。

　　3、break

　　①break down 谈判破裂;身体垮掉;分解

　　②break into 破门而入

　　③break out (战争、打斗等不愉快事件)突然开始

　　④break up 破碎，粉碎;结束;

　　break sth up拆开，打散;结束(关系)，关闭(公司)

　　⑤break off(不及物动词词组)断开，折断;停顿，中断;

　　break sth off 使折断，突然终止

　　4、bring

　　①bring sth in 引进，引入

　　②bring sth out 使显现，使表现出

　　③bring sth on使发展，导致(通常指坏事);促进(作物、水果)等成长

　　④bring sb up 养育，培养，教育

　　5、come

　　⑴come about 发生 How did this come about?

　　⑵come across sb/sth (偶然)遇见，碰见，发现

　　I came across children sleeping under bridges.

　　She came across some old photos in a drawer.

　　⑶come back 回来，返回;再度流行，再次成功

　　You came back very late night.你昨晚回来得很晚。

　　Long hair for men seems to be coming back in.男子留长发好像又在流行了。

　　⑷come from 出生于，来自，产自于

　　She comes from London.(出生于)

　　Where do you come from?(来自)

　　Much of our butter comes from New Zealand.(产自于)

　　⑸come on 加油、快、过来(用于命令);改进、进展;(比赛)上场

　　Come on!We don’t have much time.快点!我们时间隔不多了。

　　The project is coming on fine.这项工程进展顺利。

　　Owen came on for Brown ten minutes before the end of the game.终场前十分钟，欧文上场替换了布朗。

　　⑹come out (花)开放;(书)出版、发行;(太阳、月亮或星星)出现，露出

　　The daffodils came out early this year.水仙花今年开得早。

　　When is her new novel coming out?她的新小说何时出版?

　　The rain stopped and the sun came out.雨停后太阳出来了。

　　⑺come up with 找到、想出(答案、办法);拿出(一笔钱)

　　⑻come over 苏醒，恢复知觉(come around);突然感到

　　Your mother hasn’t yet come over from the anaesthetic.你的母亲麻醉后还没有苏醒过来。

　　I suddenly came over all shy.我突然感到非常害羞。

　　6、get

　　①get around 传播，流传，各处走动

　　She gets around with the help of a stick.她拄着拐杖四处走动。

　　②get away (from) (得以)离开，脱身

　　I won’t be able to get away from the office before 7.我7点钟之前无法离开办公室。

　　③get down to (do) sth 开始做某事，开始认真对待某事

　　④get on(谈及或问及某人)进展，进步;获得成功，事业有成;上车

　　He’s getting on very well at school.他在学校学得很好。

　　How did you get on at the interview?你面试的情况怎么样?

　　Parents are always anxious for their children to get on.父母总是急切地盼望孩子们事业有成。

　　⑤get on(along) with sb 与某人和睦相处，关系良好

　　get on(along) with sth (谈及或问及工作情况)进展，进步;(尤指中断后)继续做某事

　　I’m not getting on very fast with this job.我这个工作进展不大快。

　　Be quiet and get on with your work.安静下来，继续干你的事。

　　⑥get over sth 解决，克服，控制

　　She can’t get over her shyness.她无法克服羞怯心理。

　　I think the problem can be got over without too much difficulty.

　　⑦get through 消耗掉，用完，耗尽;(设法)处理，完成;接通电话

　　We got through a fortune while we were in New York!我们在纽约时花掉了一大笔钱。

　　Let’s start—there’s a lot to get through.咱们开始吧——有很多事情要处理呢。

　　I tried calling you several times but I could’t get through.(打通电话)

　　⑧get up 起床;站起，起来，起身;

　　He always gets up early.他一向起得早。

　　The class got up when the teacher came in.老师进来时全班起立。

　　⑨get off 下车;get (sb) off (使某人)离开，出发，动身

　　We got off straight after breakfast.我们早饭后就立即动身了。

　　7、give

　　①give away sth 赠送，捐赠;颁发，分发

　　He gave away most of his money to charity.他把大部分钱捐赠给了慈善事业。

　　The mayor gave away the prize at the school sports day.市长在学校运动会那天颁发了奖项。

　　②give way to 让位于，给…让路，对…让步，被…代替

　　③give back 归还，送回;使恢复，使重新获得

　　Could you give me back my pen?把钢笔还给我好吗?

　　The operation gave him back the use of his legs.手术使他双腿恢复了功能。

　　④give in(to sb/sth)屈服，认输，投降;让步，勉强同意;呈上，交上

　　The rebels were forced to give in.叛乱分子被迫投降了。

　　The authorities have shown no signs of giving in to the kidnappers’ demand.当局对绑架者的要求没有丝毫让步的迹象。

　　Please give your work in before Monday.请在星期一之前把作业交上来。

　　⑤give off sth 发出，放出(气味、热、光等)

　　The flowers gave off a fragrant perfume.花儿散发出芳香。

　　⑥give out 用完，耗尽;分发，散发;

　　After a month their food supplies gave out.一个月以后他们的食物储备消耗殆尽。

　　The teacher gave out the exam papers.老师分发了试卷。

　　⑦give up 放弃，投降

　　They gave up without a fight.他们不战而降。

　　I give up—tell me the answer.我放弃了，把答案告诉我吧。

　　She didn’t give up work when she had the baby.她生了孩子后并未放弃工作。

　　8、go

　　①go about doing sth 着手干…，开始做…

　　On their arrival at the factory,they went about looking into this matter.

　　②go away 走开，离开;离家外出(尤指度假)

　　Go away and think about it,then let me know.到一边去想一想，然后再告诉我。

　　They’ve gone away for a few days.他们已外出几天了。

　　③go back 回到，返回(某地);go back (to sth)

　　Of course we want to go back some day—it’s our country,our real home.我们当然希望有一天能回去——那是我们的祖国，我们真正的家。

　　④go in for sth 对某事物有兴趣，爱好;参加考试(或竞赛)

　　She doesn’t go in for team games.她对团体比赛不感兴趣。

　　She’s going in for the Cambridge First Certification.她打算参加剑桥初级证书考试。

　　⑤go by sth 遵循(或依照)某事;以某事来判断

　　9、hand

　　①hand in (to sb)提交，呈交，上交(尤指书面材料或失物)

　　You must all hand in your projects by the end of next week.你们都必须在下周末前交出研究报告。

　　I handed the watch in to the police.我把那块表交给了警察。

　　②hand sth out(to sb) 分发某物;提出，给予(建议、惩罚等)

　　Could you hand these books out,please?请把这些书发给大家好吗?

　　He’s always handing out advice to people.他总是喜欢教训人。

　　10、keep

　　keep doing 继续做某事;keep adj.保持某种状态

　　keep…from doing 阻止做某事

　　keep up with sth 熟悉，了解(消息、形势等);继续支付，继续做

　　keep up with sb 与(某人)保持联系

　　11、make

　　mke up 虚构，捏造，编造;be made up of 由……组成，由……构成

　　make up for 补偿，弥补

　　make sb out 看透，弄懂(某人)

　　make sth out 看清，听清;分清，辨认清楚

　　I could just make out a figure in the darkness.黑暗中我只看出了一个人的轮廓。

　　12、pick

　　pick up sth 捡起，拾起某物;不经意地学会(某种本领)

　　pick up sb(顺便开车)接某人

　　Sth(作主语) pick up 事情好转

　　pick out sth 精心挑选;认出来，辨别出

　　13、put

　　①put sth aside 忽视，不理睬，忘记;储存，保留

　　They decided to put aside their differences.他们决定搁置双方的分歧。

　　We put some money aside every month for our retirement.

　　②put sth away 把…收好，把…放回原处(put sth back)

　　I’m just going to put the car away.我正打算把汽车开进车库。

　　③put sth down 将…放下，写下，(用笔等)记下;镇压

　　Put that knife down before you hurt somebody.

　　The meeting’s on the 22nd.Put it down in your diary.

　　The military government is determined to put down all opposition.军政府决心镇压一切反对力量。

　　④put sth forward 提出，提议，建议;将…提前;向前拨，拨快

　　⑤put sth off 推迟，延迟

　　We’ve had to put off our wedding until September.我们只得把婚期推迟到九月。

　　⑥put sth on 穿上，戴上;(节目)上演，举办

　　Hurry up!Put your coat on!

　　The local drama club is putting on ‘Macbeth’.当地的剧社正在演出《麦克佩斯》。

　　⑦put up 举起;临时搭建

　　14、set

　　①be set in 以…为背景

　　The story is set in Shanghai.

　　②set about sth 着手做某事

　　The secretary set about writing.

　　③set an example to sb 树立榜样

　　He set a good example to his children.

　　④set aside 存储

　　He set aside 10 doolars every week.

　　⑤set fire to sth 纵火

　　The thief must have set fire to the house.

　　⑥see foot in 涉足

　　I left,determined never to set foot in that place.

　　⑦set off 出发，动身;引发

　　They’ve set off a trip around the world.(=set out)

　　A letter from home set off an attack of homesickness.

　　⑧set out (to do sth)打算做，着手做某事

　　Liu Xiang set out to break the world record.

　　⑨set up 建立，创建;竖起 A Christmas tree was set up.

　　15、take

　　①take sth in 吸入，吞入(体内);吸收、理解、领会某物

　　②take sb in 欺骗，蒙骗;留宿，收留

　　③Sth(主语为物)take on呈现，具有(特征、外观等)

　　④take sb on 聘用，雇用;(运动或比赛)同某人较量，反抗，与某人战斗

　　16、think

　　①think about/of sth/sb 考虑到，关心，替…着想;考虑，打算(做某事)

　　Don’t you ever think about other people?难道你就从来没有考虑过别人?

　　She’s thinking of changing her job.她在考虑换工作。

　　②think of sth/sb 想象到，对…有想法;想出，构思出;记得，想起

　　③think sth out 认真考虑，仔细盘算;

　　④think sth over (尤指在作出决定前)仔细考虑，慎重思考

　　⑤think sth through 充分考虑，全盘考虑，想透

　　⑥think sth up 想出，发明