【詞組搭配積累】第六輪

1. crackpot ideas/theories 離奇古怪的想法，理論

2. undo the economic gains 破壞經(jīng)濟(jì)收益

3. propaganda outlets 宣傳媒體

4. slap down the critics 粗暴地禁止，鎮(zhèn)壓

5. be thick with 充滿；the world is thick with

6. top up 加滿，充值；增加top up his savings

7. on the dole 領(lǐng)取救濟(jì)金

8. upwards of 多余....， 以上

9. prime the pump 促進(jìn)；采取措施發(fā)展經(jīng)濟(jì)

10. the full gamut of 全部，全范圍

11. a battery of tests 一連串的測(cè)試

12. leave the door open 為... 保留可能性；為...留下了機(jī)會(huì) The movie’s ending left the door open for a sequel.

13. kick off (with)? 開(kāi)始；開(kāi)局；Kick in 奏效

14. a pain in the neck 討厭的人或事；= a pain in the butt/ass

15. average Joe n. 普通人，平常人

16. rein sb/sth back; rein sth in 嚴(yán)格管控，強(qiáng)化管理；eg: We need to rein back public spending.

17. sitting president 現(xiàn)任總統(tǒng)；interim president 臨時(shí)的

18. lash out 猛擊，猛烈抨擊；大肆揮霍

19. alibi n. 不在犯罪現(xiàn)場(chǎng)證明；借口，托詞

20. in droves 成群結(jié)隊(duì)地; They left in droves.

21. headless chicken 無(wú)頭蒼蠅

22. hot air 夸夸其談，大話，空話

23. op-ed 報(bào)紙上的評(píng)論版

24. saving grace 僅有的優(yōu)點(diǎn)，唯一可取之處，可彌補(bǔ)缺點(diǎn)的優(yōu)點(diǎn)

25. rip off 偷竊；扯掉；欺詐；剝削

26. relish sth/doing sth 喜歡，享受，從中獲益；to relish a challenge喜歡打架；relish cleaning喜歡打掃；

27. breakneck pace n.危險(xiǎn)的速度；極快的速度

28. big cheese n. 要人，大人物；

29. get one’s act together 行動(dòng)起來(lái)

30. dressing-down n. 訓(xùn)斥，責(zé)罵；receive a dressing-down = berate v. 斥責(zé)，痛罵

31. vie for 競(jìng)爭(zhēng)；

32. crow about 吹噓； =trumpet 宣揚(yáng)，鼓吹

33. play to one’s strength 發(fā)揮出自己的力量

34. a dime a dozen 多得很；不稀罕；不值錢(qián)；容易得到的；比比皆是的

35. be/on the warpath 怒不可遏，準(zhǔn)備開(kāi)火

36. pick up the gauntlet 迎戰(zhàn)，護(hù)衛(wèi)

37. pick up the mantle 承擔(dān)起責(zé)任；mantle n. （可繼承的）責(zé)任，衣缽；覆蓋層；披風(fēng)，斗篷；地幔

38. pile on the agony/gloom 使雪上加霜，傷口上撒鹽；Bosses pilled on the agony with threats of more job losses. 情況更加惡化

39. grease the wheels v.使順利進(jìn)行，賄賂

40. top up the oil 加滿油，top up 補(bǔ)足，補(bǔ)給

41. hold away over sth 有支配sth，左右sth的權(quán)利，力量

42. on the blink 出毛病了，壞了，出故障了，身體不舒服；in the blink of an eye 眨眼的功夫

43. ride shotgun 坐在車(chē)的前排座位上

44. muddle through 應(yīng)付過(guò)去，混過(guò)去

45. the carrot and (the) stick (approach)胡蘿卜加大棒；威逼利誘；zcarrot n. （為說(shuō)服人做某事所做出許諾的）報(bào)酬，好處；eg: They are holding out a carrot of $120 million in economic aid.

46. pick up the pieces （跌倒后）重新爬起來(lái)（對(duì)孩子講的話）；收拾殘局

47. 強(qiáng)有力的支持 enjoy strong backing from ...

48. in its wake 作為...的結(jié)果；隨著...而來(lái)；in one’s wake

49. dispense a prescription 按處方配藥；prescribe drugs 開(kāi)藥

50. top-notch adj. 最好的，卓越的，一流的

51. keep tabs on 監(jiān)視，密切注意

52. keep a low key 保持低調(diào)

53. spare tire 備胎；rebound guy/girl 備胎（愛(ài)情中）

54. cram school 補(bǔ)習(xí)班；補(bǔ)習(xí)學(xué)校；強(qiáng)化學(xué)校

55. far/further afield 遠(yuǎn)離家鄉(xiāng)的，遠(yuǎn)方；as far afraid as... eg: You can hire a car if you want to explore further afield.

56. have little scope to 沒(méi)有余地...

57. in a break with previous practice 和之前做法不同的是...；Break in sth/with sb/sth （持續(xù)一段時(shí)間的狀況的）改變，中止，中斷；eg: a break with tradition/convention 突破傳統(tǒng)，破除習(xí)俗；a break in the weather 天氣轉(zhuǎn)變；a break in diplomatic relations 外交關(guān)系的中斷

58. bar a dearth of ... 不缺乏...

59. bike lanes 自行車(chē)車(chē)道

60. stop-gas measures 權(quán)宜之計(jì)

61. on first glance 乍看之下

62. is still in the single digits. 還僅僅是個(gè)位數(shù)

63. home turf 國(guó)內(nèi)市場(chǎng)；

64. all-hands-on-deck strategy 全員參與的；全體船員到甲板上集合

65. at one’s disposal 由sb自行支配

66. make the leap 實(shí)現(xiàn)飛躍

67. a ballpark figure 大約的數(shù)字，近似的數(shù)字；ballpark n. 棒球場(chǎng)；數(shù)字可變的范圍

68. prune n. 干梅子；v. 修剪樹(shù)枝；裁員；All roses require annual pruning. 需要年年修剪

69. break the impasse 打破僵局；死路

70. on a par with 與...同等；和...一樣

71. a bolt from the blue 意外事件；晴天霹靂；飛來(lái)橫禍

72. be a lost cause 已注定的敗局；注定要失敗的

73. be for a good cause; be in a good cause 做好事，行善事

74. price gouging 哄抬物價(jià)；價(jià)格欺騙

75. bumper profits 豐厚的利潤(rùn)

76. use a sledgehammer to crack a nut 輪著大錘砸核桃；殺雞用牛刀

77. cost-plus price 成本加成價(jià)格

78. a glut of 大量的；供應(yīng)過(guò)剩；供過(guò)于求；(-shortage)

79. wade in 插手，介入，猛烈攻擊

80. rally around 團(tuán)結(jié)在...周?chē)?/p>

81. swathes of 大塊的，大片的 (swath)

82. swathe n. 收割莊稼的一長(zhǎng)條田地；v. 包裹上，覆蓋；

83. cut a swathe through sth 把某地夷為平地，使某地大部分遭到破壞

84. buzz with 充滿興奮（活動(dòng)等）The place was buzzing with journalists. New York buzzes from dawn to dusk.

- buzz about/around 忙的團(tuán)團(tuán)轉(zhuǎn)；I’ve been buzzing around town all day sorting out my trip.

- buzz off 走開(kāi)！Buzz off and let me get on with my work.

- give sb a buzz 給某人打電話；I’ll give you a buzz on Monday, ok?

83. pounce on/upon 一眼就看出，抓緊機(jī)會(huì)（以便批評(píng)）His comments were pounced upon by the press.

84. bring sb to heel 使sb就范，順從；讓狗靠近，喚狗到身邊來(lái)（被動(dòng)）；sb come to heel 某人愿意聽(tīng)從sb；順從；狗狗走近主人（主動(dòng)）

- at/on sb’s heel 緊跟某人；He fled from the stadium with the police at his heels.

- hard/hot on sb’s/sty’s heels 緊跟；緊在其后；News of riding unemployment followed hard on the heels of falling export figures. 出口數(shù)字下降之后緊接著就是失業(yè)率上升的消息

- take to your heels 逃走，溜掉

- turn/spin on your heel 急著向后轉(zhuǎn)；突然轉(zhuǎn)身；

- under the heel of sb 完全受某人控制

- heel over v.（船）傾斜，傾側(cè)；The boat heeled over in the strong wind.

85. breeding grounds 溫床

86. be in flux 處于不斷變化中

87. As things stand 在目前的情況下，按照現(xiàn)狀來(lái)看

88. dish out 分發(fā)，給予

89. bludgeon sb into doing sth 聽(tīng)過(guò)爭(zhēng)辯迫使sb做sth；bludgeon v. 恫嚇，用棍棒打；猛烈攻擊；bludgeon the economy

90. pitch into 開(kāi)始努力工作，蓬勃開(kāi)展，大干一番；I rolled up my sleeves and pitched into cleaning the kitchen.

91. pitch sth in 參與；出力；出分子；We all pitched in $10 to buy her a gift.

92. make a pitch for sb 為sb說(shuō)好話，決心勸服

93. castigate v. 嚴(yán)懲；苛評(píng)；矯正，修訂

94. precipitate v. 使（壞事）突然發(fā)生；eg: His resignation precipitated a leadership crisis. precipitate sb/sth into sth 使突然陷入某種狀態(tài)。 adj. 魯莽的，草率的；n. 沉淀物，析出物

95. edge n. 邊緣；刀刃；災(zāi)難邊緣；微弱的優(yōu)勢(shì)；敏銳，銳利；憤怒的語(yǔ)氣，尖刻的聲調(diào)；有棱角的

- leading edge （領(lǐng)域）前沿，尖端；飛機(jī)前緣

- knife-edge 刀刃；（形勢(shì)）勝負(fù)難料，成敗未定；The economy is balanced in a knife-edge. 經(jīng)濟(jì)形勢(shì)尚不明朗；人十分焦慮，急于知道結(jié)果

- cutting-edge （處于事物發(fā)展的）前沿，領(lǐng)先階段。working at the cutting edge of computer technology

- gilt-edge （財(cái)）金邊的，安全的，高度可靠的; gilt-edged securities/shares/stocks 金邊證券/股票/市場(chǎng)

96. have edge on/over sb/sth 有優(yōu)勢(shì)；They have the edge in us.

- be on the edge 緊張不安，激動(dòng)，煩躁

- on the edge of your seat 異常興奮，極為激動(dòng)，有濃厚興趣

- take the edge off sth 減弱，變鈍；挫傷...的銳氣；The sandwich took the edge off my appetite. 這三明治讓我食欲大減。

- be edge with 鑲...邊兒；The handkerchief is edged with lace.

- edge up/down 略微增加；減少；Prices edged up 2% in the year to December.

- edge sth/sb out of sth 把...排擠出去；She was edged out of the company.

97. drive-through station 不必下車(chē)即可得到服務(wù)的...

98. a litany of （一系列事件，原因）枯燥冗長(zhǎng)的陳述；a litany of complaints 喋喋不休的抱怨

99. scoop up 大規(guī)模購(gòu)買(mǎi)；用鏟子取；舀上來(lái)；搶購(gòu)一空

100. numbers are capped at 數(shù)量限制在...

101. a whiff of 一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)...；一陣...的氣味

102. live hand-to-mouth 僅夠糊口的；勉強(qiáng)維持生計(jì)

103. cold comfort 無(wú)用安慰，不起作用的安慰

104. a modicum of 少量的，一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)...

105. float one’s boat 為某人所喜歡；You can listen to whatever kind of music floats your boat

106. float about/around （進(jìn)行時(shí)）思想等傳播，流傳

107. keep a lid on 限制，抑制；保守秘密，守口如瓶；The government is keeping the lid on inflation.

108. lift the lid on sth / take (or blow) the lid off sth 揭露...的真相；揭發(fā)丑聞；Her articles lifts the lid on child prostitution.

109. nibble away at 慢慢削弱；蠶食

110. hoover up 大量獲得（某物）eg: The US and Canada’s usually Hoover up most of the gold medals.? or 用真空吸塵器把...清除掉；eg: to hoover up all the dust? = vacuum (v/n.)；派生詞；hoovering；It’s your turn to do the hoovering. 該你做吸塵清潔了。

111. All the more so 更是如此

112. wind down /waind/ 停下來(lái)；喘息一下；把車(chē)窗搖下

- （機(jī)器、企業(yè)、活動(dòng)、業(yè)務(wù)）停止，停業(yè)，關(guān)閉；eg: The government is winding down its nuclear Programme. Can I wind my window down?

114. wind up 以...告終；結(jié)束 /waind-waund-waund/

- If we all agree, let’s wind up the discussion. 結(jié)束會(huì)議

- wind up in... eg: I said he would wind up in prison. 終歸要入獄

- wind up doing; eg; We eventually wound up staying in a hotel a few miles from town. 最后在小旅館落腳

- wind up adj; eg: If you take risks like that you’ll wind up dead. 你會(huì)把命賠上的

115. wind sb up 惹sb生氣；戲弄；Can’t you see he’s only winding you up?

116. wind-up n. 戲弄人/惹人生氣的言語(yǔ)或行動(dòng)；adj. 裝有發(fā)條的，有手柄操作的；an old-fashioned wind-up gramophone 裝有發(fā)條的老式留聲機(jī)；adj. 意欲結(jié)束的；終了的；收?qǐng)龅?；a wind-up speech 結(jié)束語(yǔ)

117. wind /wind/ n. 風(fēng)；氣流；屁，胃氣，腸氣；運(yùn)動(dòng)或吹奏樂(lè)器時(shí)的呼吸；管樂(lè)器

- crosswind側(cè)風(fēng)；downwind順風(fēng)，下風(fēng)處；headwind逆風(fēng)，頂頭風(fēng)；tailwind順風(fēng)；trade winds信風(fēng)，貿(mào)易風(fēng)；windy 風(fēng)大的；（講話）夸夸其談的，空話連篇的，空洞無(wú)物的；woodwind 木管樂(lè)器

- second wind 恢復(fù)的精力；重振的精神；緩過(guò)勁來(lái)的狀況

- break wind 放屁

- get wind of sth 聽(tīng)到...風(fēng)聲；獲悉...的秘密消息

- get/have the wind up (about sth) 因...害怕/憂慮

- in the wind 即將發(fā)生；在醞釀中

- like the wind? 飛快地，像風(fēng)一樣地

- put the wind up sb 使海派，受驚嚇

- take the wind out of sb’s sails 出其不意地打擊某人的信心；突然減輕某人的怒氣；

- a wind/ the winds of change （常作新聞?dòng)谜Z(yǔ)）改革之風(fēng)，變化的趨向；A wind of change was blowing through the banking world.