【詞組搭配積累】第四輪
1. in a (adj) bind 陷于困境；進(jìn)退維谷 = mired in
2. wall-to-wall adj.覆蓋全部地面；無時(shí)不在的；到處存在的，連續(xù)的
3. seep into 滲入；影響到；流入；（不好的情感或想法）出現(xiàn)
4. Sth finds echoes in.....共鳴，出現(xiàn)，體現(xiàn) eg： The speech found an echo in the hearts of many of the audience.
5. it stands to reason that... 這是人人都清楚的；這是明擺著的；It stands to reason that if you don’t pay them enough they will leave.
6. a litmus test 石蕊實(shí)驗(yàn)；試金石；立見分曉的檢驗(yàn)辦法；litmus石蕊
7. to its credit 值得贊揚(yáng)的是
8. on tap 隨時(shí)可用的 We have this sort of information on tap. 可隨時(shí)向您提供這種資料。
9. collateral n. 抵押物，擔(dān)保品；adj. 附屬的；附帶的
10. last resort 最后手段；最后一根稻草
11. put sth into free fall 使某事成自由落體下降
12. revisit the decision 重新審視決策
13. turn sour 令人失望；不受歡迎；惡化；變酸
14. hold the bag 兩手空空
15. carry the ball 承擔(dān)責(zé)任；（NBA 翻腕違例）
16. go all length / go to such lengths 如此不遺余力
17. double down on 下雙倍賭注；做某事更頑強(qiáng)，更堅(jiān)定；加把勁做某事
18. fool’s errand 徒勞的奔波；徒勞無功的工作
19. beat one’s head against the wall 白費(fèi)力氣，徒勞無功
20. play its part 起作用；盡本分
21. fly off the shelves 搶購一空；暢銷
- raid the aisles of supermarkets（強(qiáng)調(diào)氣勢
- Retailers were so swamped（側(cè)面敘述）
- panic buying（名詞）
- empty the shelves（簡短利落）
- strip shelves bare（V.+ADJ.）
- snap up
22. every other每隔一個(gè)；every other day 每隔一天；every three/four 每三/四。 所有其他的；eg: Jerry was late but every other boy came in time.
23. have yet to be 尚未，還沒有
24. winning formula 制勝之道；magic formula神奇的方法
25. sweet spot 最有效點(diǎn)；所有特點(diǎn)的完美結(jié)合
26. get off the ground 開始發(fā)行；取得進(jìn)展
27. go under 破產(chǎn)；沉沒；屈服；失敗
28. wash your hands of sb/sth 拒絕對...負(fù)責(zé)；脫離關(guān)系；洗手不干；sth won’t/doesn’t wash (with sb) （解釋，借口）對某人來說站不住腳，令人無法接受。eg: That excuse simply won’t wash with me. 那種托詞根本不能令我信服。
29. high and dry 擱淺；孤立無援；處于困境; sb was left high and dry.
30. make the absence of sth (more) +adj 使...更加缺失，不明顯；
31. step down 辭職；走下；逐步減低; step down as president 辭去總統(tǒng)職務(wù)
32. hands-on adj. 親身實(shí)踐的；親身動手的 eg:? a hands-on style of management 事事過問的管理方式
33. to the tune of 達(dá)到...數(shù)量；價(jià)格達(dá)...；總數(shù)為.. eg: The hotel has been refurbished重新裝修 to the tune of a million dollars.
34. be a gift or a curse 是福還是禍？
35. What sets A apart from B is... 與B相比，A...
36. hush up 肅靜；掩蓋，防止...張揚(yáng)出去
37. snap up 搶購；匆匆吃下；搶先到手；
38. suck up crisis 陷入危機(jī)；吸進(jìn)，吸入；拍馬屁，巴結(jié)
39. haggle over 討價(jià)還價(jià)，爭論不休
40. chip away at 不停的削（鑿）；削弱
41. by default 缺席，不到場；默認(rèn)情況下，不言自明的
42. troubleshoot any snags 解決任何故障；troubleshoot v. 解決重大問題；snag n. （潛在，意外，不嚴(yán)重的）問題，困難，障礙，麻煩
43. seep into 滲入；影響到；流入 eg: Technology has been seeping into the restaurant industry for years. 技術(shù)影響餐飲行業(yè)已經(jīng)有些年頭了。
44. wear one's heart on one's sleeve v.感情容易激動；十分坦率；公開顯示，公開表露
45. made / hit / grab the headlines 成為重要新聞，新聞?lì)^條；被大肆宣傳；轟動全國
46. think on one’s feet 頭腦反應(yīng)很快；才思敏捷
47. ground zero “爆心投影點(diǎn)”組織；著地點(diǎn)；發(fā)源地
48. proving ground 試驗(yàn)場
49. has led to changes in.... 在...造成了變化
50. but into sth 信從，買賬，完全接受
51. be sapped by 使虛脫，虛弱，拖垮 sth sapped? one of sth ~ deprive of 使削弱 eg: Years of failure have sapped him of his confidence. 連年失敗使他逐漸喪失自信。
52. flag? 疲乏，變?nèi)?，熱情減退 eg: Her confidence had never flagged. / flagging support, enthusiasm
53. flap up 引起對...對注意 eg: The Report flagged up the dangers of under-age drinking.
54. only to find 不料；竟然（表示不如人意的結(jié)果出現(xiàn)）= turned out to be; end up doing
55. lend itself to 適用于，適宜于；有助于；eg: Her voice dosen’t really lend itself well to blues singings.?
56. lend color to 使顯得可信；使看起來似有可能 ; 使某件事情顯得可信 eg: Most of the evidence lend color to this view.
57. lend an ear 傾聽；lend a helping hand 幫忙；
58. lend support to支持；lend weight to 有助于，使更可信，使更重要，lend credence to 使可信
59. lend one’s name to 借...名義支持；lend your name to 公開表示支持
60. happy medium 折衷辦法；妥協(xié)方案；中庸之道
61. off the air 停播，停止廣播；廣播中止；封殺 or get them off the screens
62. weigh in (with sth) 在討論中發(fā)表有分量的意見，發(fā)揮作用 eg: The Beijing Daily weighed und with a similar view.
63. de jure 在法律上；根據(jù)法律
64. hotbed of sth （不良事物）的溫床
65. eke out a leaving 勉強(qiáng)維持生活；茍延殘喘的生活著 ; 竭力維持生計(jì)；eke out （靠節(jié)省用量使持久供應(yīng)）eg: She managed to eke out her student loan till the end of the year.
66. beat the odds 克服重重困難
67. sth would risk undoing the progress already made sth可能會造成前功盡棄
68. a feather in your cap (美)可以引以為豪的行為；feather your (own) nest 中飽私囊
69. predispose to sth 使傾向于，受...影響。eg: Her good mood predisposed her to enjoy the play. predispose sb to sth 使易于患（某種病），容易誘發(fā)；eg: Stress can predispose people to heart attacks.
70. dispose of sb / sth 除掉，銷毀；應(yīng)付，解決，處理；擊敗，殺死；dispose sb to/towards sth 使傾向于，使有意于 eg: a drug that disposes the patient towards sleep
71. make perfect sense of sth 理解，弄懂，非常清楚（不易理解的事情）翻譯：深諳...
72. saddle up sth 給（馬）備鞍；saddle up the chicken “做好準(zhǔn)備”的幽默說法?
73. throw a tantrum 發(fā)脾氣
74. stitch together 縫合，拼湊起，組織起
75. the belly of the city 市中心
76. come around 蘇醒，恢復(fù)知覺 come around to itself 恢復(fù)正常
77. root about / round for sth 翻尋，尋找；Who’s been rooting around my desk?
78. root for sb（進(jìn)行時(shí)）給...助威，給..加油 We’re rooting for the Bulls.
79. rooted to the spot 生了根似的定立；（懼怕，吃驚）釘在原地，呆若木雞
80. put down roots （植物）生根；（人）定居 eg: After ten years traveling the world, she felt it was time to put down roots somewhere.
81. root and branch 完全徹底 eg: The government set out to destroy the organization root and branch.? root-and-branch reforms 全面徹底的改革
82. take root（植物）生根；（思想）植根；深入人心。eg: Fortunately, militarism failed you take toot in Europe as a whole.
83. in a vacuum 真空中；封閉狀態(tài)下；隔絕的環(huán)境中
84. alpha and omega 始終，全部，本質(zhì)，要素
85. in kind 以同樣的方法（手段）
86. jump the gun 槍未響先偷跑 ; 草率行事 ; 操之過急
87. phase into reopening 逐步開放；backfire v. 卷土重來
88. chasm between A and B 巨大分歧，顯著差別
89. fall victim to sb/ sth 受到...的損害
90. not at any price 無論如何都不行 eg: sth is not worth the cost at any price 無論如何也不值得為之花一分錢
91. buck the trend 逆勢而上； buck up 振作起來
92. per head 人均
93.? well-thought-out adj.經(jīng)過周詳考慮的；深思熟慮出來的
94. be down to 歸因于；之所以...是因?yàn)?/p>
95. make the final cut 參加最后角逐；Final cut 最終勝出者
96. reach out to 表示對sb感興趣；愿意提供幫助
97. the black of public opposition 并沒有人反對
98. keep sb/sth at bay 使受到牽制；使陷入困境
99. of one’s own accord 自愿地；主動地
100. seethe with = fume 因...沸騰，激動，生氣
101. pound home the lesson to be drawn 把要吸取的教訓(xùn)牢牢記在心里
102. at the expense of the dead 以死者犧牲為代價(jià)
103. row about 為...爭吵；row with sb 爭吵；in a row 連續(xù)幾次地
104. claw back 設(shè)法撈回；費(fèi)力挽回；（政府通過稅收手段）收回（支付給民眾的錢）
105. claw your way back; into sth; out of sth ; to sth 努力逐步獲得；艱難地移動 eg: She clawed her way to the top of her profession. 她拼死拼活地爬到了職業(yè)的頂峰。Slowly, he clawed his way out from under the collapsed building. 他艱難地從倒塌的大樓廢墟底下滿了出來
106. baptism of fire / by fire 跑火的洗禮；嚴(yán)峻考驗(yàn)；baptism（基督教）犀利
107. bare one’s soul 向別人掏心掏肺，展露自己的內(nèi)心世界
108. be-all and end-all adj/n. 頂尖的，最好的 eg: Where my friend is going to working strikes me as being the be all and end all. 我覺得，我朋友的工作待遇簡直好的不能再好了。eg: It’s not the be all and end all checklist for good parenting. 這不是教育孩子的必殺技。?
109. It strikes me that... 我的印象是，我突然想到...
110. strike sb as sth 給某人以...印象；讓某人覺得 eg: She strikes me as a very efficient person. How does the idea strike you?
111. bear the brunt 首當(dāng)其沖，承擔(dān)打擊，責(zé)任
112. beg, borrow, or steal 不擇手段，用一切方法 = by hook or crook.? eg: She’d beg, borrow or steal to get a ticket. 不管用什么方法，她非得搞到一張票不可。
113. corner the market 囤積居奇，壟斷市場
114. spar with 與...練習(xí)拳擊；與...辯論
