GRE 高分必备 短语搭配

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stop short of

决定不做

If you stop short of doing something, you decide not to do something

Q: I’m afraid of the mental breakdown he might suffer and decided to stop sight of telling him the brutal truth.

jockey for

不择手段地争取

If you say that someone is jockeying for something, you mean that they are using whatever methods that they can in order to get it or do it before their competitors can get it or do it

Q: Realizing Africa’s potentials, a growing number of global airlines began to jockey for positions in Africa.

per se 1

本身，本质上

[贯穿 → 寻找：本质]

Per se means “by itself” or “in itself”, and it used when you are talking about the qualities of one thing considered on its own, rather than in connection with other things

Q: I acknowledge incessantly that fire arms per se are neutral.

silver lining

困境中的一线希望；积极的一面

If you talk about a silver lining, you are talking about something positive that comes out of a sad or unpleasant situation

in the grip of 4

受…的巨大影响

If a person, group, or place is in the grip of something, they are being severely affected by it

Q1: Consumers are often in the grip of commercials, so it’s no wander that marketing firms started to recruit social psychologists.

Q2: Although she always says “let bygones be bygones”, she is apparently in the grip of the desire to revenge.

bear out 2

证实

If something bears out an assumption or a theory, it provides evidence to that assumption or theory

status quo 1

原状；现状

[status: 状态]

The status quo is the state of affairs that exists at a particular time, especially in contrast to a different possible state of affairs

hinge on 4

取决于

[hinge: 合页，铰链 → 决定：零件或配件的松散程度]

Something that hinges on one thing or event depends entirely on it

Q: This is a life-or-death situation and we cannot let the company’s survival hinge on the outcome of one single product.

be pitted against

与…抗争

If two opposing things or people are pitted against one another, they are in conflict

be punctured by

被…打断

If an activity or situation is punctured by particular things, it is interrupted by them at intervals

put another way

换句话说

To put it another way means to rephrase or reinstate what has just been said

Q: You have a lot of room for progress; put another way, you haven’t worked hard enough.

to some extent

一定程度上

You use expressions such as to a large extent, to some extent, or to a certain extent in order to indicate that something is partly true, but not entirely true

Q: They don’t appreciate his strategy, but do acknowledge his courage to some extent.

for one thing

首先

You use for one thing to indicate the first fact or reason that people should pay attention to

Q: For one thing, our time is extremely limited, so any long-term solution is unfortunately a luxury we cannot afford.

run for

参加竞选

If someone run for office in an election, they take part as a candidate

turn out

被发现是

If something turns out to be a particular thing, it is discovered to be that thing

depart from 1

违反；另辟蹊径

If you depart from a traditional, accepted, or agreed way of doing something, you do it in a different or unexpected way

far from

远远不是

If you say that something is far from a particular thing or far from being the case, you are emphasizing that is it not that particular thing or not at all the case, especially when people expect or assume that it is

set apart

区分开

If something sets someone or something apart, it makes them different from other people or things

come into being

形成

Something that is in being or comes into being exists

in spite of

尽管

You use in spite of to introduce a fact which makes the rest of the statement you are making seem surprising

accommodate to

使适应 (adapting​ or ​adjusting​ to meet a need)

If you accommodate to something new, you change your behavior or ideas so that you are able to deal with it

Q: The author seems not interested in accommodate his book to his readers who might not share his instincts and intuitions.

prior to

在…发生之前

If something happens prior to a particular time or event, it happens before that time or event

Q: Prior to the wide application of nuclear magnetic resonance technique, there are few effective tools for the determination of molecular structure in organic chemists’ arsenal.

a laundry list of

详细清单；一长串…

If you describe something as a laundry list of things, you mean that it is a long list of them

have a bearing on 1

与…有关

If something has a bearing on a situation or event, it is relevant to it

Q: These new pieces of evidence have a bearing on the case and could possibly change the final verdict.

correspond to

相对应；与…相关 (alignment​ or ​matching​ something)

If one thing corresponds to another, there is a close similarity or connection between them. You can also say that two things correspond

Q: Fare regulation stops taxis from lowering or increasing their fares to correspond to the level of demand at different times.

run against 2

和…竞争；抗争

If you run against someone or something, you struggle against and compete with them

Q: Susan decided to run against a very popular incumbent as the recent corruption scandal had called his political integrity into serious question.

take sides

选择立场

When you take sides, you decide to choose one side of opposing parties

stem from

来自；产生于

If a condition or problem stems from something, it was caused originally by that thing

Q: Martha’s passion for Japanese literature stems from her early childhood spent near the Little Tokyo in Los Angeles, where she became deeply fascinated by the richness and mystery of this Eastern culture.

keep track of

追踪；了解…的最新情况

If you keep track of a situation or a person, you make sure that you have the newest and most accurate information about them all the time.

gain favor

获得青睐

To gain favor means to be liked

Q: This revolutionary observation revived an outdated cosmological theory; once again it starts to gain researchers’ favor.

in many aspects

在许多方面

You use expressions like in this respect and in many respects to indicate that what you saying applies to the feature you have just mentioned or to many features of something

be based on

基于

If you base one thing on another thing, the first thing develops from the second thing

gloss over 3

把…搪塞过去；无视

[gloss: 给…加注解， 应付作业（高三物理作业：画很多横线，但是自己没有认真做）]

If you gloss over some bad deeds you deal with them rapidly and cursorily, or to omit them altogether from an account

sign into

签署（法案）

To sign something into law means to approve or ratify (a document) by affixing a signature, seal, or other mark

shed light on

阐明；帮助理解

To shed light on, throw light on, or cast light on something means to make it easier to understand, because more information is known about it

serve as

起…的作用；担任

If something serves as a particular thing, it performs a particular function, which is often not intended function

draw support for

为…争取支持

To draw support for someone means to obtain support from a particular source for that person thin

ensue from

由…而产生；接着…发生

If an event ensues from something, it happens immediately after that thing, usually as a result of that thing

rebel against

反抗；抵抗

If politicians rebel against one of their own party’s policies, they show that they oppose it

be attributable to

归因于；归结于

If something is attributable to an event, or person, it is likely that it was caused by that event, situation, or person.

a salvo of

大量的

A salvo of angry words is a lot of them spoken or written at about the same time

drop out

退出；半途而废

If someone drops out of college or a race, for example, they leave it without finishing what they started

explain away

通过解释消除

If someone explains away a mistake or a bad situation they are responsible for, they try to indicate that it is unimportant or that it is not really their fault

ascribe to

归因于

If you ascribe an event or condition to a particular cause, you say or consider that it was caused by that thing

back and forth

反复；来回

If someone moves back and forth, they repeatedly move in one direction and then in the opposite direction

Q: As the economy roils back and forth, the stock market behaves like an unruly yo-yo.

subject to

受制于；依赖于

If an event will take place subject to a condition, it will take place only if that thing happens

Q: For the sake of secrecy, the exact date of new product release is still subject to change.

die out

灭绝

If something dies out, it becomes less and less common and eventually disappears completely

work out

解决

If you work out a solution for a problem, you solve that problem by coming up with that solution

get along with

与…相处融洽

If you get along with someone, you have a friendly relationship with them. You can also say that two people get along.

at stake

处于危险中

If something is at stake, it is being risked and might be lost or damaged if you are not successful

Q: There is great concern that the legitimacy of the European Union is at stake should there be a further slide in voter turnout.

leave out

省略；忽略

To leave out something means to exclude or to neglect to mention

Q: It is the incident the whole world is talking about, yet Liverpool has conveniently left out the bite from Suarez, Liverpool’s finest striker, on Chiellini from the Uruguay-Italy match report on their club website.

a quantity of

一些

You use a quantity of to indicate some amount

Q: Central Bank announced it will hold a session next Sunday to sell the money-exchanging companies a quantity of the foreign currency to interfere in the parallel market, also known as the “gray market“.

frame of reference

【物理】参考系；推导问题所依赖的大框架

Frame of reference is a set of ideas, conditions, or assumptions that determine how something will be approved, perceived, or understood

Q: This pre-industrial frame of reference for natural conditions acknowledges a fundamental transformation in the proliferation of the human economy at the comprehensive exclusion of nonhuman species on the whole.

constitutional monarchy

君主立宪政体

Constitutional monarchy is a form of democratic government in which a monarch acts as a non-political head of state within the boundaries of a constitution

in any event

在任何情况下

You say in any event after you have been discussing a situation, in order to indicate that what you are saying is true or possible, in spite of anything that has happened or may happen

in proximity to

在…附近

When you say something is in proximity to something, they are close to each other

deduce from

推断；逻辑演绎

If you deduce something from something else, you reach that conclusion because of the latter things that you know to be true.

Q: Interviewees are asked to perform a simple test, from which a hiring manager, usually someone with a psychology background, could deduce their personality and work style.

at large

整个的

You use at large to indicate that you are talking in a general way about most of the people mentioned

Q: As the university administration considered cinematic skills too valuable to be kept to film industry professionals, the School of Cinematic Arts opened its classes to the university at large in 1998.

on the basis of

根据

If you say that you are acting on the basis of something, you are giving that as the reason for you action

Q: In this case, the contemporary political problems between Israelis and Palestinians must be dealt with on the basis of current reality, not a fictitious past.

touch on

简单提起

If you touch on a particular subject or problem, you mention it or write briefly about it

Q: In addition to its literary value, this novel touched on the invisible discrimination against women and relentlessly calls for gender equality.

order of magnitude

数量级

You can use order of magnitude when you are giving an approximate idea of the amount or importance of something.

Q: Statistics differ as to the order of magnitude but clearly indicate that heavy-dusty trucks cause far more wear and tear to roads than passenger automobiles.

speculate on

提出假设；猜想

If you speculate on something, you make guesses about its nature or identity, or about what might happen

pave the way for

为…铺平了道路；为…奠定基础

If one thing paves the way for another, it creates a situation in which it is possible or more likely that the other thing will happen

a streak of

有一点，有一丝

[streak: 条纹，条痕]

If someone has a streak of a particular type of behavior, they sometimes behave in that way

conform to

符合；与…一致

If somethings conforms to something such as a law or someone’s wishes, it is of the required type or quality

in retrospect

回顾往事；事后看来

[retro-: 怀旧的 + spect: 看 → 回顾往事]

If you view an event in retrospect, you consider that past event after it happens

as far as something is concerned

就…而言

You can say “as far as something is concerned” to indicate that the situation has to do with something

lay out (2) 1

1.提出；解释

1.To lay out ideas, principles, or plans means to explain or present them clearly, for example in a document or a meeting

2.部署；布置

2.If you lay out a group of things, you spread them out and arrange them neatly, for example so that they can all be seen clearly.

let alone

更不必说

Let alone is used after a statement, usually a negative one, to indicate that the statement is even more true of the person, thing, or situation that you are going to mention next

in response to

响应

If you do something in response to an event or something that is said, you reply or react to that thing

under one’s control

在…的控制下

If something is under your control, you have the power to make all the important decisions about the way that it is run

in favor of

支持；有利于

If you are in favor of something, you support it and think that it is a good thing

draw from

从…中取得

To draw something such as water or energy from a particular source means to take it from that source

make…distinct from

使…脱颖而出

If you make something distinct from something else of the same type, you make it different or separate from it

Q: Present-day philosophers usually envision their discipline as an endeavor that has been, since antiquity, made distinct from and superior to any particular intellectual discipline, such as theology or science.

extrapolate from

由…推断；外推

If you extrapolate from known facts, you use them as a basis for general statements about a situation or about what is likely to happen in the future

Q: The members of the council extrapolate from their own leadership skills and success a chilling contempt for the ordinary people and a certainty that they can and should be manipulated.

shore up

加固

If you shore up something that is weak or about to fall, you do something in order to strengthen it or support it

on the way toward 1

即将成功；即将达到

If you are on your way or well on your way to or toward something, you have made so much progress that you are almost certain to achieve that thing

coincide with

同时发生

If one event coincides with another, they happen at the same time

Q: The emergence of mass literacy coincided with the first industrial revolution; in turn, the new expansion in literacy, as well as cheaper printing, helped to nurture the rise of popular literature.

contribute to

导致；有助于

If you contribute to something, you say or do things to help to make it successful

Q: While many Russian composers of the nineteenth century contribute to an emerging national style, other composers did not incorporate idiomatic Russian musical elements, preferring instead the traditional musical vocabulary of Western European Romanticism.

or otherwise 1

其他的

You use or otherwise to mention something that is not the thing just referred to

so far (2)

1.到目前为止

1.If you tell or ask someone what has happened so far, you are telling or asking them what has happened up until the present point in a situation or story, and often implying that something different might happen later

2.有限地

If you say that something only goes so far or can only go so far, you mean that its extent, effect, or influence is limited

Q: Shergottites, the name given to three anomalous achondrites so far discovered on Earth, present scientists with a genuine enigma.

as a function of 1

随着…变化

If you say one thing varies as a function of another, you mean that its amount depends on the other thing

Q: To build on existing theories about love, we propose that passion in love varies as a function of the first derivative of intimacy overtime; hence, passion will be low when intimacy is stable (either high or low), but rising intimacy will create a strong sense of passion.

set aside (2) 1

1.置…于不顾

1.If you set aside a belief, principle or feeling, you decide that you will not be influenced by it

2.留出

2.If you set something such as time, money, or space aside for a particular purpose, you save it and do not use it for anything else

Q: Although normally diffident, Alison felt so strongly about the issue that she set aside her reserve and spoke up at the committee meeting.

figure as

扮演…角色

If you figure as someone else, you function as or act like the person

Q: Nuclear warheads once figured as the ultimate deterrent to other superpowers, but the emergence of ballistic missile defense systems is weakening its effectiveness.

pass into oblivion

逐渐被遗忘

[oblivion:obliv(忘记) → (逐渐)被遗忘]

Being passed into oblivion means it is forgotten or no longer being considered important

Q: The reach for Utopian hyper-information is perhaps the most telling and melancholy indication that no one wants to “pass into oblivion”, as a medieval chronicler has it, “as hail and snow melt in the waters of a swift river swept away by the current never to return”.

project onto

投射；显示

If you project a film or picture onto a screen a wall, you make it appear there

lie in

在于

If you say something lies in a particular position or direction, you mean that it is situated there

Q: The significance of the Magma Carta lies not in its specific provisions, but in its broader impact: it made the king subject to the law.

more or less

有点；或多或少

If something is more or less true, it is true in a general way, but is not completely true

Q: Airline management has more or less tried to solve the problem — high labor costs and volatile fuel prices, by merging to achieve economies scale.

all but

几乎是

You use all but to say that something is almost the case

break down

分解

When a substance breaks down or when something breaks it down, a biological or chemical process causes it to separate into the substances which make it up

get credit for 1

因…而受到好评

If you get a credit for something, you receive acknowledgment or praise for some accomplishment

take up

承担；开始做…

If you take up an activity or a subject, you become interested in it and spend time doing it, either as a hobby or as a career

Q: The call for everyone involved in the lifecycle of a product to take up responsibility to reduce the product’s environmental, health and safety impacts is referred to as product stewardship.

lay off

解雇

If workers are laid off, they are told by their employers to leave their job, usually because there is no more work for them to do

Q: The cash-strapped toy chain is poised to lay off as many as 200 employees at its headquarters, as it looks to conserve cash.

fall into disrepute

名声扫地

If something is brought into disrepute or falls into disrepute, it loses its good reputation, because it is connected with activities that people do not approve of

be concerned with

关心；关注

If you concern yourself with something, you give it attention because you think that it is important

not so much A as B

与其说是A不如说是B

If you say that something is not so much one thing as another, you mean that that it is more likely the second thing than the first

result from

由…造成

If something results from a particular event or action it is caused by that event or action

react to

对…作出反应

When you react to something that has happened to you, you behave in a particular way because of it

ward off 1

避开，避免

[ward: 病房，牢房 + away(离开) → 病痛和牢狱滚开 → 避免]

To ward off a danger or illness means to prevent it from affecting you or harming you

be committed to 1

致力于

[commit: 承诺，保障]

If you are committed to a cause, you are obliged to do something to achieve it

Q: The Pentagon says the U.S. military is fully committed to its mission in Afghanistan and that efforts will continue to build trust with the Afghans despite the recent deadly violence.