一、与at有关的

　　1. at work在工作,在运转;work at从事于,钻研,研究

　　The machines are at work.机器在运转。

　　He's working at a new invention.他在从事一项新的发明。

　　2. at level……级的; level at瞄准,对准

　　The talk took place at a high level.会谈在高层中进行。

　　The hunter leveled his gun at the prey.猎人把枪对准猎物。

　　3. at play在玩耍; play at假装,做事不认真

　　The children are at play.孩子们在玩耍。

　　Let's play at being pirates.我们装扮海盗玩吧。

　　二、与in有关的

　　1. in all总共,总之; all in筋疲力尽,一切包括在内

　　In all, we did very well.总之,我们干得很出色。

　　At the end of the race he was all in.赛跑结束时他已筋疲力尽了。

　　2. in advance预先,事先; advance in在进步,提高,发展

　　Please send your luggage to the station in advance.请你预先把行李送到车站去。

　　Great advances in medicine have been made in this century.本世纪在医学方面取得了很大进展。

　　3. in bed卧床; bed in嵌入

　　The man is in bed with cold.这人因感冒卧床。

　　The bullet bedded itself in the wall.子弹射入了墙内。

　　4. in flood泛滥; flood in蜂拥而来,涌进

　　The century was in full flood of invention.这一世纪有层出不穷的创造发明。

　　Letters of congratulations flooded in.大批祝贺信蜂拥而来。

　　5. in hand掌握住,在进行; hand in交上,提出

　　The work is now well in hand.此事正在积极进行。

　　He solemnly handed in his application.他庄严地递交了申请书。

　　6. in order整齐,情况良好; order in命令(某人)进入

　　The motion is in order.这项协议是符合会议日程的。

　　The teacher ordered the children in.老师命令孩子们进来。

　　7. in place适当的,相称的; place in安排,放置

　　The proposal is not quite in place.这提议并不十分合乎时宜。

　　The manager has placed him in a job.经理已给他安排了工作。

　　8. in sail张着帆; sail in热心做,攻击

　　The ship was in full sail.该船正满帆而行。

　　He sailed in and finished the job.他一鼓作气完成了任务。

　　9. in step同步,和谐; step in插手干预,顺便访问

　　I hope my ideas are in step with public opinion.我希望我的想法跟公众舆论是一致的。

　　You must not step in our business.你决不能干预我们的事。

　　10. in trust由人代管,受托的; trust in相信,依靠

　　The estate is to be held in trust until the heir reaches the age of 21.继承人年龄未满21岁,遗产要由他人代管。

　　He is a man you can trust in.他是一个你可以信赖的人。

　　11. in turn依次,轮流,转而; turn in就寝,上交,放弃

　　Theory is based on practice and in turn serves practice.理论的基础是实践;又转过来为实践服务。

　　I am turning in right now.我马上睡觉。

　　12. in work有工作,在进行中; work in进入,搀入,穿插进

　　Is her husband in work?她丈夫有工作吗?

　　He worked in a few jokes in his speech.他在演说中引用了几个笑话。

　　三、与on有关的

　　1. on call随时可用,随叫随到; call on拜访,号召,请求

　　The nurse is on call tonight.今天晚上护士随叫随到。

　　I called on him to keep his promise.我请求他履行诺言。

　　2. on hand在手头上,即将发生; hand on依次传递,转交

　　It was reported that there was trouble on hand.据说将会发生麻烦。

　　The runners handed on the torch in turn.赛跑运动员们依次传递火炬。

　　3. on fire着火,急切地; fire on攻击,射击

　　They were all on fire to support the disaster area.他们都急切地要支援灾区。

　　The enemy fired on the town.敌人炮击那座城镇。

　　4. on high在高空,在天堂; high on热衷于,热心于

　　I saw a plane flying on high.我看见一架飞机在高空飞翔。

　　He is high on computers.他对电脑感兴趣。

　　5. on leave在休假; leave on穿着不脱,让(电灯等)开着

　　He told us that he had been on sick leave.他告诉我们他已请了病假。

　　Please leave on the light.请让灯开着。

　　四、与for有关的

　　1. for all虽然,尽管; all for完全赞成

　　The country, for all the crises it had, remained strong.尽管经历了重重危机,这个国家还是强大的。

　　We are all for your ideas.我们完全赞成你的想法。

　　2. for good永远,一劳永逸地; good for适于,对……有益,有效期间

　　We'll remember our first teacher for good.我们将永远记住我们的启蒙老师。

　　The license is good for two years.这张执照有效期为二年。

　　3. for fear惟恐,以免; fear for为……而担心

　　I locked up the document for fear that it (should) be stolen.我把文件锁好,以免被盗。

　　You needn't fear for our work.你不必为我们的工作担心。

　　4. for long长久地,很久地; long for渴望

　　I will not remain for long.我不会呆得很久。

　　There is no one but longs for success.没有人不希望成功。

　　5. for now暂时,目前; now for现在就谈

　　Are you all right for now?你这会儿好了吗?

　　The matter is settled. Now for the next question.那件事解决了,现在我们就来研究下一个问题。

　　五、与as有关的

　　1. as such本身,理应; such as诸如

　　The gift, as such, was of little worth.这礼物本身没什么价值。

　　I only like small animals, such as cats and dogs.我只喜欢猫狗之类的小动物。

　　2. as much同样地,同量; much as很像,尽管

　　Don't thank me; I would do as much for anyone.别谢我;我对任何人都会同样做的。

　　Much as I like it, I can't afford it.尽管我很喜欢它,却买不起。

　　3. as regards关于,就......而言; regard as把......当作

　　As regards that matter I agree with your opinion very much.关于那件事,我很同意你的意见。

　　Waste is regarded as a crime.浪费被认为是一种犯罪行为。

　　六、与其它词有关的

　　1. above all首先,尤其; all above以上都是

　　What I need, you know, above all, is knowledge.你知道,我尤其需要的是知识。

　　The answers all above are right.以上答案都正确。

　　2. all over到处,全部,结束; over all全长,总的来说

　　He has traveled all over the world.他曾到世界各地旅行。

　　Over all, we support birth control.总的来说,我们赞成控制人口增长。

　　3. before long不久以后; long before很久以前

　　The book will be published before long.这本书不久就要出版了。

　　He saw the film long before.他很久以前就看过这部电影了。

　　4. date to始于,追溯到; to date直到现在

　　The manuscript dates back to the 8th century.这部手稿写于8世纪。

　　To date, the project has cost $15,000.到目前为止,这项工程已耗资15,000美元。

　　5. of all在所有......当中最为; all of实足,至少,全体

　　It's my favorite dictionary of all.这是我最心爱的词典。

　　He is all of 35 years old.他至少有35岁了。

　　6. off day不幸的日子; day off休假日

　　This is one of his off days-he usually plays better.这是他倒霉的一天,他通常打得要比现在好。

　　This is my day off.今天是我的休假日。

　　7. only if只有......才,只要; if only但愿,要是......就好了

　　Only if you study hard can you get good grades.只有努力学习才能获得好成绩。

　　If only Tom knew about it.但愿汤姆知道此事。

　　8. much too太,过分,非常; too much过多,过度

　　He works much too hard.他确实干得很努力。

　　The trip will be too much for me.这次旅行我吃不消。

　　(文/朱孔仁；英语通高三版2004年第2期；版权归英语辅导报社所有，独家网络合作伙伴新浪教育，未经许可，不得以任何形式进行转载。)