英语短语动词很多,本人在平时的教学中归纳出一些常用常考的短语动词,供大家参考。

　　1. back down / off:后退,退缩,让步

　　They are too proud to back down and admit mistakes. 他们那么骄傲,才不会让步认错呢。

　　2. back up:倒车;支持

　　Tony is always ready to back up his friends. 托尼一贯乐于支持他的朋友。

　　3. bring about:引起,造成;产生

　　What has brought about the misunderstanding between them? 他们之间的误会是怎么产生的?

　　4. bring out:使发挥,使显出;出版

　　The publishing house has brought out an entirely new edition of the dictionary. 出版社出版了这本词典的全新版本。

　　5. bring up:提出问题;抚养

　　At the meeting next morning, they brought up many problems. 在翌日早上的会议上,他们提出了许多问题。

　　6. carry on:继续进行,坚持下去

　　They carried on the discussion late into the night. 他们一直讨论到深夜。

　　7. carry out:执行;实现

　　We shall carry out the plan as soon as we can. 我们要尽早把计划付诸实施。

　　8. come across:偶然遇见

　　When I was reading the newspaper,I came across a very interesting article on swimming. 我看报的时候,见到一篇很有趣的谈游泳的文章。

　　9. come on:进步;开始;上演

　　She is coming on well and will be out of the hospital tomorrow. 她身体在好起来,明天要出院了。

　　10. come out:出版;透露;结果是

　　His book on China's economic problems will come out next month. 他写的关于中国经济问题的书将于下月出版。

　　11. come through:活下来;成功

　　He was happy to have come through the examination. 他很高兴能够成功地通过考试。

　　12. come up with:赶上;提出

　　1)The horseman soon came up with the cyclists. 骑马的人很快赶上了骑车的人。

　　2)The technicians and workers have come up with new methods to increase production.技术员和工人们共同提出了增产的新办法。

　　13. cut back: 减少;截短

　　They cut back on production during the power cuts. 他们在停电期间缩减生产。

　　14. cut down:削减;砍倒;砍伤

　　This article is too long. You have to cut it down to 3,000 words. 文章太长,你得把它压缩到三千字。

　　15. cut in:插话

　　Don't cut in while I'm explaining my idea. 在我解释我的想法时,你不要插嘴。

　　16. cut off:切断;使隔绝

　　After the storm, we cut off the damaged branches. 暴风雨过后,我们把损坏的树枝砍掉了。

　　17. cut out:切掉,去掉;裁剪;停止,放弃

　　Cut out the talking and get back to work. 别再闲聊了,继续工作吧。

　　18. die out:逐渐消失;灭绝

　　Many old customs are gradually dying out. 许多旧习俗在渐渐消失。

　　19. fall behind:落在......之后

　　My brother played too much and fell behind his classmates. 我的弟弟太贪玩,功课落在了同学后面。

　　20. fall out:吵架;结果

　　1) When we were children, we fell out several times a day. 我们小的时候,一天要吵好几次。

　　2) Things fell out as we had expected. 事情的结果和我们预料的一样。

　　21. fall through:失败

　　We're not going to make the experiment after all-the whole thing's fallen through. 反正我们不准备搞这个实验了--整个事情已经全盘失败了。

　　22. get away:跑掉,逃脱

　　The spy tried to get away, but was caught and sent back. 特务想逃跑,可是被逮住送回来了。

　　23. get in:进入;收割

　　1)He invited us to get in the car and go for a ride with him. 他请我们上车,陪他乘车一游。

　　2)The farmers were busy getting in the crops. 农民们正忙于收割庄稼。

　　24. get together:召集

　　I'd like you to get the staff together, please. 我想请你去召集全体工作人员。

　　25. get up:起床;组织活动

　　1) The children at the kindergarten get up at seven every morning. 那个幼儿园的孩子们每天早上7点起床。

　　2) We're getting up a dance. 我们要举行舞会。

　　26. get across:(观点等)被理解

　　The idea got across to him. 这个主意被他接受了。

　　27. get along:进展;相处融洽

　　Nations should get along with each other. 各国应和睦相处。

　　28. get at:查明;够得着

　　The purpose of the present investigation is to get at the truth of the matter. 这次调查的目的在于查明事情的真相。

　　29. get by:通过;(勉强)过活

　　1) The crowd moved aside to let the firemen get by. 人群退向一边,让消防人员通过。

　　2) She can't get by on such a small income. 她无法靠这一点收入过活。

　　30. get down to:静下心工作

　　I really must get down to my studies. 我真的必须开始抓紧自己的学习了。

　　31. get on with:进展;与......相处融洽

　　He is a pleasant, friendly man who gets on well with everybody. 他和蔼可亲,和每一个人都相处得很好。

　　32. get out of:离开;避免

　　1) I'm going to get out of New York. 我将离开纽约。

　　2) You should get out of that bad habit. 你应该放弃那种坏习惯。

　　33. get through:做完;打通电话

　　1) He got through a lot of work in a day. 他一天完成了很多工作。

　　2) I phoned you several times this morning but didn't get through. 今天上午我给你打了几次电话都没打通。

　　34. get around:绕道走;回避

　　Don't try to get around the question by changing the subject. 别企图改变话题而回避问题。

　　35. give away:赠送;泄露

　　1) If you have no use for these books, I'll give them away. 这些书你如果用不着,我就送人了。

　　2) The examiners have given away the answer. 考官们泄露了答案。

　　36. give back:归还

　　We must go to the library to give back the magazines we borrowed last week. 我们必须去图书馆归还上星期借的杂志。

　　37. give off:发出

　　Ammonia gives off an irritating smell. 氨有一股刺鼻的臭味。

　　38. give out:分发;发出;发表;耗尽

　　1) The teacher gave out the examination papers. 教师发了考卷。

　　2) The firefly gives out a light as it flies. 萤火虫飞的时候发出一种光。

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