a big headache 令人头痛的事情
a complicated social phenomenon 复杂的社会现象
acquire knowledge and skills 学习知识和技能a fraction of 一部分a matter of concern 焦点a series of 一系列，一连串above all 首先，尤其是advanced science and technology 先进的科学技术absent from 不在，缺席abundant in 富于account for 解释a controversial issue 有争议性的问题accuse sb. of sth. 控告admittedly 应当承认attach great importance to... 重视add to 增加after all 毕竟，究竟agree with 同意a heated discussion / debate 热烈的讨论/争论ahead of time / schedule 提前ahead of 在…之前alien to 与…相反all at once 突然,同时all but 几乎；除了…都all of a sudden 突然all over again 再一次，重新all over 遍及all right 令人满意的；可以all the same 仍然，照样的all the time 一直，始终angry with sb. at / about sth. 生气，愤怒anxious about / for 忧虑,担心an irresistible trend of... 必然趋势anything but 根本不apart from 除…外(有/无)appeal to 吸引，申诉，请求applicable to 适用于apply to 适用appropriate for / to 适当,合适approximate to 近似,接近apt at 聪明,善于apt to 易于arouse wide public concern / draw public attention引起了广泛的公众关注around the clock 夜以继日a reliable source of information 可靠的信息源argument on both sides 双方的论点as a matter of fact 实际上as a result (of) 因此，由于as a rule 通常，照例as far as...be concerned 就…而言as far as 远至，到…程度as follows 如下as for 至于，关于as good as 和…几乎一样as if 好像，仿佛as regards 关于，至于as to 至于，关于a symbol of society progress 社会进步的体现as usual 像平常一样，照例as well as 除…外（也）；还as well 同样，也，还as far as I am concerned / personally 就我而言/就个人而言ashamed of 羞愧，害臊As the proverb goes... 正如谚语所说…aside from 除…外（还有）ask for the moon 异想天开at a loss 茫然，不知所措at a time 一次，每次at all costs 不惜一切代价at all events 不管怎样，无论如何at all times 随时，总是at all 丝毫（不），一点也不at any rate 无论如何，至少at best 充其量，至多at first sight 乍一看，初看起来at first 最初，起先at hand 在手边，在附近at heart 内心里，本质上at home 在家，在国内at intervals 不时，每隔…at large 大多数，未被捕获的a totally different argument 完全不同的观点at last 终于at least 至少at length 最终，终于at most 至多，不超过at no time 从不，绝不at one time 曾经，一度；同时at present 目前，现在at someone’s disposal 任…处理at the cost of 以…为代价at the mercy of 任凭…摆布at the moment 此刻，目前at this rate 照此速度at times 有时，间或aware of 意识到
B
back and forth 来回地，反复地back of 在…后面back up 后备，支援bare of 几乎没有，缺乏be faced with new opportunities and challenges面临新的机遇和挑战be able to do 能够be committed / devoted to... 致力于/投身于be supported by sound reasons 有充分的理由支持be around 差不多be beneficial / conducive to... 对…有益be available to sb. 可用，可供be bound to 一定be capable of doing 能够be concerned with 关心…，涉足…be directly / indirectly related to... 有直接/间接关系be dying to 渴望be fed up with 够了be tired of 厌烦的be in hospital 住院be in season 上市的be in the mood to do sth. 想做be pressed for time 时间不够be tied up with 忙于be indispensable to... 对…必不可少be no exception …也不例外be under the weather 身体不好beat around the bush 拐弯没角beat the crowd 避开人群before long 不久以后behind schedule 误点bent on sth. 下定决心做…beside point 离题的，不相干的beyond one’s ability超越某的能力beyond question 毫无疑问blameless / beyond reproach 无可非议book on reserve 预留的图书booked up 订完了both physically and mentally 身心两方面bound for 开往break down 抛锚break through 突破break up with 和某人分手bring about 使…发生bring someone up to date 帮某人赶上by accident 偶然by air 通过航空途径by all means 尽一切办法，务必by and by 不久，迟早by chance 偶然，碰巧by far 最，…得多by hand 用手，用体力by itself 自动地，独自地by means of 用，依靠by mistake 错误地，无意地by no means 绝不，并没有by oneself 单独地，独自地by reason of 由于by the way 顺便说说by virtue of 借助，由于by way of 经由，通过…方法
Ccannot bear closer analysis / cannot hold water 经不起推敲call off 取消call on 号召，邀请，点某人的名，拜访capable of 能够careful of / about / with 小心，注意certain of / about 确信，肯定chair a meeting 主持会议charge sb. with sth. 因为某事控告某人clear of 没有，不接触clever at 善于close to 接近，亲近come in contact with 与…取得联系convenient and efficient 方便快捷compared with... / in comparison with 与…比较come out of sth. alive 大难不死come up (with) 提出，拿出comparable to / with 比作/比较comprehensive quality 综合素质conscious of 察觉到，意识到consequent on 随之而来considerate towards 体谅，体贴contemporary with 与…同时代content with 满足于contrary to 违反cost someone an arm and a leg 代价很大 count down 倒计时count one’s chickens before they are hatched 过于乐观count on 依靠count the day 期待counter to 与…相反crazy about 热衷，着迷critical of 挑剔，批评cry in one’s beer借酒消愁cry on one’s shoulder 依靠curious about 好奇，想知道cut down on 减少cut down 削减cut in 插入cut off 切断cut out 切除cut someone short 打断cut through 抄近路cut up 切碎
Ddie out 灭绝distinct from 种类（风格）不同do harm to / be harmful to / be detrimental to 对…有害do the laundry 洗衣服doubtful of / about 怀疑drop by / in 顺路拜访due to 由于，因为
Eeach other 互相Easier said than done. 说起来容易做起来难。east of 在…东面environmental protection 环保（的）enhance / promote mutual understanding增进相互了解equal to 相等，胜任equivalent to 等于，相当于essential to / for 必不可少even if / though 即使，虽然ever so 非常，极其every now and then 时而，偶尔every other 每隔一个的exchange ideas / emotions / information 交流思想/情感/信息except for 除了…外expand one’s scope of knowledge 扩大知识面exert positive / negative effects on...对…产生有利/不利的影响expert at / in / on 善于Exploit to the full one’s favourable conditions and avoid unfavourable ones. 扬长避短。Every coin has its two sides. / No garden without weeds.
有利有弊。
Fface to face 面对面地faculty members 教职员工faithful to 忠实于fall flat 平躺在地上familiar to sb. 为…所熟悉familiar with sth. 熟悉，通晓far from 远非，远离fatal to 致命的favourable to 支持，赞成fearful of 惧怕feel at home 熟悉feel blue 心情不好feel free to 随便financial burden / psychological burden 经济/心理负担figure out sth. 解决fit for 适合from another perspective 从另一个角度flat tire 轮胎没气focus time and energy on... 把时间和精力放在…上fond of 喜欢for ever 永远for good 永久地for the better 好转for the moment 暂时，目前for the present 暂时，目前for the sake of 为了，为了…的利益for the time being 暂时，眼下foreign to 非…所原有free of / from 未受…；免费free with 慷慨，大方from time to time 有时，不时full up 客满
Ggive (top) priority to sth. 优先考虑/发展…get a bargain 买到便宜货get nowhere with 毫无进展get over 恢复get used to 习惯于give off 发出give someone a big hand 为某人鼓掌give someone a hand 帮忙go about sth. 开始做…go after 追求go ahead 同意做某事go by 遵守go down 下降，往下传go for 竭尽全力做go into 进入，开始从事go off 出发go out 熄灭，外出go over 复习， 从头到尾检查一遍go round / around 足够分配go sightseeing 去观光go steady with 和某人确定关系go through 从头到尾go without 单独guilty of 有…罪的
Hhad better 最好have its merits and demerits / advantages and disadvantages …有其自身的优缺点hand in hand 手拉手，密切关联hang up 挂断have one’s hands full 很忙，应接不暇have / provide the following reasons / evidence有/提供如下理由/证据have the final say 有决定权head on 迎面地，正面地heart and soul 全心全意地hold different attitudes towards this issue对这一问题持有不同态度hold out for sth. 坚持要求hold up 坚持hold water 站得住脚how about...? 怎么样？how come 怎么会hungry for 渴望
Iignorant of 不知道immediate interest / short-term interest 眼前利益impatient at sth. 不耐烦impatient for 急切，渴望impatient of 无法容忍in peak season 旺季interest in the long run 长远利益integrate theory with practice 理论和实践相结合in (the) light of 鉴于，由于in a hurry 匆忙，急于in a moment 立刻，一会儿in a sense 从某种意义上说in a way 在某种程度上in a word 简言之，总之in all aspects of human life 在人类生活的方方面面in accordance with 与…一致，按照in addition to 除…之外（还）in addition 另外，加之in advance 预先，事先in all 总共，合计in any case 无论如何in any event 无论如何in brief 简单地说in case of 假如，防备in contrast / on the contrary 相反in charge of 负责，总管in common 共用的，共有的in consequence (of) 因此；由于in debt 欠债，欠情in detail 详细地in difficulty 处境困难in effect 实际上，事实上in favour of 支持，赞成in front of 面对，在…前in general 一般来说，大体上in half 成两半in hand 在进行中，待办理in honour of 为庆祝，为纪念in itself 本质上，就其本身而言in line with 与…一致in memory of 纪念in no case 无论如何不in no time 立即，马上in no way 绝不in order 按顺序，按次序in other words 换句话说in part 部分地in particular 特别，尤其in person 亲自，本人in place of 代替，取代，交换in place 在合适的位置in practice 在实践中，实际上in proportion to 与…成比例in public 公开地，当众in quantity 大量in question 正在谈论的in regard to 关于，至于in relation to 关于，涉及in return for 作为对…报答in return 作为报答/回报/交换in short 简言之，总之in sight 被见到；在望in spite of 尽管in step with 与…一致/协调in tears 流着泪，在哭着in terms of 依据，根据in the company / wake of 随着in the course of 在…期间/过程中in the distance 在远处in the end 最后，终于in the event of 如果…发生，万一in the face of 即使；在…面前in the first place 首先in the future 在未来in the heat of the day 一天中最热的时候in the least 丝毫，一点in the long run 长期in the way 挡道in the world 究竟，到底in time 及时in touch 联系，接触in turn 依次，轮流；转而in vain 徒劳，白费力indifferent to 无兴趣，不关心indignant with sb. 愤慨inferior to 级别低于，不如innocent of 无…罪，无辜instead of 代替，而不是intent on 专心于invisible to 不可见的It is commonly believed / recognized that... 人们普遍认为…It is undeniable that... / There is no denying that... 不可否认…
Jjealous of 嫉妒just now 眼下；刚才
Kkeep pace with / catch up with / keep abreast with the latest development of... 跟上…的最新发展keep one’s eyes on 关注keep on 爱好，很喜欢keep track of 留心kind of / sort of 有点
Llay off 下岗lay a solid foundation for... 打下坚实的基础leave alone 别说lead to / give rise to / contribute to / result in 导致，引起let the cat out of the bag 泄露秘密liable for 对…有责任liable to 易于little by little 逐渐地look for / hunt for 找工作lost the point 弄错lots of 许多loyal to 忠于
Mmad about / on 狂热迷恋mad at / with sb. 生气，愤怒make joint efforts 做出共同努力mad with 因…发狂make contributions to the society 为社会做贡献make (both) ends meet 收支平衡make a living 谋生make it 成功make full use of / take advantage of 充分利用make the best / most of 充分利用many a 许多mark the papers 批改考卷major / minor in 主修/辅修meet one’s needs 满足要求might as well 不妨mistake A for B 认错mirror of social progress 社会进步的反映more or less 或多或少，有点my treat 我请客
Nnarrow escape 九死一生necessary to / for 必要的next door 隔壁的，在隔壁next to 下一个，其次no doubt 无疑地no less than 不少于…；不亚于no longer 不再no more than 至多，同…一样不no more 不再none other than 不是别的，正是nothing but 只有，只不过now and then 时而，偶尔
Ooff and on 断断续续，间歇地offer job opportunities 提供就业机会off duty 下班on (the) one hand 一方面on a large / small scale 大/小规模地on account of 由于on behalf of 代表on board 在船（车/飞机）上on business 因公on condition that 如果on duty 上班，值班on earth 究竟，到底on fire 起火；着火on foot 步行on guard 站岗，值班on hand 在场，在手边on loan to 借给on occasion(s) 有时，间或on one’s guard 警惕，提防on one’s own 独立，独自on purpose 故意地on sale 出售，廉价出售on schedule 按时间表，准时on second thoughts 经重新考虑on the contrary 正相反on the grounds of 根据，以…为由on the other hand 另一方面on the point of 即将…的时刻on the road 在旅途中on the side 作为兼职/副业on the spot 在场；马上on the whole 总的来说，大体上on time 准时on (an / the) average 平均，通常once (and) for all 一劳永逸地once again 再一次once in a while 偶尔once more 再一次once upon a time 从前one another 相互one’s cup of tea 喜欢的人/物open to 不限制，开放的opposite to 在对面or else 否则，要不然or so 大约，左右other than 除非；除了out of breath 喘不过气来out of control 失去控制out of date 过时的out of doors 在户外out of order 出故障的out of place 不适当的out of practice 久不练习，荒疏out of sight 看不见，在视野外out of the question 毫无可能的out of touch 不联系，不接触out of 从…中；由于；缺乏over and over (again) 一再地，再三地
Pparallel to 与…平等，类似particular about 挑剔,讲究patient with 有耐心people / those in favour of the former / latter opinion支持前/后种观点的人peculiar to 独特的，独有的pick up 捡play an increasingly important role in...发挥着日益重要的作用play by ear 见机行事popular with 受…喜爱，爱戴prior to 在…之前pull one’s leg 拿某人开玩笑put someone on 欺骗，捉弄put someone up 给某人提供住宿put up with 忍受
Qquite a few 相当多，不少
Rrain cats and dogs 瓢泼大雨replace / substitute / take the place of 代替rather than 不是…（而是）reach an absolute consensus on... 就…达到绝对的一致reach agreement 达成协议reach an agreement 达成一致regardless of 不顾，不惜relieve stress / burden 缓解压力/减轻负担relative to 与…有关remove from 从…除去representative of 代表…的
Ssatisfy / meet the needs of... 满足需求sense of competition and cooperation 竞争与合作精神sense of responsibility / sense of achievement责任感/成就感set forth a compromise proposal 提出折中提议slip one’s mind 忘记social status 社会地位so far 迄今为止somewhere around 大约Some people...while others... …一些人…而另外一些人…sooner or later 迟早，早晚sore throat 嗓子哑stay up late 熬夜step by step 逐步地subject to 受制于，易于such as 例如，诸如sufficient for 足够的suitable for / to 适合于superior to 优于,级别高于sure of / about 对…有信心，确信suspicious of 怀疑
TTake the essence and discard the dregs. 取其精髓，取其糟粕。take a leave 请假take effective measures to do sth. 采取有效措施来…take a seat / be seated 就座take one’s place 取代take one’s time 慢慢来take sth. seriously 认真对待take up 占据take many factors into account / consideration考虑到诸多因素thanks to 由于，多亏that is (to say) 就是说，即the advantages far outweigh the disadvantages 利远远大于弊the rapid development of economy 经济的快速发展the remarkable improvement / steady growth of people’s living standard 人民生活水平的显著提高/稳步增长the reverse is also true 反之亦然the healthy development of... …的健康发展the inevitable result of social development社会发展的必然结果the ever⁃accelerated updating of science and technology科技的飞速更新the increasingly fierce social competition日益激烈的社会竞争tired of 对…不再感兴趣to some extent / degree / in some way 在一定程度上to the point 切中要害，切题turn over 倾覆typical of 是典型的，特有的
Uuncertain of / about 不确知under control 处于控制之下Undoubtedly / There is no doubt that... 毫无疑问…under the circumstances 这种情况下unshakable duty 不可推卸的义务up in the air 没有确定up to date 在进行中up to 多达；直到；胜任；取决于
Vvaluable natural resources 宝贵的自然资源vital to 对…关系重大Views on...vary from person to person. 对…观点因人而异。void of 没有，缺乏
Wwhat about? 怎么样？what if 切合目前情况的what’s up / new? 发生了什么事？with regard to 关于，至于with respect to 关于；就…而言with the exception of 除…之外widen one’s horizon / broaden one’s vision 开阔眼界without any trace 没有踪迹without fail 一向如此without question 毫无疑问wolf down 狼吞虎咽word for word 逐字的文章整理于网络 如有侵权请联系删除更多咨询请留言或私信
