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高中常考英语短语解析(O) 环亚外国语学校英语单词速记研究中心
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obey an order服人命令: Every one must obey an order absolutely in the army. 在军队里每个人必须绝对服从命令。 obey the commands of服从••••••的命令,听众••••••的指挥: We should obey the commands of our instructor at any time. 在任何时候我们都必须听从我们指导员的指挥。 obey under protest不情愿(勉强)服从: He obeyed my order under protest. 他不情愿地服从了我的命令。 object to反对,不赞成;讨厌: I object to the whole thing on principle. 我从原则上完全反对这件事。 She objects very much to a wet weather. 她十分讨厌雨天。 用法导航 object to, opposed to: 参见opposed to. occur to sb. 浮现在某人脑海中,被某人想起: A wonderful idea occurred to me. 我忽然想出一条妙计。 ocean liner远洋客轮: They wonder what are in the ocean liner. 此时,他们正坐在那条远洋客轮上。 oceans of . an ocean of极多的,大量的,许多的••••••: He spent oceans of money on books. 他花了许多钱买的书。 or a mind一条心,一个心愿;意见一致: The people of the various nationalities are of a mind in building China into a powerful socialist country.各族人民同心同德,要把中国建议成为一个强大的社会主义国家。 Most of us were of a mind with Mr. Wang on that matter. 在那个问题上,我们大多数人的意见跟王先生是一致的。 of a piece with与••••••是一致的;与•••••是同性质的: What he has done is of a piece with his previous conduct. 他这次所做的跟他以前的表现是一致的。 of a size同样大小的: The two boxes are of a size. 这两只箱子大小是一样的。 of a sort / sorts不完全名副其实的;勉强称得上的;较差的: Though some people praise his poems he’s really only a poet of a sort. 尽管有人称赞他的诗,实际上他只是一个蹩脚的诗人。 of age到达法定年龄;成年: The will said John would not be given the legacy until he was of age. 遗嘱写明约翰不到成年不得继承那笔遗产。 of all 在所有的之中(最••••••);不是别的••••••而偏是;有的是: You are my loves daughter of all. 你是我最心爱的女儿。 She disappeared on her birthday of all time. 她偏在生日那天不见了。 of all others在所有的当中(表示唯一、突出等): He is of all others the man for the mission. 在所有的人中间他是最适宜担负这任务的人。 of course当然,势必,自然,毫无疑问: I will come of course. 我自然要来。 That is a matter of course. 那是意料之中的事。 用法导航 (1) of course是as a matter of course的省略形式,指不可避免的结果或状况。 (2) of course 和to be sure二者同义,均可作“当然,无疑、自然”解,为插入语,作状语,通常与句子其它成分用逗号分开;但二者用法有所不同,of course可放在句首、句中或句尾,可与but连用,还可独立使用,而to be sure总用在句首。 of itself自行地: The door closed of itself. 那扇门自行关上了。 Victory will not come of itself. 胜利是不会自行到来的。 of late近来,最近: We have been rather busy of late. 我们近来较忙。 of old昔日的;当年的;很久: He often recollects days of old. 他常常加快起往昔的日子。 The man can’t deceive me/ I’ve known him of old 那个人可骗不了我,我早就了解他的为人了。 of oneself独自,自行;自然地,自发地;自动地,任意: The enemy will not perish of himself. 敌人是不会自行消灭的。 用法导航 of oneself意为“自由地”,in oneself意为“就其本身和性质而言”,by oneself意为“独自地”,of oneself, in oneself和by oneself都可以状语,但意思不同。 of sb.s own属于某人自己的,某人自己所有的: I have nothing of my own. 我自己一无所有。 用法导航 这条短语表示“属于某人自己的”的意思,只作后置修饰语,修饰带有a (n), this, that, some, any, no, one, two等词的名词或修饰one, nothing, something, anything等不定代词,起加强语气作用。(参见on one’s own.) of sb.’s (own) free will出于自愿: We helped her of our own free will. 我们自愿帮助她。 of the day当然的;当时的: As far as I know, he is one of the greatest artists of the day. 就我所知,他是当代伟大的艺术家之一。 He was unquestionably a great musician of the day. 他无疑是当时的一个大音乐家。 of the first water最好的;第一流的;上等的: He was no doubt a painter of the first water. 他无疑是位第一流的画家。 of the hour目前的,现在的,当今的;当前最突出的: He is certainly the hero of the hour. 他无疑是当今的英雄。 of the moment此刻,目前;最近;现在: This is the style of the moment. 这是目前最流行的式样。 All of them are men of the moment. 他们都是时下的红人。 用法导航 of the moment和on the moment介词不同,意思就有区别:of the moment表示“在此刻的,目前的,红极一时的”的意思,而on the moment是“立即,马上,当场”的意思。 of the same mind同意,意见相同;保持原来的意见: I am not of the same mind with you on the question. 在这个问题上我和你的意见不相同。 Is he still of the same mind? 他的意见有变吗? of the time当代的,当今的: They are the best scientists of the time. 他们是当代最好的科学家。 of use有用,有益: Computers are of great use to us. 电脑对我们的用处很大。 The idle man wastes his time and his life is of no use to himself or to others. 懒人虚度时日,他活着对已对人都没有好处。 off and on断断续续地,间断地,偶尔地: It rains off and on these days. 这些天断断续续地下着雨。 off balance失去平衡;不防备地;无准备地: The little boy ran so fast that he was thrown off his balance and fell over. 那个小孩跑得太快了,身体一下失去了平衡,跌倒在地。 off base与事实不符的;错误的: So far as I know, what he said at the meeting is off base. 据我所知,他在会上讲的话是与事实不符。 off color身体不舒服;没有精神: He’s been rather off color lately. Is he feeling sick? 他近来气色很不好,是不是生病啦? off duty不班;不在上班的时候: We’ll be off duty at mid – night. 我们半夜十二点下班。 offhand 立即,马上;即席,即兴: I can’t tell you offhand. 我不能马上告诉你。 He composed a song offhand. 他即兴作了一首曲子。 用法导航 Offhand, at once: 有一些细微差别,offhand是指不假思索的“马上”,at once则是指毫不耽误的“马上”,因此,offhand还有“粗枝大叶”的意思,常与out of hand换用。 off one’s hands与某人地关,脱手;摆脱,不再用某人负责,不需再照顾: That task is off my hands. 那个任务与我无关了。 Jim was glad to have the sick dog taken off his hands by he doctor. 吉姆很高兴那只病狗已交由医生看护了。 off (out of) one’s head神经错乱,神志不清;疯狂的: That old man is off his head, he’s mad! 那个老人神志不清,他疯了! The young man must have been off his head to give up a post in the bank. 这个青年人放弃了他的和职位准是昏了头啦。 off the mark没有打中目标;离题的;(赛跑时)很快起跑;不迟延,马上: The discussins are off the mark. 讨论离题了。 off with去掉,拿掉,砍掉,摘掉: “Off with his head!” shouted the angry people. “砍掉他的头!”愤怒的人们叫喊着。 off with you去你的,走开,滚蛋: Off with you at once. 马上给我滚开。 after itself呈现,出现: The beautiful scene offers itself before them. 美丽的景象呈现在他们眼前。 offer oneself自我推荐,自告奋勇: He offered himself to do the job. 他自告奋勇地去做这个工作。 offer sb. a hand主动帮助某人,向某人求婚: Peter offered me a hand by carrying a big heavy box for me. 彼得主动帮我打一个又大又重的盒子。 Jack offered his hand to Jane. 杰克向珍妮求婚。 on a diet节食: She told me that she was on a diet at present. 她告诉我她目前在节食。 on a level (with)和•••••同一水准;和•••••相等: The water rose until it was on a level with the river banks. 水涨到与河堤相平。 They were not on a level. 他们不是同水平的。 on account of因为,由于,为了: He fired but missed on account of the darkness. 他开枪射击,可是由于天黑没有击中。 He could not come on account of his illness. 他因病不能来。 on and on不停地,不断地,连续地: Tom talked on and on and we’re all tired. 汤姆不停地说,我们真感到累了。 on balance总的说来,总之: His suggestion has proved useful on balance. 总的说来,他的建议被证明是很有用的。 on board在船上;上船(飞机,公用车辆): There are only five foreigners on board. 在船上只有五个外国人。 As soon as I’m on board I always feel sick. 我一到船上,就总感到恶心。 用法导航 (1) on board在美国常指“在车上”“上火车”,而在英国通常指“在船上”“上船”。 (2) on board 和on the board形似而实不同,on board作在船(飞机、车),到船上讲时,作状语,on the board作“在委员会中,在理事会中”解, 还可转义为“在会上讨论”。 on display陈列;展览: Those cars are on display now. 那些车现在正在展览。 on duty值班,当班,上斑: Who is on duty today? 今天谁值班? All but me are not on duty. 除我一人外全部都不上班。 on earth地球上,世界上;究竟;到底,全然,一点儿也: China has the largest population on earth. 中国在世界上人口最多。 Shakespeare is the greatest play writer on earth. 莎士比亚是世界上最伟大的剧作家。 Where on earth have you been just now? 刚才你到底上哪儿去了? 用法导航 (1) on earth在作“在世界上、在人间”讲时,一般不用冠词。相当于in the world (2) on earth作“究竟、到底”解时,起强调作用,一般用在who, what, when, why, how 等疑问词、否定词或形容词最高级后加强语气。 (3) on earth, on the earth 和in the earth: on earth有两个意思:在世界上,相当于in the world; 究竟,到底;一点儿也,全然,相当于at all的意义和用法,这时常用在疑问词。否定词或最高级后加强语气。on the earth的意思是“在地球上”,用作地点状语和连系动词be的表语。in the earth尽管可译为“在世界上”,实际上它含有“在地下、在土里”的意思。因此,世界上空间的存在物不能用它。 on fire着火,燃烧着;非常激动,充满热情: The garage was on fire. 这车库着火了。 I felt as if I were on fire and sparks wren flashing from every hair of my head. 我感到全身如火烧,每一根头发上都仿佛闪出火星来。 The passion of the mob were set on fire by inflammatory speeches. 慷慨激昂的演说使群情激动。 用法导航 on fire属固定用法,表示“着火”“激动”等意,不能说on fires 或on the fire. on the fire意为“悬而未决的,处于考虑中的”,多用于口语。 on foot步行;徒步;在进行中: She always goes home on foot. 她总是步行回家。 The investigation is already on foot. 调查早已在进行了。 用法导航 on foot本义指“步行”,用作方式状语,它也常常转义指某事情“正在计划或执行之中,含进行时的被动意义,可用作表语、后置定语等。 on guard警惕,防范;值班,站岗: The action of the thief soon put the policeman on guard. 那小偷的行动很快使警察们警惕起来。 用法导航 on guard 和on one’s guard介词短语都表示动词的意义,一般用在连系动词be的后面作表语,或作后置被补语、定语。on guard主要用于部队值班的场合,表示“站岗、放哨”的意思,on one’s guard 是用来提醒一般人们注意。表示“警惕、提防”的意思,其后常接介词against或for,表示某人希望避免或防止予以打击的人或东西,有时one’s 可省略,即on guard, 要液晶识别其意义。 on hand现有,在手头,准备好了的;在近处,在手边,临近;即将发生;到场,在场,出席: I’m sorry I have no money on hand. 对不起,我手中没有现金。 Always have your dictionary on hand when you study. 学习时要随时把词典放在手边。 There is trouble on hand. 要有麻烦了。 I will be on hand when you can me. 你只要叫一声我立刻到。 用法导航 on hand是一习语,在句中和表语或状语,意为“现在在手头的;准备的”和“在近处,在手边;临近”等,含有即将来临的意味。 on holiday在休假中,在度假: My secretary is away on holiday this week. 我的秘书本周度假去了。 on ice一定会成功,肯定会赢,稳操胜券: Our victory is on ice. 我们肯定会赢。 on leave在休假: The superintendent is on leave but may I help you? 主管在休假,不过我可以帮你的忙吗? on no condition在任何情况下都不,决不: You must do this on no condition. 你必须在任何情况下都不能做这件事。 on occasion有时,间或地;随时,临时: I call on my aunt on occasion. 我有时去拜访姨妈。 I meet Woman on occasion at the dances. 我时常在舞会上见到威曼。 用法导航 on occasion 和on the occasion of: 意思不同。on occasion表示“偶尔地,有时候”的意思,而on the occasion of表示“在••••••之际,在•••••时候”的意思。 on one’s feet起立,站立,站起来;恢复健康: Look! The baby is on its feet. 瞧!这婴儿站起来了。 He’s barely back on his feet, but he insists on coming to work. 他还没全复元,却坚持要上班工作。 用法导航 on one’s feet 和to one’s feet互为近义词,on one’s feet表示的是状态,因而常与stand, be等静态动词连胜,而to one’s feet表示的是动作,故一般与bound, dart, jump, spring, start等动态动词连用。 on one’s guard警戒,警惕,留心,谨防,提防: You must be on your guard against swindlers. 你必须谨防骗子。 on one’s hands由某人负责,由某人照料;成为某人的负担: The revision of the book is on his hands. 这本书的校订工作归他负责。 She has many orphans on her hands. 她有许多孤独要她照顾。 on one’s knees跪着;哀求: When he was captured, the enemy officer fell on his knees and begged for his life. 那个军官被俘时,跪下来乞求饶命。 on one’s mind惦记;担心;焦虑: Something was obviously on his mind but he refused to say what it was. 他显然是在担心什么事,但他去不愿说出是什么。 on one’s own time在工作之余,在非工作时间: If you want to go swimming, you’ll have to do it on you own time. 假如你要游泳,你必须利用业余时间去游。 on one’s toes警觉的;随时准备行动的: A successful ball player is always on his toes. 成功的球员总是机警的。 |
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