MBA2000英语复习笔记—关键词组O、P、Q(3)
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pay back还钱,偿还;报复
I owe you some money. Let me pay you back now.
He has insulted me. I’ll pay him back later.
I'll certainly pay you back for what you did to me! 你那样对待我,我一定要回敬你的!
How can I pay you back for all your kindness? 你的这番好意我该怎么报答呢?
pay off还清(债);得到好结果
Some families never pay their debts off.
Will the Jackson’s business pay off?
Did your plan pay off? 你的计划成功了吗?
pick out挑选出;辨认出
pick up捡起;学会;半路搭人;加快
Where did you pick up your Russian?
I don’t have time to come to your house, but I could pick you up at the end of the street.
pick up speed 加速
piece together 拼合
The policeman tried to piece together the facts.
play a part in在…中起作用
point out指出,指明
prior to在…之前;更重要的;优先的
A prior engagement will preclude me from coming. 我因有约在先,不能来了。
I have a prior engagement and so can't go with you. 我预先有约会,所以不能跟你去。
The contract will be signed prior to the ceremony. 合同将在仪式举行之前签字。
This task is prior to all others.
这项任务比所有其他任务都重要。
I stopped playing football because my work had a prior claim on my time. 我停止了踢足球,因为我必须优先处理我的工作。
pull down拆毁;降低
Half the houses in the street are being pulled down to make room for the new post office.
pull out拔出,抽出;(火车)离站
The circus is planning to pull out of the suburb park tomorrow morning.
马戏团计划明天上午离开城郊公园。
The peace-preserving army of the United Nations pulled out of the area.
联合国的维和部队撤出了那个地区。
pull up停下 ,停车
The driver pulled up (his car) at the gate of the school. 司机在学校大门口停下了车。
The car pulled up suddenly at the traffic lights.
put across解释清楚;使人接受
I'm not putting my meaning across very well. 我未把我的意思解释清楚。
A good speaker knows how to put his message across to his audience.
The Beatles put that song across better than anyone else.
put aside放在一边;储存;保留
He puts aside $100 a month to pay for his summer holiday.
The young lovers have been trying to put some money aside for their marriage ceremony.
年青的恋人一直努力存钱以备举行婚礼时用。
He has a little money put aside for a rainy day. 他积蓄了一点钱以备不时之需。
The manager had to put his work aside for a time for an urgent accident. 经理不得不暂时搁下手头的工作去处理一件紧急事故。
put away放好;收好
Fred generally puts his tools away.
The boy put the food away in the cupboard after he finished his dinner.
小男孩吃完晚饭后把食品在橱里放好。
put down写下;记下;镇压
Put down his phone number before you forget it.
Troops were used to put down the rebellions.
"Put it down to my account, please."
“请把它记在我的帐上”
put forward提出;推荐;把…提前
The older members of the committee put forward a suggestion.
May I put your name forward as a possible chairman of the committee?
The warm weather has put the crops forward by a month.
Put the clocks forward. 将钟拨快。
In 1860, a better plan was put forward by an Englishman, William Low. 1860年,一个名叫威廉.娄的英国人提出了一项更好的计划。
Shall we put Mr. Willinton forward as the candidate for chairman of the committee?我们提名惠灵顿先生作为委员会主席的候选人,好吗?
put in伸进;提出;提交;申请,请求
If the goods were damaged in the post, you can put in a claim to the post office.
如果货物在邮递途中遭到损坏,你可向邮局索赔.
put in for 申请;正式要求
They've put in for more money for the building of the new highway. 他们已为这条新公路的建设申请要更多的钱了。
put into effect实行;执行
put into operation实施,使生效,使运行
put off延期;推迟;关掉;阻止,妨碍
Don't put off until tomorrow what can be done today. 今日可做的事不要拖到明天。
There's an hour to put in before we set off.
我们还得待一小时才出发。
The monitor's thinking things over; nobody should do anything to put him off.
班长正在细细考虑,任何人都不要使他分心。
put on穿上;戴上;上演;增加(体重)
He put his coat on. 他穿上外衣。
The workers on the construction site should put on their safety helmets before starting to work. 建筑工地上的工人在开始工作以前都必须戴上安全帽。
The students usually put on a play at the end of the year.
So many people wanted to go to the match that another train had to be put on.
要去观看比赛的人那么多,只好增开一列火车。
put on speed 增加速度
The old gentleman likes to put grease on his hair to make it shiny.
老先生喜欢喜欢给头发擦上发膏使它光亮。
put out熄灭;关灯;生产出,出版
Please put out the light before you go to bed. 上床之前请把灯关掉.
Put the fire out.
The company puts out 13 new machines every month.
put to use使用,利用
put up举起;修建;提供
to put up a tent 架起帐篷
Put your hands up!
We can put up ten people for the night at a pinch. 必要时我们可以留宿十个人。
The plan for the new theatre are all prepared, but who will put up the money?
They put up a shed in the garden to keep tools in.
put up with忍受;容忍
I don’t like this noise, but I suppose we must put up with it.
I can't put up with your hypocrisy any more.我再也不能容忍你的虚伪态度了。
That woman, as a housewife, has a lot to put up with.
那个女人是个家庭主妇不得不忍受许多烦恼。
Q
qualify for 使合格;使具有资格
Do you qualify for the vote?
你有投票资格吗?
I hope to qualify as a doctor.
我希望取得医生资格。
A degree in English does not qualify you to teach English. 你的英语程度教书不够格。
quite a few不少,相当多的