MBA英语重点实用词组

 　在MBA联考英语的备考中，单词，词组和语法同等重要，三者缺一不可，但是语法翻来覆去也就那么几种，很快就能掌握，单词和词组，数量非常庞大，就需要考生提前进行复习，每天按照一定数量进行记忆，在记忆的过程中也要善于归类，下面中公管理人就为大家举出英语重点实用词组。

　　come up to达到(高度、程度);符合

　　The workers came up against their employer’s unwillingness to pay higher wages.

　　Your recent work hasn’t come up to your earlier standards.

　　The water came up to his waist.

　　come up with赶上;提出

　　He couldnt come up with an answer.

　　他答不上来。

　　He couldnt come up with an appropriate answer just at the time.

　　那时他想不出一个合适的答案。

　　Come up with a proposal/response

　　提出建议/作出反映

　　compare to把…比作;比为

　　Mans life is often compared to a candle.

　　人生常被喻为蜡烛。

　　The poet compares his lover to a rose in his poems.诗人在他诗歌中把他的情人比作玫

　　瑰花。

　　compare with比较;与…相比

　　Walking cant compare with flying.

　　走路比不上飞行。

　　Living in a town cant compare with living in the country in many respects.

　　在许多方面城市生活比不上在乡村生活。

　　count on依靠，依赖

　　You can’t count on the weather being fine.

　　count up算出…总数，总计

　　Count up all those figures to me.

　　It counts up to more than 50 yuan.

　　cover up掩盖，掩饰

　　She tried to cover up her nervousness as she waited to make her speech.

　　cut across绕近道穿过;超越;遮住

　　Broader areas of study that cut across the divisions between school subjects.

　　a new group of members of parliament that cuts across party lines

　　无党派议员组成的新团体

　　The distance will be less if we cut across the fields.

　　cut back削减;终止;急忙返回

　　C

　　call for需要;要求;邀请

　　problems that call for immediate solution

　　Let’s go to the meeting together, and I’ll call for you.

　　to call for bid招标

　　The occasion calls for a cool head.

　　这种场合需要冷静的头脑。

　　call off取消;停止

　　The meeting has been called off.会议取消了。

　　call on拜访;看望;号召

　　We’ll call on Mary tomorrow.

　　I call on the people of this country to work hard for national unity.

　　call up打电话;使人想起;召集

　　I’ll call you up this evening.

　　These scenes called up my childhood memories.

　　The government is calling up men for the army.

　　can / could not help禁不住，忍不住

　　capable of有能力的;可以…的，可能

　　Are you capable of climbing that tree?

　　你能爬上那棵树吗?

　　She is proud of her son, whos very capable as a driver.她为他的儿子自豪,因为他很会开车。

　　That mobs capable of any crime.

　　那个暴徒什么违法的事都会干得出来。

　　This tool machine is capable of being improved. 这台机床是可以改进的。

　　care for照顾;关心;喜欢

　　I dont care for tea. 我不喜欢喝茶。

　　Hes good at caring for sick animals.

　　他精心照料生病的牲畜。

　　Uncle Dick is very good at caring for sick animals. 狄克大叔照管生病的动物,很在行。

　　carry off拿走，抓走，赢得(奖章等)

　　The college team carried off all the prizes of the table tennis.

　　大学代表队囊括了全部乒乓球比赛的奖项。

　　Jean carried off all the prizes in the competition.

　　carry on继续下去;从事

　　Even after the king had entered the room, she carried on talking.

　　Carry on reading! 继续读!

　　We must carry on till success in spite of the extremely difficult conditions.尽管条件极端困难,我们必须坚持下去,直到成功。

　　carry out执行，贯彻;实现

　　He carried out his promise to quit smoking.

　　burn down 烧毁;烧掉

　　The building was burnt down and only ashes were left.

　　burn out 烧光;熄灭;疲乏

　　The building was burnt out and only the walls remained.

　　You’ll burn yourself out if you work too hard.

　　burn up烧尽;烧旺

　　All the wood has been burnt up.

　　Put some more wood on the fire to make it burn up.

　　but for要是没有，要不是

　　But for my brothers help, I would not have finished.

　　要不是我兄弟的帮助，我是无法完成的。

　　注意：常+虚拟语气

　　by accident偶然;不小心

　　I met Jacob by accident in the cinema.

　　我偶然在电影院遇到了雅各布。

　　by all means尽一切办法;务必

　　by and by不久以后;不一会儿

　　He’ll come back by and by.

　　by and large 一般来说，大体上

　　By and large, your idea is a good one.

　　by far 得多;显然

　　He is by far the tallest among us.

　　His explanation is clear by far.

　　注意：主要用来修饰比较级，，强调数量、程度等。

　　by hand用手;由专人送的;用体力

　　by itself自动地，单独地

　　The house stands by itself outside the village. 这幢房子孤单地坐落在村外。

　　by means of通过…手段;借助于，用

　　by mistake弄错，错误地

　　by no means 根本没有;一点也不

　　I am by no means pleased with this behavior.

　　by oneself单独地，独自地

　　by the way顺便说说;顺便提起

　　By the way, what happened to the money?

　　顺便问一句，那笔钱后来怎么样了?

　　by virtue of由于;因为

　　Though she isn’t British by birth, she’s a British citizen by virtue of her marriage to an Englishmen.

　　by way of取道;用…方法，通过

　　by way of London 途经伦敦

　　learning reading by way of pictures用图片的方式学习阅读。

　　B

　　back and forth前后;来回

　　Someone was pacing back and forth behind the curtain. 有人在幕布后踱来踱去。

　　back down 放弃要求，让步

　　They refused to back down.他们不愿让步。

　　Since most of the people present agreed with her, I had to back down. 大多数到

　　会的人都同意她的意见,我只好放弃原来的意见了。

　　He has backed down from the position he took last week.

　　他已放弃他上星期所采取的立场。

　　The speakers forceful words persuaded his opponent to back down.

　　back up支持;堵塞;后退

　　Most members were against Mr. Jones, who would have lost his position if you hadn’t backed him up.

　　The new evidence backed up my argument.

　　新的证词有助于我的论点。

　　‘Dont shoot!’ he said and backed up.

　　“别开枪!” 他说着往后退。

　　Will you back me up in the argument.

　　be about to刚要，即将

　　bear / keep in mind牢记在心

　　You must bear in mind that your parents hope to depend on you to become a good doctor.

　　你要记住你的父母指望你成为一名好医生。

　　before long不久以后

　　Before long, the noise dropped completely and the boat began to drift gently across the water. 不久,轰鸣声完全消失了,于是这只船开始慢悠悠地漂浮在水面上。

　　beside point离题;不相干的

　　broke down出故障

　　The 8 oclock train broke down at Ferngreen station and was taken off the line.

　　8点钟的那趟车因在芬格林车站出了故障而被取消了。

　　The peace talks have broke down.

　　The figures must be broken down into several lists.

　　break in插嘴;闯入

　　He broke in with some ideas of his own.

　　Its her usual habit to break in with some ideas of her own.

　　他常常打断别人的话来发表自己的观点。

　　Dont break in when the adventurer is telling his own story.

　　冒险家讲他自己的经历时,别打断他。

　　Children shouldnt break in on adults conversation.小孩子不要打断大人们的谈话。

　　The telephone ring broke in on/upon my thoughts. 电话铃声打断了我的思路。

　　The burglar broke in and stole my money.

　　夜窃贼破门而入,偷了我的钱。

　　break into闯入;打断;突然开始

　　The thieves broke into the office and stole some money. 小偷闯入办公室，偷了一些钱。

　　The bandits broke into the jewelry and stole near all the valuable necklaces.土匪

　　们闯进了珠宝店盗走了几乎所有值钱的项链。

　　to break into a conversation.

　　to break into song 突然唱起歌来

　　The crowd broke into cheers and the drunk bowed.观众们爆发出一阵欢呼,醉汉鞠了一躬。

　　The car windows broke into pieces when the two cars crashed into each other.

　　两辆车相撞时车上的窗玻璃破裂成碎片。

　　The new waitress dropped the dish on the floor, and it broke into fragments.

　　新来的女服务员把菜盘子掉在地上,摔成了碎片。