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as easy as ABC 很容易注解 as easy as ABC 是一个常用的固定词组，用来修饰、说明句中的主语，在句中可用做表语。This question is not difficult at all,it is as easy as ABC.a piece of cake 很容易注解 a piece of cake与as easy as ABC同义，不同之处在于a piece of cake是一个名词词组，是一个非正式用法，多用于口语。Passing the exam is not a piece of cake.(be) able to 能做注解 该词组是一个非常常用的固定用法。同情态动词can用法相似，但be able to可以用于不同的时态，can只能用于现在时和过去时。Nobody is able to solve this problem.a lot of 许多，大量的注解 a lot of 后面通常连接可数名词或不可数名词，其意同many或much，非正式用法也可用lots of。The child got a lot of presents for his birthday.There is a lot of water in the jug.a great deal of 大量的、许多注解 该词组与a lot of、plenty of同义，不同在于a great deal of后面只跟不可数名词。The student spent a great deal of time studying English.a large amount of 大量的、许多注解 该词组与a lot of、plenty of、a great deal of同义，它同a great deal of相同，只用于修饰不可数名词，在正式英语肯定句中取代much。A large amount of money is spent on import every year.a number of 若干、许多注解 a number of意为several，“若干”后面只连接可数名词。A number of guests were invited to the party.a few 几个、一些注解 该词组与a number of相似，也只用于修饰可数名词。There are only a few eggs left.She wanted to read a few pages more before going to bed.apart from 除以外注解 该词组所表示的“除以外”可表示两层意思，即表示不包括在内“not including”；也可表示包括所指的整体之内。Apart from some spelling mistakes,composition is good.(not including)他的作文写得不错，除了几个拼写错误。Apart from his nose,hes quite good-looking.Apart from these two books,I still have some.除了这两本书以外，我还有几本。add to 增加注解 该词组是一个动词词组，意为“to increase”；“add to”中的“to”是个介词。Two added to eight makes ten.I have little to add to what he said.add up to 合计、总计注解 该词组同add to相似，不同在于此词组更强调“总和”。The figures add up to 365.总数共计365.answer for 对负责注解 该词组是动词短语，是一个比较正式的用法。He will answer for his bad manners.act as 当作、充当注解 该词组是一个动词词组。act是动词，我们最初学的词义是“行动”，而该词中act的词义是“担当”。She acted as our tourist guide.accustomed to 习惯于注解 be accustomed to是一个常用的固定词组。accustomed是一个形容词，意为“习惯于”；“to”是介词。Hes not accustomed to getting up so early.agree with 同意、赞同注解 该词组是动词短语，一般意为同意某人、某事（agree with sb. or sth.）。I cantt agree with you on this matter.agree to 同意、赞同注解 该词组与agree with是同义词，其不同在于agree to意为同意计划、建议、想法。Do you agree to my plan?approve of 赞成、支持注解 该词组与agree with和agree to词义相同，意为同意、赞成某人或某事。I approve of what he said and what he did.angry with(at) 对生气注解 该词组是一个常用的词组，意为“对（某人）生气”。该词组中的angry为形容词。I was angry with him for keeping me waiting so long.He was angry at his neighbor about the noisy party.angry about(at) 对生气注解 该词组与be angry with(at)同义，都表示“对生气”，但不同在于生气的对象不同，angry about（at）常用于对某件事生气。The father was angry at what his son had done.I was angry about missing that film at the cinema.arrive at 达成（决定、协议）注解 arrive at是一个固定用法。arrive这词我们在中学就已熟悉了，它的词义是“到达”。一般指到达一个小地方用arrive at，而到一个大地方用arrive in。而该词组所表达的词义，即“达成（协议、决定）”只用arrive at。After many hours talk,the two parties arrived at an agreement.as a matter of fact 事实上注解 该词组是一个常用的词组，词义与actually同义。He doesnt mind.As a matter of fact,hes very pleased.as it is 事实上注解 该短语与as a matter of fact，in fact同义，也用来表示“事实上”的意义。We hoped that things would get better,but as it is,they are getting worse.as a rule 通常；一般注解 该词组是一个惯用词组，意为generally、customarily，在句子中起副词作用，作状语。As a rule,he gets up at five oclock and does moring exercise in the park.as usual 通常注解 该词组同as a rule相似，不同在于as usual所强调的是as always（跟往常一样）。On Sundays he gets up early as usual.as soon as 一就注解 as soon as是连接时间状语从句常用的短语，意为immediately。Ill write to you as soon as I arrive there.at hand 即将来临；在近处注解 该词组是一个由hand组成的常用词组，意为coming soon（将要来临）和nearby（在近处）。The examinations are at hand.When he writes,he always keeps a dictionary at hand.around the corner 即将来临，在近处注解 around the corner这个词组在构成上和用法上都与at hand相同。National Day is around the corner.at the speed of 以的速度注解 该词组是一个使用频率较高的介词短语。介词at用来表示衡量价格、比率、速度等。在句中该词组都用作状语。The train travels at the speed of 200 km per hour.at the rate of 以速度注解 该词组同at the speed of同义，但at the rate of还有“以比率”；“以价格”之意。I bought the oranges at the rate of 50 cents a kilo.我以50美分一公斤的价格买了这些桔子。at present 现在；目前注解 at present意为now（现在），是表示时间的常用词组，在句中作状语。She is busy at present and cant speak to you.at the moment 现在，此刻注解 该词组与at present同义；不同之处在于at the moment可用作“那时”（then）解释。用于过去时。I was busy at the moment.at times 有时；间或注解 该词组也是一个表示时间的短语，意为sometimes（有时）。At times I found him reading alone in the classroom.at sight 一见注解 at sight是一个常用的介词短语，意为as soon as seen（一见）。He shot the enemy officer at sight.at the same time 同时注解 该词组是一个表示时间的固定用法，意为at the same moment。The kids laughed and cried at the same time.aware of 知道的，意识到的注解 aware of是一个常用的短语。aware是形容词，意为“知道的”、“意识到的”，同介词“of”搭配。He is not aware of the fact that he is wrong.at the cost of 以为代价；牺牲注解 at the cost of是个介词短语。其中心词为“cost”，它的常用意义为“费用、花费”，而在此词组中该词意为“以为代价”。He saved the lives of his friends at the cost of his own.at the expense of 花费、以为代价、牺牲注解 该词组同at the cost of同义，用法也相同。He passed the exam at the expense of his health.at work 在工作注解 at work是一个很常用，而且使用频率很高的词组，意为“在工作，从事于”。Are you allowed to smoke at work?at the risk of 冒风险注解 本词组是介词短语，在句中多用作状语。risk为名词，前面的定冠词“the”不能省略。At the risk of being bankrupt,he invested all his money in the company.a kind of 一种；几分；有点儿注解 a kind of是一个常用词组。kind是可数名词，它的复数形式为“kinds”，因此该短语的复数形式为“all kinds of”（各种各样的）。The boy likes all kinds of sports.He has a kind of music genius.他有几分音乐天才。a sort of 某种；几分，有点注解 该词组同 a kind of在词义和用法上都相同。I had a sort of feeling that shed tell the truth.according to 根据、依照注解 该词组是一个常用的短语，在句中多用作状语。According to the weather forecast,its going to rain tomorrow.according as 依照，根据注解 该词组同according to同义，其不同之处在于according as在句中做连词，后接从句。You will be praised or blamed according as your work is good or bad.all but 几乎，差不多注解 该词组是个固定词组，用法同我们比较熟悉的almost和nearly相同，在句中多做状语。Its all but impossible.accuse of 控告，谴责注解 该词组是一个常用的动词词组，常用的固定搭配是accuse sb. of sth. wrong or unlawful(控告某人犯有某种罪行或指责某人做某种错事)。He was accused of stealing a computer.adapt to 使适应于注解 adapt to为动词词组，其中“to”为介词，后边接名词或动名词。When you go to a foreign country,you must adapt yourself to new manners and customs.adjust to 使适应注解 该词组的用法和词义与adapt to相同。adjust to中的“to”也为介词。My eyes havent adjusted to the dark yet.attribute to 归因于，因为注解 attribute to是一个常用的动词词组，多用于表示原因，“to”在该词组中是个介词。Tom attributed his success to hard work.account for 解释、说明原因注解 该词组与attribute to同是动词词组，词义相同，但在用法上有所不同，account for用作一个词，不分开，而attribute to往往分开使用，即attribute（结果）to（原因）。We asked him to account for his absence.afraid of 担心、害怕注解 该词组是一个很常用的词组，介词of后跟名词或动名词形式。He is afraid of nothing.afraid to 不敢、害怕注解 该词组与afraid of同义，不同之处在于afraid to后跟动词原形，“to”是不定式的小品词。The boy is very much afraid to go out alone at night.anything but 决不，根本不注解 anything but是一个固定词组。虽然这两个单词我们已经学习过，但这两个词放在一起组成词组意义就完全不同了。英语中有许多这样的固定用法，切记不可望文生义。The job was anything but easy.apply for 申请、请求注解 apply for是一个动词词组，意为“申请（工作等）”。该词组的使用频率较高。Many people applied for this position.apply to 申请、请求注解 该词组与apply for同义，但在用法上不同。apply to意为“向某人或某个机构申请”。而apply for则为“申请某个职位”。Sam will apply to the manager for an increase in pay.argue about 争论、争辩特点 该词组是一个常用的动词词组，有时介词about也可以用over代替。They are always arguing about unimportant things.The two students are arguing over a math question.argue for 为争辩；支持注解 该词组与argue about有相同之处，都表示争辩，而argue about/over是“争辩、争论”；而argue for意为“为争辩，赞成”。We should argue the problem for them.as well as 和、同、也注解 该词组是一个常用的词组，同我们在中学教材中已经学过的“too”、“also”同义。We should travel by night as well as by