短语词组积累

agree with sb. / as many / can’t wait to do sth. / get sth. over with / help out / linger over/on / more often than not / off the rack / put away / put brakes on / save sb. The trouble of doing sth. / save up / stuff with

1. agree with sb.

If something agrees with you, it doesn’t make you feel ill.v

Examples:

●Stop taking the medicine if it doesn’t agree with you.

●I find that country life really agrees with me.

2. as many

the same number as another particular number

Example:

●Those coolies were great. I could eat as many again.

3. can’t wait to do sth. = can hardly wait to do sth.

to be very excited about something or keen to do it

Example:

●I can’t wait to go to school then: I will be a big kid, and I’ll make friends and learn so much at school.

4. get sth. over with

to do and finish something difficult that you have to do把••••••做完了事

Examples:

●I’ll speak first if you like—I’d rather get it over with quickly.

●He looked upon the marriage ceremony as a mere formality—something to be got over with as quickly as possible.

5. help out

to help somebody in a difficult situation

救助，协助（渡过难关）

Examples:

●Who is helping out in the garden this afternoon?

●I’ve often helped Bob out when he has been a bit short of money.

6. linger over/on

to stay somewhere a little longer, especially because you do not want to leave

Examples:

●They lingered over coffee and missed the last bus.

●She let her eyes linger on him.

7. more often than not = as often as not

Examples

●Nancy comes over on Saturday more often than not.

●More often than not, the argument could have been avoided.

all too often

used for saying that something makes you sad or upset because it happens more often than you think it should.

●All too often, parents leave their children home alone.

every so often

sometimes, but not frequently

●She still phones me every so often.

8. off the rack

off-the-rack (AmE)/ off-the-peg (BrE)

●It was only a cheap suit, bought off the rack/off the peg.

●The interviewer’s questions put the President on the rack.

9. put away

Examples:

●My grandfather had put away over $100,000.

●Put away all your books on the desk. The guest might come any time.

●Please put all negative thoughts away.

●The boy put away the dinner in just a few minutes.

10. put brakes on

put a brake on/ put the brakes on sth.

to stop sth. that is happening

使停顿

Examples

●The high level of debt continued to put a brake on economic recovery.

●The town government put the brakes on all these projects by giving them less money.

11. save sb. the trouble of doing sth.

to make somebody able to avoid extra effort or work

Example:

●Fast-food restaurants are popular because they save people the trouble of cooking.

12. save up

to keep or store something so that you can use it in the future

Examples:

●They are saving up for a new car.

●She spent all the money I have saved up for our trip.

13. stuff with

a. to fill sb. with food until one is not hungry

b. to fill a container or space with sth., especially sth. soft

Examples:

●They stuff the children with food.

●The bed was stuffed with cotton so it was very soft.