短语词组积累

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be destined to / die out / do away with / get about / go overboard / in place of / keep track of / one thing at a time / plunge headfirst into / rest on / to and fro / to begin with

1. be destined to

to determine beforehand; preordain

Examples:

●They were destined never to see each other again.

●He feels that he was destined to become a musician.

●We will be destined to face higher risk in updating their old function.

2. die out

to die one after another until few or none are left; become extinct

Examples:

● Disease germs begin to die out slowly after elimination from the body.

● Once the fire has died out, the salvage team will move in.

● These endangered animals may even die out.

3. do away with

to make an end of; eliminate; to destroy; kill.

Examples:

● The long-range goal must be to do away with nuclear weapons altogether.

● We must do away with illiteracy.

● That city has decided to do away with overhead wires.

4. get about

●go to different places and visit different people;

●to becomes well known

Examples:

●Nowadays people get about much more than they used to.

●The story had soon got about that he had been suspended.

●Since he broke his leg, he can't get about.

5. go overboard

to go to extremes, especially as a result of enthusiasm

Example:

● Everyone appreciates being complimented, but you need not go overboard.

● John, let's not go overboard and get a new car right now.

6. in place of

Examples:

● Plastics are now often used in place of wood or metal.

● We use chopsticks in place of knives and forks.

7. keep track of

keep informed of fully aware to follow the passage, course, or progress of

Examples:

●As a doctor, Brooks has to keep track of the latest developments in medicine.

●The pilot was ordered to keep track of the strange object.

●Her mother used to keep track of every penny she spent.

8. one thing at a time

一时专一事

to focus on one thing only

Examples:

●The shortest way to do many thing is to only one thing at a time.

●Devotion means to do one thing at a time and give up all your thoughts.

9. plunge headfirst into

投身于;跳入，落入

to throw oneself earnestly or wholeheartedly into an activity or situation; to fall or throw oneself into a substance or place

Examples:

●We plunge into the icy mountain lake.

●Now chief executives of about two dozen companies have decided to plunge headfirst into this politically unsettled debate.

10. rest on

be based on; of theories and claims

Examples:

●Our policy should rest on the basis of self-reliance.

●His argument does not rest on reasoning or on experiment, but on authority.

●The bridge rests on stone arches.

11. to and fro

back and forth

Examples:

●They travel to and fro between London and Paris.

●Branches waved wildly to and fro.

●The girl's pigtails swing to and fro as she runs.

12. to begin with

in the first place

Examples:

●To begin with, the government must act with conviction.