短语词组积累

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apply to / in favor of / (put sb.) on the defensive / lift out / blow off steam / once too often / water under the bridge / in connection with

1. blow off steam

●also let off steam, to do or say something that helps you get rid of strong feelings or energy

●Though you have a lot of troubles in your office, you can't always blow steam off at your wife and kids if you want to maintain your marriage.

Compare:

full steam ahead: Fig. onward with determination.

●We started moving full steam ahead on the project.

2. once too often

●used to say that someone has done something wrong or stupid again, and this time they will suffer because of it又一次(指超过限度而发生问题)；多次幸免此次遭殃

●You've tried that trick once too often.

●as often as not/more often than not

●usually; in a way that is typical of someone or something

●As often as not, he's late for work.

●every so often:

●once in a while, occasionally; sometimes

●Every so often I heard a strange noise outside.

3. water under the bridge

●something that has happened and cannot be changed

●I should probably have asked for more money when I was offered the job, but hey, that's all water under the bridge now.

●burn your bridges: to do sth. that makes it impossible to return to the previous situation later过河拆桥

●Think carefully before you resign — you don't want to burn your bridges.

●Don’t cross a bridge till you come to it.

●take everything as it comes, let nature take its course, let it be 车到山前必有路，船到桥头自然直

4. in connection with

●for reasons connected with someone or something

●A man has been arrested in connection with the murder of the teenager.

●I am writing to you in connection with your recent job application.

Reference:

He had published some very astonishing facts in connection with the transfusion of blood, and in addition was known to be doing valuable work on morbid growths.

5. apply to

●apply something to something

1. Lit. to put something onto the surface of something.

●Apply the paint evenly to each surface.

2. Fig. to use force, effort, etc., on something or in the performance of some task.

●An even greater effort has been applied to make sure we finish on time.

●apply to someone or something

●[for rules, laws] to affect someone or something; to be relevant to someone or something.

●These policies apply only to very large companies.

6. in favor of

1) if you are in favor of someone or something, you support and agree with them/it

There were 247 votes in favor (of the motion) and 25 against.

I‘m all in favor of (= completely support) equal pay for equal work.

2) in exchange for another thing (because the other thing is better or you want it more)

He abandoned teaching in favor of a career as a musician.

curry favor (with someone) 与某人示好

do me a favor 帮个忙好么；给我点面子

do someone no favors 没有好处

in someone's favor 对某人有利

without fear or favor 公平地；公正地

7. (put sb.) on the defensive

●on the defensive: weary and ready to defend oneself.

●John goes on the defensive when his athletic ability is questioned.

●Their questions about the money put her on the defensive.

Reference:

This immediately put her on the defensive, and with one of those sudden impulses of reprisal to which she was liable she gave him a little push from her.

●from Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy

8. lift out

●take out or up with or as if with a scoop

●lift the sugar out of the container

●to lift an anchor out of the water before sailing away

●Some investors worry that Americans are not doing enough to lift the world’s largest economy out of recession.