superior to 优于…, 比…好

in support of 以便支持

be sure of (=have no doubt; certain)确信的

for sure certain (certainly, definitely) 肯定地.有把握地说

make sure about 弄清, 弄确实

be surprised at对..惊奇;take…by surprise使…惊奇; to one’s surprise使某人惊奇

suspect sb. of 疑心某犯有…

be suspicious of (=not trusting)对…有疑心

by sympathetic totowards对…同情,赞同

sympathize with sb. or sth. 对…表示同情

be in sympathy with 赞同,同情

taste of 有…味道

in good taste大方,得体;(反意)in bad taste

to(one’s) taste 合…的口味, 中意

tell…from (=recognize) 辨别.认出

in terms of (=with regard to; respectively) 按照, 根据, 在…方面

be on goodbad terms with 关系好(不好)

thank sb. for sth. 因…感谢某人

think of(=have the idea of)想到;(=consider)考虑; (=remember)想起

on second thoughts 经再三考虑之后

be through with (=finish with) 做好,完成

at one time 过去一度, 以前曾经

behind the times (思想,看法)落后于时代

behind time (=late) 迟到, 晚点

for the time being (=temporarily)暂时

in time(for) (=early or soon enough)及时

on time (=punctually) 准时

at no time 无论何时也不… in on time (=very quickly) 立即,马上

at times (=occasionally) 间或, 时常 at all times (=always) 始终, 总是

at a time 一次, 每次; 同时

on top of 在…上面

in total (=all have been added up) 总计

be in touch with 与…有接触, 有联系 be out of touch with 与…没有联系或接触

be true of适合于…的;be true to 忠于…

to trust …to 把…委托给

place (put, have) trust in 依赖

in truth 事实上, 实在

by turns 轮换地

in turn (=successively; in order) 依次

be typical of 是…的特点

for use 以便使用

be in use (=be used)被使用; be out of use (=be on longer used)不再被使用

be used to+名词或动名词 习惯于 used to+动词原形 过去常常(做)

be unprepared for 对…无准备的

in vain (=uselessly) 徒劳

be valid for 对…有效的

in the vicinity 在附近; in close vicinity to 在靠近…的地方; in the vicinity of 大约

with a view to +动名词 (=in order to do sth.) 以…为目的

in view (=in sight) 看得见

in view of (=considering) 考虑到… in the view of 按…的意思

byin virtue of (=as a result of, by means of) 由于…; 依靠…力量

a warning against 告诫…不要 a warning of 警告…存在…

(be) on the watch for不断监视看有没有..

(be) on the watch against不断监视为防范…

be in the way (=obstructive) 碍事, 阻碍

(be)under way (=moving forward)正进行

by way of (=by going through) 经由,取道

by the way(=in addition)顺带地(转移话题)

in no way 无论怎样也不…

in the way 对…方式

in a way 从某种程度上说

as a whole (=in general) 就整体而论

on the whole (=generally, for the most part) 大体上说

against one’s will 违心地, 违背意愿地 at will 随心所欲; with a will 有决心地

wish for 渴望某物;hope for 想要某物

“with+名词+分词” 构成复合结构,作状语

word for word (=literally) 逐字地

in a word总之;in other words 换言之; have a word with sb.谈一谈; have words with sb.争吵;have the last word有决定权 ; keep one’s word 遵守诺言

work out ideas 出主意;work out the amount of…计算出…的数量;work out a

problem解决问题;work out a puzzle解谜

at the thought of一想到…worry about担心

at (the) worst 在最糟的情况下

yield to 对…屈服,投降,让步,顺从

be worthy of (=be deserving of)值得,够得上, 配得上