重點講解:
1. put sth. to the test
使經受檢驗;對…進行試驗;
eg. The Liverpool team are now putting their theory to the test.
利物浦隊此時正在驗證他們的理論 。
eg. Arriving at the railway station, I put local knowledge to the test and ask a taxi driver.
到了火車站,為了檢驗自己對當地的了解程度,我請教了一個出租車司機 。
2. set up
創建;建立;安排;組建;
eg. They set up a tent near the seashore.
他們在海濱附近搭起了一個帳篷 。
eg. We decided to set up a cooperative.
我們決定開辦一家合作社 。
3. lag behind
落后;趕不上;
eg. We still lag behind in this respect.
在這方面,我們還比較落后 。
eg. It often happens that thinking lags behind reality.
思想落后于現實的事是常有的 。
4. take over
接收,接管(公司);
eg. You are to take over one of the subdivisions.
你將接管其中一個分部 。
eg. There are now more than 20 big companies waiting in the wings to take over some of its business.
現有20多家大公司隨時準備接手其部分業務 。
5. participate in
參與;參加;
eg. I intend to participate in a kungfu tournament next year.
我打算明年參加一個功夫聯賽 。
eg. He participated in the design of the big bridge.
他參與了那座大橋的設計 。
6. be set to do sth.
做好準備的;可能的;
eg. We are all set to go when the telephone rings.
我們都準備好要走時電話鈴響了 。
eg. The price of cigarettes is set to rise again.
香煙又要漲價 。