1. throw away: 扔掉，拋棄

Eg. It would be a thousand pities to throw away such a chance of fun.

白白放過這個(gè)有趣的機(jī)會(huì)，那真是太可惜了。

Eg. Don't throw away your advantages.

不要放棄你的有利條件。

Eg. Oh, what a fool she was to waste her life, to throw away her chance of happiness.

啊，她這樣浪費(fèi)生命，拋開幸福的機(jī)運(yùn)，是多么愚蠢！

Eg. Please tear up and throw away the invoice with the mistake.

請把錯(cuò)誤的發(fā)貨單撕掉丟了。

Eg. Throw away your old clothes, keep up to date!

把你的舊衣服扔了吧，穿些時(shí)興的！

2.take sth seriously: 認(rèn)真對待

Eg. Pleas take your work seriously for you will be fired.

請認(rèn)真對待你的工作，否則你會(huì)被炒魷魚的。

Eg. Please take your homework seriously or you cannot get through the exam.

請認(rèn)真對待你的學(xué)習(xí)，否則你通不過考試的。

3.make headway: 取得進(jìn)步，取得進(jìn)展

Eg. How can you expect to make headway if you don't work hard?

你不下苦功，怎么能有進(jìn)步呢？

Eg. We cannot make headway in the countryside unless we perform this task.

這個(gè)任務(wù)如果不解決，我們在農(nóng)村中就不能前進(jìn)。

Eg. Cayley was the first to make headway with this problem.

Cayley是第一個(gè)在這個(gè)問題上取得進(jìn)展的人。

Eg. Using the latest bridge building technology, Strauss and his team started to make headway.

運(yùn)用最新的建橋技術(shù)，斯特勞斯和他的隊(duì)伍取得了進(jìn)展。

3.on the phone: 電話中

Eg. I didn't recognise your voice on the phone.

在電話里我沒聽出你的聲音。

Eg. Sorry, Mr. Green can't see you now. He's on the phone.

對不起，格林先生現(xiàn)在不能見您。他在打電話。

Eg. Ann, you are wanted on the phone.

安，有人叫你聽電話。

Eg. She was fired for spending too much time on the phone.

她因打電話用的時(shí)間過多而被解雇了。

4. instead of: 代替

Eg. The economy is shrinking instead of growing.

經(jīng)濟(jì)正在萎縮而不是在增長中。

Eg. The shopkeeper gave us short weight: we got 7.5 kilos instead of 10 kilos.

店主給我們的分量不足: 應(yīng)該10公斤我們只得到7.5公斤。

Eg. There is a growing tendency for people to work at home instead of in offices.

人們在家里而不是在辦公室里工作的趨勢日益增長。

5.wash down: 沖下去

Eg. He drank a cup of cooler tea to wash down his meal.

他喝了一杯涼茶把食物沖了下去。

Eg. I took two aspirins, I went into the bathroom to wash them down.

我拿了兩片阿斯匹林，進(jìn)入浴室，把藥片吞服下去。

Eg. The bus is so dirty and you have to wash down the bus right away.

這公交車太臟了，你必須沖洗公共汽車了。

6.take pills: 吃藥