brighten up
(天氣) 轉晴，放晴；變得陽光燦爛
The day started cloudy but brightened up in the afternoon.

brighten up
高興；面露喜色
He brightened up when he heard the news.

brighten * up +
使明亮；使發亮；使發光
We tried to brighten the place up by painting it.

bring * about +
導致；造成；帶來；引起
Democracy brought about great change in the lives of the people.
The changes to the law were brought about by the government because so many people were ignoring the old one.

bring * along +
把 (某人或某物) 帶來
You can bring your friends along if you like.

bring * along +
促使 (某人或某物) 發展；幫助…發展
Her coach has brought her along a lot in the last six months.

bring * around/round
說服 (某人)；使 (某人) 信服
It took me ages to bring him around/round to my point of view.

bring * around/round +
把 (某物) 帶來 (尤指帶到某人家中或約定的地方)
He brought some books around/round when he came last night.

bring * around/round
引入 (新話題)；改變 (話題、討論內容等)
He didn’t want to discuss the details, but I managed to bring him around/round and he told me everything.

bring * back +
使想起；喚起
Visiting my old school brought back memories of when I was a pupil there.

bring * back +
帶回來；歸還
He took the calculator home yesterday and hasn’t brought it back yet.

bring * down +
使 (政府或政客) 垮台
The vote of no-confidence brought the government down.

bring * down +
降低；減少；使降價
The improvements in technology have brought the prices of computers down considerably in recent months.

bring * forth +
出示；展示
The prosecution brought forth a lot of evidence against him.

bring forth +
產生；引起
The report has brought forth a lot of criticism of the policy.
Her letter to the paper brought forth a flood of supportive comments.

bring * forth +
取出 (某物)
She brought forth the diary and showed it to us.

bring * forward
把…提前
The meeting has been brought forward to this Friday instead of next week because some people couldn’t make it then.

bring in +
帶來；賺進，賺得
The job brings in two thousand dollars a month.

bring * off +
成功完成 (困難的事)；(好不容易) 做成
You robbed the bank! I can’t believe you brought that off.
If they can bring off the deal, they’ll be able to retire.

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turn * off +
關掉 (電視、電燈、 收音機、水龍頭等)，關閉 (設備)
Don’t forget to turn off the iron before you leave the house.
I turned the TV off and went to bed.

turn on +
突然攻擊
The pit bull suddenly turned on the small child.
The neighbor’s dog turned on me when I tried to stroke it.

turn * on +
(在性方面) 使產生快感，刺激；激發…的性慾；使感興趣
Scientists have discovered that the smell of cinnamon turns many people on.
He’s very nice, but he just doesn’t turn me on.

turn * on +
打開 (電視、收音機 、電燈、水龍頭等)，開啟 (設備)
Turn on the TV. The baseball game starts in a few minutes.
I turned the radio on to get the weather forecast.

turn * out +
生產，製造
The weavers can turn out two or three rugs a month.
The factory turns out three thousand units a day.

turn * out +
關掉 (電燈)
Turn out the light before you go to bed.

turn out
(去) 參加
Over 100,000 people turned out for the concert.

turn out
結果是；原來是；最後證明是
She turned out to be the murderer after all.
It looked as if we were going to fail, but it turned out well in the end.

turn * over +
交出；交給 (當局)
The court ordered the company to turn over their financial records.

turn to +
求助於；求救於
She had nobody to turn to when her husband died.

turn to +
開始做，開始使用
He turned to drink after he lost his job.
He turned to drugs after his wife left him for another man.

turn up
(未經尋找而) 被找到，被發現
My keys turned up in the bedroom.

turn up (for)
出現，來到
She didn’t turn up for class today.
She failed to turn up for work on Friday.

turn * up +
調高，開大 (聲音、溫度或亮度等)
I turned the music up full blast.

type * up +
把 (手寫稿) 打出來
She typed up her lecture notes and printed them out.
I need to type up my report.

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sit on +
成為…的一員
She’s sat on the finance committee from the beginning.

sit on +
嚴加管教 (某人)，嚴厲管束 (某人)；壓制 (某人)；訓斥 (某人) 使其閉嘴或不鬧事
If his girlfriend finds out, she’ll get mad and sit on him.

sit on +
將…擱置不理；拖延
The government have been sitting on the report because it was so critical.

sit * out +
坐在一旁，不參加
I had to sit the game out because I was ill.

sit over +
慢慢地吃或喝
We sat over dinner discussing the plans.

sit through +
一直挨到 (不愉快之事) 結束；耐著性子聽完或看完
I was bored and wanted to leave halfway through, but we sat through the film.

sit with +
與…一致，與…相符
It’s hard to see how their new plan sits with the promises they made.

size * up +
評估；判斷
The doorstaff sized up everyone entering the club.

size * up +
使某物變大；製造尺寸較大的產品
Soft drinks manufacturers have sized up their products in recent years.

skive off
逃 (學)；逃 (課)；逃避 (工作)
I pretended I was ill and skived off on Monday.

slack off
減緩；減弱；減少；放鬆；鬆弛
Students usually begin the term well, then slack off near the end of the semester.

slag * off +
(嚴厲) 批評；詆毀；責難
The concert was terrible and all the papers slagged the band off.

sleep * off +
(尤指吃多或喝多後) 以睡眠來消除 (不適)；以睡眠來消除 (藥物的作用、生氣等)
She went to bed to sleep off the effects of the tequila.
He should be able to sleep off the effects of the drug within a few hours.

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pull away
(車輛或司機) 開走，駛出 (某地方)
Just as I was pulling away from the parking place, another car crashed into mine.

pull * back +
扳回 (在足球比賽中落後時進球)
They were two-nil down until five minutes before the end, when they pulled back a goal.

pull * back +
(軍隊) 撤退，撤回
They have pulled the troops back from the front line.

pull back
決定不做
They pulled back from the deal.

pull back
躲開；閃避
She pulled back when he tried to kiss her.

pull * down +
賺得
He pulls down about $300,000 a year.

pull * down +
拆除，拆掉
They pulled the old cinema down to build a new shopping mall.

pull * down +
使 (某人) 沮喪
Losing her job pulled her down.

pull for +
支持
Who will you be pulling for in the final?

pull in
(火車) 進站，到站
The train pulled in and we rushed to meet her as she got off.

pull in
(駛向路邊或建築物旁邊) 停車
Mark pulled in too quickly and crashed into the wall.
I pulled in to let the passengers out.

pull * in +
吸引
The program pulled in 3.6 million viewers.

pull * in +
逮捕 (某人) 或將 (某人) 帶回警局偵訊
The police pulled them in after the trouble.

pull * off +
成功做成 (某件困難或棘手的事)
No one thought that she would be able to do it, but she pulled it off in the end.

pull off
(車、船等) 駛離
When the lights turned green, the car pulled off.
The boat pulled off from the shore.

pull * on +
(尤指迅速地) 穿上，戴上
I pulled on a jumper when the sun went in.

pull out
(火車) 離站
Our train pulls out at 8:00, so don’t be late.
The train was pulling out when I got there.

pull out
(車輛或司機) 開出；(車輛) 超車開到或插在 (別車) 前面
The traffic was so bad that it took me ages to pull out.
She just pulled out in front of me without indicating.

pull out
退出；擺脫
The project was going badly and they decided to pull out.

pull * out +
(軍隊) 撤退，撤離
People want the government to pull the troops out.

pull * over +
(車輛或司機) 停靠 (在路邊)
The police pulled the car over.

pull * over +
(警察命令駕駛人把車) 開到路邊
The police pulled the car over and tested the driver for alcohol.

pull through
從 (疾病、負傷等) 康復；恢復健康
I didn’t think she was going to make it, but she pulled through in the end.
Don’t worry. Your dad’s going to pull through.

pull * through +
使度過難關
He said the support of his fans had pulled him through.
A gift of money from the government pulled the theater company through their money troubles.

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go against +
對…不利；敗訴
If the decision goes against me, I’ll go bankrupt.

go ahead
開始；繼續進行
The construction of the bypass went ahead despite the protests from environmentalists.

go ahead with +
繼續進行 (某事)
We now intend to go ahead with the final stage of the project.

go along
繼續；進展
Everything was going along just fine until she turned up!

go along with +
贊同，同意，附和 (某人或某事)
I didn’t really agree, but I went along with the decision because I was in the minority.

go around/round
去某人家；走訪；參觀
I went around for dinner at their house.
I went round last night to see them.

go around/round
(疾病或消息) 流傳
A rumor is going around about the Attorney General.

go around/round
足夠分
There aren’t enough jobs to go around for the numbers of people graduating nowadays.

go at +
攻擊；撲向
She went at her dinner like she hadn’t eaten for days.

go at +
拼命幹；努力從事，致力於
The students are really going at their studies now that the exams are near.

go away
離開；消失
This drug should make the pain go away.

go back
回去，返回
When are you going back to your house?
We went back to work after the break.

go back
追溯 (到)
My interest in the subject goes back many years.

go back on +
違背 (諾言，協議等)
Don’t trust him. He always goes back on his promises.
He went back on his word and refused to lend us the money.

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come from +
來自；產自；源於
She comes from Russia
Eggs come from chickens.

come in
到達：抵達
The plane came in at two-thirty in the morning.

come in
(消息) 被收到；(消息) 傳來
Reports are just coming in of an assassination attempt on the President.

come in +
(競賽中) 取得名次
I did my best but came in last but one in the race.

come in for +
遭到 (批評等)；接受 (讚揚等)
Jack’s come in for quite a lot of criticism of late.

come into +
繼承
She came into a lot of money when her grandmother died.

come into use
開始使用
The computerized system came into use at the end of last year.

come off
脫落；掉下來
I picked it up and the handle came off in my hand.

come off
成功
I was surprised when the plan came off so easily.

come off it
別胡說了；別瞎扯了；別開玩笑了
Come off it; tell me the truth for goodness’ sake.

come on
(疾病) 開始發作，襲來
I’ve got a bit of a headache. I hope it doesn’t mean I’ve got flu coming on.

come on
(電燈、機器等) 開，開啟，開動，開始運轉
The central heating comes on automatically an hour before I have to get up.

come on
(用於鼓勵) 振作起來
Come on; don’t give up now when you’re so close to finishing.

come out
(秘密等) 被揭露
The details of the scandal came out in the press and she had to resign.

come out
出現；顯露出來
I didn’t see the car at first. It came out of nowhere.

come out
(書籍、專輯、電影等) 出版；發行；問世
The band’s new CD is coming out in September.

come out
出櫃 (將自己的同性戀身份公開)
Sam finally came out last month.
She came out at university and has been living with her partner, Jane, for the last couple of years.

come out
(太陽、月亮、星星) 露出，出現
It started cloudy, but then the sun came out and we all went to the park.

come out
被洗掉；被擦掉
The red wine I spilt just will not come out of the carpet no matter what I try to clean it with.

come out in +
(因生病或食物、藥物過敏而) 起疹子或出現類似皮膚問題
She came out in a nasty rash after touching the poisonous plant by mistake.

come out with +
推出 (產品)
Microsoft is coming out with a new video game system next month.

come out with +
突然說出 (通常指令人驚訝的事情)
She came out with the answer when everyone was expecting it to remain unsolved.
You never know what the children are going to come out with.

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break * off +
(關係、協議等) 結束，中斷
Sally broke her engagement to John off.
She broke off their engagement when she found out that he’d been unfaithful.

break * off +
折斷
She broke off a square of chocolate and gave it to her dog.

break out
爆發，發生
Violent protests broke out in response to the military coup.

break out +
打開 (某物來慶祝)
He broke out the champagne to celebrate his promotion.

break out in +
(皮膚上) 開始出現
The skin on my arms was breaking out in a rash.
Mary broke out in spots this morning.

break out of +
脫逃；逃出
The murderer broke out of the prison.

break through +
衝破；突圍；突破
The crowd broke through the police barriers and attacked the hunters.

break up
(英) (學校) 放假；期終
Schools break up at the end of June for the summer holidays.

break up
(個人關係等) 破裂；斷絕
Sam and Diane broke up again. What a rocky relationship.
The marriage broke up just a few years later.

break up
(收音機或電話裡的聲音) 斷掉
You’re breaking up; I’ll call you back in a minute and see if we get a better connection.
I can’t hear you; you’re breaking up.

break up
碎裂；碎開
The plate broke up when he dropped it on the floor.
The plane broke up in mid-air.

break * up +
打碎；粉碎
I broke the cracker up into pieces and put it in the soup.

break * up +
驅散 (群眾)；制止 (打鬥)
The police broke the demonstration up before it got out of control.

breeze along
輕易而快速地移動、前進等
The film breezes along for the first hour, then becomes rather dull and slow.

breeze in
快速地進來
He breezed in and started shouting at us.

breeze into +
快速地進入 (某場所)
He breezed into the room and switched the TV on.

breeze through +
輕易地通過 (測驗、考試等)；輕而易舉地做
She breezed through her exams.

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tune in
收看 (電視節目)；收聽 (電台節目)
Be sure to tune in next week for the next episode.
Millions of people tuned in to watch the election results.

tune in to +
收看 (電視節目)；收聽 (電台節目)
Make sure you tune in to next week’s show.

tune * out +
不再理睬；不再注意；不再過問
I tuned him out because he was talking such rubbish.

tune * up +
改善或提升機器或引擎的性能
He’s tuned his car up for the race.

tune * up +
(將樂器) 調音，定弦
The orchestra tuned up their instruments before the concert.

turn against +
與…為敵；與…反目；背棄
The public turned against the government when they became arrogant and ceased to listen.

turn * away +
不准…入內；把…拒之門外
They turned us away at the border because we didn’t have visas.
The doorman turned him away from the nightclub because he was wearing trainers.

turn * down +
拒絕 (提議、要求、邀請等)
She turned down the new job in New York, because she didn’t want to move.
They offered her the job, but she turned it down.

turn * down +
調低，關小 (音量 、溫度、亮度等)
I’m studying! Please turn down the TV.
Can you turn down the music a little bit?
The room was too hot, so she turned the heating down.

turn in
(晚上) 上床睡覺；就寢
It’s getting late. I think it is about time to turn in.
I turned in at half past eleven because I had an early start the next morning.

turn in +
繳交；遞交；上繳；交還
You need to turn in your essays next week.
Don’t forget to turn in your gun when you leave the police force.

turn into +
變成 (不同的事物)
When she kissed the frog, it turned into a handsome prince.

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simmer down
鎮靜下來，冷靜下來，安靜下來
He told them to simmer down because they were disturbing the class next door.

sink in
逐漸被瞭解
The truth finally sank in about her death when it was broadcast on TV.

sit about/around
(尤指應該工作卻) 閒坐著，無所事事地坐著
We spent the afternoon sitting about chatting instead of doing any work.

sit back
不採取行動，袖手旁觀
We sat back and waited for them to make the first mistake.

sit back
舒服地坐著
I sat back and enjoyed the show.

sit by
坐視不管，袖手旁觀，無動於衷
I can’t sit by while they are punished wrongly.

sit * down
協助 (某人) 就座
The nurse sat me down in a chair.

sit for +
(指當模特兒或拍照時) 為…擺姿勢
The Queen sat for another official portrait.

sit for +
替人家照顧小孩 (尤指小孩的父母不在家時)
She sits for her neighbors when they go out.

sit in +
靜坐示威，靜坐抗議
The students sat in the Library as a protest against the increase in tuition fees.

sit in for +
臨時代替 (某人)
I’ll be sitting in for the secretary at the meeting tonight.

sit in on +
列席旁聽
She sat in on the meeting and took notes but said nothing.
Do you mind if I sit in on your class this afternoon?

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prattle on
不斷地快速而無意義地說話
George just prattled on instead of giving a straight answer.

press ahead (with something)
奮力前進；勇往直前；把 (某事) 堅持下去
They pressed ahead with the elections despite the violence.

press on
奮力前進；勇往直前；把 (某事) 堅持下去
We pressed on to get to our destination before night fell.

price * up +
定價過高，索價過高；漫天要價
Don’t buy your camera at that shop, because they price them up terribly.

print * out +
(電腦文件) 印出
He printed out the letter and checked through it carefully.

prop * up +
支撐，頂住；(提供政治、財政或軍事援助以) 扶持，維持
The council have propped up the museum for years with grants.

psych * out +
想出或預先猜出 (某人的意圖)
We have to try to psych out our rivals.

psych * out +
使 (某人) 膽怯；使 (某人) 喪失信心
Boxers try to psych their opponents out before the fight to gain an advantage.

psych * up +
使 (某人) 做好心理準備
I psyched myself up for the exam.

pull ahead
加速超過；超前，領先，追過
Let that fast car pull ahead; I’d rather have such a driver in front of me than behind me.

pull * apart
把 (某人的作品、文章、論據、理論等) 批評得一無是處
My tutor pulled my essay apart.

pull * apart
把 (兩個正在打架的人或動物) 拉開
A fight broke out in the pub and it was hard to pull the people involved apart.

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