片語動詞寶典
Phrasal Verb Thesaurus
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| 片語動詞 | 定義 | 例句 |
| lap * up + | 欣然接受 | He lapped up their praise. |
| lark about/around | 嬉鬧，鬧著玩；胡鬧 | The children made me angry because they were larking about. |
| lash down | (雨) 大量落下 | The rain was lashing down all day and the roads were flooded. |
| lash * down + | 綁緊、繫牢 (某物) | We lashed the tarpaulin down to stop the wind blowing it away. |
| lash into + | 猛烈抨擊、批評 (某人) | He lashed into them for messing things up. |
| lash out | 猛打，痛打；(突然地) 大罵，抨擊 |
He lashed out and broke the man's
nose. He lashes out when things don't go his way. |
| lash out | 大肆揮霍 | I lashed out in the sales last week. |
| lash out against + | 猛烈抨擊 | The press has lashed out against the policy. |
| lash out at + | (無預警地) 突然打某人，猛擊；猛烈抨擊 | He lashed out at me when I laughed at him. |
| lash out * on | 大肆揮霍；不惜花大錢 | I lashed out a lot on a new car. |
| lay away + | 積蓄 (錢財)；保留 (以備將來之用)；為顧客保留或存留某商品 | Why don't you lay away your wedding outfit? |
| lay * down + | 制訂、訂定 (法規、規則、規定 或程序) |
Lori lays down the law in her class.
English only! The rules of the sport were laid down early in the nineteenth century. |
| lay * down + | 殺害，謀殺 | He got laid down in a turf war about supplying drugs. |
| lay in on + | 嚴厲責罵、斥責或抨擊、批評 | My mom really laid in on me when I got home at 4:00 in the morning last night. |
| lay into + | 嚴厲責罵、斥責或抨擊、批評 | I saw Reto's mom lay into him when he came home late last night. |
| lay * off + | (在生意或營運衰退時期臨時性的) 解雇；停雇 | The company was losing money, so they had to lay off 100 workers. |
| lay * on + | 提供，供給，供應 | They laid on a buffet lunch at the conference. |
| lay * out + | 陳列；佈置 | Why don't we lay the pieces of the table out before we put it together. |
| lay * out + | 花 (錢)；投 (資) | They laid out thousands of dollars on their wedding reception. |
| lead to + | 導致，引起 | The investigation led to the arrest of a number of suspects. |
| leak * out + | 洩漏 (秘密)；被洩漏 | The company's plans to close the factory leaked out and they were very embarrassed. |
| lean on + | 對...施加壓力；強迫 (某人) 做 (某事) | The government has denied leaning on the Attorney General to get his approval of the war. |
| leave * on | 讓 (電燈) 亮著；讓 (電力機器等) 開動著 | Leave the TV on; I want to hear the football results. |
| leave * out + | 遺漏；排除 | Why did your parents leave you out of their vacation plans? |
| let * down + | 失望 | I felt let down when I didn't receive a birthday card from my sister. |
| let * down + | 把 (衣服、褲子) 加長，放長 | My uncle is a tailor, so he can let your pants down. |
| let * in + | 讓某人進入 | The door staff didn't let him in the nightclub because he was wearing jeans. |
| let * off + | 不予懲罰，從輕發落；從輕處理 (某事) | The judge let him off with a fine rather than a prison sentence since it was his first offence. |
| let on | 洩漏秘密 | I didn't mean to let on about the party; I just said it without thinking. |
| let * out + | 放出，釋放 | I am happy my brother was let out of prison early. |
| let * out + | 發出 (某種聲音) | He let out a huge sigh of relief when he heard the results. |
| let * out + | 把 (衣服、褲子) 加寬，放大 | I need to let out this skirt because I have gained weight. |
| let up | 減弱；停止 | I told her NO a thousand times, but she won't let up. |
| lie down | 休息：躺臥 | I need to lie down before we go out tonight. |
| lie down on + | 休息：躺臥 (在沙發、床上) | I'm going to lie down on the sofa for a while. |
| lie with + | 由...來決定 | Whether or not you can go to the party lies with your father. |
| lift off | (火箭，太空船) 發射，升空 | 5-4-3-2-1- we have lift off! |
| light * up + | 照亮 | Let's get some candles to light this room up. |
| light * up + | 點上香菸、雪茄 | John lit up as soon as he got out of the building. |
| lighten * up + | 和緩，減輕 | I told them to lighten up but they continued complaining about it. |
| limber up | (比賽前) 做熱身運動 | The team limbered up for a few minutes before the game started. |
| limber up for + | 為需要很大力氣或很大努力的事情作準備 | They are limbering up for the end of the financial year. |
| line up | 使排隊；使排成一排 | The police got them to line up against the wall. |
| line * up + | 使 (某物) 排成一排 | He lined the bottles up against the wall. |
| line * up + | 為某人安排活動、事情等 | We have lined up a lot of meetings for them. |
| link * up + | (使) 連接；(使) 聯合；(使) 合併 | The train links up the cities. |
| link up with + | 與 (某人) 聯繫 | We linked up with the firm over the web. |
| listen out for + | 留神地聽 | They put their coats on and listened out for the minicab. |
| live by + | 按照 (某原則、信仰等) 來生活或行事 | He tries hard to live by the Bible. |
| live * down + | (能夠改過自新) 使人們忘記 (自己以往的過失等) | Jose will never live down singing that song at the karaoke bar. (Jose 恐怕永遠無法使人家忘記他曾在卡拉OK唱那首歌) |
| live for + | 為...而生活，以...為生活的目的；把全部注意力或興趣放在...上 | He lives for baseball. |
| live in | 住校，住在工作的地方 | The university has a residential halls where students can live in. |
| live it up | (大肆揮霍地) 縱情歡樂，享受人生 | She's been living it up like crazy since she won the lottery. |
| live off + | 以 (...的收入) 為生 | They find it hard to live off the money they make. |
| live on + | 吃 (某種食物)，靠 (某種食物) 生活 | I could live on bread and cheese. |
| live on + | 以 (某種收入) 為生 | They have to live on $200 a week. |
| live on | (常指一段長時間後) 繼續存在 | He's been dead for many years, but his name lives on. |
| live * out + | (在某個地方) 度過餘生 | She lived out her final years in a nursing home. |
| live * out + | 實現 (抱負、想法或夢想) | Many parents try to live out their dreams through their children. |
| live out | 不住在求學或工作的地方 | In my final year at university I lived out with some friends in a flat we rented. |
| live through + | 經歷過，度過 (危險、困難或不愉快的處境) | It was hard to live through the recession, but we managed it. |
| live together | (未婚) 同居 | We lived together for a few years before we got married. |
| live up to + | 保持...的高水平：符合 | It would be hard to live up to her parent's expectations. They are so demanding. |
| live with + | 接受、忍受、容忍 (不愉快的事情) | It's hard to live with the pain of a serious illness. |
| live with + | 與 (某人) 同居 | I lived with her for a couple of years before the relationship went sour. |
| load down | 使 (某人) 背負 (大量重物)；使 (某人) 負擔過重 -- 通常用於被動態 | I was loaded down with all the stuff I had to take there. |
| load up | 吸毒 | He's been loading up for years. |
| load up on + | 為某特定目的而大吃某種食品 | The athletes loaded up on carbohydrates before the race. |
| lock * away + | 把 (某物) 鎖起來 | He locked the gun away in a drawer. |
| lock * away + | 把 (某人) 關進監獄；把 (某人) 關進精神病院 | They locked him away for life after the murders. |
| lock * down + | 做安全防護措施 | If you lock down your computer properly, it is very difficult for people to access it. |
| lock * in + | 把...鎖在裡面；把...關在裡面 | They locked him in the room until he had calmed down. |
| lock onto + | 自動瞄準、追蹤 | The missile locked onto the plane and blew it out of the sky. |
| lock * out + | 不許 (工人) 進廠 (以迫使工人接受資方條件) | The management locked the staff out because they had turned down the pay offer. |
| lock * out + | 把...鎖在外面；把...關在外面 | I lost my key and locked myself out. |
| lock * up + | 關閉所有門窗等 | She locked up after everyone had left and went home. |
| lock * up + | 把 (某物) 鎖藏起來 | I locked my money up in the safe. |
| lock * up + | 關進監獄；關進精神病院 | They locked him up for burglary. |
| lock yourself away + | 到某個能獨自唸書或工作的地方 | I lock myself away for a few weeks before exams. |
| log in | 登入 (電腦系統) | I had forgotten my password and couldn't log in. |
| log into + | 登入 (電腦系統) | I logged into the staff intranet to check my email. |
| log off + | 登出 (電腦系統) | When she'd finished working on the spreadsheet, she logged off and left the office. |
| log on + | 登入 (電腦系統) | He entered his password for the college intranet and logged on. |
| log out | 登出 (電腦系統) | Danny closed the programs and logged out when it was time to go home. |
| look after + | 照顧，照料 | When my sister goes on vacation, I look after her dog. |
| look back | 回憶，回想，回顧 | When we look back, we can now understand what caused the difficulty. |
| look back on + | 回憶起，回想起 | When I look back on my childhood, I often feel angry. |
| look down on + | 輕視，看不起 | She's so conceited. She looks down on everybody else. |
| look for + | 尋找 [通常用進行式] | I'm looking for my keys. Have you seen them? |
| look forward to + | (衷心) 企盼，期望，期待 | I am looking forward to traveling to New York next year. |
| look in | (尤指某人生病或可能需要幫助時) 順路探訪，短暫拜訪 | I'll look in on my way home. |
| look in on + | (尤指某人生病或可能需要幫助時) 順路探訪，短暫拜訪 | I'm going to look in on grannie on the way home tonight as she's been a bit unwell recently. |
| look into + | 調查，研究 (問題，罪行等) | The police are looking into the murder. |
| look on | 旁觀 |
Everybody just
looked on as the two men fought. The crowd just looked on as the old lady was mugged. |
| look on * as | 視為 | I look on her as a close friend. |
| look out | 當心，留意 | Look out! you're going to drop that! |
| look * over + | 檢查，視察，察看；看一看 | They came to look the house over with a view to buying it. |
| look round + | 察看 (房子) | We looked round the house and decided that we didn't like it enough to buy it. |
| look to + | 期望，希望，指望 | They're looking to me to help improve sales figures. |
| look * up + | 查閱 (字典等) | I
take time to
look up new vocabulary words. I didn't know what "loquacious" meant and had to look it up in a dictionary. |
| look * up + | (順道) 看望，拜訪 | If you ever travel to Taipei, you should look me up. |
| look up | (情勢等) 好轉，改善 | The economy is looking up. |
| look up to + | 尊敬，敬仰 | He looks up to his father. |
| look upon * as | 視為 | I look upon him as a close friend. |
| lord it over + (sb) | 在 (某人) 面前擺架子；對 (某人) 逞威風 | She loves to lord it over her employees. |
| lose out | 吃虧；失利；輸 | Many people lost out when the new regulations were enforced. |
| lose out on + | (在某方面) 吃虧；失利；失敗 | Because I left the company, I lost out on my bonus. |
| lose out to + | 輸給，敗給；被擊敗；被取代 | People without IT skills often lose out to those with the skills. |
| luck out | 走運 | I really lucked out when I met my partner. |
| lust after/for + | 渴望，渴求 | He lusts after/for a Rolex. |
| lust after/for + | 想和 (某人) 做愛；貪戀 (色慾、美色或女色) |
He secretly lusts
after/for his friend's wife. Some men lust for gold, but most lust for women. |