80个最常用的英语动词短语 （下）

我们今天继续学习英语常用动词短语。上次我们已经提到了，英语里的Phrasal Verbs是把普通动词和副词或介词合在一起搭配使用，形成了一个全新的动词短语。这些动词短语在使用中是和普通动词一样的，而且往往有着跟组成单词不一样的意思。所以，这就意味着我们要像背单词一样，去记忆一些常用的动词短语。

Phrasal Verbs是英语Idioms的一部分，它与其他Idioms一样，都是由长期语言习惯形成的，而且其中一些还具有地域性，譬如美国常用的动词短语和澳大利亚的就不完全相同。

我们今天转载的是后40个常用动词短语及例句，前40个大家可以参看上周的文章。

get over [x]: to recover from or overcome something Drinking a lot of water helps in getting over an illness.

get through [x]: to complete or endure an unpleasant experience Alessandra can’t get through a morning without coffee.

get to [x]: to annoy or bother someone People who don’t clean up after their dogs really get to me.

get together: to gather socially The volleyball team is getting together for dinner after practice.

give [x] away: to donate something or give something for free Mindy gave her prized doll collection away. / Mindy gave away her prized doll collection.

give up: to accept defeat, quit, or surrender Carin felt like giving up every time she saw the scoreboard.

give [x] up: to stop consuming or doing something, often a habit Minh gave chocolate up because of his migraines. / Minh gave up chocolate because of his migraines.

go against [x]: to disobey, contradict, oppose, or fight something A group of students went against the school dress code yesterday and wore ripped jeans.

go ahead: to proceed or move forward Because of the snow, we can’t go ahead with the festival.

go along with [x]: to agree with or pretend to agree with Even though Cedric hated weight lifting, he went along with it because his coach suggested it.

go for [x]: to try to achieve something Carlos trains so hard because he is going for an Olympic gold medal.

go on: to continue The workers will go on digging until they hit a water pipe.

go over [x]: to review or look at something Marie went over the study guide one last time before the test.

hand in [x]: to submit something, especially an assignment The teacher wants us to hand in our essays by email.

hold [x] back: to prevent someone from doing something I wanted to become an architect, but my bad grades held me back.

keep [x] up: to continue doing something Keep this pace up and you’ll set a new record!

leave [x] out: to omit something Orna left the graph out of the presentation. / Orna left out the graph from the presentation.

let [x] down: to disappoint someone Kamal let Marco down when he arrived late. / Kamal let down Marco when he arrived late.

let go of [x]: to release or free something Don’t let go of the rope until I’m safe.

let [x] in: to allow something or someone to enter Close the door or you’ll let the flies in! / Close the door or you’ll let in the flies!

let [x] know: to tell someone something Let me know as soon as Leslie texts back.

look after [x]: to take care of someone or something Thank you for looking after me when I was sick.

look up to [x]: to admire or idolize someone I looked up to this YouTuber until I read about their scandal.

mix up [x]: to confuse two or more things with one another It’s easy to mix up Chris Pine and Chris Pratt.

pull [x] up: to retrieve or bring something nearer Eugene pulled the document up on his computer. / Eugene pulled up the document on his computer.

put [x] on: to dress oneself in I always put my backpack on before leaving the house. / I always put on my backpack before leaving the house.

put up with [x]: to tolerate or condone something Somehow Paz could put up with Janice’s cynical attitude.

run out of [x]: to use all of or drain the supply of something Isabella ran out of toilet paper at the worst possible time.

see to [x]: to make sure something is done I’ll see to watering the plants while you’re gone.

set [x] up: to arrange or organize something Since no one had invited me to join their study group, I set a group up myself. / Since no one had invited me to join their study group, I set up a group myself.

show off: to display abilities or accomplishments in order to impress others Panya didn’t need to shoot so many three-pointers; she was just showing off.

shut [x] off: to turn off, especially a machine Don’t forget to shut the water off after your shower. / Don’t forget to shut off the water after your shower.

take after [x]: to resemble someone, especially of children about their parents Li takes after his father when it comes to politics.

take [x] out: to move something outside Please take the garbage out before dinner. / Please take out the garbage before dinner.

think [x] over: to consider something When his parents suggested selling his Pokémon cards, Yosef thought the idea over. / When his parents suggested selling his Pokémon cards, Yosef thought over the idea.

throw [x] away: to dispose of something Could you throw that old burrito away? / Could you throw away that old burrito?

top [x] off: to refill something to the top; to complete something in a special or spectacular way May I top your beverage off? / May I top off your beverage?

turn [x] down: to reject or say no to someone My crush turned me down after I asked them out.

wait on [x]: to serve someone, especially at a restaurant Billie eagerly waited on the table of new customers, hoping for a big tip.

wait out: to wait until an even to or period is over They decided to wait out the rain before going on a walk.