【词组搭配积累】第四轮
1. in a (adj) bind 陷于困境；进退维谷 = mired in
2. wall-to-wall adj.覆盖全部地面；无时不在的；到处存在的，连续的
3. seep into 渗入；影响到；流入；（不好的情感或想法）出现
4. Sth finds echoes in.....共鸣，出现，体现 eg： The speech found an echo in the hearts of many of the audience.
5. it stands to reason that... 这是人人都清楚的；这是明摆着的；It stands to reason that if you don’t pay them enough they will leave.
6. a litmus test 石蕊实验；试金石；立见分晓的检验办法；litmus石蕊
7. to its credit 值得赞扬的是
8. on tap 随时可用的 We have this sort of information on tap. 可随时向您提供这种资料。
9. collateral n. 抵押物，担保品；adj. 附属的；附带的
10. last resort 最后手段；最后一根稻草
11. put sth into free fall 使某事成自由落体下降
12. revisit the decision 重新审视决策
13. turn sour 令人失望；不受欢迎；恶化；变酸
14. hold the bag 两手空空
15. carry the ball 承担责任；（NBA 翻腕违例）
16. go all length / go to such lengths 如此不遗余力
17. double down on 下双倍赌注；做某事更顽强，更坚定；加把劲做某事
18. fool’s errand 徒劳的奔波；徒劳无功的工作
19. beat one’s head against the wall 白费力气，徒劳无功
20. play its part 起作用；尽本分
21. fly off the shelves 抢购一空；畅销
- raid the aisles of supermarkets（强调气势
- Retailers were so swamped（侧面叙述）
- panic buying（名词）
- empty the shelves（简短利落）
- strip shelves bare（V.+ADJ.）
- snap up
22. every other每隔一个；every other day 每隔一天；every three/four 每三/四。 所有其他的；eg: Jerry was late but every other boy came in time.
23. have yet to be 尚未，还没有
24. winning formula 制胜之道；magic formula神奇的方法
25. sweet spot 最有效点；所有特点的完美结合
26. get off the ground 开始发行；取得进展
27. go under 破产；沉没；屈服；失败
28. wash your hands of sb/sth 拒绝对...负责；脱离关系；洗手不干；sth won’t/doesn’t wash (with sb) （解释，借口）对某人来说站不住脚，令人无法接受。eg: That excuse simply won’t wash with me. 那种托词根本不能令我信服。
29. high and dry 搁浅；孤立无援；处于困境; sb was left high and dry.
30. make the absence of sth (more) +adj 使...更加缺失，不明显；
31. step down 辞职；走下；逐步减低; step down as president 辞去总统职务
32. hands-on adj. 亲身实践的；亲身动手的 eg: a hands-on style of management 事事过问的管理方式
33. to the tune of 达到...数量；价格达...；总数为.. eg: The hotel has been refurbished重新装修 to the tune of a million dollars.
34. be a gift or a curse 是福还是祸？
35. What sets A apart from B is... 与B相比，A...
36. hush up 肃静；掩盖，防止...张扬出去
37. snap up 抢购；匆匆吃下；抢先到手；
38. suck up crisis 陷入危机；吸进，吸入；拍马屁，巴结
39. haggle over 讨价还价，争论不休
40. chip away at 不停的削（凿）；削弱
41. by default 缺席，不到场；默认情况下，不言自明的
42. troubleshoot any snags 解决任何故障；troubleshoot v. 解决重大问题；snag n. （潜在，意外，不严重的）问题，困难，障碍，麻烦
43. seep into 渗入；影响到；流入 eg: Technology has been seeping into the restaurant industry for years. 技术影响餐饮行业已经有些年头了。
44. wear one's heart on one's sleeve v.感情容易激动；十分坦率；公开显示，公开表露
45. made / hit / grab the headlines 成为重要新闻，新闻头条；被大肆宣传；轰动全国
46. think on one’s feet 头脑反应很快；才思敏捷
47. ground zero “爆心投影点”组织；着地点；发源地
48. proving ground 试验场
49. has led to changes in.... 在...造成了变化
50. but into sth 信从，买账，完全接受
51. be sapped by 使虚脱，虚弱，拖垮 sth sapped one of sth ~ deprive of 使削弱 eg: Years of failure have sapped him of his confidence. 连年失败使他逐渐丧失自信。
52. flag 疲乏，变弱，热情减退 eg: Her confidence had never flagged. / flagging support, enthusiasm
53. flap up 引起对...对注意 eg: The Report flagged up the dangers of under-age drinking.
54. only to find 不料；竟然（表示不如人意的结果出现）= turned out to be; end up doing
55. lend itself to 适用于，适宜于；有助于；eg: Her voice dosen’t really lend itself well to blues singings.
56. lend color to 使显得可信；使看起来似有可能 ; 使某件事情显得可信 eg: Most of the evidence lend color to this view.
57. lend an ear 倾听；lend a helping hand 帮忙；
58. lend support to支持；lend weight to 有助于，使更可信，使更重要，lend credence to 使可信
59. lend one’s name to 借...名义支持；lend your name to 公开表示支持
60. happy medium 折衷办法；妥协方案；中庸之道
61. off the air 停播，停止广播；广播中止；封杀 or get them off the screens
62. weigh in (with sth) 在讨论中发表有分量的意见，发挥作用 eg: The Beijing Daily weighed und with a similar view.
63. de jure 在法律上；根据法律
64. hotbed of sth （不良事物）的温床
65. eke out a leaving 勉强维持生活；苟延残喘的生活着 ; 竭力维持生计；eke out （靠节省用量使持久供应）eg: She managed to eke out her student loan till the end of the year.
66. beat the odds 克服重重困难
67. sth would risk undoing the progress already made sth可能会造成前功尽弃
68. a feather in your cap (美)可以引以为豪的行为；feather your (own) nest 中饱私囊
69. predispose to sth 使倾向于，受...影响。eg: Her good mood predisposed her to enjoy the play. predispose sb to sth 使易于患（某种病），容易诱发；eg: Stress can predispose people to heart attacks.
70. dispose of sb / sth 除掉，销毁；应付，解决，处理；击败，杀死；dispose sb to/towards sth 使倾向于，使有意于 eg: a drug that disposes the patient towards sleep
71. make perfect sense of sth 理解，弄懂，非常清楚（不易理解的事情）翻译：深谙...
72. saddle up sth 给（马）备鞍；saddle up the chicken “做好准备”的幽默说法
73. throw a tantrum 发脾气
74. stitch together 缝合，拼凑起，组织起
75. the belly of the city 市中心
76. come around 苏醒，恢复知觉 come around to itself 恢复正常
77. root about / round for sth 翻寻，寻找；Who’s been rooting around my desk?
78. root for sb（进行时）给...助威，给..加油 We’re rooting for the Bulls.
79. rooted to the spot 生了根似的定立；（惧怕，吃惊）钉在原地，呆若木鸡
80. put down roots （植物）生根；（人）定居 eg: After ten years traveling the world, she felt it was time to put down roots somewhere.
81. root and branch 完全彻底 eg: The government set out to destroy the organization root and branch. root-and-branch reforms 全面彻底的改革
82. take root（植物）生根；（思想）植根；深入人心。eg: Fortunately, militarism failed you take toot in Europe as a whole.
83. in a vacuum 真空中；封闭状态下；隔绝的环境中
84. alpha and omega 始终，全部，本质，要素
85. in kind 以同样的方法（手段）
86. jump the gun 枪未响先偷跑 ; 草率行事 ; 操之过急
87. phase into reopening 逐步开放；backfire v. 卷土重来
88. chasm between A and B 巨大分歧，显著差别
89. fall victim to sb/ sth 受到...的损害
90. not at any price 无论如何都不行 eg: sth is not worth the cost at any price 无论如何也不值得为之花一分钱
91. buck the trend 逆势而上； buck up 振作起来
92. per head 人均
93. well-thought-out adj.经过周详考虑的；深思熟虑出来的
94. be down to 归因于；之所以...是因为
95. make the final cut 参加最后角逐；Final cut 最终胜出者
96. reach out to 表示对sb感兴趣；愿意提供帮助
97. the black of public opposition 并没有人反对
98. keep sb/sth at bay 使受到牵制；使陷入困境
99. of one’s own accord 自愿地；主动地
100. seethe with = fume 因...沸腾，激动，生气
101. pound home the lesson to be drawn 把要吸取的教训牢牢记在心里
102. at the expense of the dead 以死者牺牲为代价
103. row about 为...争吵；row with sb 争吵；in a row 连续几次地
104. claw back 设法捞回；费力挽回；（政府通过税收手段）收回（支付给民众的钱）
105. claw your way back; into sth; out of sth ; to sth 努力逐步获得；艰难地移动 eg: She clawed her way to the top of her profession. 她拼死拼活地爬到了职业的顶峰。Slowly, he clawed his way out from under the collapsed building. 他艰难地从倒塌的大楼废墟底下满了出来
106. baptism of fire / by fire 跑火的洗礼；严峻考验；baptism（基督教）犀利
107. bare one’s soul 向别人掏心掏肺，展露自己的内心世界
108. be-all and end-all adj/n. 顶尖的，最好的 eg: Where my friend is going to working strikes me as being the be all and end all. 我觉得，我朋友的工作待遇简直好的不能再好了。eg: It’s not the be all and end all checklist for good parenting. 这不是教育孩子的必杀技。
109. It strikes me that... 我的印象是，我突然想到...
110. strike sb as sth 给某人以...印象；让某人觉得 eg: She strikes me as a very efficient person. How does the idea strike you?
111. bear the brunt 首当其冲，承担打击，责任
112. beg, borrow, or steal 不择手段，用一切方法 = by hook or crook. eg: She’d beg, borrow or steal to get a ticket. 不管用什么方法，她非得搞到一张票不可。
113. corner the market 囤积居奇，垄断市场
114. spar with 与...练习拳击；与...辩论
