2015MPAcc备考英语关键词组精析(九)
2015MPAcc备考正火热的进行中,为使同学们打上更坚实的基础,太奇MPAcc英语辅导专家邵宁老师整理了英语关键词组的精析分享给大家,希望对同学们的复习有所帮助。
Many a large and important business has been built up from small beginnings.
burn down 烧毁;烧掉
The building was burnt down and only ashes were left.
burn out 烧光;熄灭;疲乏
The building was burnt out and only the walls remained.
You’ll burn yourself out if you work too hard.
burn up烧尽;烧旺
All the wood has been burnt up.
Put some more wood on the fire to make it burn up.
but for要是没有,要不是
But for my brothers help, I would not have finished.
要不是我兄弟的帮助,我是无法完成的。
注意:常+虚拟语气
by accident偶然;不小心
I met Jacob by accident in the cinema.
我偶然在电影院遇到了雅各布。
by all means尽一切办法;务必
by and by不久以后;不一会儿
He’ll come back by and by.
by and large 一般来说,大体上
By and large, your idea is a good one.
by far 得多;显然
He is by far the tallest among us.
His explanation is clear by far.
注意:主要用来修饰比较级,最高级,强调数量、程度等。
by hand用手;由专人送的;用体力
by itself自动地,单独地
The house stands by itself outside the village. 这幢房子孤单地坐落在村外。
by means of通过…手段;借助于,用
by mistake弄错,错误地
by no means 根本没有;一点也不
I am by no means pleased with this behavior.
by oneself单独地,独自地
by the way顺便说说;顺便提起
By the way, what happened to the money?
顺便问一句,那笔钱后来怎么样了?
by virtue of由于;因为
Though she isn’t British by birth, she’s a British citizen by virtue of her marriage to an Englishmen.
by way of取道;用…方法,通过
by way of London 途经伦敦
learning reading by way of pictures