动词短语和常用习惯表达（二）

考点5. set相关短语

set about doing

开始，着手（to start to do or deal with something, 后跟动名词, 意同go about） 

set out/off

出发（start a journey）

set out to do

开始做，着手做（to start an activity with a particular aim）

set off

点燃,引爆

set aside

留出（时间、钱等）；暂置一边

(也可用put aside)

set sb. apart

使区别开来

set down

写入、印入（正式文件中）

set up

建立（公司、组织、体系等）；

组织（会议、活动等）

sb. be set up

受陷害，中圈套

set back

推迟；使受挫

set/lay the table

整理餐桌（to put a cloth, knives and forks, etc. on the table in preparation for a meal）

set a record

创纪录

① I’ve no idea how to set about changing a tyre on a car. 

我不知道怎样着手换车上的轮胎。

② I tried to apologize, but I think I set about it the wrong way.

我尽力想道歉，但是我想我一开始方式就错了。

③ He had some money in an account that he’d set aside for his kids. 

他账户上有一些钱，是留出给他孩子用的。

④ I set aside half an hour every evening to hear Erik read. 

我每天晚上留出半小时时间来听Erik读书。

⑤ In times of war people tend to set aside political differences. 

在战争时期，人们倾向于把政治问题暂置一边。

⑥ What set her apart was that she had a lot of original ideas. 

使她与众不同的是，她有许多原创的主意。

⑦ What time will we have to set off/out for the station tomorrow? 

我们明天必须什么时候开始出发去车站？

⑧ They set out to discover a cure for cancer. 

他们着手来寻找癌症的治愈办法。

⑨ Be careful that you don’t set the fireworks off by mistake.

当心点, 别弄错了引起那些爆竹爆炸。

⑩ The rules of the club are set down in the members’ handbook. 

这个俱乐部的规章制度被印在成员的手册中。

11 A committee has been set up to organize social events in the college. 

一个委员会被成立以组织大学的社交活动。

12 We need to set up a meeting to discuss the proposals. 

我们需要组织一个会议来讨论这些提议。

13 They claimed that they weren’t selling drugs, but that they’d been set up by the police. 

他们声称他们没有卖毒品，他们是中了警方的圈套。

14 The accident has set them back several weeks.

那次事故已使他们耽搁了几个星期。

18. All their efforts at reform have been set back.

We ______ to paint the whole house but finished only the front part that day.

A. set about  B. set up C. set out   D. set down

19. Armed with the information you have gathered , you can ______ preparing your business plan.   

A. set out B. set about C. set off D. set up

20. Traditionally, college students hold a graduation ceremony to encourage themselves before they ______ on their life journey.

A. give up    B. settle down 

C. get through   D. set off

21. You had better ______ some time every day for sports so that you can keep yourself energetic.

A. set aside   B. take up

C. put away   D. give out

22. Einstein liked Bose’s paper so much that he ______ his own work and translated it into German.

A. gave off     B. turned down

C. took over      D. set aside

23. For all these years I have been working for others. I’m hoping I’ll ______ my own business someday.  

A. turn up     B. fix up 

C. set up    D. make up

考点6. take相关短语

take apart

拆卸，拆开

take after sb.

（在外貌、性格上）像某人

take down

写下，记下（别人所说的）

take effect

生效，起作用

take…for granted

想当然，认为……是真实的；

低估了……的价值

take sb. in

欺骗某人

take off

休假；（事业）腾飞；

脱衣；（飞机）起飞；

take on

展现出，呈现出 (begin to have a particular quality) 

take over

接手，接管

take sth. out on sb.

拿某人出气

take up

占去时间、空间、位置等；

开始从事某项工作或活动

take chances

碰运气，冒险

① He takes after his mother. 

他长得像他的母亲。

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② International sanctions were beginning to take effect.

国际制裁的效果开始显现出来。

③ The traffic laws don’t take effect until the end of the year. 交通法到年底才生效。

④ We have to re-educate the public about something they have always taken for granted.

关于一些公众一直认为是想当然的事情，我们不得不再对他们进行教育。

⑤ I can’t believe she was taken in by him. 

我真不敢相信她被他骗了。

⑥ He took off two weeks in September.

他9月休了两周假。

⑦ Her singing career had just begun to take off.

网搜语法通霸她的歌唱事业才刚刚腾飞。

⑧ Her voice took on a troubled tone. 

她的声音中显示出她被什么事困扰着。

⑨ She took over as manager two weeks ago.

她两周前接手经理这一职位。 

⑩ I know you’ve had a bad day, but there’s no need to take it out on me! 

我知道你今天不顺心，但也没有必要拿我出气。

11 This desk takes up too much room. 

这个桌子占去太多空间。

12 Have you ever thought of taking up acting ?

你考虑过从事演艺吗？

13 Dennis wasn’t a man to take chances.

丹尼斯不是一个靠碰运气做事的人。

24. Some insects ______ the colour of their surroundings to protect themselves. 

A. take in B. take off C. take on D. take out

25. Rod loves______clocks. However, he never manages to put them together again.

A. taking apart   B. giving away

C. making up   D. turning off

26. Briggs will ______ as general manager when Mitchell retires.

A. get away   B. take over

C. set off    D. run out

27. We tried to find a table for seven，but they were all ______ .

A. given away   B. kept away    

C. taken up   D. used up

28. After studying in a medical college for five years, Jane ______ her job as a doctor in the countryside.

A. set out B. took over C. took up D. set up　

29. Don’t be ______ by products promising to make you lose weight quickly. 

A. taken off   B. taken out

C. taken away   D. taken in

30. We’re trying to ring you back, Bryan, but we think we ______ your number incorrectly.  

A. looked up   B. took down

C. worked out    D. brought about 

考点7. turn相关短语

turn against

背叛，反对

turn down

拒绝，谢绝（某人建议、忠告）；

关小（声音）

turn in

上交（也用hand in）

turn over

翻过来

turn to sb. for help

转向某人求助

turn out

聚集（参加公众活动或娱乐）

turn out (to be)

证明是，结果是

turn up

（人或机会出乎意料或事先无计划地）出现

① Please turn/hand in your homework on time.

请按时交作业。

② After six years of fighting, public opinion has turned against the war. 

经过六年战争之后，公众也开始反对这场战争。

③ He turned down the job because it involved too much travelling. 

他拒绝了这个工作，因为它涉及太多旅行。

④ Thousands of people turned out to welcome the England team home. 

数千人聚集在那里，来欢迎英国队归来。

⑤ She turned up at my house late one night.

一天夜里她突然来到我家。

⑥ This job turned up just when I needed it.

当我需要这个工作时，它突然出现了。  

31. Thousands of people ______ to watch yesterday’s match against Ireland.

A. turned on   B. turned in 

C. turned around    D. turned out

32. —What are you reading, Tom? 

—I’m not really reading, just ______ the pages.

A. turning off   B. turning around

C. turning over  D. turning up

33. With no one to ______ in such a frightening situation, she felt very helpless.  

A. turn to B. turn on C. turn off  C. turn over

34. —You look upset. What’s the matter?

—I had my proposal ______ again.

A. turned over   B. turned on

C. turned off   D. turned down