高考英语实用短语
1.a few + 名词（可数） 一些
a good few = quite a few = a great many 相当多
e.g. ： (1). A few students are playing football in the playground.
(2). A good few / Quite a few of them are busy doing their homework.
2. a great deal of + 不可数名词 大量的，很多的
e.g. ： (1). Our country has a great deal of coal, oil and natural gas.
(2). He is a great deal taller than I.
3.a great many = a good many + 可数名词 很多，非常多
e.g. ： a good many books / a great many people
4. a handful + 可数/不可数名词 少量的；一把；很少的
e.g. ： （1）a handful of rice (一把米) （2）a handful of people (少数人)
（3）when the employer arrived, the secretary handed him a handful of letters. (一叠信)
5. a little + 不可数名词, “一点儿,有点儿”用于陈述句中,表示肯定.
little “几乎没有, 很少”,表示否定.
e.g. ： A： would you give a little more attention to your pronunciation?
B： I’m sorry, Miss Zhang. I paid little attention to it.
6. a lot of / lots of + 不可数名词或复数名词, “很多的,大量的”,通常用在肯定句中.
e.g. ： Every year , a lot of outstanding students in our school are admitted to many key universities.
7. a large number of + 可数名词 “很多”
e.g. ： A great number of students graduate from our school every year.
8. a large amount of + 不可数名词 “很多,大量”
e.g. ： A large amount of money was needed for the project.
Large amounts of + 不可数名词, 但谓语动词用复数
e.g. ： Large amounts of time have been spent doing our boring homework.
9. a large quantity of / large quantities of + 不可数或复数名词 “大量,很多”
e.g. ： (!) We have had quantities of rain this year.
(2) He buys things in large quantities.
10. plenty of + 不可数名词或可数名词复数 “很多; 充裕”
e.g. ： (!) There is plenty of time left for us to relax ourselves.
(2) There are plenty of eggs in this house.
11. above all = the most important of all 首先, 首要
e.g. ： (1) As a human being, we must find something to do, above all, we must believe in ourselves.
(2) We must learn to enjoy life and above all, we must value time.
12. according to + 名词,代词,或由what引导的名词从句 , “ 根据,按照…”
e.g. ： (1) According to the law, he will be sentenced to death.
(2) According to what the teacher has said, there will be a meeting tomorrow.
13. be about to do = be on the point of doing sty “即将,将要”
e.g. : (1) We were about to startbe about to when it rained.
(2) We were on the point of giving up when the captain took charge and encouraged us to save the sinking ship.
14. be absent from … “缺席”
e.g. : (1) He was absent from the meeting today.= He absented himself from the meeting today.
(2) Who is absent from school today?
15. be accepted as “被承认,被认可是…”
e.g. : (1) He is accepted as one of the top students in our school.
(2) Charlie Chaplin was accepted as one of the greatest film actors and directors.
16. achieve one’s goal 达到目标
achieve great success 取得成功
make great achievement 取得成就
e.g. : (1) He will never achieve your goal if he doesn’t work harder.
(2) He made great achievements in science.
17. act as 担当,充当
act on 对…有效; 按… 行事
act out 表演出
e.g.: (1) a trained dog can act as a guide to a blind man.
(2) The medicine doesn’t act on me.
(3) They made up a short play and act it out. In the play he acted as a young pioneer.
18. add … to… 把…加到…上
e.g.: (1) if you add 5 to 4, you get 9.
(2) 5 added to 4 are 9.
19. add to 增加
e.g.: (1) Fireworks(烟火) added to the attraction of the festival night.
(2) His illness added to the burden of his family.
add … up 把…加起来
add up to 总计是; 意味着
e.g.: (1) add up the figures, and you will get the total.
(2) His whole school education added up to no more than one year.
(3) Running faster, being stronger and having good techniques don’t add up to victory in sports.
20. in addition (to) 另外;除…之外
e.g.: (1) He speaks French in addition to English.
(2) There was an earthquake and, in addition, there were floods.
21. give advice on sth 提出意见(忠告)
follow / take / carry out sb’s advice 遵从(接受,执行)某人的意见
e.g.: At the very beginning of this term, our English teacher gave us some advice on how to learn English well and asked us to follow it.
22. advise sb. to do sth 劝说某人干某事
advise doing sty = suggest doing sty 建议干某事 advise sb’s doing sty
e.g: (1) I advised him to give up smoking.= I advised his giving up smoking.
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