l 常见的固定词组有:
1. 表示数量的词组
(1)a number of = a lot of许多
the number of …的数目
(2)a great deal of =a lot of 大量的,许多
比较:a great deal 非常(表示程度,作状语)
I’m a great deal better today
(3)a series of 一系列的
(4)a variety of = various kinds of = all sorts of 许多,各种各样的
2. 以all 开头的词组
(1)all at once 忽然,突然
(2)all over 遍及
(3)all the time = all times= at all times 总是
(4)all in all= above all = first of all 首先,最重要的是
3. 以all 结尾的词组
(1)above all = first of al= all in all首先,最重要的是
(2)after all 到底,毕竟,终究
(3)at all 全然,根本 not at all 一点也不
(4) in all 总计
4. 以as 开头的词组
(1)as to = as for = as regards = regarding 至于,关于
(2) as follows 如下
The report reads as follows.
(3)as yet 到现在(那时)为止
(4)as usual 和往常一样
(5)as a result 所以,结果是
(6)as a result of 由于…的缘故
(7)as a rule 通常,多半
(8)as …as 与…一样 not as/so…as不如,不像…
(9)as/so far as 在…范围之内
5. 以at 开头的词组
(1)at best 至多,充其量
(2)at hand 在手头,在近处
比较:in hand 手头,可支配的
(3)at intervals 不时,时时
(4)at length (1)终于,最后=at last (2)详细地= in detail
(5)at present 目前= at the moment
(6)at times 间或,偶尔 = from time to time, on occasion
(7)at one time 过去有一段时间
(8)at a time 一次性 He can eat 5 eggs at a time.
(9)at all times 老是,总是 =all the time
(10)at no time 从不,决不 = by no means, in no case
(11)at a loss 困惑,不知所措
(12)at all costs 不惜一切代价
(13)at the cost of… 以…为代价
(14)at all events 无论如何 =in any event, at any rate
(15)at the mercy of…任由…摆布, 在… 的掌控之中
e.g.The ship was out of control and at the mercy of the waves.
6. 以by开头的词组
(1)by accident 偶然,碰巧 = by chance
(2)by mistake 错误地
(3)by far 大量,甚多(用于比较级或最高级前,表示程度)
e.g.:Among these cities shanghai is by far the biggest.
(4)by all means 必定
(5)by means of 借,用,以
Thoughts are expressed by means of words.
(6)by no means 一点也不,决不
(7)by itself独自,单独(用于物)by oneself (用于人)
(8)by the reason of 因为 = on account of, because of, due to, owing to, by/in virtue of, on the ground(s) of,