重点讲解:
1. put sth. to the test
使经受检验;对…进行试验;
eg. The Liverpool team are now putting their theory to the test.
利物浦队此时正在验证他们的理论 。
eg. Arriving at the railway station, I put local knowledge to the test and ask a taxi driver.
到了火车站,为了检验自己对当地的了解程度,我请教了一个出租车司机 。
2. set up
创建;建立;安排;组建;
eg. They set up a tent near the seashore.
他们在海滨附近搭起了一个帐篷 。
eg. We decided to set up a cooperative.
我们决定开办一家合作社 。
3. lag behind
落后;赶不上;
eg. We still lag behind in this respect.
在这方面,我们还比较落后 。
eg. It often happens that thinking lags behind reality.
思想落后于现实的事是常有的 。
4. take over
接收,接管(公司);
eg. You are to take over one of the subdivisions.
你将接管其中一个分部 。
eg. There are now more than 20 big companies waiting in the wings to take over some of its business.
现有20多家大公司随时准备接手其部分业务 。
5. participate in
参与;参加;
eg. I intend to participate in a kungfu tournament next year.
我打算明年参加一个功夫联赛 。
eg. He participated in the design of the big bridge.
他参与了那座大桥的设计 。
6. be set to do sth.
做好准备的;可能的;
eg. We are all set to go when the telephone rings.
我们都准备好要走时电话铃响了 。
eg. The price of cigarettes is set to rise again.
香烟又要涨价 。