1. be fond of “喜愛，愛好” 接名詞、代詞或動詞的-ing形式。

He’s fond of swimming. 他喜歡游泳。

Are you fond of fresh vegetables. 你喜歡新鮮蔬菜嗎?

He is fond of his research work. 他喜愛他的研究工作。

2. hunt for = look for 尋找

I have found the book I was hunting for.我找到了那本我在找的書。

hunt for a job 找工作

3. in order to/so as to：這兩個詞組都可引導不定式作目的狀語, in order to可放于句首, so as to則不能, 其否定形式為in order not to / so as not to.

He went to Beijing in order / so as to attend an important meeting.

In order to be noticed, he shouted and waved to us.為了讓我們注意他, 他朝我們又是叫喊又是揮手。

4. care about

1) 喜歡，對……有興趣 = care for

She doesn’t care about money.她不喜歡錢。

2)關(guān)心 = care for

She thinks only of herself. She doesn’t care about other people.她只考慮自己。她不關(guān)心別人。

3)在乎，在意(接從句或不接任何成分)

These young people care nothing about what old people might say.

這些年輕人根本不在乎老人說的話。

5. such as 意為“諸如……”，“像……”，是用來列舉人或事物的。

She teaches three subjects, such as physics and chemistry.她教三門科目,像物理、化學。

6. drop a line 留下便條, 寫封短信

7. make yourself at home 別客氣;隨便;無拘束

If you get to my house before I do, help yourself to a drink and make yourself at home.如果你在我之前到我家，自己喝點飲料，隨便一點。

8. stay up 不睡;熬夜

(1) I'll be late home, don't stay up for me.

我將回家很晚，不要等我了。

(2) He stayed up reading until 2:00 in the morning.

他熬夜看書直到凌晨兩點。

9. come about 引起;發(fā)生;產(chǎn)生

(1)How did the accident come about?

這場事故是怎么發(fā)生的?

(2) They didn't know how the change had come about.

他們不知道這個變化是怎樣產(chǎn)生的。

10. except for 除……之外

(1) except 與 except for 的用法常有區(qū)別。except 多用于引起同類事物中被排除的一項。如：

①He answered all the questions except the last one.

除去最后一個，他回答了所有問題。

②We go there every day except Sunday.

除了星期天，我們天天去那里。

(2)except for 用于引述細節(jié)以修正句子的主要意思。如：

①Except for one old lady, the bus was empty.

除去一個老太太，這輛公共汽車全空了。

②Your picture is good except for the colours.

你的畫兒很好，只是某些色彩有問題。

(3)但在現(xiàn)代英語中，except for也用于表示except的意思。如上述第一個例子可以是：

He answered all the questions except for the last one.

(4) 另外，在介詞短語之前只能用except，不能用except for。

We go to bed before ten, except in the summer.

除了夏季，我們通常十點之前上床睡覺。

11. end up with 以……告終;以……結(jié)束

The party ended up with an English song.聚會以一首英文歌結(jié)束。

12. more or less 幾乎;差不多;大約;大概;大體上

(1) I've more or less succeeded, but they haven't.

我差不多成功了，而他們沒有。

(2) Our living condition has more or less improved.

我們的生活水平或多或少提高了。

13. bring in 引進;引來;吸收

(1) We should bring in new technology.

我們應(yīng)該引進新技術(shù)。

(2) He brings in 800 dollars a month.

他一個月掙八百美元。

14. get away(from) 逃離

(1)The thieves got away from the shop with all our money.

小偷帶著我們所有的錢從商店逃跑了。

(2)I caught a really big fish but it got away.

我釣到了一條好大的魚，可是它逃掉了。