文档介绍:请看一题:
Most of us know we should cut down on fat, but knowing such things isn’t of much help when it ____shopping and eating.
A. refers to B. speaks of
C. focuses on D. comes to
本题主要考查when it comes to (doing) sth. 其短语表示“当涉及(做)某事的情况、事情或问题时”;refer to“参考(cānkǎo),提及”;speak of “说起”;focus on “注意,聚焦于,集中于”。因此本题应该选D。本题主要考查考生的动词短语意义的区别,另外refer to和come to中的to是介词。
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down to
Isn’t it time you got down to _____the papers?
A. mark B. be marked
C. being marked D. marking
本题主要(zhǔyào)考查动词短语及非谓语动词的用法,get down to“着手干某事”。to 是介词,因此后应该接名词或动名词。
在英语中有许多常用带to的短语,是难点。这种短语的特点是在介词to后只能跟名词、代词或动名词。本文就高中阶段带有to的动词短语归纳并讲解如下。
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get down to 着手做(认真考虑)例如:
Let’s get down to work..
让我们静下心来工作吧。
While the weather is fine, I must get down to painting the house.
当天晴时,我一定要油漆房子。
解释:其后宾语一般用“business, work等”。down是副词。
2.keep to 遵守(坚持,坚持……方向)例如:
I’d rather keep to the original arrangement.
我宁愿坚持原先的安排。
Ill as he was, he kept to studying far into the night.
他虽然有病,但仍然学习到深夜(shēnyè)。
解释:同义词组是“stick to”。当表示“不偏主题,不跑题”时,其宾语经常用subject, point等。
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3.contribute to 有助于,为……做贡献,投稿,捐款 例如:
This can contribute to the solution of the problem.
这有助于问题的解决。
He offered to contribute to the Red Cross.
他主动提出向红十字会(hóngshízìhuì)捐款。
He contributed an article to China Daily.
他向《中国日报》投了一篇稿件。
4. admit to 承认 例如:
The young man admitted to stealing the jewels.
那个年轻人承认了偷了珠宝。
He admitted to the murder.
他承认犯了谋杀罪。
解释:例句中的to可省略。
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5.take to 喜欢上,从事,沉湎于,走向等 例如:
The robbers have taken to the hills, where it will be difficult to catch them.
盗贼们上山了,那里很难抓到他们。
For some reason he took to walking in the New York streets at night.
不知为什么,他养成夜间在纽约街道上溜达的习惯。
解释:请注意take sth to sth. 的用法,意思是:to use a tool or piece of equipment in order to do sth , especially sth violent用(工具或设备)做某事(尤指)用……打击。例如:He took a hammer to the 。
6.turn to 求助于(依靠,转而从事于)例如:
No matter when he is in troubl