大丹麦狗全新版大学英语(第二版)第一册第五单元短语总结

2021年1月22日发(作者：otoscope)
Unit 5 Book 1

Useful expressions
1.

be tied up in one
’
s work
2.

be addicted to drugs

cf. addictive a.
上瘾的



addiction

cf. addition
增加

3.

be obsessed with/by the fear of death
4.

prompt sb to do
促使
sb
做
sth

Overview:
5.

a lack of balance between A and B

6.

devote much time to work
7.

devote time and effort to our personal lives outside work
8.

sth have become a much discussed issue
9.

sb become completely tied up in their work
10.

sb have no time left for their families or for proper rest and recreation
11.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
12.

sth make sb ill through stress
13.

sth harm those (people who are) closest to sb
14.

sb explore the causes and consequences of failing to do sth
15.

maintain a proper work-life balance
16.

come up with some advice for workaholics
Text A
17.

present a story
18.

sb work oneself to death
19.

attempt to be the perfect company man
20.

sb reveal the dangers
21.

The dangers lurk in an addiction to work to the exclusion of everything else
22.

sth do damage to family life
23.

the obituary said that
…

24.

sb die of (a disease)


cf. die from a car crash
25.

I think that was it.
我认为情况就是那样。



cf. that
’
s it.
情况就是这样。

26.

everyone among his friends and acquaintances
27.

know sth instantly
28.

a perfect Type A
，
workaholic, a classic
29.

think about the way sb lived
30.

work on his day off
31.

might conceivably have moved to the top spot
32.

land the top promotion
获得顶级提升

33.

succeed to the position of the president
继任总裁职位

34.

begin the four-day week for everyone but the executives
35.

be overweight by 20 pounds
36.

wear a sports jacket to the office
37.

have a lot of people working for him
38.

sb be seriously considered for his job
39.

A survive B


cf. sb survive (in) the earthquake/fire/flood
40.

a good woman of no particular marketable skills
41.

before marrying and mothering
42.

A give up trying to compete with B
’
s work
43.

sb must have given up part of herself which had cared too much for the man
44.

would be well taken care of=would be well provided for

cf. provide for
1.

供给，为
…
提供：

The local government provided special buses for the guests.
地方政府为宾客提供了专车。

2.

为
…
提供生计，赡养
(
家室、妻儿
)
：

I'm sure that I shall be well able to provide for my wife and family.
我确信我将完全能养活我的妻儿老小。

3.

为
…
做准备；考虑到：

We should provide for every eventuality in the budget.
我们应该在预算中为可能出现的一切情况做好准备。

4.

为
…
做好必要的安排：

Has the safety of the workers been properly provided for ?
对工人们的安全做好必要的安排了吗
?
5.

(
法律、条文等
)
规定：

The new law provided for equality of human rights.
新法律规定人人有平等的权利。

45.

sb be a hard-working executive in a manufacturing firm
一家制造公司的经理，工作十分努力

46.

go around the neighborhood researching his father
走访街坊邻里，打听父亲

47.

A live near B and they are close
48.

do odd jobs to stay in food
49.

grab at sb
紧抓
sb
不放

50.

try to mean enough to sb
努力想让自己在
B
的心目中显得重要

51.

stay up nights worrying about sth/sb
52.

A and B only board here

A
和
B
只是寄宿在一起

53.

at the funeral/wedding
54.

the deceased: euph. for the dead
55.

sb mean much to the company
56.

sb be hard to replace
57.

look sb in the eye
58.

read her bitterness
59.

need sb to straighten out the finances
60.

stock options
61.

and all that: and the like=and so on=and so forth
62.

a heart-attack natural
天生容易得心脏的人

63.

pick sb out from a lineup/queue
64.

begin discreetly, with care and taste, to do sth
开始谨慎地、小心而得体地做
sth
65.

make inquiries about sth: ask sth
Vocabulary & Translation exe
66.

For one thing
，
…
For another,
…




67.

It is one thing that
…
It is another that
…