动词词组 GET 9

词组讲解

1. get 〔be〕 back on one's feet ***重新站起来；重获独立；恢复健康

解 短语动词；词义溯源：变得［重新（back）］ ［站起来、自立、康复（on one's

feet）］

例 Could you ask me again after I get back on my feet financially? I'd love to go to Europe

with you, but I really don't have the money to take a trip right now.

2. get back to sb. / get back ***回话

解 短语动词；词义溯源：［重新、再一次（back）］向某人走

例 Make sure you get back to me as soon as possible. I'll be waiting for your reply, but I can't

wait forever—there are a lot of other companies who are interested in the business. So think it

over and give me a call.

3. get better **变得更好

解 习语；词义溯源：成为［更好的（better）］状态

例 While discrimination against women in the workplace is still a factor, things are getting

better. The disparity between men's wages and women's has shrunk¹ to just over 15%, down from

the 33% of the 1990's.

4. get 〔have〕 butterflies in one's stomach **焦虑

解 〈口〉习语；词义溯源：［胃（stomach）］［里（in）］有［因紧张而引起的颤动

（butterflies）］；参照give one butterflies in one's stomach

例 Medicine won't help you. When you get butterflies in your stomach, the only thing you

can do is use your mind to control the feeling. Try closing your eyes, taking several deep breaths

and thinking of pleasant thoughts.

5. get by with sth. / get by ***勉强过活，过得去；逍遥法外，侥幸躲过

解 短语动词；词义溯源：［经过（by）］［向（with）］某物走去或［尽管有

（with）］某事（通常是坏事），还能［经过（by）］；本词组作“逍遥法外”解释时，同

get away with sth.

例 Two of the food packages were swept away by the torrential rain. We now had only three

left to divide among the ten of us for the next five days. Captain Alston assured² us we could get by

with only one food package, a thought none of us relished³.

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