补充词组
1. get 〔have〕 a big send-off **(出发前)得到美好祝愿
解 习语;词义溯源:得到[送别(send-off)];big还可以替换为fine、wonderful等词
例
Diplomats1 are accustomed to getting a big send-off at the airport. 外交官们习惯了出发前
在机场受到大批人的欢送。
2. get 〔have〕 a Charley horse **(由于紧张)胳膊或腿部抽筋
解 习语;词义溯源:身受[(运动员等经历的)抽筋、痉挛(Charley horse)];参
照give sb. a Charley horse
例 Right after the marathon, a runner from Indonesia got a charley horse in his left
thigh2. 马
拉松比赛刚刚结束,一位印度尼西亚选手的左大腿便抽筋了。
3. get 〔have〕 a crush on sb. **完全陷入,彻底迷住
解 习语;词义溯源:得到[对于(on)]某人的[迷恋(crush)]
例 Horace soon got a crush on the new girl and was no longer interested in Mary Turner. 贺
拉斯很快就迷恋上另外一个女孩,对玛丽·特纳不再感兴趣了。
4. get 〔have〕 a fix on sth. **得知准确位置,了解真实身份
解 习语;词义溯源:明白(理解)有关某物的[位置、决定(fix)];参照give sb. a
fix on sth.
例 Satellite technology allows soldiers on the battlefield to get a fix on their exact location by
radio. 卫星技术能让战场上的士兵通过无线电探测出他们所在的具体位置。
5. get 〔have〕 a hard time **走弯路,经历艰难的时间
解 习语;词义溯源:遭受[困难、麻烦(hard time)];参照give sb. a hard time
例 Since you haven't shown up for the last three
rehearsals3, you can expect to get a hard time
from the
choir4 director. 前三次彩排你都没出现,你就等着合唱队指挥给你好看吧。
6. get 〔take〕 a licking **被打,挨打
解 习语;词义溯源:遭受[鞭打(licking)]
例 He is going to get a licking when he fights Tyler next week for the WBA title. 下周与泰
勒争夺WBA冠军的比赛中,他将会挨揍。
7. Get a life! *不要这样了!振作起来!
解 俚语;词义溯源:获得[生机、活力、元气(life)]
例 You have three undergraduate degrees and two graduate degrees and you still want to
study more? Get a life! 你已经有了三个学士学位和两个硕士学位了,还要再学习?别这样
了!
8. get 〔have〕 a red face **(因惊慌而)脸上火辣辣,脸红
解 习语;词义溯源:获得[涨红的脸(red face)]
例 The compliments caused the usually shy man to get a red face. 这些恭维话让这个素来羞
涩的男人脸红了。
9. get 〔take〕 a shellacking *挨一巴掌;(在体育比赛中)被击败
解 俚语;词义溯源:遭受[殴打、彻底击败(shellacking)]
例 Iheard that Mr. Pak's team got a shellacking at the tournament last weekend. 我听说帕克
先生的团队在上周末的锦标赛中被彻底打败了。
10. get 〔have〕 a start **汽车重新发动;迈出第一步
解 习语;词义溯源:得到[出发、开始(start)]
例 Can't we call the emergency road service and get a start from the tow truck? 我们不能叫
紧急路况服务,让拖车来帮忙吗?
Joseph got a start in politics when he was a university student. 约瑟夫还是个大学生的时候
便开始了他的政治生涯。
11. get ahead of (sb. or sth. ) / get ahead ***超过,优于
解 短语动词;词义溯源:相比于某人或某事[更好、领先(ahead of)或向前
(ahead)]
例 In the 17th kilometer, Bobby from England was able to get ahead of the South African
runner and maintained his lead for the remainder of the race. 在17公里处,来自英国的博比超过
了南非选手,并在剩下的比赛中始终保持领先。
12. get along ***离开;进展,进步;关系和睦;上年纪
解 短语动词;词义溯源:变得[顺着继续向前(along)]
例 Ithink we'd better get along before the riot police arrive and arrest everyone. 我想我们最
好在防暴警察过来逮捕大家之前都离开。
13. get along in years / get along **步入晚年
解 习语;词义溯源:[过了很多年(in years)] 进入老年
例 Frank is getting along in years and will be retiring soon. 弗兰克已经上了年纪,很快就
要退休了。
14. get around to sth. ***抽出时间,拖延很久后才做
解 短语动词;词义溯源:向某物远远[环绕(around)]过去
例 Ihaven't gotten around to reading your report, but I'll try to do it this evening. 我还没抽出
时间来读你的报告,不过我尽量今晚读。
15. get away from sb. or sth. / get away ***脱离,逃脱,远离
解 短语动词;词义溯源:去[远离、离开(off)]某人或某物;参照keep 〔stay〕
away from sb. or sth.
例 Feeling he needed to get away from his family for a while, George took a trip to Alaska.
乔治感到自己需要离开家一段时间,于是去阿拉斯加旅行了一番。
16. get 〔have〕 back at sb. / get back ***以牙还牙,报复
解 〈口〉短语动词;词义溯源:[针对、向着(at)] 去[报复、回敬(back)] 某
人
例 It took Chuck two years to get back at
Harry5 for that remark he made. 查克花了两年时间
最终让哈利因为说过的话而遭到了报复。
17. get busy **迅速开始
解 习语;词义溯源:成为[繁忙的、忙碌的、没法抽身的(busy)]状态
例 Stop all that chit-chat and get busy on your project like the rest of the students!停止闲
聊,像其他学生一样赶紧做事!
18. get by on sth. / get by ***通过;勉强维持,凑合着过
解 短语动词;词义溯源:去[以…方式(on)][经过(by)]某物
例 Do you think we can get by on 50 yuan a week for food, or will we need more? 你觉得我
们一周只花50元买吃的可以勉强度日吗?是不是得再多点呢?
Excuse me, sir. Could you move out to the front of the door so that other customers can get
by, please? 对不起,先生。您能站到门外面去,让其他顾客通过吗?
19. get cracking **赶忙,迅速开始行动
解 习语;词义溯源:成为[快的、活跃的(cracking)]状态
例 You'd better get cracking if you're going to get this done by tomorrow's deadline. 如果你
想在明天的最终期限之前把这个完成,最好赶紧行动起来。
20. get dolled up / get all dolled up **打扮得花枝招展
解 习语;词义溯源:成为[打扮漂亮的、华丽的(dolled up)]状态
例 High school dances are a rare opportunity for young ladies to practice getting all dolled
up. 高校舞会是年轻女士们练习打扮的难得的机会。
21. get down to sth. ***开始认真做,着手
解 短语动词;词义溯源:去[下降(down)]到某类事情上
例 I've been so busy, I haven't been able to get down to my report which is due today. 我一直
都这么忙,还没着手做报告,今天可是最后期限了。
22. get down to the facts **说出实情,查明真相
解 习语;词义溯源:去[下降(down)]到[事实、真相(facts)]上
例 Let's stop speculating and get down to the facts of the case. 我们不要再怀疑了,查明这
个案子的真相吧。
23. get even with sb. / get even **向某人报复,报仇
解 习语;词义溯源:成为[对于(with)]某人[同等的(even)]状态
例 Iknow you feel like getting even with your boss, but I assure you that revenge and
retaliation6 will only worsen the trouble you are in now. 我知道你想对你的老板进行报复,但是
我保证,报复只会把麻烦弄大。
24. get fresh with sb. / get fresh **对某人冒失、无礼、放肆
解 习语;词义溯源:成为[对于(with)]某人[无礼的、厚颜的(fresh)]状态
例 Some old man sat next to her in the library and started getting fresh!图书馆里,一位老人
在她旁边坐下,开始放肆!
25. get〔be〕 in on sth. ***加入,参加,介入;得知或听到(特别的计划等)
解 短语动词;词义溯源:去[有关(on)]某物的[里面(in)]
例 Awhole new market is opening in South America and many manufacturers from
neighboring countries are rushing to get in on it. 南美洲将开放一个全新的市场,邻国的制造商
们争先恐后地参与其中。
26. get into an argument with sb. **展开辩论,争论
解 习语;词义溯源:进入与某人的[争执(argument)][里面(into)];have an
argument (with sb. )表示“争论”
例 Promise me you'll avoid getting in an argument with my mother this Thanksgiving Dinner,
dear. 答应我,亲爱的,今年的感恩节晚餐上不要跟我妈妈争吵。
27. get involved with sb. or sth. / get involved **与…有关联;卷进;与某人浪漫地交往
解 习语;词义溯源:成为[牵扯在内的、纠缠的(involved)]状态;be involved with
表示“与…确立关系,与…相爱”
例 Her son got involved with a local gang and dropped out of school. 她儿子因与当地的帮
派有瓜葛而被学校开除了。
28. get 〔have〕 it all together / get it together *恢复镇定,打起精神
解 俚语;词义溯源:获得[全部、整个(all together)]
例 The divorce left him really confused about his life, so I suggested he take some time off
from his job to get it all together. 离婚使他对生活非常迷茫,所以我建议他休几天假,恢复精
神。
29. get it in the neck *受到严惩,受严斥
解 俚语;词义溯源:[脖子(neck)]遭受
例 If even one member of the team does something wrong, we all get it in the neck when the
coach finds out. 如果团队的一名成员做错事被教练发现,我们就都得受训斥。
30. get mad at sb. or sth. / get mad **生气,恼火
解 〈口〉习语;词义溯源:对某人或某物成为[恼火的、疯狂的(mad)]状态
例 Hank got mad at Louis for telling the boss about his alcoholism. 汉克因为刘易斯告诉老
板他酗酒的事情而大为恼火。
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