1、test out, turn around等重点短语精1. test out 考验,充分检验。如:I was only testing you out. 我只不过在考验你。This new switch mechanism hasnt been fully tested out. 这种新的开关装置尚未经过充分检验。【拓展】 1) test for测试,鉴定,探测。如:The software has been tested for viruses. 这种软件已经过是否有病毒的测试。They are testing for oil. 他们正在探测石油。2) test (.) on 对进行试验,对
2、进行测验。如:None of this series of cosmetics has been tested on animals. 这一化妆品系列从未在动物身上做过实验。She tested the whole class on irregular verbs. 她对全班学生进行不规则动词测验。2. turn around 转身,转向,好转,改变意见。如:I thought I heard a voice I knew; turning around, I saw my long-lost brother. 我觉得我听到了一个熟悉的声音;转过身来一看,原来是我久无音讯的兄弟。The bus
3、 had to back up and turn around. 汽车得往后退,再倒过来。We want to turn the economy around. 我们要使经济好转。The chairman seems to have changed around. 主席好像改变主意了。【拓展】 1) turn back 往回走,阻止。如:Soon they had to turn back. 不久他们就不得不往回走了。The wheel of history cannot be turned back. 历史的车轮不能倒转。2) turn to 求助于,变成。如:I had to turn t
4、o the dictionary for help. 我只得求助于词典了。The ice turned to water. 冰化成了水。3) turn against 反对,背叛。如:Even those who are once for him begin to turn against him. 连那些原来支持他的人也开始反对他了。Nothing can make me turn against my country. 什么也不能使我背叛我的祖国。3. leave . alone 让独自待着,不打扰,不惹,更不用说。如:A railway station is no place for a
5、 child to be left alone at night. 火车站可不是让儿童在晚上独自待着的地方。He is busy; wed better leave him alone. 他正忙着,我们最好不要打扰他。Leave the dog alone. 不要去惹那条狗。What a strange thing that she and I ever came to meet. Leave alone to marry. 我同她会碰在一起已是够奇怪的了。更不用说结婚了。【拓展】 1) leave behind 留下,忘带。如:It is the little things that I leave behind for my loved ones; great things are for everyone. 我把小小的礼物留给我所爱的人;大的礼物却留给了所有的人。2) leave out 遗漏,省略。如:She left out the date on the cheque. 在支票上她漏写了日期。They must decide what to leave out. 他们必须决定省去什么。