(b)使恢复知觉:
She fainted with the pain but a little brandy soon brought her round.
她痛得昏厥了,但是一小点白兰地很快使她恢复了知觉。
bring a person or thing round(tr;宾语常位于 round之前)把人或物带到某人的住所去:
I have finished that book that you lent me; I’ll bring it round(to your house)tonight.
你借给我的书我已经看完了;我今晚上把它带(到你家里)来。
bring up(tr)
(a)教育培养儿童:
She brought up her children to be truthful.(brought her children up/brought them up)
她教导她的孩子们要真诚无欺。
(b)提起,谈到:
At the last committee meeting,the treasurer brought up the question of raising the annual subscription.(brought the question up/brought it up)
委员会上一次开会时,财务主管提出了提高会员年费的问题。
burn
burn down(tr/intr)(完全)焚毁(指建筑物):
The mob burnt down the embassy.(burnt the embassy down/burnt it down)
乱民把大使馆焚毁了。
The hotel burnt down before help came.
旅馆在援助到来以前就烧毁了。
call
1 call走访,拜访
call at。走访一个地方:
I called at the bank and arranged to transfer some money.
我到银行去了一下,安排了款项过户的事宜。
call for到一个地方去取物或接人:
I am going to a pop concert with Tom.He is calling for me at eightso I must be ready then.
我要和汤姆去听流行歌曲音乐会。他8点钟来接我,因此我必须届时准备好。
Let’s leave our suitcases in the left luggage office and call for themlater on when we have the car.
咱们可以把行李存放在行李暂存处,等以后有车用时再来取。
call in(intr)同 look in和口语化的 drop in意思一样,是来访,来坐坐的意思:
Call in/Look in on your way home and tell me how the interviewwent.
你回家的路上来看我一下,告诉我面谈进行得如何。
call on拜访某人:
He called on all the housewives in the area and asked them to sign thepetition.
他走访了这一地区的所有主妇,要求他们在请愿书上签名。
2 call for/in/on的其他意思
call for(tr)要求,需要(这里的主语常是一个不用来指人的单词或短语,如 the situation形势/this sort of work这种工作/this此事等,宾语则常是一个表示某种性质的词,如 courage勇气/patience耐心/a steady hand稳当不抖的手):
The situation calls for tact.
对付这一形势要有策略。
You’ve got the job! This calls for a celebration.
你得到这份工作了!这需要庆祝一下。
但这里也可以用一个用来指人的主语:
The workers are calling for strike action.
工人们正要求采取罢工行动。
The relations of the dead men are calling for an inquiry.
死者们的亲属要求调查真相。
call in a person/call a person in派人去找某人来/请某人来家服务(send for比call in更显得主语权势大,因此callin是更有礼貌的说法):
It was too late to call in an electrician.(call an electrician in/call him in)
找电工来已太晚了。
There is some mystery about his death; the police have been calledin.
他的死有点儿蹊跷;已经去找警察来了。
call on somebody(常带动词不定式)要某人做某事/要某人给予帮助(较为正式的提出要求的方式,主要用于正式场合或演讲中,意味着提出要求的人认为所号召的事是另一人的责任):
The president called upon his people to make sacrifices for the good oftheir country.
总统号召人民为祖国的利益做出牺牲。
The chairman called on the secretary to read the minutes of the lastmeeting.
主席要求秘书朗读上次会议的记录。
3 call的其他词组
call off(tr)取消尚未开始的事,放弃已在进行中的事:
They had to call off the match as the ground was too wet to play on.
(call the match off/call it off)
因为场地太湿无法比赛,人们不得不取消这次比赛。
When the fog got thicker the search was called off.
雾愈来愈浓了,只得放弃了搜索。
call out(tr)召唤某人出来处理外面的事(常用于指部队被召集走出营房对付民众骚乱):
The police couldn’t control the mob so troops were called out.
警察无法控制乱民,因此出动了军队。
The Fire Brigade was called out several times on the night of 5 November to put out fires started by fireworks.
11月5日晚上,消防队多次奉召出动,以扑灭因燃放焰火而引起的火灾。
Doctors don’t much like being called out at night.
医生们不太喜欢夜间出诊。
call up(tr)
(a)征去服兵役:
In countries where there is conscription men are called up at the age of eighteen.(call up men/call men up/call them up)
在实行征兵制的国家里,18岁的男子要应征服役。
(b)给……打电话:
I called Tom up and told him the news.(calld up Tom/called him up)
我给汤姆打电话,把消息告诉他了。
care
not to care about(tr)对……淡漠,不关心……:
The professor said that he was interested only in research;he didn’t really care about students.
教授说他只对研究感兴趣;他并不真的关心学生。
care for(tr)
(a)喜欢(很少用于肯定句):
He doen’t care for films about war.
他不喜欢战争影片。