L
laugh at因…而笑；嘲笑
Don't laugh at him.别嘲笑他。
We all laughed at his joke.
听了他的笑话我们都大笑起来。
People have often laughed at stories told by seamen. 人们常常嘲笑海员所讲的故事。
Everyone laughed at his foolish antics.
大家都笑他那种愚蠢的滑稽动作。
lay aside把…搁置一旁，收起；积累
lay down放下；拟订，规定
lay down the law立法
lay off（临时）解雇 ；休息，戒
the factory has laid off a hundred workers.
The doctor advised the managing director to lay off for a couple of days.
医生劝总经理休息几天。
lay out设计；安排；展示
lead the way带路，引路
learn by heart记住，背诵
leave alone不打扰，听其自然
leave behind忘了带，不带；遗留；落后
leave off停止，中断
He has left off working.
leave out漏掉，删掉；省略
Tom left out that part of the story.
let alone更不用说
He hasn't enough money for food, let alone amusements.
他连吃饭钱都不够，就更不用说玩儿的钱了。
The baby can’t even walk, let alone run.
let down加长 放下，降低；使失望
let go (of)放开，松手
let off排放；放过；宽恕；（在…）下车
Some judges will not let young criminals off, they make them go to prison.
She let the boy off (doing) his music practice.
let out放走，释放；发出（声音）；泄露
line up排队，排成一行
About a hundred people lined up in front of the theatre.
little by little一点一点地，逐渐地
live on靠…生活；维持生命
the sick man lived on chicken soup for a week.
live through经受住；度过
Many people lived through the earthquake.
live up to不辜负；遵守诺言
He was a man who lived up to his promises.
I hope I can live up to the expectations of my parents.
We will live up to what our parents expect of us. 我们决不辜负父母亲对我们的期望
。
look after照顾；关心
My friend looked after my cat while I was on holiday.
在我去度假的时候，我的朋友照料我的猫。
Robert's old enough to look after himself.
罗伯特这么大了,已经能照顾自己了。
look at看；观察；查阅
look back回头看；回顾
From this time on, he never looked back.
从此以后他便不断进步了。
After he won the first game, he never looked back. 他胜了第一局后,就节节胜利。
look down on / upon轻视，看不起
Some boys usually look down on little girls and refuse to play with them.
look for寻找，寻求；期望
look forward to盼望；期待
We are all looking forward to our holiday.
我们都盼望着假期。
I'm looking forward to seeing you this summer vacation. 我盼望今年暑假见到你。
look in顺便看望；顺便拜服
I’ll look in this evening to see how she is.
look into调查，深入了解
I’ll look into your complaint at once.
look on观看，旁观
May I look on with you?
我可以跟你合看这本书吗?
The bull looked on syMPAthetically until the drunk was out of the way before onc
e more turning its attention to the matador.
这头公牛一直同情地望着醉汉,直到醉汉不见了才重新把注意力转向斗牛士。
look out注意
Look out, there's a car coming.
留神，汽车过来了。
Look out! There is danger ahead.
当心!前面危险。
look over翻阅，浏览
look through浏览；详细调查
Look through these photos and try to pick out the man you saw.
look up查阅，查出；看望
Things are looking up! 情况正在好转!
When you do not understand a word, you can look it up in this dictionary.
当你不懂一个单词时，可以查这本词典。
On my way home, I looked up an old friend of mine.
在回家的路上,我去看望了一下我的一个老朋友。
lose heart丧失勇气，失去信心
lose one’s head被砍头；丧命；慌张
lose one’s temper发怒，发脾气
He lost his temper. 他发脾气了。
lose sight of看不见；忘记，忽略
In the heat of the argument, we mustn’t lose sight of our main purpose.
M
make a / the difference区别对待；起重要作用；有影响
make for快速走向，向…前进；促进
The ship was making straight for the rocks.
The large print makes for easier reading.
大号字体便于阅读。
make friends交朋友
make fun of嘲弄，取笑
make one’s way前去；去
make out理解，领悟；写出；辩论
Can you make out what he’s trying to say?
He immediately sat down and made out a check/bill.
make sense有意义；言之有理
make sure弄确实，查明
make the best / most of充分利用
make up组成，占…比例；弥补，补偿；捏造；
化妆；化装
She made up her face to look prettier.
她把脸化了妆以便看上去漂亮些。
The boy made up a story; it was not true.
男孩编了个故事，这故事不是真的。
make up for弥补，补偿
This beautiful autumn makes up for the wet summer.
Hurry, we must make up for lost time.
How can we make up to you for what you have suffered? 我们如何补偿你所遭受的损害
？
make up of由…组成；包含有
make up one’s mind决心，决定
make use of使用，利用
make way让路，腾出地方
many a许多，
many a time屡次
may as well还不如，不妨
There is nothing to do, so I may as well go to bed. 没什么事可做，我还是上床睡觉
好了。
注意：+动词原形
mix up混合，混淆，搞乱，搞糊涂
He mixed up the addresses so that no one got the right letters.
It's common to mix him up with his brother; they're twin brothers. 把他同他的兄
弟混淆起来是常有的事,因为他俩是双胞胎。
Don't mix up those papers.
别把那些纸弄乱了。
If you mix up those data we shan't find the one we need quickly. 要是你把这些资
料弄乱,我们将无法迅速地找到需要的内容了。
more or less或多或少，有点儿
most of all尤其是，首先
N
neither … or既不…也不…
He answered me, but he spoke neither slowly nor clearly.
他回答了我的问题,但是他说得又快又不清楚。
never mind不要紧，不要放在心里
next door隔壁；接近
no doubt无疑地，很可能
No doubt you would like a drink.
毫无疑问你是喜欢喝一杯了。
No doubt he was just trying to help, but he's spoiled our work.
可能他只是想帮忙，但却把我们的工作给弄糟了。
no good不行，没有用
no less than和…一样
no longer不再
no matter how (what, when, etc.)无论
no more不再
no more than至多；同…一样不；仅仅
no sooner … than一…就
I had no sooner got back to the kitchen than the doorbell rang loud enough to wake the dead. 我刚走回厨房,门铃又响了,响得足以把死人吵醒。
no wonder难怪，不足为奇
none other than不是别的，正是
It's none other than Tom! We thought you were in Africa! 是汤姆！我们以为你还在非
洲！
not only … but also不但…而且…
nothing but只，只不过
now and then 时而，偶尔
now that既然
O
of course当然
off and on断断续续地，间歇地，有时
off duty下班
on a large scale大规模地
on a small scale小规模地
on account of因为，由于
on average平均；通常；一般
on behalf of代表，为了
I paid the money on your behalf.
我替你付了钱。
Don't trouble to do it on my behalf.
不要为了我去麻烦了。
on board 在船（车、飞机）上
on business办事；因公出差
on condition that如果；在…条件下
on duty值班，当班
on earth地球上，世界上；究竟；到底
