2012年6月英语四级考试常考短语(11)

I in the past 在过去,从前

I pay back 偿还,回报,向...报复 1.Have I paid (you) back the $10 you lent me? 2.I'll pay you back for what you did to me.

I pay off 1还清债;2给清工资后遣散

3得到好结果,取得成功 1.=pay the whole of (a debt) 2.=pay and dismiss from job 3.Our plan certainly paid off; it was a great idea.

I pay up 全部付清 =pay a debt in full, often unwillingly.

I in person 亲自,本人 I can't come in person, but I'm sending my secretary.

I pick out 选出,挑出;

辨认出,分辨出; 1.=choose 2.He picked out his sister in the crowd.

I pick up 1.2拿起,捡起;3好转,改进,增加;4.获得,学会;5车等中途搭人or中途带货;6.(借着仪器)看到,听到侦得 1.Pick up the box by the handlers. 2.Please pick up all your toys when you've finished playing. 3.Trade is picking up again. 4.Where did you pick up that book? 5.Pick me up at the hotel. 6.Can you pick up Radio Beijing with your portable radio?

I in/out of place 适当的/不适当的 =in/not in the proper position

E in place of 代替 =instead of:

We use gas as fuel in place of coal.

I in the first/last place 起初,首先 In the first place I didn't want to go,and in the second place I can't afford to.

E take the place of 代替 Electric trains have taken the place of steam trains in Britain.

E play with 以...为消遣,玩弄

I come to the point 说到要点,扼要地说 I've come to the point where I can't listen to her any longer.

A on the point of 即将...的时候 We were on the point of leaving when you telephoned us.

I point out 指出,指明 He pointed her out to me.

A to the point 切中要害,切题 What my father said was much to the point.