2016年12月英语四级常考词组盘点(6)

　　1.hold onto 紧紧握住 =hang onto

　　He held onto the rope.

　　2.hold out 坚持,不屈服

　　I don’t hold out much hope that the weather will improve.

　　3.hold up 举起,云承,阻挡

　　The building of the new road has been held up by bad weather.

　　4.in honor of 为向...表示敬意,为...庆祝/纪念

　　a party in honor of the visiting president

　　5.on one’s honor 以名誉担保

　　He was (put) on his honor not to tell the secret.

　　6.keep house 管理家务,做家务

　　7.hurry up (使)赶快

　　Hurry up, it’s getting late.

　　8.in a hurry 匆忙,立即

　　He was in a hurry to go home.

　　9.improve on / upon 改进,超过 =to produce or be something better than; better;

　　It is hard to improve on the plan.

　　10.at intervals 不时,每隔..时间或距离

　　The bell rang at 20-minute intervals.

　　11.by itself 自动地,独自地

　　The machine works by itself.

　　12.in itself 本质上,就其本身而言 =without considering the rest;

　　The existence of human beings is a miracle in itself.

　　13.be keen on 喜爱,渴望 He is keen on short stories.

　　14.keep away (from sth) 远离 Keep away from the water’s edge!

　　15.or keep sb/sth away from...

　　16.keep back

　　1).阻止.抑制;keep sb back from doing sth =prevent sb from doing sth.

　　2).隐瞒 She can keep nothing (back) from her friends.

　　3).保留 They keep back $20 a month from my salary for National Insurance(国民保险费).