習語集錦【3】

1. Abide by the consequences

　　— endure the result

　　— 忍受不良後果

　　Example: If you insist on going to such a dangerous place, no other person but you have to abide by the consequences.

　　2. Able to/can take something

　　— （often in the negative） able to face something sad, etc. without being weakened; able to endure something

　　— 能承受不好的事

　　Examples: ① Don't mind about rugged life there. I am able to take it. ② Please stop speaking so loudly! I am not able to take it any more. ③ Go ahead hitting him. He can take it. ④ I don't think Nancy can take any more bad news.

　　3. Abound in/with something

　　— have plenty of something

　　— 有很多……

　　Examples: ① Our neighbouring countries abound in natural resources. ② That dirty man's hair seems to have abounded with fleas.

　　4. Back down

　　— retract; withdraw charges, claims, etc.

　　— 放棄對某事的要求等

　　Example: For the sake of national unity, even those who have good reasons to complain have decided to back down.

　　5. Back on to something

　　— have the back next to something, especially with reference to a house

　　— 背曏

　　Example: The rich man's bungalow backs on to a hill while facing a beautiful lake.

　　6. Call it a day

　　— stop work or cease activities

　　— 停止工作或活動

　　Example: It is quite late now. Let's call it a day and go home.

　　7. Call off something

　　— cancel something

　　— 取消某事

　　Example: They called off the soccer match because of heavy rain.

　　— stop something

　　— 停止某事

　　Example: As there was no hope of finding the escaped prisoner, the police decided to call off the search until some time later.

　　8. Dally about

　　— be slow and waste time

　　— 慢而浪費時間

　　Example: Don't go on dallying about or we will be late for the film show.

　　9. Dally with something

　　— think about something in an idle manner

　　— 不認真考慮某事

　　Example: The shy young man has been dallying with the idea of asking June to marry him.

　　10.Dam up something

　　— control something; hold back something

　　— 抑制某事

　　Example: Listening to the sad story, many girls were touched but they tried to dam up their tears.

　　（11） Hail-fellow-well-met with someone

　　— overfriendly with someone

　　— 對人十分友好

　　Example: David is always hail-fellow-well-met with every person he knows. No wonder he has many nodding acquaintances.