【英语词组】恋恋不忘Day 1-2

up in arms

and in Europe,some are up in arms over a proposal to drop a specific funding category for social-science research and to integrate it within cross-cutting topics of sustainable development.
有人提议取消社会科学研究的特定资助类别，并将其纳入可持续发展的交叉课题，在欧洲，一些人对此竭力反对。
integrate 合并
integrity 完整性，诚实

far more than

in my own research,complaints from women about their husbands most often focused not on tangible inequities such as having given up the chance for a career to accompany a husband to his,or doing far more than their share of daily life-support work like cleaning.
我的研究发现，女性对丈夫抱怨最多的往往不是与一些切实存在的不平等有关，比如放弃自己的事业的机会以陪伴丈夫追求他的事业，或是承担了更多的日常家务，比如打扫卫生、做饭和社交活动安排等等。
share 份额

remind …of

Towards Avebury reminds people of the English landscape painting tradition.
《朝着****》让人们想起来英国风景画的传统。
remind sb about sth 提醒某人某事

burst out

i told the whole story to my friend and then she burst out laughing.
我把整件事告诉了我的朋友，她听后突然大笑起来。

take pride in

Each of us should take pride in our particular faith and heritage.
每一个人都应该对自己独特的信仰和传统感到自豪。
heritage=他把他哥哥的东西给我=heritage遗产

be contemptuous of

As for me,the essay was totally contemptuous of science.
在我看来，那篇文章完全是对科学的蔑视。

at hone

A new study suggests that contrary to most surveys,people are actually more stressed at home than at work.
一项新研究表明，同大多数调查相悖的是：实际上人们在家中的压力比在工作中的压力大。
contrary=con（共同）tra（拽）=contrary相反，矛盾

resort to

They have resort to taking these measure to settle the problem.
他们不得不依靠这些措施来解决这一问题。
resort=自己排了一遍没有成功，让他人排序=resort求助于

a little bit

A small part of us hoped getting “the Rachel”might make us look just a little bit like Jennifer Aniston.
我们中的少数人希望理个瑞秋的发型可以使我们看起来有点像他。

take place

Many of the most celebrated national figures have participated in historical events that have taken place within the EEOB’s granite walls.
国内许多知名人士参与了发生在艾森豪威行政办公楼的花岗岩的历史事件。
displace=replace=in place of=替换
take place=占别人的地方=要在那个地方搞事情=take place发生

be of … importance

The quality of writing is of primary importance.
写作的质量是头等重要的。
primary=important初级的、基础的也是最重要的

be competent to

Many Americans regard the jury system as a concrete expression of crucial democratic values,including the principles that all citizens who meet minimal qualifications of age and literacy are equally competent to serve on juries.
许多美国人把陪审团制度看成基本民主价值观念的具体体现，包括以下几个原则：所有符合最低年龄限制和受教育程度要求的公民都享有平等的担当陪审团的权利。

clamp down

As the cost to everyone else has become clearer,politicians have begun to clamp down.
随着带给其他人的损失逐渐明显，政治家已开始施压。
clamp down 向下爬 =clamp down施压

in one’s view

You’re taking a big risk in my view.
在我看来，你正冒着极大风险。

turn to

But the professional companies prospered in their permanent theaters,and university men with literary ambitions were quick to turn to these theaters as offering a means of livelihood.
但是，专业剧团因为有了固定的剧院而繁荣发展起来，而且有文学抱负的大学生迅速转向投身这些剧院，并以此为生。

break though

When women do break though to the summit of corporate power ——as,for example,Sheryl Sandberg recently did at Facebook——they attract massive attention precisely becouse they remain the exception to the rule.
当女性突破重围，达到了公司权利的巅峰，就会引起很大关注，比如最近脸书的谢丽尔.***,只因为她们是这个社会规则的例外。
precisely 精确的=提前的测试=precisely精确的

draw a conclusion from

we haven’t got sufficient data from which to draw a conclusion.
我们还没有足够的数据来得出结论。

keep pace with

Competition law cannot keep pace with the changing market.
竞争法跟不上不断变化的市场。
at one’s own pace 按照某人自己的速度