【英语词组】恋恋不忘Day6-2

lose control of

They fear losing control of Mauna Kea.
他们害怕失去对xxxx山的控制。
拓 out of control 失控

in prison

She was illiterate almost all her life;she only learned to read and write in prison.
她几乎一辈子都不识字；她只是在监狱里才学会读写。
拓 put in jail =jail（羁押）=put in jail囚禁，关押

make up for

To make up for this we have decided to send Teresa to a local middle school,giving her an opportunity to mix with other children.
为了弥补这一点，我们决定送xxx去当地一所中学，给她融入其他孩子的机会。
拓 compensate for=make up for弥补；补偿

a string of

As a News Feature article in Nature discusses,a string of lucrative awards for researchers have joined the Nobel Prizes in resent years.
正如《自然》杂志的一篇新闻专栏文章所讨论的，近年来，已经有一连串给研究人员的奖项，他们奖金丰厚，堪比诺贝尔比肩。
a train of=a trail of一连串

be willing to

The bodies playing major professional sports have changed dramatically over the years,and managers have been more than willing to adjust team uniforms to fit the growing numbers of biggers of bigger,longer frames.
多年来，参加主要职业运动员们的身材发生了巨大变化，俱乐部的经理们也很乐意调整队服以适应高大身材的运动员增多带来的需求。

most often

Good writing most often occurs when you are in hot pursuit of an idea rather than in a nervous search for errors.
通常来说，只有当你集中全部精力的阐述某个观点，而非紧张兮兮的寻找错误的时候，好文章才会被创作出来。

be confronted with

In its early days the U.S. was confronted with delicate situations.
美国在早些年面临着微妙的处境。
confront=con（共同）front（前面）=共同面对眼前困难=be confronted with面对

be afraid to

So don’t be ask more personal questions.
所以，不要害怕问更私人的问题。
拓 be afraid of 畏惧，害怕
be fearful of 害怕担忧
dare to 敢于

make conversation

Five amazing ways that you can make conversation with almost anyone.
五种让你几乎可以和任何人对话的好办法。
拓 have a chat with sb与某人交谈

show sympathy for

Indeed,friends are those who willingly help us when we are in trouble,and show sympathy for us when are in misery.
事实上，朋友是那些在我们困难时愿意帮助我们的人，以及在我们悲伤的时候对我们表示同情的人。
拓 be sympathetic to/towards/with 对…表示同情
misery=miss（迷失）=misery悲伤

take…for granded

During most of his waking life he will wake his code for granted,as the businessman takes his ethics.
在其生命中的大部分时间里，他会把自己的行为准则视为理所当然，就像商人对待自己的道德准则一样。

most of

There are a lot of tasks to be done;there are indequete rewards for most of them.
有太多任务需要完成，而大多数得不到足够的回报。
a majority of=most of

at all

Children were not colour-coded at all until the early 20th century:in the era before domestic washing machines all babies wore white as a practical matter,since the only way of getting clothes clean was to boil them.
在20世纪之前，孩子们根本没有色彩偏好：在家用洗衣机出现之前，所有的婴儿实际上都会穿白色衣服，因为把衣服洗干净的唯一办法就是把它们煮开。
at all用于否定句中
on earth 究竟；到底=earth地球=on earth用于疑问句中

weigh down

Many of us are weighed down by the past or anxious about the future.
我们当中的许多人对过去感到沉重不已，又对未来充满焦虑。

follow the example of

Otherwise outside directors will follow the example of Ms.Simmons,once again very popular on campus.
否则，外部董事会就会像xxx那样，摇身一变，再次成为校园里大受欢迎的人。

go away

Yet,almost at that moment,the problem began to go away.
然而，几乎就是从那时起，问题开始消失。
almost=al（人工智能）most（大部分）=人工智能大部分几乎和人一样聪明=almost几乎

as a means of

By using the first draft as a means of thinking about what you want to say,you will very likely discover more than your notes originally suggested.
通过用初稿来梳理自己想要表达的内容，你可能会发现比你原本想要表达的更多的内容。

around the clock

But a boost in the storage capacity of batteries is making their ability to keep power flowing around the clock more likely.
但电池容量的增加使得他们更有可能做到昼夜不停的转动。
拓 off the reel 不停的

be serious about

If we are serious about ensuring that our science is both meaningful and reproducible,we must ensure that our institutions encourage that kind of science.
如果我们真想确保科学既有意义还可再现，我们就必须确保现有机制要鼓励这样的科学研究。
拓 take…seriously 重视；认真对待
take…lightly 草率

search for

You just search for an artist,song,album,or just a random search tag.
你只需要搜索艺术家、歌曲、专辑或者是一个随机搜索标签。
album =al（人工智能）bu（不）=人工智能不会出专辑=album专辑
拓 seek 寻找

lean on

No shock there,considering how much work it is to raise a kid without a partner to lean on.
没有什么可以惊讶的，仔细想想，没有伴侣可以依靠，肚子抚养孩子是需要付出很多的。

in reality

While we may be able to sustain the illusion of control through the conscious mind alone,in reality we are continually faced with a question:“Why cannot I make myself do this or achieve that?”
虽然我们或许仅仅靠有意识的思维活动就可以维持这种能控制自己思想的错觉，但实际上我们却不断面临一个问题:“为什么我们不能让自己去做这件事情或实现那个目标呢？”
拓 as a matter of fact 事实上
actually 事实上

qiuck fix

Markets have lost faith that the euro zone’s economies,weaker or stronger,will one day converge thanks to the discipline of sharing a single currency,which denies uncompetitive members the quick fix of devaluetion.
市场已经失去了对欧元经济的信心，不管它是更强还是更弱，总有一天会因为共同使用单一货币的原则而趋同，而单一货币的原则让缺乏竞争力的成员国无法采取货币贬值的权宜之计。
converge =con（共同）verge（旋转）=黄河各种弯曲，最终汇集在一起=converge汇集

in conjunction with

The scores were then used in conjunction with an applicant’s score on the Graduate Management Admission Test,or GMAT,a standardised exam which is marked out of 800 point,to make a decision on whether to accept him or her.
然后，这些分数将与申请者的GMAT成绩（经企管理研究生入学考试，一项满分为800分的标准化考试）共同决定是否录用他或她。

look up to

How do the people you respect and look up to present themselves？
你尊重和敬仰的人是如何展现他们自己的？
拓 respect 尊敬
show respect to 尊敬
have little respect to 不尊重