1. makea point of重视，强调，特别注意...

makea point of doing sth

He made a point of spending Saturdays withhis children.

星期六他必定要和自己的孩子在一起。

I always make a point of being early.

我总是特意提前到。

Patients should make a point of knowing thehealth histories of their parents, siblings and grandparents.

病人应该了解他们的父母、兄弟姐妹和祖父母的健康史。

2.make sense 有意义，易于理解；合乎情理

Read this and tell me if it makes sense.

读读这篇东西，告诉我通不通。

itmakes sense (for sb) to do sth

It made sense for Sam to live nearer thecollege.

萨姆住在学校附近是有道理的。

It makes sense to save money while you can.

钱能省就省，这是明智的做法。

make(some) sense of sth

Can you make any sense of this article?

你能看懂这篇文章吗？

3.object to 反对，不支持

They objected to my proposal.

他们反对我的提议。

Robson strongly objected to the terms ofthe contract.

罗伯森强烈反对合同中的条款。

objectto doing...

I objected to having to rewrite thearticle.

我反对重写这篇文章。

4.part with 与…分手，向…告别；卖掉；放弃

He parted with us at the end of the trip.

旅行结束时他和我们分手了。

I’m reluctant to part with any of thekittens, but we need the money.

我不愿舍弃任何一只小猫，但是我们需要钱。

In order to raise funds, Jane had to partwith all her property.

为了筹集基金，简不得不把她的财产卖掉。

He is willing to part with his right tovote.

他愿意放弃选举权。

5.pay off 还清；有回报

pay off the debt

偿清债务

The mortgage will be paid off overtwenty-five years.

抵押贷款将在25年内还清。

He predicted the company's modernizationprogram would result in higher sales. So far, it has paid off.

他预计公司的现代化计划将会带来更高的销售额。到目前为止，一切都已得到回报。

Sandra was determined to become a doctorand her persistence paid off.

桑德拉决心成为一名医生，她的坚持不懈终于带来了成功。

6.put off 推迟，拖延；使…等待，把…搪塞过去；使反感，使对…失去兴趣；打扰

The match has been put off until tomorrowbecause of bad weather.

由于天气不好，比赛推迟到明天。

When he calls, put him off as long as youcan.

要是他打电话来，能拖他多久就拖多久。

His personal habits put them off.

他的个人习惯让他们反感。

putsb off (doing) sth

Don’t let your failures put you off tryingharder.

别因为失败就不再加倍努力了。

Don't put me off when I'm trying toconcentrate.

我正在集中注意力，别打扰我。

7.queue up 排队等候

We had to queue up for ages to get served.

得排很长时间队才会有人给我们上菜。

I queued up at the travel centre to pick upmy tickets.

我在旅游中心排队取票。

The school is one of the best, and parentsare queueing up to send their children there.

这是最好的学校之一，父母都争先恐后地送子女到那里上学。

8.refer to 涉及，谈到，提到；认为…与…有关； 查阅，参考

The author referred to his teachers twicein his article.

作者在他的文章中两次提到他的老师。

Mr White referred his success to his hardwork.

怀特先生说他的成功是靠勤劳工作而获得的。

He gave the speech without referring to hisnotes.

他脱稿发表了演讲。

Writers often refer to a dictionary.

作家时常参考字典。

9.respond to 回答，作出反应；(对治疗)有良好反应

Dave didn't respond to any of her emails.

戴夫没有回过她一封电子邮件。

They are likely to respond positively tothe president's request for aid.

他们有可能积极地回应该总统的援助请求。

respondedto treatment/medicine对治疗/药物有良好反应

She has responded well to treatment.

她经过治疗大有起色。

He responded quickly to the new medicine.

他服了这种新药很快就有效。

10. scaledown缩小；缩减

to scale down wages

缩减工资

One factory has had to scale down itsworkforce from six hundred to only six.

一家工厂已不得不把工人总数从600裁减到仅剩6人。

The emergency aid programme has now beenscaled down.

紧急救援计划现在已经缩减了规模。

Production at the factory is being scaled up.

这家工厂的生产规模在扩大。