Dixon - 216~225

216.in addition to 除…之外
……in addition 再加上 / to 到
……In addition to the assignments every day, we
......also have lots of tests.
……每天除了有功課之外, 我們還有很多考試

217.more or less 多多少少; 差不多
….. more 較多/ or 或 / less 較少
……His explanation was more or less helpful.
……他的解釋多少有些幫助。

218.at best 頂多
……at 以/ best 最好
……At best we can do only half as much as last year.
……我們至多只能做到去年的一半。

219.run out of …用完
……run 變得… / out of 沒有了
……We’ve run out of milk, so we should buy some
......more.
……我們的牛奶快喝完了, 所以我們該再多買一些

220.show off 炫耀
……show 展示/ off 完全地
……He is always showing off.
……他老愛炫耀賣弄。

221.take…. for granted 視…為理所當然
……take 把…當作…/ for 代表 / granted 被許可的
……John always took his wife for granted until
......her left him.
……約翰總是把他太太所做的一切視為理所當然, 直到她
......離開了他

222.play up to N 討好
……play 表演 / up 徹底地 / to 向…
……She played up to her art teacher, and suddenly
......they were a couple.
……她對她的美術老師示好,不久他們就成雙成對了。

223.put up with 忍受
……put 保持…up 向上 (put up撐著) / with 和…
……She could hardly put up with that fellow any
......longer.
……她再也不能忍受那傢伙。

224.once and for all 僅此一次;永遠地
……once 一次/ and 而且 / for all 永遠
……John's back home once and for all.
……約翰回到家,再也不走了。

225.keep one’s head 保持冷靜
……keep 保持 / one’s head 某人的理性
……She was able to keep her head in the crisis.
……她在這次危機中保持了清醒的頭腦。