Dixon - 1~5

1. dress up 盛裝打扮
....dress 穿衣 / up 徹底
....Jane dressed up for her date with John.
....珍為了與約翰約會而盛裝打扮。
2. take in 縮小尺寸; 了解 ; 欺騙
.... I’ll have to take this skirt in at the waist－it’s
.....too big.
.....我必須將這件裙子的腰圍改小，因為太大了。
.....That’s too much information for me to take
......in one day!
.....資料太多了，我沒辦法一天之內全部搞懂!
.....Don’t be taken in by that sales representative!
.....別被那個推銷員給騙了!

3. stay up 熬夜
....stay 保持 / up 直立的
....I stayed up late last night.
....我昨晚熬夜到很晚。

4. help yourself 自行取用
....help 分..(食物)給../yourself 你自己
....Please feel free to help yourself to coffee.
....請自行取用咖啡。

5. a lost cause 毫無期望 ; 沒有用處
…lost 輸了的 / cause 訴訟
….I never lose weight; my dieting is a lost cause.
….我體重根本沒減輕，我進行節食一點用處也沒有。

6. eat up 吃完;吃掉
....eat 吃 徹底/ up 完全
....Who ate up my apple pie?
....誰吃掉我的蘋果派?

7. wait on 服務;接待
....wait 服侍 / on 對
....That rich man has five servants waiting on him.
....那個有錢人有五個僕人伺候他。

8. dish out 分裝;分配
....dish 用盤子裝 / out 出去/向外
....Tim, could you dish out the potatoes for me,
....please?
....Tim，麻煩幫我盛些馬鈴薯，好嗎?

9. throw up 嘔吐
....throw丟 / up 向上 → 向上拋 (口語用法)
....John felt sick and started to throw up after
....eating the spoiled food.
....吃到壞掉的食物後，約翰覺得作嘔，並開始嘔吐。

10. pick up the tab 付帳
.....pick up 拿起 / the tab 帳單
.....Tina picked up the tab when we had dinner
.....together.
.....我們一起去吃晚餐，由Tina買單請客。

11. inside out 內外反過來
.....inside 裡面 / out 向外
.....Dad put his sweater on inside out by mistake.
.....爹不小心把毛衣給穿反了。

12. go Dutch 各自付帳
.....go在…的狀態 / Dutch 荷蘭式的 (採荷蘭的方式)
.....They decided to go Dutch.
.....他們決定各自付帳

13. up to date 最新 ; 流行的
.....up to 直到 / date 日期
.... Tom, long time no see. So, bring me up to date
.....on your life.
.....湯姆，好久不見。來，告訴我你近況如何。
....It's an up-to-date report.
....這是有關最新情況的報告。

14. take off 脫掉
....take 拿 / off 離開
....The boy took off his shoes before diving into
....the lake to save the dog.
.... 那男孩脫掉鞋子，跳到湖裡去救那隻狗。

15. wear out 穿破;穿壞
....wear 磨損 / out 完全地
....My daughter's shoes are beginning to wear
....out.
....我女兒的鞋子開始有些破損。

16. pick out 挑選
…..pick 挑 / out 出來
.....Could you help me pick out some new clothes?
.....請幫我挑選一些新的衣服好嗎?

17. be in 流行
…….. in 流行的
… be out 過時
………out.過時的
....Miniskirts are in at the moment, but long
....skirts are out right now.
....現在流行迷你裙,但長裙已不流行。

18.make room for 讓位;騰出空間
….make 製造 / room 空間 / for 給
….My daughter made room for an old man on
....the train.
….我女兒讓位給火車上一位老先生。

19. stay in 待在家
…stay 待 / in 在家
…My sister plans to stay in this weekend and
...read some good books.
…我姐姐這週末打算待在家裡讀些好書。

…stay out待外面
…stay 待 / out 出去
…My parents won’t let me stay out late.
…我爸媽不會讓我在外頭待太晚。

20. try on 試穿
…...try 嘗試 / on 穿..衣在身上
......You should try on that skirt before you buy
......it.
......妳在買那件裙子之前最好先試穿看看。

21. stop by 稍事停留;順道拜訪
..…stop 停留 / by 經過
..…If you’re in the neighborhood, you can stop
.....by and say hello.
..…如果你到附近來，你可以順道過來打聲招呼。

22. get used to Ving / N　逐漸適應或習慣。。
..…get 變得/ used to 習慣於..(某事)
..…Stress is a fact of life. You’d better get used
.....to it.
..…生活中難免會有壓力。你最好能習慣。

23. put on 穿戴;塗抹
.....put放 / on穿..在身上
.....She took off the old dress and put on a new one.
.......她脫下舊的洋裝,穿上一件新的

24. call on 請求;要求
......call 要求 / on 向
......Mary called on her friends to help.
..….Mary要求朋友幫忙。

...…call on 拜訪
......I promised to call on her after the exam.
..….我答應她考完試去探望她(找她玩)

25.get lost 迷路;滾開
.….get 處於..狀態 / lost 迷路的
.….John got lost in the side streets of Rome.
.….John在羅馬的小巷子迷路了。

26.drop off 中途下車
.….drop 讓..下車 / off 離開
.….I asked the taxi driver to drop me off in front
.....of Starbucks.
…..我要求計程車司機讓我在星巴克前下車。

27.Drive up to 開往;駛近
….drive 開車 / up to 達到
…..We drove up to Wu Li to join Mom.
…..我們開往烏來和媽媽會合。

28. slow down 放慢速度
..…slow 放慢 / down 徹底
.....Slow down a little! I’m not in a rush.
.....開慢一點，我不趕時間。

29.get in 上車(小型車)
….get 使..處在..的狀態 / in 裡面
….We got in the car and headed for the park.
….我們上了車，開往公園。

30. back up 倒車;向後退
..…back 倒退 / up 完全
.....Could you back the car up a little more?
....請你將車子退後一點好嗎?

….back支持 / up完全
…You should back him up when he ever needs you.
…在他需要你幫忙的時候,你應該要支持他

31. bring up 撫養長大
..…bring 帶著 / up 起來;向上
..…Mr. Smith worked hard to bring up his two
......children.
..…史密斯先生辛苦地工作，養育兩個孩子長大。

32. get on 上車
..…get 使…處於..狀態 / on 在..上面
.....We got on the car and left.
.....我們上車後就離開了。

33. run over 輾過
..…run 行駛 / over 越過
.....Dad nearly ran over a cat on his drive to work.
....爸爸在開車上班途中差點壓到一隻貓。

34. clean out 清理乾淨
.....clean 清理 / out 徹底
.....Mom hated cleaning out Dad’s ashtray.
.....媽媽討厭清理爸爸的煙灰缸。

35. put away 收拾好
.....put 放 / away 遠離 (遠離現在的位置)
.....You have to put away all your stuff before you
.....can have dinner.
.....你須把你所有東西都收拾好才能吃晚餐。

36. get up 起床
.....get 使…(處在..) / up 直立地
.....I go to bed early and get up early, too.
.....我睡得早也起得早。

37. see off 送行
.....see 看 / off 離開
.....I saw my best friend off at the airport.
.....我到機場替我的好朋友送行。

38. run into 不期而遇;撞上
.....The car ran into a tree.
.....這車子撞上了一棵樹。
.....I ran into my classmate while shopping
.....yesterday.
.....我昨天購物時，巧遇我同學。

.....同 bump into / come across / run across

39. make up 化妝 ; 補償
.....For the play, they made May up as an old lady.
.....在這齣戲裡，他們把梅化妝成一位老太太。

40. major in 主修
..….major 主修 / in 在..方面
..….My sister is majoring in English.
......我姐姐現在主修英文。

41. read over 從頭到尾讀一遍
....read 讀 / over 從頭到尾
....This is a good book. Mom hopes me to read
.....it over carefully.
....這是本好書。媽要我好好把它讀一遍。

42. by heart 確實記住 ; 背起來
.....by 藉著 / heart 內心
.....I want you to learn these words by heart
.....before the next lesson.
....我要你在下次考試前把這些字背起來

43. hand in 繳交
....hand 面交 / in 進來
....I’d like you to hand in your homework on
....time.
....請你準時交作業。

44. figure out 想出;弄清楚
.....figure 計算; 想像 / out 顯現出來
....Mom hasn’t figured out how to solve that
....problem. ....媽媽還沒想出如何解那個問題。

45. learn the ropes 學會訣竅
.....learn 學會 / the ropes 規則
....Jim is new in the office, so he hasn’t learned
....the ropes yet.
.....吉姆是公司的新人，所以他還抓不到訣竅。

46. call the roll 點名
.....call 喊叫/ the roll 名冊
.....The teacher came in and started to call the
.....roll.
.....老師進來開始點名。

47. look up 查閱;查詢
.....look 看 / up 徹底地
.....If you don’t recognize these words, you should
.....look them up in the dictionary.
..... 如果不認得這些字，你就該查字典。

48. lose one’s touch 變生疏
.....lose 失去 / one’s touch ..人的專長(才能)
.....Has May lost her touch? .....梅是否寶刀已老?

49. look forward to 期待;期望
..…look 看 / forward 向前 / to 對
.. …I am looking forward to playing tennis with my
.....best friend.
..…我期待和我的好朋友一起打網球。

50. goof off 混日子;打混
..…goof 閒蕩 / off 休息
....Timothy’s been goofing off at school lately.
….提摩西最近老是在學校打混。

51. set out 出發;開始
.…set 出發/ out 外出
....Before we set out on our journey, we should
....check that we have prepared everything we
.....need.
….在起程上路之前，我們應該檢查看看一切所需是
....否準備齊全。

52. line up 排隊
..…line 排隊 / up 靠近
.…Would you mind lining up?
.…請排隊好嗎?

53. check in 住房登記
..…check 核對/ in 進入
..…I’d like to check in for flight XXXX.
.....我想辦理XXXX班機的登機手續。

.....check out 退房登記
.….check核對/ out 出來
.….We will go to the airport after we check out of
.....our hotel.
.….我們退房後就前往機場。

54. take it easy 放輕鬆
..…take 把..事看成 / easy 輕鬆的
..…I don’t have any plans on the weekend.
..…I’m just going to take it easy.
.….我週末沒有任何計畫，只想放輕鬆。

55. work out 健身；理解；想出　
..…work 勞動 / out 徹底地
..…John works out at the gym twice a week.
.….約翰每週去健身房二次。

…※ work out 也有擬定(計劃等)的意思

56. take (time) off 休假;休息
..…take 取得 / off 不工作
..…I want to take three days off next week.
..…我下星期三想請三天假。

57. take part (in) 參加
..…take 取得/ part 職責;部分 / in 在..方面
.…Tim is glad to take part in the English speech
.....contest.
.….提姆很高興能參加英語演講比賽。

58. have a good time 玩得愉快
..….I hope you’ll have a good time at the party.
.….我希望你們在派對上玩得愉快。

59. from now on 從現在起
..…from 從/ now 現在 / on 繼續
..…From now on, you can relax and let me do the
.....driving.
..…從現在起，你可以放輕鬆讓我來開車。

60. all day long 整天
.….all day 整天 / long 久
.….The house faces the south, so you can get
.....sunlight all day long.
.….這棟房子朝向南方，所以整天都有充足的陽光。

61. right away 立刻
..…right (加強語氣用詞) / away (立刻-古法用)
..….We’ll handle the case right away.
.….我們會馬上處理這個案子。

62. so far 到目前為止
.…John’s store has been very successful so far.
.…約翰的店到目前為止一直很成功

63. for the time being 目前;暫時
.….You will get a new bike soon, but for the time
.....being, you’ll use the old one.
…..你很快就會拿到新單車了，不過目前你先用舊的。

64. day after day 日復一日
..…day 一天/ after 接著 / day 一天
..…Mom was tired of working nine to five day
.....after day.
…..媽媽厭倦了每天朝九晚五的工作。

65. for good 永久;永遠
..…for 為了得到 / good 利益 → 有一勞永逸的意思
..…He left the city for good.
..…他永遠地離開了那個城市。

66. waste time over 浪費時間
..…waste time on
…..waste time (on)
…..waste 浪費/ time 時間 / over (on) 關於
.....Why do I have to waste time over this?
.….我為什麼要浪費時間在這上面?
.….I don’t want to waste time arguing with you.
….我不想浪費時間和你爭論。

67. clean up 清理乾淨;梳洗一下
.....clean清理 / up徹底
......Give me ten minutes to clean myself up before
......we go out to dinner.
......在我們出去吃晚餐前，給我十分鐘梳洗一下。

68. take one’s time 別急;慢慢來
…..take 得到/ one’s time (人)的時間
..→ ....人有時間可以做
.....Please take your time choosing what shoes
......to buy.
…..請慢慢挑選要買的鞋子。

69. fall behind 落後
.….fall (處在…狀態) / behind 落後
.….Jane was often absent, so she fell behind.
….珍常缺席，所以功課就落後了。
....(fall / fell / fallen)

70. taste of 吃起來有
..…的味道 taste品嚐 / of 具有的
.....The bread tastes of strawberries.
.....這麵包有草莓的味道。

71. catch up 趕上;追上
..…catch 趕上 / up 向前
..…They started a few minutes ago, and we must
.....hurry to catch up.
….他們幾分鐘前已出發,我們必須趕緊追上。

72.little by little 逐漸地
.....little 一點/ by 接著 / little 一點 → 慢慢地
..…Little by little Mary became more fluent in
.....English.
..…漸漸地，瑪莉的英文變得更流利了。

73. on time 準時
.....on 在…上 / time (某個)時間
.….You’d better be on time tomorrow because we
.....have a meeting first thing in the morning.
....你明天最好準時到，因為我們明天一早就要開會。

74. do without 沒有
.…也行;沒有…而將就
.….do 做 / without 沒有..
….Harry forgot to bring the books we need, so
.....we had to do without.
.….哈利忘了帶我們需要的書來，所以我們只好將就點了。

75. eat in 在家吃 吃 在家
.....eat 吃 / in 在家
.....Let’s eat in tonight. 我們今晚就在家吃吧!

....eat out 在外面吃
....eat 吃 / out 在外面
....Let’s eat out tonight.
....我們今晚就出去吃吧!