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英语常用短语精解之五
(1) to shake hands (2)to look out (3)to think of (4)to get back (5)to catch cold
(6)to make up one’s mind (7)to change one’s mind (8)for the time being (9)to get over
(10)to call off (11)for good (11)in a hurry
1. to shake hands : (to exchange greetings with a clasp of the hand)
【说明：】to shake hands（握手）是西洋人见面时的礼节。Shake原意为摇动，因为握手时须将手上下摇动。注意这里的hand要用复数。如果在hand之前加上my, his, her 等字时，则hand用单数。他跟我握手有两种说法：
①He shook hands with me.
②He shook my hand.
【例：】(1) I introduced them and they shook hands.
我替他们介绍后，他们握握手。
(2) When two women meet for the first time, they do not usually shake hands.
两个女人初次见面时，通常她们是不握手的。
2.to look out : (to be careful)
【说明：】to look out（注意，留心）用于唤起别人注意，以提防危险。也可以作为留神以待解，如Will you go to the station and look out for Mr. Smith?（你可以到车站去等史密斯先生吗？）
【例：】(1) “Look out!” John cried as his friend almost stepped in front of the approaching car.
约翰在他的朋友几乎要碰到一部驶来的汽车时大叫，“当心”！
(2) Why did the drive tell Mary to look out as she was getting off the bus?
为什么当玛丽下公共汽车时司机要叫她小心呢？
3.to think of : (to have an opinion about)
【说明：】to think of（作……看法，认为）用以征询别人的意见。如What do you think of
Hemingway?（你觉得海明威怎么样？）如表示意见则在think之后放much, highly, well等，作看重或重视解。至于think little (nothing) of 则作轻视或对……满不在乎解，如He thought nothing of 30 miles a day. (他对每天三十里满不在乎。)
【例：】 (1) What did you think of that movie which you saw last night?
你觉得你昨晚看的那个电影怎么样？
(2) I don’t think much of him as a baseball player.
我并不认为他是一个了不得的棒球队员。
4.to get back : (to return)
【说明：】to get back（回来）指回返原处而方，back为副词。如果说从什么地方回来，
后面用from；如果说回到什么地方，后面用to, 如I got back to my office, yesterday morning.(我昨天早晨回到我的办公室。)to get back也作取回解，如 I never lend books, it’s so difficult to get them back.（我从来不把书借给人；因为很难将它们取回。）
【例:】(1) Mr. Harris got back from Chicago last night.
海利斯先生昨晚从芝加哥回来。
(2) When do you expect to get back from your trip?
你预料何时旅行回来？
5.to catch cold : (to become sick with a cold)
【说明：】to catch cold（着凉，伤风）指感冒风寒而言，与to take
cold同议。这儿的cold系名词，作感冒解。Cold 的前面也可以加不定冠词。To have a cold = to have caught a cold, 意谓伤风了。
【例：】(1) If you go out in this rain, you will surely catch cold.
如果你在雨中外出，你一定会伤风。
(2) How did she ever catch cold in such warm weather?
这样温暖的天气，她怎么会着凉的呢？
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