set up/work out/turn out/catch up…中文意思是?英文会话常用的动词短语!


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在外国影集或电影当中,男女主角在口语上常会使用到许多动词短语,但有时候一个动词短语的意思不只一种,这时候你就只能依照剧情去猜测吗?


今天英语老师提出了五个在口语上常常用到的动词短语(phrasal verbs),例如我们常听到的「work out」就有四种用法,如果能一次学起来,我们在看欣赏电影时就不会为了了解角色对话,而忘了投入在剧情当中了!


1. Set up


– To place somebody in an awkward situation 使某人处于尴尬的情况之下

– To arrange or build a system 建立或开创某事物


2. Work out


– Fix a problem 解决问题

– Couples fix a relationship 情人之间修复关係

– Come to a successful end 成功、有好结果

– Go to the gym 运动、锻炼


3. Turn out


– Unknown knowledge 结果是、原来是

– Quantity produced 出产


4. Cut off


– To be stopped 中断

– When driving somebody goes in front of you 超车


5. Catch up


– Learn about what has happened in the pass 更新近况


6. 练习


Mr. E helped me to ____ ____ my new computer. It ____ ____ well and we finished early! However, it ____ ____ Mr. E had forgotten to pay his electric bill so the power was ____ ____. We sat in the dark ____ ____.


7. 答案


(1) Set up

(2) Worked out

(3) Turns out

(4) Cut off

(5) Catching up


与out有关的英文短语

给自己一次机会
去创造想要的生活