片語動詞寶典
Phrasal Verb Thesaurus
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| 片語動詞 | 定義 | 例句 |
| keel over | 顛倒；(船) 傾覆，翻身 | The boat keeled over in the storm and the crew drowned. |
| keel over | 投降；讓步，屈服 | He was going to confront his boss, but keeled over and didn't mention the matter. |
| keel over | 跌倒，摔倒 | The drunk keeled over when trying to leave the pub. |
| keep * around | 身邊經常備有 (某物) | I keep a dictionary around when I'm doing my homework. |
| keep at + | 繼續或堅持 (做某件困難的事情) |
You should keep at
your studies. She found the course hard but she keep at it and completed it successfully. |
| keep * away + | (使) 離得遠遠的；不 (使) 接近 | Medicines should always be keep away from children. |
| keep back | 保持安全距離；不走近；退後 | The police told the crowd to keep back from the fire. |
| keep * down + | 使 (食物) 不吐出來 | The food was so horrible that I struggled to keep it down. |
| keep from + | 克制；忍住 | I couldn't keep from arguing with her. |
| keep * in + | ( 使) 不外出；(使) 留在屋裡；罰 (學生) 課後留校 | The teacher kept the students in after school because they had misbehaved. |
| keep in with + | (尤指為得到幫助) 與 (某人) 友好相處，與 (某人) 保持良好關係 |
I like to keep
in with my ex-employer, because you never know when you might
need a reference. (我樂於跟前僱主保持良好關係，因為說不定什麼時候可能會需要他的推薦函) I like to keep in with the school inspectors. (我樂於與督學保持良好關係) |
| keep off + | 不提及 (某事)；避開 (某事) 不談；迴避 (話題等) | She kept off the subject of her divorce. |
| keep off + | ( 使) 不接近 (某物)；(使) 避開或不踐踏 (某物) | Keep off the grass in the park, please. |
| keep on + | 繼續；不斷 | He kept on talking after everybody asked him to stop. |
| keep * out + | (使) 留在外面；不讓進入 | The police kept the demonstrators out of the building. |
| keep to + | 繼續或堅持 (做某件事) | Everybody said she would never finish the puzzle, but she kept to it until it was done. |
| keep to + | (使) 不偏離，限制在 (某話題、某範圍) | Please keep to the path. |
| keep up | 趕得上，跟得上 (進度等) | You have to keep up if you want to work here. |
| keep * up + | (使...) 繼續下去，保持下去 | You are doing a great job! Keep it up. |
| keep * up | 不讓 (某人) 睡覺，使 (某人) 無法睡覺 | My neighbors kept me up till after 4 am with their loud music last night. |
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| keep up at + | 繼續，不停止 | Learning a language is difficult, but if you keep up at it, you'll succeed in the end. |
| keep up with + | 趕得上，跟得上 (進度等)；不落後於 (某人) |
I have so much
reading that I can't keep up with the writing exercises. He walks too fast and it's really hard to keep up with him. |
| keep up with + | 不落後於，跟上 (潮流、流行、時尚等) | It's hard to keep up with all the latest improvements and breakthroughs in technology nowadays. |
| key down | (使) 心情輕鬆；放鬆心情 | I need to key down before I go to bed. |
| key * in + | 鍵入，輸入 (數字、資料等) | It took me ages to key in all the information into the database. |
| key in on + | 把注意力集中在；挑出，選出 | They keyed in on the person they believed had done it. |
| key on + | (運動用語) 鎖定，對準...下手 | We will key on the opposing team's lack of skills on defense. |
| key to + | 改變...以適應 (某種需要) － 通常用被動態 | Promotions are keyed to people's abilities. |
| key * up + | 使激動、興奮或緊張 | The noise got us keyed up. |
| kick * about/around + | 討論 | We kicked the idea about at the meeting. |
| kick around with + | 與 (某人) 為伍；與 (某人) 在一起 | I used to kick around with them, but haven't seen them for a while. |
| kick * back + | (非法地) 付佣金，付回扣 | I had to kick ten percent back to the government official to get the contract. |
| kick back | 反抗；抗拒 | They kicked back when we suggested downsizing. |
| kick * down + | 踢倒或踹倒 (某人、某物) | The police kicked the door down. |
| kick in | 藥物開始發揮效力 | Her migraine didn't feel half as bad once the drug had kicked in. (藥物一生效，她的偏頭痛就一點也不覺得痛了) |
| kick * in + | 踢打 (某人身體某部位) | They kicked his head in. |
| kick off | (足球) 開始比賽 | The match kicks off at three o'clock. |
| kick off | 死；翹辮子 | He kicked off last month when he had a massive heart attack. |
| kick off | (某事、某活動) 開始 | The fight kicked off when he insulted the guy's girlfriend. |
| kick * out + | 逐出，趕走 | The family kicked the au pair out when they found out that she was planning to move to work for another household. |
| kick up | 鬧事；引起麻煩、疼痛 | My back kicks up when it gets cold. |
| kill * off + | 滅絕；殺光 |
There used to be a
lot of wolves around here, but most of them have been killed off.
(這一帶以前常有許多狼，但現在牠們大多已遭殺害) Lack of funding is killing off small theaters. (資金短缺令小劇院紛紛倒閉) |
| kip down | (英) (尤指不是在自己家中) 睡覺 | It's too late to get the train, so can I kip down here tonight? (太晚沒火車了，我今晚可以睡這裡嗎？) |
| kip down on + | (英) 睡在床鋪以外的地方 | You can have my bed and I'll kip (down) on the sofa. (你可以睡在我的床上，我睡沙發) |
| kiss * off + | 無視 (某事物) | He kissed the criticism off. |
| kiss off | 叫某人離開或滾蛋 | He was bugging us, so we told him to kiss off. |
| kiss up to + | 討好，巴結 (某人) | He's a creep and is always kissing up to the director. |
| knock * about | 打 (某人) | He knocked his brother about after they argued. |
| knock * back | (英) 使 (某人) 花費，用掉 (許多錢) | Your holiday must have knocked you back a bit. |
| knock * back + | 喝掉 (大量的酒) | How can Henry knock back eight bottles of beer every day? |
| knock * back | (英) 使 (某人) 驚訝、震驚 | t really knocked me back when I heard they had been killed. |
| knock * down + | 拆除，拆卸，拆毀 | They knocked down the old church and built a block of flats in its place. |
| knock * down + | 擊倒，撞倒 (某人) | The car knocked her down and she broke her arm. |
| knock it off! | 停下來! 別鬧了! | They were making too much noise, so I told them to knock it off! |
| knock off | 完成，結束 (某事，某工作) | I've a pile of work to knock off before I can take my holiday. |
| knock * off + | 減價，降價 | They knocked ten dollars off when I asked for a discount. |
| knock * off + | 減少做某事所需的時間 | The new road knocks an hour off the journey. |
| knock * off + | 偷竊 (某物) | He knocked it off and sold it. |
| knock * off + | 草草寫出，匆匆做成 (詞句、文章、詩、音樂等) | I knocked the essay off in an hour. |
| knock * out + | 擊昏，使不省人事；(拳擊) 擊倒 (對手) | The reigning middleweight champion knocked out the challenger in the fourth round of the fight. |
| knock out | 銷售，經銷 | They're knocking hundreds out a day in the sales. |
| knock over + | 搶劫；偷竊 (與 knock off 同義) |
The gang knocked
over a betting shop yesterday afternoon. (那幫匪徒昨天下午打劫了一家投注站) He has a stack of computer equipment he's knocked over from various shops. (他有一大堆從各個商店偷來的電腦設備) |
| knock * together + | (將房子或住家) 打通 (使兩間變一間) | They knocked together two outbuilding and turned them into a home. |
| knock * up + | 使懷孕 | She got knocked up when she was on holiday. |
| knock * up + | 匆匆做成 (飯菜等) | They knocked a model up over the weekend. |
| knuckle down | 努力或認真地工作或做某事 | I've got my exams next week and I haven't done much work, so I'd better knuckle down. |
| knuckle under | 屈服，屈從 | The teacher made the students knuckle under and hand their projects in on time. |