实用高中英语短语与句型词典
suggest
1. suggest doing sth 建议做某事。如：
He suggested moving to thecountry. 他建议搬到乡下去。
He suggested going together in onecar. 他建议大家一起坐一辆汽车去。
注：该结构中的动名词有时可以有逻辑主语。如：
He suggested our staying.他建议我们留下。
但是，suggest 不带不定式的复合结构。如：
正：He suggests her doing it.他建议她做此事。
误：He suggests he to do it.
2. suggest sb (sth) for sth 为某事而提出某人(某事物)。如：
Whom would you suggest for thejob? 你提议由谁来做这工作?
The following points are suggestedfor consideration. 以下几点提出来供参考。
3. suggest sth to sb 向某人建议(提出)某事。如：
I suggested a way out to her.我向她提出一个解决问题的办法。
What did you suggest to themanager? 你向经理提了什么建议。
注：suggest 后不接双宾语，即不用于 suggest sb sth。
suit
1. be suited for [to] (doing) sth 适合做……，对……适宜。如：
He is suited for [to]teaching. 他适合教书(当老师)。
He is quite suited to [for] thework. 他很适合做此工作。
2. be suited to do sth 适合于做某事。如：
He is suited to be a doctor.他适合当医生。
None of us is suited to dowork. 我们当中没有哪个适合做这工作。
3. suit oneself 随自己的愿意。如：
You don’t want to come? Well, suityourself. 你不想来，那好，随你便。
sun
1. in the sun 在阳光下，在太阳下。如：
Don’t read in the sun.不要在阳光下看书。
The cat likes to sit in thesun. 猫喜欢晒太阳。
2. under the sun 世界上，到底，究竟。如：
It’s the best wine under thesun. 这是世界上最好的酒。
What under the sun do youmean? 你到底是什么意思?
3. with the sun 在日出(日落)时。如：
They went to bed with the sun.他们日落而息。
supply
1. supply sb with sth 提供某物给某人。如：
Cows supply us with milk.奶牛为我们提供牛奶。
Most villages are supplied withelectricity. 大多数村庄有电力供应。
注：该结构中的介词 with 有时可省略，但以不省略较普通。
2. supply sth to sb 提供某人给某人。如：
They supply tools to workers.他们向工人们提供工具。
The school supplied textbooks to thestudents. 学校为学生提供教科书。
注：该结构中的介词 to 有时可换成 for, 但不如用 to 普通。
suppose
1. be supposed to do sth 应该(理应)做某事。如：
They are supposed to arrive beforedark. 他们应该在天黑前到。
Everybody knows, but nobody issupposed to know. 本来谁也不该知道这事，但人人都知道了。
注：其中的不定式有时可能是进行式或完成式。如：
He’s supposed to be doing hishomework at home now. 他现在应该在家里做作业。
He is not supposed to have left thehospital so soon. 他本不该这么早就出院的。
2. suppose sb (sth) to be
(1) 认为某人(某事)……。如：
I should suppose him to befifty. 我想他会有50岁了吧。
I supposed him to be a workman, buthe’s in fact a thief. 我认为他是个工匠，可实际上他是个贼。
(2) 假定，假设。如：
Let’s suppose it to be so.我们假定情况是这样。
sure
1. be sure of
(1) 对……有把握。如：
Are you sure of these facts?你对这些事实有把握吗?
注：有时说成 be sure about。如：
I’m not sure of [about] that.我对此没有把握。
(2) 一定会得到……。如：
You are sure of a warmwelcome. 你一定会受到热烈欢迎。
He is sure of passing the exam if heworks hard. 只要他用功，他就一定能考及格。
2. be sure to do sth 一定要(会)做某事。如：
Be sure to lock the door when youleave. 你离开时一定要锁门。
You’re sure to fail if you do it thatway. 你要是那样做，你肯定会失败。
注：有时可与 be sure that-clause转换。如：
Be sure you finish it today. / Besure to finish it today.
你今天一定要把它完成。
3. for sure 肯定地，无疑地，确切地。如：
We will win for sure.我们肯定会赢。
No one knows for sure where helives. 谁也不能确切地知道他住在哪。
4. make sure
(1) 弄清，弄确实。如：
Make sure of your facts before youaccuse him. 你在控诉他之前要确查事实。
Can you make sure where she has putthe gold ring? 你能弄清她把金戒指放在什么地方了吗?
(2) 设法，确保。如：
Arrive early at the cinema to makesure of (getting) a seat. 早点去电影院以便能弄个座位。
Ask for a receipt and make sure thatyou get it. 要一张收据，而且一定要拿到手。
5. to be sure
(1) 当然可以。如：
A：May I leave now? 我现在可以离开了吗?
B：To be sure. 当然可以。
(2) 诚然，无可否认。如：
He is young, to be sure, butexperienced. 他固然年轻，但很有经验。
surface
1. on the surface 表面上，外表上。如：
He is honest on the surface.他表面上很诚实。
His politeness is only on thesurface. 他只是表面上的客气。
surprise
1. be surprised at (doing) sth 对(做)某事感到惊奇。如：
We are surprised at you.你的行为让我们感到惊奇。
He was surprised at the news.听到这个消息他感到很惊奇。
She was surprised at finding thehouse empty. 他发现房子是空的，感到很惊讶。
2. be surprised to do sth 对做某事感到惊奇。如：
I’m surprised to see you here.想不到在这儿见到你。
I was surprised to hear that his wifehad left him. 听说他妻子离开了他，我感到很惊奇。
注：有时可与 be surprised at 转换。如：
We were greatly surprised to hear [athearing] he was in prison. 听说他坐牢了，我们大吃一惊。
3. in surprise 惊奇地。如：
She looked at me in surprise.她惊奇地看着我。
All the students looked up insurprise. 所有的学生都惊讶地抬起头来。
注：有时也说 with surprise。
4. to one’s surprise 出乎意料地，使人吃惊的是。如：
(Much) To my surprise the door wasunlocked. 使我(大为)吃惊的是，门没有锁。
To the surprise of everybody the manwas the girl’s father. 使大家吃惊的是，这个人就是这个女孩的父亲。
5. take sb by surprise 使某人大吃一惊。如：
You’ve taken me by surprise.我冷不防地被吓了一跳。
Her sudden death took us all bysurprise. 她突然去世让我们大家大吃一惊。
T
table
1. at table 在吃饭。如：
He seldom talks at table.他吃饭时很少说话。
They were at table when wecalled. 我们去访时，他们正在吃饭。
2. at the table 在桌边。如：
The boy was sitting at the tabledrawing. 那小孩正坐在桌旁画画。
注：美国英语中也可用 at the table 表示“在吃饭”。
3. set [lay] the table 摆桌子，摆餐具(准备开饭)。如：
Mother is setting [laying] thetable. 母亲在摆桌子。
take
1. take back 收回，接回，退回。如：
I’m sorry, I take back what Isaid. 对不起，我收回我说过的话。
They wouldn’t take back theshirt. 衬衫他们不让退货。
2. take down
(1) 写下，记下。如：
He took down everything the teachersaid. 他把老师说的所有话都记了下来。
I didn’t take down his phonenumber. 我没有记下他的电话号码。
(2) 拆下，拆掉。如：
The machine takes down easily.这机器很容易拆。
They decided to take down thedangerous bridge. 他们决定把这座危险的桥拆掉。
3. take in
(1) 收留。如：
So he took in the boy (dog).所以他就收留了这个男孩(这条狗)。
(2) 包括。如：
The list takes in everyone.每个人都上了名单。
(3) 理解。如：
We find it difficult to take in whathe teaches. 我们发现他教的东西很难理解。
(4) 欺骗，使上当。如：
Don’t be taken in by hispromises. 别被他的诺言所欺骗。
4. take off
(1) 脱下。如：
Take off your wet clothes.脱下你的湿衣服。
He took off his glasses and lookedup. 他取下眼镜， 抬头看了看。
(2) 起飞。如：
When did the plane take off?飞机是什么时候起飞的?
(3) 打折扣，扣掉，去掉。如：
Can you take five dollars off theprice? 你可以减价五美元吗?
(4) 请假，休息。如：
I want to take a day off (fromwork). 我想休假一天。
5. take on
(1) 聘用，雇用。如：
The company decided to take on a newsecretary. 这家公司决定聘一个新秘书。
(2) 呈现，显现，具有。如：
This word had taken a newmeaning. 这个词有了新的意义。
Her face took on a newexpression. 她的脸上露出了新的表情。
(3) 承担或担任(工作或责任等)。如：
He advised me not to take too muchwork. 他劝我不要做太多的工作。
6. take over 接替，接管，继承。如：
Who will take over his job?他的工作由谁来接替?
Would you like me to take over thedriving for a while? 你愿意让我接替你开一会儿车吗?
7. take to
(1) 喜欢。如：
He took to Mary as soon as theymet. 他一见玛丽就爱上了她。
(2) 养成习惯，沉溺于。如：
He soon took to drinkingagain. 不久他又喝起酒来。
(3) 去(某处)。如：
He was ill and had to take tobed. 他病倒了，只好卧床。
8. take up
(1) 开始(学习或从事等)。如：
He dropped medicine and took upphysics. 他放弃学医，开始学物理。
For a long time I had wanted to takeup writing. 很久以来我一直想从事写作。
(2) 继续。如：
We took up our journey the nextday. 第二天我们继续赶路。
This chapter takes up where the lastone left off. 本章接续上一章谈到的内容。
(3) 占去(时间或空间)。如：
The table takes too much room.这桌子太占地方了。
The work took up all ofSunday. 这活儿占去了整个星期天。
(4) 接纳(乘客等)，接受(挑战，建议，条件等)。如：
The bus stopped to take uppassengers. 公共汽车停下来让乘客上车。
He has taken up the bet.他已接受打赌的条件。
(5) 提出(商讨)，讨论。如：
There’s another matter which we oughtto take up. 还有一件事我们要提出来商量。
9. take sb sth / take sth to sb 给某人带(送)去某物。如：
Take your father this glass of water./ Take this glass ofwater to your father. 把这杯水给你父亲送去。
Take her some flowers. / Take someflowers to her. 带一些花给她。
10. take sb (sth) for [to be]……把某人(某物)当作……。如：
He took her smile foragreement. 他把她的微笑视为同意。
Of course I didn’t tell her yoursecret ---- what do youtake me for? 当然我没有把你的秘密告诉她---你都把我当什么人了?
I took him for an honest man [to behonest]. 我看他为人老实。
I took him for Mr Smith.我错把他看成是史密斯先生。
注：按传统说法：take……for 往往指不合事实地“错误认为”，而take……to be [as]则可能指正确地也可能指不正确地“认为”，但现代英语已不完全遵循此规则。
11. It takes (sb) some time to do sth 做某事花(某人)时间。如：
It took me two hours to do the mathsexercises. 做数学练习花了我两个小时。
It will take three hours to go thereby bus. 坐公共汽车去要花三个小时。
注：该句型在现代英语中可有多种变体。比较：
It took him half an hour to mend hisbike. / It took half an hour for him to mend the bike.他修理自行车花了半个小时。
It took him 10 minutes to solve theproblem. / He took 10 minutes solving [to solve] theproblem. 他花10分钟解出了这道题。
It took me an hour to write theletter. / The letter took me an hour (to write). / I took an hourto write the letter. 我写这封信花了一个小时。
按传统语法，以上句型只用于花时间，不用于花钱，但这在现代英语中已有所改变。如：
It took him a lot of money to buy hera fur coat. / It took a lot of money for him to buy her a furcoat. 他给她买一件皮外套花了不少钱。
12. It takes sth (sb) to do sth 某做某事花精力(需要人等)。如：
It takes two to make aquarrel. 一个巴掌拍不响。
It took three men to lift thebox. 抬这个箱子要三个人。
It would take a strong man to do thework. 身强力壮的人才做得了这工作。
talk
1. talk about sth 谈论某事。如：
What are you talking about?你们在谈什么?
Let’s not talk about it now.这事我们现在别谈了。
2. talk of sb (sth) 谈到某人或某事。如：
We often talk of you.我们经常谈起你。
He talked of going abroad.他曾谈到要出国。
3. talk to [with] sb 与某人说话或谈话。如：
I want to talk to your father.我想同你父亲谈谈。
He likes to talk to [with]girls. 他喜欢同女孩子说话。
4. talk sb into (out of) (doing) sth 说得使某人(某事)……。如：
The man talked right intowrong. 这个人说得是非颠倒。
She talked him out of killinghimself. 她说服他不自杀。
He talked his wife out of (into)buying a car. 他说服他妻子不买(买)车。
5. talk over 讨论，商量。如：
I have an important matter to talkover with you. 我有件重要事要与你谈谈。
taste
1. taste like 尝起来像……。如：
This tastes like an orange.这东西尝起来像是个桔子。
2. taste of 有……的味道，体验到……。如：
It tastes of lemon.这东西有柠檬的味道。
He tastes of poverty.他尝到了贫穷的滋味。
3. have a taste for 喜欢，爱好。如：
He has a taste for music.他爱好音乐。
She has a taste for foreigntravel. 她喜欢到国外旅行。
比较：have a taste of 尝尝……。如：
Just have a taste of thiscake. 尝尝这块蛋糕吧。
4. to one’s taste 合某人的口味，合某人的意。如：
The soup is quite to my taste.这汤很合我的口味。
The plan is just to my taste.这个计划正合我的意。
比较：to taste 按口味，适量地(用于烹饪法等的说明)。如：
Add salt to taste.加适量的盐。
tea
1. drink tea 喝茶。如：
The English like to drink tea.英国人喜欢喝茶。
注：有可说 have tea, take tea。
2. make (the) tea 沏茶，泡茶
Mother is making (the) tea.母亲在泡茶。
注：有时也说 draw tea, 但一般不用 cook tea。
3. black tea 红茶。如：
Whick do you like, black tea or greentea? 红茶和绿茶，你更喜欢哪种?
注：英语习惯上不用 red tea 表示“红茶”。
teach
1. teach sb sth / teach sth to sb 教某人某事物。如：
Mr Smith teaches me French. / MrSmith teaches French tome. 史密斯先生教我法语。
Who teaches you swimming? / Whoteaches swimming to you? 谁教你游泳?
2. teach sb (how) to do sth 教某人做某事。如：
Who taught you to do it?谁教你做的?
I’ll teach you (how) to play thepiano. 我教你弹钢琴。
3. teach oneself 自学。如：
He decided to teach himselfEnglish. 他决定自学英语。
实用高中英语短语与句型词典
suggest
1. suggest doing sth 建议做某事。如：
He suggested moving to thecountry. 他建议搬到乡下去。
He suggested going together in onecar. 他建议大家一起坐一辆汽车去。
注：该结构中的动名词有时可以有逻辑主语。如：
He suggested our staying.他建议我们留下。
但是，suggest 不带不定式的复合结构。如：
正：He suggests her doing it.他建议她做此事。
误：He suggests he to do it.
2. suggest sb (sth) for sth 为某事而提出某人(某事物)。如：
Whom would you suggest for thejob? 你提议由谁来做这工作?
The following points are suggestedfor consideration. 以下几点提出来供参考。
3. suggest sth to sb 向某人建议(提出)某事。如：
I suggested a way out to her.我向她提出一个解决问题的办法。
What did you suggest to themanager? 你向经理提了什么建议。
注：suggest 后不接双宾语，即不用于 suggest sb sth。
suit
1. be suited for [to] (doing) sth 适合做……，对……适宜。如：
He is suited for [to]teaching. 他适合教书(当老师)。
He is quite suited to [for] thework. 他很适合做此工作。
2. be suited to do sth 适合于做某事。如：
He is suited to be a doctor.他适合当医生。
None of us is suited to dowork. 我们当中没有哪个适合做这工作。
3. suit oneself 随自己的愿意。如：
You don’t want to come? Well, suityourself. 你不想来，那好，随你便。
sun
1. in the sun 在阳光下，在太阳下。如：
Don’t read in the sun.不要在阳光下看书。
The cat likes to sit in thesun. 猫喜欢晒太阳。
2. under the sun 世界上，到底，究竟。如：
It’s the best wine under thesun. 这是世界上最好的酒。
What under the sun do youmean? 你到底是什么意思?
3. with the sun 在日出(日落)时。如：
They went to bed with the sun.他们日落而息。
supply
1. supply sb with sth 提供某物给某人。如：
Cows supply us with milk.奶牛为我们提供牛奶。
Most villages are supplied withelectricity. 大多数村庄有电力供应。
注：该结构中的介词 with 有时可省略，但以不省略较普通。
2. supply sth to sb 提供某人给某人。如：
They supply tools to workers.他们向工人们提供工具。
The school supplied textbooks to thestudents. 学校为学生提供教科书。
注：该结构中的介词 to 有时可换成 for, 但不如用 to 普通。
suppose
1. be supposed to do sth 应该(理应)做某事。如：
They are supposed to arrive beforedark. 他们应该在天黑前到。
Everybody knows, but nobody issupposed to know. 本来谁也不该知道这事，但人人都知道了。
注：其中的不定式有时可能是进行式或完成式。如：
He’s supposed to be doing hishomework at home now. 他现在应该在家里做作业。
He is not supposed to have left thehospital so soon. 他本不该这么早就出院的。
2. suppose sb (sth) to be
(1) 认为某人(某事)……。如：
I should suppose him to befifty. 我想他会有50岁了吧。
I supposed him to be a workman, buthe’s in fact a thief. 我认为他是个工匠，可实际上他是个贼。
(2) 假定，假设。如：
Let’s suppose it to be so.我们假定情况是这样。
sure
1. be sure of
(1) 对……有把握。如：
Are you sure of these facts?你对这些事实有把握吗?
注：有时说成 be sure about。如：
I’m not sure of [about] that.我对此没有把握。
(2) 一定会得到……。如：
You are sure of a warmwelcome. 你一定会受到热烈欢迎。
He is sure of passing the exam if heworks hard. 只要他用功，他就一定能考及格。
2. be sure to do sth 一定要(会)做某事。如：
Be sure to lock the door when youleave. 你离开时一定要锁门。
You’re sure to fail if you do it thatway. 你要是那样做，你肯定会失败。
注：有时可与 be sure that-clause转换。如：
Be sure you finish it today. / Besure to finish it today.
你今天一定要把它完成。
3. for sure 肯定地，无疑地，确切地。如：
We will win for sure.我们肯定会赢。
No one knows for sure where helives. 谁也不能确切地知道他住在哪。
4. make sure
(1) 弄清，弄确实。如：
Make sure of your facts before youaccuse him. 你在控诉他之前要确查事实。
Can you make sure where she has putthe gold ring? 你能弄清她把金戒指放在什么地方了吗?
(2) 设法，确保。如：
Arrive early at the cinema to makesure of (getting) a seat. 早点去电影院以便能弄个座位。
Ask for a receipt and make sure thatyou get it. 要一张收据，而且一定要拿到手。
5. to be sure
(1) 当然可以。如：
A：May I leave now? 我现在可以离开了吗?
B：To be sure. 当然可以。
(2) 诚然，无可否认。如：
He is young, to be sure, butexperienced. 他固然年轻，但很有经验。
surface
1. on the surface 表面上，外表上。如：
He is honest on the surface.他表面上很诚实。
His politeness is only on thesurface. 他只是表面上的客气。
surprise
1. be surprised at (doing) sth 对(做)某事感到惊奇。如：
We are surprised at you.你的行为让我们感到惊奇。
He was surprised at the news.听到这个消息他感到很惊奇。
She was surprised at finding thehouse empty. 他发现房子是空的，感到很惊讶。
2. be surprised to do sth 对做某事感到惊奇。如：
I’m surprised to see you here.想不到在这儿见到你。
I was surprised to hear that his wifehad left him. 听说他妻子离开了他，我感到很惊奇。
注：有时可与 be surprised at 转换。如：
We were greatly surprised to hear [athearing] he was in prison. 听说他坐牢了，我们大吃一惊。
3. in surprise 惊奇地。如：
She looked at me in surprise.她惊奇地看着我。
All the students looked up insurprise. 所有的学生都惊讶地抬起头来。
注：有时也说 with surprise。
4. to one’s surprise 出乎意料地，使人吃惊的是。如：
(Much) To my surprise the door wasunlocked. 使我(大为)吃惊的是，门没有锁。
To the surprise of everybody the manwas the girl’s father. 使大家吃惊的是，这个人就是这个女孩的父亲。
5. take sb by surprise 使某人大吃一惊。如：
You’ve taken me by surprise.我冷不防地被吓了一跳。
Her sudden death took us all bysurprise. 她突然去世让我们大家大吃一惊。
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table
1. at table 在吃饭。如：
He seldom talks at table.他吃饭时很少说话。
They were at table when wecalled. 我们去访时，他们正在吃饭。
2. at the table 在桌边。如：
The boy was sitting at the tabledrawing. 那小孩正坐在桌旁画画。
注：美国英语中也可用 at the table 表示“在吃饭”。
3. set [lay] the table 摆桌子，摆餐具(准备开饭)。如：
Mother is setting [laying] thetable. 母亲在摆桌子。
take
1. take back 收回，接回，退回。如：
I’m sorry, I take back what Isaid. 对不起，我收回我说过的话。
They wouldn’t take back theshirt. 衬衫他们不让退货。
2. take down
(1) 写下，记下。如：
He took down everything the teachersaid. 他把老师说的所有话都记了下来。
I didn’t take down his phonenumber. 我没有记下他的电话号码。
(2) 拆下，拆掉。如：
The machine takes down easily.这机器很容易拆。
They decided to take down thedangerous bridge. 他们决定把这座危险的桥拆掉。
3. take in
(1) 收留。如：
So he took in the boy (dog).所以他就收留了这个男孩(这条狗)。
(2) 包括。如：
The list takes in everyone.每个人都上了名单。
(3) 理解。如：
We find it difficult to take in whathe teaches. 我们发现他教的东西很难理解。
(4) 欺骗，使上当。如：
Don’t be taken in by hispromises. 别被他的诺言所欺骗。
4. take off
(1) 脱下。如：
Take off your wet clothes.脱下你的湿衣服。
He took off his glasses and lookedup. 他取下眼镜， 抬头看了看。
(2) 起飞。如：
When did the plane take off?飞机是什么时候起飞的?
(3) 打折扣，扣掉，去掉。如：
Can you take five dollars off theprice? 你可以减价五美元吗?
(4) 请假，休息。如：
I want to take a day off (fromwork). 我想休假一天。
5. take on
(1) 聘用，雇用。如：
The company decided to take on a newsecretary. 这家公司决定聘一个新秘书。
(2) 呈现，显现，具有。如：
This word had taken a newmeaning. 这个词有了新的意义。
Her face took on a newexpression. 她的脸上露出了新的表情。
(3) 承担或担任(工作或责任等)。如：
He advised me not to take too muchwork. 他劝我不要做太多的工作。
6. take over 接替，接管，继承。如：
Who will take over his job?他的工作由谁来接替?
Would you like me to take over thedriving for a while? 你愿意让我接替你开一会儿车吗?
7. take to
(1) 喜欢。如：
He took to Mary as soon as theymet. 他一见玛丽就爱上了她。
(2) 养成习惯，沉溺于。如：
He soon took to drinkingagain. 不久他又喝起酒来。
(3) 去(某处)。如：
He was ill and had to take tobed. 他病倒了，只好卧床。
8. take up
(1) 开始(学习或从事等)。如：
He dropped medicine and took upphysics. 他放弃学医，开始学物理。
For a long time I had wanted to takeup writing. 很久以来我一直想从事写作。
(2) 继续。如：
We took up our journey the nextday. 第二天我们继续赶路。
This chapter takes up where the lastone left off. 本章接续上一章谈到的内容。
(3) 占去(时间或空间)。如：
The table takes too much room.这桌子太占地方了。
The work took up all ofSunday. 这活儿占去了整个星期天。
(4) 接纳(乘客等)，接受(挑战，建议，条件等)。如：
The bus stopped to take uppassengers. 公共汽车停下来让乘客上车。
He has taken up the bet.他已接受打赌的条件。
(5) 提出(商讨)，讨论。如：
There’s another matter which we oughtto take up. 还有一件事我们要提出来商量。
9. take sb sth / take sth to sb 给某人带(送)去某物。如：
Take your father this glass of water./ Take this glass ofwater to your father. 把这杯水给你父亲送去。
Take her some flowers. / Take someflowers to her. 带一些花给她。
10. take sb (sth) for [to be]……把某人(某物)当作……。如：
He took her smile foragreement. 他把她的微笑视为同意。
Of course I didn’t tell her yoursecret ---- what do youtake me for? 当然我没有把你的秘密告诉她---你都把我当什么人了?
I took him for an honest man [to behonest]. 我看他为人老实。
I took him for Mr Smith.我错把他看成是史密斯先生。
注：按传统说法：take……for 往往指不合事实地“错误认为”，而take……to be [as]则可能指正确地也可能指不正确地“认为”，但现代英语已不完全遵循此规则。
11. It takes (sb) some time to do sth 做某事花(某人)时间。如：
It took me two hours to do the mathsexercises. 做数学练习花了我两个小时。
It will take three hours to go thereby bus. 坐公共汽车去要花三个小时。
注：该句型在现代英语中可有多种变体。比较：
It took him half an hour to mend hisbike. / It took half an hour for him to mend the bike.他修理自行车花了半个小时。
It took him 10 minutes to solve theproblem. / He took 10 minutes solving [to solve] theproblem. 他花10分钟解出了这道题。
It took me an hour to write theletter. / The letter took me an hour (to write). / I took an hourto write the letter. 我写这封信花了一个小时。
按传统语法，以上句型只用于花时间，不用于花钱，但这在现代英语中已有所改变。如：
It took him a lot of money to buy hera fur coat. / It took a lot of money for him to buy her a furcoat. 他给她买一件皮外套花了不少钱。
12. It takes sth (sb) to do sth 某做某事花精力(需要人等)。如：
It takes two to make aquarrel. 一个巴掌拍不响。
It took three men to lift thebox. 抬这个箱子要三个人。
It would take a strong man to do thework. 身强力壮的人才做得了这工作。
talk
1. talk about sth 谈论某事。如：
What are you talking about?你们在谈什么?
Let’s not talk about it now.这事我们现在别谈了。
2. talk of sb (sth) 谈到某人或某事。如：
We often talk of you.我们经常谈起你。
He talked of going abroad.他曾谈到要出国。
3. talk to [with] sb 与某人说话或谈话。如：
I want to talk to your father.我想同你父亲谈谈。
He likes to talk to [with]girls. 他喜欢同女孩子说话。
4. talk sb into (out of) (doing) sth 说得使某人(某事)……。如：
The man talked right intowrong. 这个人说得是非颠倒。
She talked him out of killinghimself. 她说服他不自杀。
He talked his wife out of (into)buying a car. 他说服他妻子不买(买)车。
5. talk over 讨论，商量。如：
I have an important matter to talkover with you. 我有件重要事要与你谈谈。
taste
1. taste like 尝起来像……。如：
This tastes like an orange.这东西尝起来像是个桔子。
2. taste of 有……的味道，体验到……。如：
It tastes of lemon.这东西有柠檬的味道。
He tastes of poverty.他尝到了贫穷的滋味。
3. have a taste for 喜欢，爱好。如：
He has a taste for music.他爱好音乐。
She has a taste for foreigntravel. 她喜欢到国外旅行。
比较：have a taste of 尝尝……。如：
Just have a taste of thiscake. 尝尝这块蛋糕吧。
4. to one’s taste 合某人的口味，合某人的意。如：
The soup is quite to my taste.这汤很合我的口味。
The plan is just to my taste.这个计划正合我的意。
比较：to taste 按口味，适量地(用于烹饪法等的说明)。如：
Add salt to taste.加适量的盐。
tea
1. drink tea 喝茶。如：
The English like to drink tea.英国人喜欢喝茶。
注：有可说 have tea, take tea。
2. make (the) tea 沏茶，泡茶
Mother is making (the) tea.母亲在泡茶。
注：有时也说 draw tea, 但一般不用 cook tea。
3. black tea 红茶。如：
Whick do you like, black tea or greentea? 红茶和绿茶，你更喜欢哪种?
注：英语习惯上不用 red tea 表示“红茶”。
teach
1. teach sb sth / teach sth to sb 教某人某事物。如：
Mr Smith teaches me French. / MrSmith teaches French tome. 史密斯先生教我法语。
Who teaches you swimming? / Whoteaches swimming to you? 谁教你游泳?
2. teach sb (how) to do sth 教某人做某事。如：
Who taught you to do it?谁教你做的?
I’ll teach you (how) to play thepiano. 我教你弹钢琴。
3. teach oneself 自学。如：
He decided to teach himselfEnglish. 他决定自学英语。