英语讲义【81】可分开的片语动词

在《片语动词》一文里，提到片语动词可带宾语，但也有些不带宾语，可带宾语的两个动词可分开，不带宾语的不可分开；不带宾语的意思转变时，便可能带宾语，如：

　　① The weather turned out（证明是） fine.（不带宾语）
　　② That factory turns out（制造） high-precision instruments.（带宾语）

　　有宾语的片语动词等于及物动词（transitive verbs），没宾语的就是不及物动词（intransitive verbs）。

　　接下来，要多举些可分开的片语动词，让大家参考，希望看后遵循着同样的路向，尽量补充这类惯用语，以丰富常用词汇，加强讲写能力。

　　back up：支持
　　“I often back up my friends when they do something good.”

　　count in：包括在内
　　“We will go shopping this Saturday. Shall we count you in? ”

　　count out：不包括；不考虑
　　“If the oversea tour costs too much, you had better count are me out ; I can't afford it.”

　　ferret out：搜出
　　“Two detectives went to the suspect's house to ferret out whatever is useful for their investigation.”

　　stamp out：扑灭
　　“The government should do everything possible to stamp out social ills.”

　　pick up：学习
　　“It is not difficult to pick up a language if it is useful. ”

　　put off：延期
　　“Because of bad weather, the foofball match was put off until further notice.”

　　take over：接受
　　“Who will take over the family business at the death of the father?”

　　tide over：渡过（难关）
　　“We will lend you some money to tide you over this period of difficulty.”

　　bear out：证明
　　“Who can bear you out if you accuse him of swindling?”

　　beef up：加强；充实
　　“Some countries in this region intend to beef up their military power.”

　　blow out：夸大
　　“For publicity's sake, some small events have been blown up in the press.”

　　bottle up：压抑情绪
　　“Let's know your bad feelings; don't bottle them up!”

　　break off ：中断
　　“The two countries have broken off their peace negotiations which are not expected to be resumed in near future.”

　　bring about：带来；产生
　　“Nancy's recklessness has brought about her failure. She has only herself to blame.”

　　call off：取消
　　“No one can call off a prearranged meeting at will.”

　　draw up：草拟；制订
　　“Make sure that the agreement you have drawn up is clear and accurate.”

　　let down：令人失望
　　“You must try your best to help David . Don't let him down. ”

　　rope in：拉人参加
　　“Paul has roped his wife in to organise the seminar.”

　　 shake off：避开
　　“It seems difficult for Peggie to shake off some minor ailments.”

　　从上面例子可以得到这两个公式：

　　A. 动词＋副词性虚词＋名词宾语
　　B. 动词＋名词宾语＋副词性虚词

　　代词宾语

　　例：

　　A. Please take + off + your hat.
　　B. Please take + your hat + off/ Please take + it + off