be lacking in sth. 在……不足

make up for the lack of

弥补……的不足

for/by/from/through lack of…

由于…不足,缺乏

have no lack of不缺

damage的常用短语

do damage/harm to 对……有害

cause damage to 对……造成损害

ask for damage要求赔偿

die of 与die from 的区别

die of 表示“死于……病”或冻死、气死，或死于过度悲伤。

die of cancer/grief/hunger/anger/cold

die from表示死于外伤、事故、劳累过度。如：

die from polluted air/overwork/sword thrust

die常用短语

die for one’s country为国捐躯

die down熄灭、平息

die off绝种、枯死

die away消逝、静下来

die a heroic death英勇牺牲

threaten常用短语

threaten sb. with sth.用……威胁某人

threaten to do…威胁做……

under the threat of…在……的威胁下

speed常用短语

speed up加速

at the speed of…以…..的速度

with great speed迅速

aim常用短语

take aim at瞄准

reach an aim达到目的

aim at瞄准、针对

permit与allow 的区别

表“允许做某事”或“允许某人做某事”用法基本相同。

permit/allow doing sth.

permit/allow sb. to do sth.

permit /allow of sth

一般在独立主格结构中表示“时间、条件等许可”，多用permit

Time/Weather permitting, I’ll drop in on her.

allow 还可以表示“承认”、“考虑到”。例如：

1. We allow him to be wronged.

2. will take an hour to go there, allowing for traffic delays.

means常用短语

by means of通过….., 靠……

by this means/ in this way用这种方法

by no means/in no case决不

by all means用一切办法

keep常用短语

keep up with紧跟…..

keep sb. doing sth.让某人一直做

keep sb. from doing sth.阻止…..做……

keep off the grass勿踏草地

keep to the point紧扣主题

keep in touch with与……保持联系

mark常用短语

make one’s mark成功、出名

be marked with标明

gain/get full marks for ……得满分

seat常用短语

take one’s seat坐下

have a seat请坐

see/find sb. seated看见/发现某人坐在….

be seated就座, 坐着

seat oneself in/at/on使自己坐在……

部分 动词+ to + doing 的用法

look forward to