英语6级单词高频词汇 第二十一天 选自（星火英语）

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on a ...scale...
So, on a scale of one to ten. . . How much do you hate me?
scale down
The company has begun to scale down its operations业务 in Asia.
account for
No unit or individual is allowed to open a private account for the deposits of the funds of a unit单位.
on account of
On account of the discontimuance不景气 of business at the company, I left the office.
on no account
On no account should we go to bed with the door open.
on any/all account
Do not part with the shares放弃这些股票 on any account.
take...into account
However, we won't take into account how much revenue收入 your site creates.
acknowledge...as
What authority权威 should we acknowledge as due应有 to the law?
admit/acknowledge/confess doing
come into collision with
Their interests come into collision with ours.
in collision with
A car was in collision with a bus on the bridge.
compensation for
Her beautiful hair and figure make a compensation for her ugly face.
compensation trade
I think the compensation trade arrangement suits us better.
make compensation for sb.'s losses
complain that...
Don't complain that life is too unfair to you just because life simply does not know who you are .
complain of doing sth
complain to sb. of/about sth.
by/in contrast
By contrast, in the case of natural phenomena现象, events unfold irrespective of the views held by the observers.
与此相反，在对自然现象的例子中，事态的发展不以观察者的看法为转移。
In contrast to/with
This appears small in contrast to (with) that.
contrast...with
In contrast with many other areas of the economy, it was relatively比较 easy to become a property tycoon地产大亨.
contrast with
deliver (onesefl) of
Mr Miliband cannot deliver half of what he seems to be promising.
deliver sb. from danger
deliver sth. to sb.
To deliver sth to sb
descend from
Our prejudice descend from the female branch.
descend to (doing)sth.
descend on
Summer tourists descend on the seashore village .
live in misery
The vast majority of the population lives [live] in utter极度 misery.
live a miserable life
The infall入侵 of the pirates caused the villagers to live a miserable life.
exclusive of = excluding
exclusive to
But Mr Abbas of DawnNews黎明新闻网 disputes驳斥 the impression that English is exclusive to just a few.
have an insight into
I managed to have an insight into main facts.
gain an insight into
We also gain an insight into the reason why you might feel inclined to go around fooling people in the first place.
inspire sb. with sth.
inspire sth. into sb.
interpret for
My English is poor, would you interpret for me?
interpret...as
But we Chinese are very likely to interpret as a lack of respect when we first encounter it , especially in the business world.
但是我们当我们最初遇到它的时候，华语很有可能将解释当做缺乏尊敬，尤其在商务世界中。
by all means
If you're interested in a specific language project, by all means, check it out for yourself.
by any means
He said the president was calling on the people to " resist抵抗 by any means. "
by means of
by no means
My garden communicates with the garden next door by means of a gate.
in reserve
But scientists decided to let it carry out additional exploratory tasks as the orbiter is still in good condition and has fuel in reserve.
但是，由于这个人造卫星工作状况良好，还有储备燃料，科学家决定让它进行额外的探索任务。
without reserve
To love a person is paid without reserve?
resolve to do sth.
resolve on (doing) sth.
sacrifice oneself/one's life for
at the sacrifice of
Our economy is developing at a rocketing speed , however It gets that at the sacrifice of the damage of enviroment .
come to one's senses
in a sense
In a sense, they were competing to see who was more loyal to Chairman Mao.
make sense
Our brain tries to make sense of what these imageries mean and our mind creates stories out of it.
talk sense
"Let's talk sense to the American people"
in stock
To be an invester投资者 in stock is a good choice for you, just remember one thing: take the risk, but do not be greedy.
out of stock
I'm sorry, but that item is out of stock at the moment.
take stock of
They decided to take stock of the present state of affairs.
place/put sth. on the agenda
provisional agenda
The provisional agenda was adopted after some discussion.
on the alert
Be on the alert for children walking in the street, particularly in neighborhoods that have no sidewalks.
red alert
Red alert is the color of panic
white alert
yellow alert
For the time being in the interest of national safety we are declaring a state of yellow alert.