【句子】
1.give A to B→give to B A
Major’s speech had given to?(the more intelligent animals on the farm) (a completely new outlook on life).
2.want [主英]
需要(做);該(做) If you say that something?wants?doing, you think that it needs to be done.
His men were idle and dishonest, the fields were?full of weeds, the buildings wanted roofing, the hedges were neglected, and the?animals were underfed.
The windows wanted cleaning...
Her hair wants cutting.
3.
They had?never seen animals behave like this before, and this sudden uprising of?creatures (whom they were used to thrashing and maltreating just as they chose),?frightened them almost out of their wits.
以前他們從未見到動(dòng)物有過如此行為脐区，(他們對(duì)牲口的一貫做法就是任意抽鞭子蚪腐、施虐待，) 這些牲口此番突如其來的暴動(dòng)泽台，把他們嚇得差點(diǎn)兒神經(jīng)錯(cuò)亂。
be used to sth/doing
familiar with something so that it seems normal or usual
We’re used to the noise from the traffic now.
I’m used to getting up early.
Don’t worry — you’ll soon get used to his sense of humor.
I didn’t think I could ever get used to living in a big city after living in the country.
frighten/scare someone out of their wits
to make someone feel extremely frightened
The film scared the wits out of us.
【詞組】
1.get (one's) (own) way
To get or have what one wants; to have things done according to one's personal preference or desires;
to persuade other people to allow you to do what you want;
to get or do what you want, especially when sb has tried to stop you
Napoleon was a large, rather fierce-looking?Berkshire boar, the only Berkshire on the farm, not much of a talker, but with?a reputation for getting his own way.
...場里唯一的伯克夏種豬，不太愛說話悴能，可是出了名的不達(dá)目的死不休
My little brother always gets his own way.
If Tommy doesn't get his way, he'll start having a tantrum that could last all night.
She always gets her own way in the end.
2.put about [主英]
傳播旁振；散布If you?put?something?about, you tell it to people that you meet and cause it to become well-known.
The pigs had an even harder struggle to?counteract the lies put about by Moses, the tame raven.
The King had been putting about lurid rumors for months.
Moderates are putting it about that people shouldn't take the things said at the Republican Convention too seriously...
3.lash out
（用武器或手腳）迅猛攻擊获询，毆打 If you?lash out, you attempt to hit someone quickly and violently with a weapon or with your hands or feet.
The next moment he and his four men were in the?store-shed with whips in their hands, lashing out in all directions.
Riot police fired in the air and lashed out with clubs to disperse hundreds of demonstrators...
Her husband has a terrible temper and lashes out at her when he's angry.
4.with one accord (BrE,formal)
if people do sth with one accord, they do it at the same time, because they agree with each other
With one accord, though nothing of the kind had?been planned beforehand, they flung themselves upon their tormentors.
They rose?with one accord?from their seats.
5.fling yourself ↑
突然沖向;突然跳向 If you?fling?yourself?somewhere, you move or jump there suddenly and with a lot of force.
He flung himself to the floor.
6.take to one's heels
逃走;腳底開溜 to begin to run away; to quickly run away
After only a moment or two they gave up trying to defend themselves and took to their heels.
They took to their heels when they saw the policeman approaching.
When they saw the soldiers coming, they took to their heels.
He stood, for a moment, staring defiantly back at her, then took to hisheels.
7.carry through
(常指艱難地)堅(jiān)持做,完成If you?carry?something?through, you do it or complete it, often in spite of difficulties.
And so, almost before they knew what was?happening, the Rebellion had been successfully carried through: Jones was?expelled, and the Man or Farm was theirs.
Whatever project you begin, you must?carry it?through to completion.
We don't have the confidence that the UN will carry through a sustained program...
【熟詞生義】
1.elaborate v.
精心制作;詳細(xì)計(jì)劃;進(jìn)一步完善 If you?elaborate?a plan or theory, you develop it by making it more complicated and more effective.
These three had elaborated old Major’s teachings into a complete system of thought, to which they gave the name of Animalism.
His task was to elaborate policies which would make a market economy compatible with a clean environment.
The philosopher spent years?elaborating?[=developing] his ideas.
