动词短语是英语中经常用到的，动词短语的应用可以让你的英语更加地道。下面是最常见的30个动词短语。
1. wipe out – destroy something Completely 彻底摧毁
Whole villages were wiped out by the floods.
整个村庄被洪水冲毁了。
2. break down – decompose, when something slowly reduces to its smallest parts 分解，当某物慢慢地分解成最小的部分
Plastics do not break down quickly. It takes hundreds of year for a plastic bottle to decompose.
塑料不会很快分解。一个塑料瓶要几百年才能分解。
3. scale back – reduce the amount or size of something 减少某物的数量或大小
The country has scaled back its use of fossil fuels and has started investing in renewable energy.
国家减少了对化石燃料的使用，并开始投资可再生能源。
4. use up – finish a supply of something 用完某物的供应
I worry that we will use up the world’s non-renewable resources.
我担心我们将耗尽世界上不可再生资源。
5. freeze over – become frozen 冻住
The lake has frozen over.
湖面结了冰。
6. chop down – make a tree fall down by cutting it with a sharp tool 用锋利的工具把树砍倒
Large areas of rainforest are being chopped down every day.
大片的雨林每天都在被砍伐。
7. break out – start suddenly 突然开始
I’ve broken out in a rash.
我突然出疹子了。
8. fight off – free yourself from an illness 从疾病中解脱出来
Elaine’s fighting off a cold.
Elaine和感冒斗争。
9. come to – become conscious 有意识
Has he come to yet?
他恢复意识了没？
10. get over – recover from something 恢复，渡过
It’s taken me ages to get over the flu.
我花了很长时间才从流感中恢复过来。
11. come down with – become sick 生病
I think I’m coming down with a cold.
我想我生病感冒了。
12. throw up – be sick, vomit 呕吐
Georgia was bent over the basin, throwing up.
Georgia俯身在盆上，呕吐起来。
13. Branch out – Expand or extend one’s interests 扩展或扩展自己的兴趣
The supermarkets have branched out into banking.
超市已扩展到银行业。
14. Break into – Enter (with effort or force) 进入(用力，努力)
It’s always been his ambition to break into broadcasting.
他一直雄心勃勃地想要进军广播行业。
15. Carry on – Continue 继续
He moved to New York to carry on his work.
他搬到纽约继续他的工作。
16. Back up – Make a copy of information 备份
It’s a good idea to back up your files onto a memory stick.
把你的文件备份到u盘上是个好主意。
16. Carry out – Do and complete a task 做并完成
The building work was carried out by a local contractor.
建筑工程由当地的一个承包商进行。
17. Find out – Discover a fact or piece of information 发现事实或者情报
Can you find out what our customers think of their local bus service?
你能找出我们的顾客对本地巴士服务的看法吗?
18. Call off – Cancel something 取消
With the weather worsening, they have called off their field trip.
由于天气越来越坏，他们取消了实地考察。
19. Drop in – Make a short visit somewhere 短时间到访
I will drop in tomorrow morning.
我明天上午来。
20. Fill out – Complete (a form) 填表
It took me several hours to fill out the application form.
我花了几个小时填写申请表。
21. Bail out – To rescue somebody from a difficult situation, especially financial problems 把某人从困境中解救出来，尤指经济问题
Some local businesses have offered to bail out the museum.
一些当地企业已提出对博物馆进行救助。
22. Bolt down – Eat a large amount of food very quickly 快速吃大量的食物，囫囵吞枣
She bolted down her lunch and rushed back to work.
她匆匆吃完午饭就赶回工作去了。
23. Cut up – Cut something into small pieces 把东西切成小块
He cut the pie up into little pieces.
他把馅饼切成小块。
24. Eat out – Eat in a restaurant instead of at home 在餐馆吃饭而不是在家里
Do you feel like eating out tonight?
你今晚想出去吃饭吗?
25. Slice off – Cut something from a larger piece 从大件上切下东西
She sliced off a piece of sausage.
她切下一片香肠。
26. Whip up – Quickly make a meal or something to eat 赶快做顿饭或吃点东西。
She whipped up a delicious lunch for us in 15 minutes.
她在15分钟内匆匆为我们准备了一顿美味的午餐。
27. Check out – Leave the hotel after paying 付款后离开酒店。退房
We checked out at noon.
我们中午退房。
28. Take off – When a plane departs or leaves the ground 飞机离开或离开地面时
The plane took off an hour late.
飞机晚点一小时起飞。
29. Get off – Leave a bus, train, plane 离开公共汽车，火车，飞机
We get off at the next station.
我们在下一站下车。
30. Check in – Arrive and register at a hotel or airport 到酒店或机场登记
Please check in at least an hour before departure.
请在起飞前至少一小时办理登机手续。
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