disposed to . having a tendency to；inclined to 易于；有…倾向

Some children are disposed to tell lies．有些孩子会说谎。

I am disposed to agree with her．我倾向于同意她的观点。

distinct from . not the same as； different from与…不同

Those two suggestions are quite distinct from each other．那两项建议很不相同。

The two sorts of whisky are clearly distinct from one another．这两种威士忌有明显差别。

distinguish from . tell one thing from another辨别

Elephants are distinguished from other animals by their long noses．大象同其它动物的区别之处是象的鼻子长。

We must learn to distinguish friends from enemies．我们要学会分清敌我。

distinguish from . show the difference between区别

He can't distinguish right from wrong．他是非不明。

distract from . turn somebody 's attention or thoughts away from使分心；分散注意力

So much noise distracted her from her work．喧闹声很大，使她不能专心工作。

divide by . find out how many times one number contains or is contained in another number除

If you divide twenty-four by six，the answer is four．六除 二十四等于 四。

divide into . separate into分成

The river is divided into two streams at this point．大河这里分成两条支流。

The teacher divided the class into five groups．老师把班上同学分为五组。

divorced from . completely separated from脱离

His dreams are often divorced from reality．他的梦想常常脱离现实。

do away with . abolish；get rid of；put an end to废除；去掉

The teachers want to do away with cheating in the school．老师们想在学校里消灭作弊现象。

They have done away with the old laws．他们废除了旧法律。

Can you do away with your bad habit？你能改掉坏习惯吗？

We must do away with all manifestations of disunity．我们一定要消除一切不团结的现象。

do away with . murder谋杀

It is said that they will do away with him by poisoning him．据说他们会用毒药把他干掉。

He did away with his enemies．他杀死了他的敌人。

do for . be suitable for适合

The coat will do for Alice．这种上衣艾丽丝穿合适。

You won't do for a teacher．你不适合当教师。

These shoes won't do for mountain climbing．这种鞋子爬山不行。

do for . serve the purpose of用作；充任

The box will have to do for a desk until the furniture arrives．家具来到之前，这个箱子就得当作书桌用了。

This place will do for a gymnasium．这个地方可以做体育馆用。

do for . care for；attend to照料；帮…做事；替…管家

Mrs．Black has been doing for the manager for ten years．布莱克夫人为经理料理家务已经十年了。

Mrs． Wang did for me during my illness．我生病时王太太照应我。

do for . kill；murder；destroy杀死；杀害

He said that he would do for the policeman when he got out of prison．他说他出狱后要干掉那个警察。

Henry received a blow on the head that I thought had done for him．亨利头上挨了一下子，我想这下子已经送了他的命。

do for . ruin； finish off；destroy破坏；毁掉

The severe storm did for most of the farm buildings．猛烈的风暴摧毁了大部分农舍。

Our team is done for．我们的队完蛋了。

My camera is almost done for．我的照相机差不多坏了。

do for . wear out entirely极其疲乏

at the end of a long day's hard work I'm just about done for．苦干一整天下来，我几乎累垮了。

do for . manage to solve or obtain设法解决或得到

How did you do for food during your camping trip？你们野营时是怎样设法弄到食物的？

What will you do for water while you're crossing the desert？你们穿越沙漠时将如何解决水的问题呢？

do in . murder； kill； cheat谋杀；杀死；欺骗

Her neighbour tried to do himself in by taking poison．她的邻居企图服毒自杀。

The criminals have done in the old man．罪犯们已把那个老人杀害了。

He tried to do her in，but luckily she escaped．他企图害死她，但她很幸运地脱险了。

do in . exhausted；destroyed精疲力竭；搞坏；毁坏

The horse was done in after the race．那匹马在竞赛后已精疲力竭了。

I felt done in after a long day's hard work．苦干了一整天我感到疲惫不堪。

This hard work did them in．干这么重的活，他们累坏了。

His business was done in by a big fire．他的商行给一场大火烧毁了。