rough up . attack or hurt physically ；treat roughly；beat 粗暴地对待；殴打

The gang decided to rough him up， as a warning to others．暴徒们决定揍他一顿，以此来警告他人。

While Jerry was walking in a strange part of town，some boys roughed him up and told him to stay out of their territory．当杰里在城里一个陌生的地区行走时，有几个男孩子把他打了一顿，并且叫他不要进入他们的地盘。

 rough up .  make rough 弄乱；使毛糙

He roughed up her hair．他把她的头发弄乱了。

If you rough up the surface a bit，the paint will stick better．你如果把表面弄粗糙一些，漆会粘得更牢。

round on . round upon . turn on somebody  in anger ；turn against somebody  in anger ；attack suddenly either verbally or physically 对某人发怒；突然用语言或行动攻击

Listen patiently to what I've got to say first．Don't round on me just because I don't agree with you．不要因为我不同意你就发火，先耐心听完我的话。

He rounded on her fiercely．他突然气势汹汹地向她扑去。

round on . round upon . inform against；betray出卖；告密

He was not so bad as to round on his comrades-in-arms．他不是坏得会出卖自己战友的那种人。

round about . along the circumference of； all around在（…的）四周

He lives somewhere round about．他就住在这附近。

The white building contrasts pleasantly with the green pines round about．那幢洁白的楼房同四周葱翠的松树相互辉映，赏心悦目。

round about . backward；in the opposite direction 向相反方向

They turned round about and left．他们转身朝相反的方向走了。

round about . at approximately about大约

Please come round about two o'clock in the afternoon．请于下午 两点左右来。

round about . indirectly；in a circuitous manner间接的；委婉的

He came round about and slowly to these conclusions．他委婉地而且慢慢地得出了这些结论。

round off . shape as an edge in a round form 把…弄成圆形；弄光滑

Round off the corners of the table please．请把桌子的角刨成圆形。

Take a piece of sand paper and round off the edges of the frame．拿一张砂纸把这个框架的边擦光滑。

round off . finish off well；bring to completion，esp． in a fit manner圆满结束；完成

We rounded off the party by singing popular songs．我们唱着流行歌曲结束了晚会。

They have rounded off their work and will write a detailed report．他们圆满结束了工作并将写出详细的汇报。

Their day's outing was rounded off with a visit to the theatre．他们到一家戏院看了一场戏，从而圆满结束了这一天的外出游玩。

round out . complete or perfect；finish very fully 完成；使圆满；完全结束

He rounded out his education by spending a year in Paris．他在巴黎住了一年，完成了学业。

He needs only one or two more stamps to round out his collection of postwar Chinese stamps．他还需要一两张邮票即可将战后中国的邮票集全了。

They intend to round out their work be fore presenting their final analysis．他们打算在全部工作完成之后再提出最终分析。

The scheme was rounded out with suggestions from the veteran technicians．由于采纳了经验丰富的技术员的建议，这个计划就更完善了。

round out . fill out； become rounder使饱满；使变圆；使胖起来

She was very thin after her illness，but is rounding out nicely now．她病后很瘦，可是现在胖起来了。

As she grew older，she rounded out in the right place．随着年龄的增长，她的身材变得丰满匀称起来。

The wind rounded out the sails as the little boat rushed along．小船疾驰而行，风把帆吹得鼓鼓的。

round up . gather together 聚集

The farmer rounded up the cows for milking．那农夫把奶牛赶拢来挤奶。

Please round up the rest of the class； it is time to go back to the school．请把班上其他人集合起来，该回学校了。

round up . capture（criminals）抓住（罪犯）

The police finally rounded up the criminal．警察终于抓住了那名罪犯。

rub along . （of a person） manage to exist；pass one's time without too much difficulty；live day to day in a more or less satisfactory but unexciting manner（指人）无太大困难地过活；马马虎虎度日；平平淡淡过日子

With the money my mother earned we just managed to rub along．靠妈妈挣来的钱，我们马马虎虎地凑合着过日子。

He is not a good student；he can only just rub along in class．他学习并不好，在班上只是勉强过得去。

“How are you getting on nowadays? ”“Oh，just rubbing along．”“你近来好吗? ，马马虎虎过得去。”

rub along . （of two or more persons）live without quarrelling，和谐相处

We manage to rub along together．我们相处得还算不错。

Except for the first two months they rubbed along quite happily．除了头两个月以外，他们相处得颇为融洽。

rub down . clean and dry the body（of an animal or person） by rubbing擦干

The athletes rubbed themselves down with coarse towels．运动员们用粗毛巾擦身。

She rubbed the horse down．她把马梳洗干净。

rub down . rub and press with the fingers on the body（of a person）to loosen muscles or prevent stiffness；massage按摩（人体）使肌肉放松

The athletes were rubbed down after the training．训练结束后，运动员们都要按摩一下，以放松肌肉。

rub down . reduce by friction or abrasion ；take off roughness磨光；磨平

He rubbed the chair down with sandpaper．他用砂纸把椅子磨光。

rub down . search somebody by passing the hand all over the body and limbs遍身搜查（某人）；对（某人）搜身

The policeman rubbed down the suspicious stranger，who turned out to be a spy．警察搜查了那个陌生人的全身，原来他是个间谍。