sympathize with . feel sorry for 同情

She always sympathizes with the poor people．她总是同情穷人。

sympathize with .  be interested in and approve of 赞同

Her brother doesn't sympathize with her idea to be a waitress．她的哥哥不赞成她当女招待。

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tag along . follow closely along；follow in the rear 尾随；紧紧跟在后头

She always tags along her husband．她与丈夫形影不离。

Many children tagged along behind the band．许多孩子紧紧跟在乐队后面走。

 tag oneself on to . follow closely 紧跟在后

Don't tag on to us all the time．别老是跟着我们。

During the internal a young fellow tagged himself on to me，and I could not get rid of him for the rest of the evening．在中间休息的时候，一个年轻人跟过来和我搭讪，后半个晚上我一直没法摆脱他。

tail away . tail off . diminish；grow progressively smaller in number，size，变得越来越少、越来越小等

The numbers in the procession began to tail away．队列中的人数开始减少。

Orders for goods of this kind usually begin to tail off towards the end of the year．这类货物的订单通常在临近年终时就开始渐渐减少了。

tail away . tail off . lessen；decline in quality；grow progressively fainter or more scattered 降低；质量下降；变得越来越轻、越来越弱、越来越分散

The work of some students begins to tail off as they approach their examination．在快要考试的时候，有些学生的作业质量在下降。

My enthusiasm has tailed off．我的热情越来越低了。

She was too shy to speak，and after a few words her voice tailed off into silence．她腼腆得话也说不出来，讲了几句话，话音就越来越低，最后干脆不吭声了。

Your work has been tailing off this year；we expect you to keep up your former standard．今年你的工作质量在下降，我们期望你保持原来的工作水平。

take pride in . take a pride in . be proud of以…为自豪

He takes pride in the success of his children.他为孩子们的成功而感到自豪。

She takes a pride in her library．她以自己的藏书而自豪。

take on oneself . take it,on oneself . take upon oneself . take it upon oneself . assume powers beyond what one should超出个人权力范围承担（某事）；擅自

He took it upon himself to cancel the contract without consulting any of his colleagues．他不同任何同事商量就擅自取消了合同。

That fellow takes too much upon himself；anyone would think he was the manager．那个家伙太会自作主张多管事，任何人都会以为他是经理。

take to the trouble . go to the trouble . put oneself to trouble不辞辛苦；不怕麻烦

Don't take the trouble to write， if you are not quite well．你要是身体不好，就不要费神写信了。

I must thank you for the trouble you have taken to collect all the necessary data for me．你不辞辛苦为我收集了所有必要的资料，我得向你表示感谢。

 take…along with . go with 带…一块去

I'll take her along with me．我将带她一道走。

 take…at one's word . believe what somebody says is true 相信某人的话

I don't take him at his word because I think he's leading us on．我不信他的话，因为我认为他在骗我们。

You shouldn't take him at his word．你不该信他的话。

If you say that I can leave all my work to you while I'm out，I'll take you at your word．如果你说我走后把我的所有工作都能交给你，我将相信你的话。

take…to heart . be seriously affected by； have deep concern or grief over深为…影响；对…非常担心或悲伤

He took his brother's death very much to heart．他哥哥的死对他打击很大。

Don't take your loss to heart； you can always start again. 不要把失败放在心上，你总是可以再干的。

She took her failure in the examination to heart．她因考试不及格而非常伤心。

He took his friend's advice to heart．朋友对他的劝告对他影响很大。

take…to heart . take seriously认真对待

I hope they will take to heart the warning I have given them. 我希望他们能认真对待我对他们的警告。

I have not much hope that my words will be taken to heart．他们对我的话是否会认真对待，对此我不抱多大希望。

 take a back seat . accept a poorer or lower position；be second to something or somebody else；take second place 接受较差或较低的位置；成为次要的人或事情；退居其次

With no hope of winning，he had to take a back seat in the contest．眼看自己在比赛中无望获胜，他只得甘拜下风。

During the war all manufacturing had to take a back seat to military needs．在战争期间，一切生产都要服从军事需要。

take a chair . sit down 坐下

After she had taken a chair，we started to watch TV．她坐下来以后我们就开始看电视。

take a dim view of . be against；disapprove of 反对；不赞成

All the family members took a dim view of his rash action．所有家庭成员都反对他的轻率举动。

John's father took a dim view of his wanting to borrow the car．约翰的父亲不肯将车借给他用。

Helen approves of many things her sister does，but she takes a dim view of the way Edith is raising her children．海伦赞成她妹妹做的许多事情，但是她不赞成埃狄斯扶养孩子的方法。

take a dim view of . have doubts about；feel unsure or anxious about 对…持怀疑或悲观的看法

Tom took a dim view of his chances of passing the exam．汤姆对通过这次考试的可能性持悲观态度。

They hope to go on a picnic，but they take a dim view of the weather．他们希望去野餐，但是又怕天气有问题。