vote down . defeat by voting against投票击败；否决

People have voted him down．人们把他选掉了。

Someone proposed that the proceedings of the meeting should be recorded on tape，but the suggestion was voted down．有人建议会议讨论情况必须录音，但这个建议被否决了。

vote in . elect by vote投票选举出（某人）

He was voted in by an overwhelming majority．他以压倒多数的选票当选了。

The President has been voted in for the third time．总统已第三次当选。

vote out . reject through voting投票使某人落选

They voted him out by a majority of twenty．他们以二十票的多数使他落选。

I wonder how he got voted out of office．我不知道他是怎样被投票罢免的。

vote through . pass by voting表决通过

The assembly has voted the new reforms through．大会投票通过了新的改革方案。

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wade into . wade in . go busily to work；set to work with vigour忙碌地工作；精神饱满地工作

The work won't wait；We'd better wade in now．工作不能再拖下去了，我们还是现在就干起来吧。

The house was a mess after the party，but Mother waded in and soon made it clean again．聚会以后屋内乱七八糟，母亲赶紧整理，使房间很快就又变得整齐了。

wade into . wade in .  attack攻击

When she had heard Jerry's argument，she waded in and tore it apart．听完杰瑞的论点后，她给予了猛烈的抨击，把他的观点驳得体无完肤。

 wade through . work steadily and slowly缓慢而艰难地工作

I shan't be home for dinner；I'm still wading through all those urgent letters．我不回家吃晚饭了，我还在处理这些急信，进展很缓慢。

wait about  . wait around . stay in a place（usu．idly and impatiently）在某处等待（通常指无聊地和不耐烦地）

They waited about for another bus，but none came．他们不耐烦地等着下一辆公共汽车，可是一直没有车来。

Where have you been? I've been waiting around for you for more than an hour！你去哪儿了? 了你一个多小时！

wait at table . wait on table . serve food侍候开饭；端菜送饭；（在餐馆）当服务员

The girl earns her pocket money by waiting at table in a restaurant．这女孩在一家餐馆当服务员以挣些零花钱。

wait on . wait upon . serve；attend as a servant侍候；吃饭时作招待

She waited on us at dinner．她在一旁侍候我们吃饭。

The old lady does not like to be waited upon，because she thinks she is still capable of taking care of herself．那位老太太不喜欢别人侍候，因为她认为她生活还能自理。

wait on . wait upon .  follow as a consequence为…结果；随…而产生

Success waits on hard work．成功来自于勤奋。

His whole future waits on the results of the examination．他的整个前程都取决于这次考试的结果。

wait out . defeat by waiting以等待的方式挫败

We shall wait the enemy out，and watch them starve．我们将按兵不动，等着敌人断粮挨饿。

The enemy are still advancing，but we can wait them out in this valley．敌人还在前进，可我们可以按兵不动，使他们在这山谷里不战自败。

wait out . await calmly and patiently the end of安静而耐心地等待…结束

The storm showed no sign of abating．We'd have to be patient and wait it out．风暴丝毫没有减弱的迹象，我们只得耐心地等待它过去。

 wait up . delay going to bed熬夜等候

I'll wait up for you tonight．今天晚上我不睡觉也要等你。

I may be late，but please don't wait up for me．我可能晚回来，你先睡，不要等我。

 wait up . stop and wait for somebody to catch up停下来等候别人赶上去。

Don't go fast！Wait up for me！别走那么快，等我一下。

Hadn't we better wait up for the slower ones? 我们是不是等一下后面的人?

wake up . waken醒

Be quiet，my mother's asleep；don't wake her up．不要讲话，我妈妈睡着了，别把她吵醒。

I usually wake up at five o'clock．我通常五点钟醒。

wake up . realize or make somebody realize what is happening（使）醒悟；觉醒；认识到

I wish I could wake them up to the danger they are in．但愿我能使他们认识到他们所处的险境。

You should wake up to the fact that you are not working hard enough．你应该认识到你并没有全力以赴地工作。

This event may wake him up．这件事可能会使他醒悟。

wake up . become stirred from an inactive state活跃起来；振作起来

On holidays the little town wakes up．每逢假日，这个小城镇就活跃起来了。

You'll have to wake up if you wish to succeed．如果你想获得成功，就必须振作起来。

wake up . stir；excite激起；引起

His heroic deeds woke up the whole neighbourhood．他的英雄事迹轰动了所有的左邻右舍。

walk away with . walk off with . take and go away with；take away；steal取走；偷走；顺手拿走

Someone got in and walked away with the jewels while we were out．我们不在的时候，有人进来顺手把珠宝偷走了。

How can a thief walk off with a safe in broad daylight? 一个小偷怎能在光天化日之下将一个保险箱偷走呢?

walk away with . walk off with . take，get or win easily轻而易举地获得或赢得

He walked away with the election；his majority was about ten thousand．他多得一万张左右的选票，轻而易举地赢了这场选举。

Our team walked off with the championship．我队轻而易举地得了冠军。

We expected Peter to walk off with the prize，but he didn't．我们本来指望彼得会轻而易举地获奖，可他没有。