worse off . in a worse condition 情况恶化；处境更糟

After the devaluation of the dollar，they are worse off than before．美元贬值后，他们的日子更艰难了。

I am far worse off than you are．我的处境比你糟得多。

 worth one's salt . capable；talented 有能力的；有才干的

The work he did really showed that he was worth his salt．他所做的工作的确表明他是位很能干的

worthy of . deserving 值得；配得上

He is worthy of our trust and expectation．他没有辜负我们的信任和期望。

would rather . an expression used to indicate strong preference 宁愿

He would rather be poor than get money by dishonest methods．他宁可穷也不愿意用不诚实的手段获取金钱。

Henry would rather that his girl friend worked in the same department as he does．亨利希望他的女朋友和他在一个部门工作。

wrap up . dress warmly；put on warm clothes 穿暖和

Wrap up well today；it,is,very cold．今天很冷，穿暖和点。

wrap up . bring to an end，esp．a successful conclusion 圆满结束；完成

They wrapped up the business deal in less than an hour．不到一小时，他们那笔生意就成交了。

wrap up .  disguise；conceal 掩饰；掩盖

He wrapped up his meaning in a fancy speech．他把自己的意图隐藏在精心设计的措词里。

wrap up . be quiet；shut up 安静；别吵；住口

Wrap up，you boys，We are having a meeting in the next room．安静点，孩子们，我们正在隔壁房间开会。

wrap up . cover or roll up in；envelop；cover completely 包起来；包扎；裹紧

She wrapped up the little child in a thick blanket．她用厚毛毯把孩子裹得严严的。

He wrapped up the parcel．他包好了包裹。

wrap up . involve deeply；cause to be absorbed completely 深深卷入；使全神贯注；埋头于；深陷在…之中

He is wrapped up in his scientific studies．他全神贯注地进行他的研究工作。

She is so wrapped up in him that she can't see his faults．她痴情地爱他，看不到他身上的缺点。

write down . depreciate or disparage by writing；play down in writing 写文章贬低或诋毁；把…写得不重要

They tried in vain to write down the movement．他们试图写文章诋毁这个运动，可是枉费心机。

The critics wrote down the play and it was withdrawn．评论家们贬低这个戏剧，它被停演了。

write down . describe；regard 描述；看作

They seem to have written him down as a fool．他们似乎把他写成了一个傻瓜。

write down . reduce the book value of 减低…的帐面价值

These shares should be written down，as we want to attract more buying at present．既然我们目前想吸引更多的人买进这些股票，就应该降低它的票面价格。

write home about . comment on at length，esp．in a favorable manner；excellent 值得大书特书；很精彩；好极了

The exhibition was nothing to write home about．展览会并没什么吸引人的精彩东西。

The entertainment at the New Year's party was something to write home about．新年晚会的娱乐节目真是好极了。

write off . cancel an entry in an account，as an unpaid and uncollectible debt 注销；勾销（无法收回的债）

The debt has been written off．债务已被一笔勾销。

There seems to be no hope of ever getting the money back from Harry．I think you can write it off．看来没有希望把钱从哈利那里收回了，我想可以把它勾销了。

write off . reject as beyond repair 因不能修理而抛弃；报废

They wrote the car off．他们报废了那辆汽车。

The library writes off a certain quantity of books each year．图书馆每年都要报废一定数量的图书。

write off . compose quickly and easily 迅速而容易地写出；一口气写成

He wrote five letters off in half an hour．他半小时写了五封信。

write off . reckon 认为；把…看作

He was written off by his family as a failure，so they were very surprised when he passed all the exams and went to university．家里人都认为他没有出息，所以，当他通过所有考试并且上了大学时，他们都惊讶不已。

write oneself out . exhaust one's writing ability by writing too much 竭尽才智无可再写

He has written himself out．他已经竭尽才智，写不出东西来了。

write out . write in full； prepare in writing 全部写出；开出

The teacher asked her to write the whole thing out．老师让她把事情的始末都写出来。

She wrote out a cheque for fifty pounds．她开了一张五十镑的支票。

write up . put into writing，esp．in full detail 详细记叙或描写某物

The students were asked to write the chemistry experiment up for homework．学生被要求把那次化学实验的报告作为家庭作业详细写出来。

They wrote him up on the front page．他们在报纸的头版详细报道了他。

write up .  praise in writing 写文章赞扬

The critics wrote up the acting of the players．评论家们写文章赞扬了演员们的演技。

He'll write the play up in the next edition of the paper．他将在下一期报纸上评述这出戏。

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year after year . one year after another； many years 年复一年；年年

Our agricultural production has gone up year after year．我们的农业生产年年上升。