意味着，  mean doing something,

 打算或企图做某事，mean to do something,

打算让某人做某事 mean somebody to do something,

 打算作  用， be meant for,

 发生，举行 take place,

替代某人  take the place of somebody,

 be in place of somebody,

  各种各样的of all kinds,

饿死  starve to death,

 缺乏,  be starved of,

渴望starve for something,

 starve to do,

感到满意  be satisfied with,

感到满意是to one's satisfaction,

 伤害某人be harmful to somebody,

do harm to somebody,

do somebody harm,

呈 的形状in the shape of,

纪念某人in memory of,

纪念某人，为了向 表示敬意in honor of,

打扮,化装dress up,

给予、颁奖award something to somebody,

award somebody something,

因,  奖赏某人，reward somebody for something,

 用某物酬劳某人reward somebody with something,

在某方面钦佩某人 admire somebody for something,

期望，期待 look forward to,

 调查 look into,

 尊敬 look up to,

 看不起 look down upon,

把 看作 look on,  as,

玩得开心，过得快乐have a good time,

enjoy oneself,

have fun with somebody,

来，出现，把音量开大些turn up,

 拒绝（某人或其请求、提议等），关小，调低 turn down,

 关掉turn off,

 打开， turn on,

 结果是turn out,

 向某人求助turn to somebody for help,
守信用keep one's word,

失信break one's word, 
It be obvious that从句   显而易见，一目了然

动身, 出发， 使（地雷、炸弹）爆炸，  set off,

开始， set in,

建立， set up,

着手做 set out to do,

set about doing something,

 写下，记下set down,

提醒，使想起 remind somebody of something,

 提醒某人做某事 remind somebody to do something,

 因某事向某人道歉 apologize to somebody for something,

apologize to somebody for doing something,

 make an apology to somebody for something,

 原谅某人某事 forgive somebody something,

forgive somebody for something,

 宽容的 forgiving,

 再次成为新闻话题 be back in the news,

 湖边the edge of the lake,

清楚地看到get a clear look at,

在 表面 on the surface of,

 声称做了某事claim to have done,

潜入 dive into,

 上个世纪初 the beginning of the last century,

 靠近 close up,

不可能 be unlikely to do,

攻击，袭击attack,

 对敌人进行袭击make an attack on the enemy,

遭受攻击的部队a troop under attack,

突发高烧have an attack of fever,

 心脏病突发a heart attack,

我突然从背后遭受袭击。I was suddenly attacked from behind,

今天的报纸都抨击政府的新政策。Today's papers all attacked the government's policy,

适应 使适应，改编adapt,

 适应adapt to,

使  适应  。adapt,  to,

根据 改编 adapt,   from,

为 改编adapt for,

采纳，收养adopt,

我们应该改变我们的思想适应新的情况。We should adapt our thinking to the new conditions,

这部电视剧是从金庸的小说改编来的。This TV play was adapted from Jin Yong's novel,

当他搬到加拿大时，孩子们很好地适应了这种变化。When he moved to Canada, the children adapted to the change very well,

很难为孩子们改编这个故事。It is hard to adapt this story for children,

 这部电影是由一部小说改编而来。The movie was adapted from a novel,

阐明某事，帮助弄清楚throw light on,

 这些注解有助于课文的理解。The notes threw light on the texts,

他们正在做一些能阐明这个社会问题的调查They are doing some investigations that will throw light on the social problem,

 开门见山，谈正题come straight to the point,

 他的讲话简明扼要，切中要害。His speech was short and to the point,

无论何时他谈话时，他都直奔主题。Whenever he talks, he comes straight to the point,

名誉，声誉reputation,

有一个好名声have a good reputation,

 因 而闻名have a reputation for something,

 不负盛名，名副其实live up to one's reputation,

名誉扫地lose one's reputation,

ruin one's reputation,

indicate,常与that,连用，指出，暗示

 身体发烧表示有病。Fever indicates sickness,

我表示他的帮助不受欢迎。I indicated that his help was not welcome,

运气，命运，财富fortune,

发财make a fortune,

碰运气try one's fortune,

给某人算命tell somebody's fortune,

存在，生存（无被动态、无进行式）exist,

 存在于exist in,

靠  生存exist on,

live on ,

存在，生存existence,

开始存在come into existence,

形成 ， 开始存在 come into being,

现存的，现行的 靠  生活existing,

他们靠很少的钱生存They exist on little money,

They live on little money,

没有人知道这种习俗是什么时候开始出现的。No one knows when such a custom first come into existence,

要证明上帝的存在是不可能的。It's impossible to prove the existence of God,

英语是一种现存的语言。English is an existing language,

你觉得这个主意怎么样？它存在于你的脑海里，玛丽。 What do you think of the idea?It exists in your head, Mary,

依靠，信赖rely on,

 依靠depends on,

声称，主张，认领，索赔 名词要求，所有权claim,

 声称要做  claim to do,

 声称正在做claim to be doing,

 声称已经claim to have done,

claim +that从句 声称

 有人主张 It's claimed that,

有人认领我昨天交的那个钱包吗?Has anyone claimed the wallet I turned in yesterday?,

渔民和水手声称在海里看到了怪物。 The fishermen and sailors claimed to have seen monsters in the sea,

他要求加薪He made a claim for higher pay,

她声称戒指被偷了。She claimed that the ring was stolen,

他们说低温是9摄氏度They say that the low-temperature is 9 degrees centigrade,

不太可能养活这么大的生物。 It is unlikely to be able to support such large living creatures,

不可能的unlikely,

可能的likely,

likely,的主语既可以是真正的主语（人，物），也可以是形式主语it,

possible,和 probable,的主语必须是形式主语it, 。

有可能 ， 很可能 It's likely that,

be likely to do,

不太可能。 It's unlikely that,

be unlikely to do,

有可能It is possible to do something,

It is possible for somebody to do something,

It is possible that,

It is probable that,

孩子们不太可能独自完成任务。The children are less likely to finish the task all by themselves,

掩蔽，遮盖，盖，覆盖，撒上，洒上，溅上(一层液体、尘土等)，包括，足以支付，行走（一段路程），占（一片面积），报道，代替，顶替，替补，遮掩，掩盖，敷衍，给 保险，采取预防行动，掩护，翻唱cover,

这所大学占地200平方公里。The university covers 200 square kilometres,

The university is an area of 200 square kilometres,

他们用布盖住桌子。They cover the table with the cloth,

桌子上盖着布。 The table is covered with the cloth,

用 覆盖 cover,  with,

被  覆盖be covered by,

be covered with,

记者被派去报道这一事件。 The reporter was sent to cover the event,

红军在长征中走了二万五千里。The Red Army covered twenty-five thousand Li in the Long March,

他一天读了200页小说。He covered 200 pages of the novel in a day,

这项调查涵盖了公司的各个方面。 The survey covers all aspects of the company,

这本书十元钱就够了。ten yuan can cover the book,

消亡，灭绝，逐渐消亡，（火）逐渐熄灭，（风等）逐渐停止die out,

 逐个死亡，相继死去，先后死去， （温度）降下来， 相继死亡die off,

若死因存在于人体之上或之内（主要指疾病、衰老等自身的原因）die of,

若死因不是存在人体之内或之上，而是由环境造成的（主要指事故等方面的外部原因）die from,

若死因是环境影响到体内，即两方面共有的原因，则可用 of,或者from, 均可。a drink,或者 a wound, 或者overwork, 或者starvation,或者 hunger  and cold, 死于饮酒（受伤、劳累过度、饥饿、饥寒等

逐渐平息 ， 减弱，渐渐消失，变弱die down,

（尤指声音、光、风）逐渐消失，停止， 昏厥， 自行消失die away,

你知道恐龙是什么时候灭绝的吗？Do you know when dinosaurs died out?,

汽车的声音在远处渐渐消失了。The sound of the car died away in the distance,

这些谣言很快就会消失These rumors will soon die down,

 手背the back of the hand,

仰面躺着lie on one's back,

后卫球员a full back,

再次成为新闻back in the news,

似乎正在做某事 seem to be doing,

似乎是这样。 seem to do,

似乎已经做了seem to have done,

似乎被做seem to be done,

似乎It seems that,

It seems as though,

 It seems as if,

It seems like,

There seems to be,

 他似乎已经被告知这个消息了。It seemed that he had been told the news,

 He seemed to have been told the news,

看样子他好像曾在犯罪现场。It seems as if he has been at the scene of the crime,

 我们似乎好几年不见了。It seems like years since we last met,

 从前这儿有一座寺庙。There used to be an old temple here,

 似乎有过一场争吵。There seemed to have been a quarrel,

在世界的其他湖里有可能也存在着类似的生物There might be similar creatures in other lakes around the world,

从前有一个国王，喜欢新衣服胜过任何东西。Once there lived a king, who loved new clothes than anything else,

存在着这样一个事实，即离开他的父母，他不能生活。There existed a fact that he couldn't live without his parents,