give way . retreat；make room；get out of the way 退却；让路
Private cars should give way to an ambulance．私人汽车应给救护车让路。
The enemy army is giving way before the cannon fire．敌军在炮火前撤退。
John gave way to the old lady and let her pass．约翰让路给老太太过去。
The crowd slowly gave way before the policeman．警察迫近时，那群人便慢慢退后。
give way . collapse 倒坍
The walls gave way in the earthquake．墙在地震时倒坍了。
The wooden bridge gave way under the heavy load．那座木桥因吃不住重压而倒塌了。
The river was so high that the dam gave way．河水水位太高，堤坝崩溃了。
give way . yield 屈服
Her fear gave way to joy when she learned that the accident had not been serious．她得知事故并不严重时喜形于色，不再恐惧。
A deadlock was reached in the discussions，as neither side would give way to the other．讨论已陷入僵局，因为双方互不让步。
Mary refused at first to marry him，but she gave way at last．玛丽最初拒绝嫁给他，但是她最后让步了。
We finally had to give way to his persuasion．最后，我们听从了他的劝告。
You must not give way to his unreasonable demands or he will only make further demands．你切不可对他的无理要求让步，否则，他就会得寸进尺。
give way . lose control of oneself；lose one's courage or hope忍不住；失去控制；失去勇气
She didn't give way during the flood，though she was very frightened．她在洪水来临时虽然很害怕，但是没有失去自控。
She forced herself not to give way to her emotions．她极力克制自己的感情。
He was so frightened that his legs gave way under him．他吓得两腿发软，站都站不起来。
give way . allow oneself to be overcome by；allow to decide被…征服；听凭决定
Don't give way to despair．不要被绝望所压倒。
She gave way to her husband in buying a new car．她任她丈夫决定买部新车。
give way . be replaced or succeeded by；give place to 让位；转变为
The grey clouds gradually broke up and gave way to a blue sky．乌云渐渐消失，天晴了。
As winter gave way to spring，the day began to lengthen．冬天转变为春天时，白天开始长了起来。
Jealousy gave way to admiration of their prowess．人们已由嫉妒转变到钦佩他们的杰出才干。
Sorrow gave way to joy．伤心转为喜悦。
Black and white television has given way to colour television in popularity．黑白电视已普遍为彩色电视所取代。
When she saw the clowns，her tears gave way to laughter．当她看到小丑演出时，破涕为笑。
Her grief gave way to happiness as soon as she heard that her husband was still alive．当她听到她丈夫还活着时，她一下子转悲为喜。
glance at . look quickly at快看一眼
Glancing at the clock she saw that she was late．看了一下钟，她知道她迟到了。
Before going to work，I used to glance at the newspaper headlines．上班之前，我习惯浏览一下报纸的大标题。
She glanced shyly at him out of the corners of her eyes．她害羞地从眼角里看了他一眼。
glance down . read quickly 速读；粗略地看
As she glanced down the list，she saw that she had left out a name．她粗看一下名单，发现漏掉一个名字。
glance off . touch with a light blow 擦过；掠过
A big stone glanced off the bulletproof windows of his limousine．一块巨石从他轿车的防弹窗上擦过。
glance over .glance through . run over 粗读；略读
He glanced over my report and said that it seemed to be all right．他看了一下我的报告说，写得似乎还可以。
The teacher glanced over my manuscript and picked out a few spelling mistakes．老师看了我的手稿并指出了一些拼写错误。
go about . move freely（四处）自由走动
People are going about more now that the weather's better．天气转好，人们四处走动的更多了。
Teenage boys tend to go about in groups．十几岁的男孩喜欢成群结伙地四处闲逛。
It is dangerous to go about on the construction site without a safety helmet．不戴安全帽在工地上走来走去是危险的。
go about . circulate；go around；spread流传；四处传播（谣言、消息等）
The story may not be true，but it is going about all the same．故事可能不真实，但照样四处流传。
There is another rumour going about that the President will resign soon．还有一条传闻说，总统不久就要辞职。
There are whispers going about the city that the Bank is to raise its interest．城里流传说银行要提高利率。
go about . be busy with；be occupied with；keep working on 忙于
The children are going about their homework very seriously tonight．孩子们今晚忙着认真地做作业。
Go about your business．去忙你自己的事吧。
The best cure for grief is to go about your usual work．消除悲伤的最好办法是做你通常做的事。
go about . tackle；make a start at交涉；对付；着手处理
Can you help me with this problem? I don't quite know how to go about it ．你能帮我解决这个问题吗? 清楚如何处理。
I'm afraid you're not going about it the right way．你这样做恐怕方法不对。
He will go about it with his whole heart．他将全心全意地从事这项工作。
We must go about our work or we'll fall behind the schedule．我们必须着手这项工作，否则就完不成预定的计划了。
go about . keep company for friendship or for courting 来往密切；恋爱
How long have Eric and Hilda been going about with each other? 埃里克和希尔妲恋爱多久了?
goes about with a group of nice boys．他常和一群好孩子在一起玩。
That pretty girl is about with a man who is old enough to be her father．那位漂亮的姑娘正同一个年纪大得足以做她父亲的人来往很密切。
go about . （ship）change direction（船）改变航向；掉转方向
As soon as the captain heard the cry “Man overboard”，he ordered the ship to go about and search for the missing man．船长一听到“有人落水”的喊声，就命令掉转船头寻找失踪的人。