【A打头】 a big headache令人头痛的事情 a fraction of一部分 a matter of concern焦点 a series of一系列,一连串 above all首先,尤其是 absent from不在,缺席
abundant in 富于 account for解释 accuse sb. of sth.控告 add to/add up to增加 after all毕竟,究竟 agree with同意 ahead of time/schedule提前 ahead of在 alien to与 all at once突然,同时 all but几乎;除了 all of a sudden突然 all over again再一次,重新 all over遍及 all right令人满意的;可以 all the same仍然,照样的 all the time一直,始终 angry with sb. at/about sth.生气,愤怒 anxious about/for忧虑,担心 anything but根本不 apart from除 appeal to吸引,申诉,请求 applicable to适用于 apply to适用 appropriate for/to适当,合适 approximate to近似,接近 apt at聪明,善于 apt to易于 around the clock夜以继日 as a matter of fact实际上 as a result(of)因此,由于 as a rule通常,照例 as far as ... be concerned就...而言 as far as远至,到...程度 as follows如下 as for至于,关于 as good as和 as if好像,防腐 as regards关于,至于 as to至于,关于 as usual像平常一样,照例 as well as除 as well同样,也,还 ashamed of 羞愧,害臊 aside from除 ask for the moon异想天开 at a loss茫然,不知所措 at a time一次,每次 at all costs不惜一切代价 at all events不管怎样,无论如何 at all times随时,总是 at all丝毫(不),一点也不 at any rate无论如何,至少 at best充其量,至多 at first sight乍一看,初看起来 at first最初,起先 at hand在手边,在附近 at heart内心里,本质上 at home在家,在国内 at intervals不时,每隔 at large大多数,未被捕获的 at last终于 at least至少 at length最终,终于 at most至多,不超过 at no time从不,决不 at one time曾经,一度;同时 at present目前,现在 at someone's disposal任 at the cost of以 at the mercy of任凭 at the moment此刻,目前 at this rate照此速度 at times有时,间或 aware of意识到 【B打头】 back and forth来回地,反复地 back of在 back up后备,支援 bare of几乎没有,缺乏 be able to do能够 be around差不多 be available to sb.可用,可供 be bound to一定 be capable of doing能够 be concerned with关心…,涉足… be dying to渴望 be fed up with/be tired of受够了 be in hospital住院 be in season上市的 be in the mood to do sth.想做 be pressed for time时间不够 be tied up with忙于 be under the weather身体不好 beat around the bush拐弯没角 beat the crowd避开人群 before long不久以后 behind schedule误点 bent on sth.下定决心做… beside point离题的,不相干的 beyond one's ability超越某人的能力 beyond question毫无疑问 book on reserve须留的图书 booked up订完了 bound for开往 break down抛锚 break though突破 break up with/be through with/be finished with和某人分手 bring about使…发生 bring someone up to date/help someone catch up帮某人赶上 by accident偶然 by air通过航空途径 by all means尽一切办法,务必 by and by不久,迟早 by chance偶然,碰巧 by far最,...得多 by hand用手,用体力 by itself自动地,独自地 by means of用,依靠 by mistake错误地,无意地 by no means决不,并没有 by oneself单独地,独自地 by reason of由于 by the way顺便说说 by virtue of借助,由于 by way of经由,通过 【C打头】 call off取消 call on号召,邀请,点某人的名,拜访 capable of能够 careful of/about/with小心,注意 certain of /about确信,肯定 chair a meeting主持会议 charge sb. with sth.控告 clear of没有,不接触 clever at善于 close to接近,亲近 come in contact with与…取得联系 come out of sth. alive大难不死 come up (with)提出,拿出 comparable to/with比作/比较 conscious of察觉到,意识到 consequent on随之而来 considerate towards体谅,体贴 contemporary with与 content with满足于 contrary to违反 cost someone an arm and a leg代价很大 count down倒计时 count one's chickens before they are hatched过于乐观 count on依靠 count the day期待 counter to与 crazy about热衷,着迷 critical of挑剔,批评 cry in one's beer借酒消愁 cry on one's shoulder依靠 curious about好奇,想知道 cut down on减少 cut down削减 cut in插入 cut off切断 cut out切除 cut someone short打断 cut through抄近路 cut up切碎
【D打头】 die out灭绝 distinct from种类(风格)不同 do the laundry洗衣服 doubtful of /about怀疑 drop by / in顺路拜访 due to由于,因为 【E打头】 each other互相 easier said than done说起来容易做起来难 east of在 equal to相等,胜任 equivalent to等于,相当于 essential to/for