100组雅思高分短语 （01-20）

1、ask someone out 约会

英文含义： invite on a date

适合话题： leisure time and relaxing

例句： I will ask my best friend out to go shopping on weekends.

2、ask around 到处打听

英文含义： ask many people the same question

适合话题： travel

例句： People used to ask around when they go to a new place.

3、back someone up 支持

英文含义： support

适合话题： friends and family

例句： My wife backed me up over my decision to quit my job. 

4、blow up 夸大

英文含义： exaggerate

适合话题： newspaper

例句： Newspapers sometimes will blow up the story. 

5、blow something up 往 … 里面充气

英文含义： add air

适合话题： leisure time and relaxing

例句： We have to blow 50 balloons up for the party. 

6、break down 出故障

英文含义： stop functioning (vehicle, macine)

适合话题： travel

例句： Our car broke down at the side of the highway in the  snowstorm. 

7、break down 情绪失落

英文含义： get upset

适合话题： gifts

例句： Some people may break down if they have not received  birthday gifts. 

8、break something down 分解

英文含义： divide into smaller parts

适合话题： games

例句： We break the procedures down to make them understandable.

9、break-in 闯入

英文含义： force entry to a building

适合话题： illegal

例句： Any break-ins without owners' permission would be illegal.

10、break into something 破门而入

英文含义： enter

适合话题： wedding ceremony

例句： The bridegroom and his best men will break into the room at  the wedding day. 

11、break something in 逐渐习惯

英文含义： wear something a few times so that it doesn't look/feel new

适合话题： sports

例句： It is necessary that we break the sports shoes in before we work out. 

12、break in (on sth.) 打断

英文含义： interrupt

适合话题： TV and Radio

例句： The TV station broke in to report the news of the president's  death. 

13、break up 分手

英文含义： end a relationship

适合话题： friends and family

例句： Two people are easily to break up if they do not have the  same world outlook. 

14、break up 大笑

英文含义： start laughing (informal)

适合话题： friends and family

例句： Best friends usually will break up when they get together.

15、break out 越狱

英文含义： escape

适合话题： TV and Radio

例句： Some people like watching the kind of TV series of breaking out . 

16、break out in something 突然 …

英文含义： develop a skin condition

适合话题： travel

例句： I broke out in a rash after our camping trip.

17、bring someone down 使情绪沮丧

英文含义： make unhappy

适合话题： music

例句： Blues usually bring me down .

18、    bring someone up 养大

英文含义： raise a child

适合话题： family members

例句： My grandparents brought me up when I was a child.

19、bring something up 提出

英文含义： start talking about a subject

适合话题： communication

例句： My mother has no patience to listen when my father brings  up sports 

20、bring something up 呕吐

英文含义： vomit

适合话题： travel

例句： I can not take long travel because I will bring up if  staying too much time on the vehicle.