come at
①达到,拿到;接近:
Put the food where the cat can't come at it.
把食物放在猫够不着的地方。
②弄清,查明;掌握;了解到:
It was a long time before we came at the truth.
过了很长时间我们才了解到真相。
③攻击,袭击;向…扑过去:
I saw the tiger just as it was going to come at me.
正当这只老虎向我扑来时,我看到了它。
wonder at
①对…感到惊异(或奇怪):
They wonder at the boy's wit.
他们对男孩的机智感到惊讶。
tear at
①撕;扯;抓:
He tore at the cover of the parcel.
他用力撕包裹的封皮。
get at
①拿到,找到,到达:
Don't leave the bottle where he can get at it.
不要把瓶子放在他能够找到的地方。
②弄清楚,掌握,理解:
It is no easy thing to get at the meaning of every idiom in English.
理解英语中每一个习语的含义并不是件容易事。
③[口语]意指,意思是;试图证明(或说明): I don't see what you're getting at.
我不明白你的用意。
④着手处理,开始干(工作):
The job won't take long to do when we once get at it.一
旦我们动手工作,并不需要花费太长的时间。
⑤[口语]收买,贿赂;以不正当手段对…施加影响:
He's being got at.有人在设法贿赂他。
⑥找错,找茬;责备,指责;含沙射影地攻击:
She's always getting at her husband for not helping with the housework.
她总是责备她丈夫不帮助干家务。
⑦乱弄,瞎摸弄:
Someone's been getting at my drink, it tastes strange.有
人对我的饮料做了手脚,它喝起来有点异味。
⑧从…得到什么,打…的主意:
He is a hard man to get at.
很难从他那儿得到什么。
⑨对付:
Let me get at him!
让我来对付他!
keep at
①(使)坚持干,坚持下去:
He keeps at his studies although he is ill.
他虽然病了,却坚持学习。
Her mother kept her at her homework until she finished it.
他母亲要她坚持做完作业。
②在…备有(某物);在…有(某物):
Mother like to keep some medicine at home in case she needs it.
妈妈喜欢在家存一些药以备需要时用。
③使…受阻于(某处),耽搁…于(某处): I was kept at the office for two hours and that's why I'm late.
我在办公室给耽搁了两个小时,所以我迟到了。
④纠缠,反复要求;不断问:
The little girl kept at her father to take her to the cinema.
那个小女孩缠着她父亲带她去电影院。
He kept at me about my plan.
他反复询问我的计划。
make at
①扑向;攻击;袭击:
He made at me with a knife.
他举刀向我扑来。
②从某职业(或活动)挣得收入:
How much does he make at his job?
他的工作能挣多少钱? ③追上;向…前进
④仿照…的式样
call at
①到…作短暂访问,访问(某地):
They called at Mr. Brown's office last Thursday.上
星期四他们曾到布朗先生的办公室去拜访他。
②(车、船等)在…停靠(或停留):
This ship doesn't call at Hong Kong.
这只船在香港不停靠。
work at
①从事于…,致力于…;钻研:
Tom has been working at the subject for many years.
汤姆已经钻研这门学科多年。
②在…工作,在…任职:
Have you ever been working at the bank?
你在银行工作过吗?
knock at
敲(门):
Who is that knocking at my door?
谁在敲我的门?
run at
向…冲去;向…突然袭击:
The robber ran at her with a knife.
强盗拿着一把刀向她冲过去。
at peace
at ease 安逸,自由自在;舒适
at liberty 自由;随意;有空
at meals 进餐
at one’s expense 由某人出钱
at the expense of
- at stake 在危急关头,在危险中,成问题
at length 最后,终于;详细地
at full length 极详细地,详详细细地;全身平伸地
at intervals 时时,不时;相隔一定距离(或时间)
at large 详尽的;未被捕的,整个的