动词的使用即动词短语实例

动词可能是句子中最重要的部分。 动词或动词短语是断言句子的主语，并表达动作、事件或状态。 动词或复合动词是句子谓语的关键成分。

在下面的每个句子中， 动词或动词短语都被突出显示出来:

back up: support

I will back up your story.

bail out: rescue

If you run into difficulties, who will bail you out?

break in: make something new fit for use

I broke in my new hiking boots.

breathe in: inhale

We breathed in the fresh air.

breathe out: exhale

I breathed out a sigh of relief.

bring back: return

She brought back her library books.

bring around: persuade

We gradually brought her around to our point of view.

bring up: raise

Bringing up children is never easy.

butter up: flatter

We buttered him up, hoping that he would agree to our proposal.

call in: ask to assist

I think it is time we called in an expert.

call off: cancel

We called off the meeting.

call up: telephone

Why don't you call him up?

cheer on: cheer, encourage

I will be there to cheer you on.

chop down: fell

They chopped down the dead tree.

clean up: tidy

The mayor asked everyone to help clean up the city streets.

fend off: repel

The goalie fended off every attack.

ferret out: find with difficulty

We managed to ferret out the information.

figure out: solve, understand

I can't figure out what happened.

fill in: complete

Please fill in this form.

fill out: complete

I filled out the form.

fill up: make full

We filled up the glasses with water.

give back: return

I gave back the bicycle I had borrowed.

give off: send out

Skunk cabbage gives off an unpleasant odor.

hand down: give to someone younger

The tradition was handed down from father to son.

hand in: give to person in authority

The students handed their assignments in to the teacher.

hand on: give to another person

I am not sorry to hand the responsibility on to you.

hand over: transfer

We had to hand the evidence over to the police.

hang up: break a telephone connection

After receiving a busy signal, I hung up the phone.