Day 1: Phrasal Verb: look and put
Introduction
What are
phrasal verbs?
1. A phrasal verb is a verb plus a
preposition or adverb which creates a meaning different from the original verb.
e.g. I ran
to school this morning.
In this sentence, “run” means to move very quickly,
but it forms phrasal verbs by adding prepositions after it. The meaning is a
lot different.
e.g. I ran
into my teacher at the movies last night. (run + into = meet)
He ran away when he was 15. (run + away = leave home)
2. Some phrasal verbs are intransitive. An intransitive verb
cannot be followed by an object.
e.g. He suddenly showed up. ("show up" cannot
take an object)
3. Some phrasal verbs are transitive. A transitive verb can be
followed by an object.
e.g. I made up the story. ("story" is the
object of "make up")
There are too many phrasal verbs out there. Therefore, we will look
into some of them. Let’s first look at those formed by the verbs “look” and
“put”.
PHRASAL VERBS: look and put
look after: To
take care of (照料)
e.g.
She looked after his
younger brother.
look back on: to remember (回想)
e.g. There are very few things I
regret when I look back on my life.
look down on: To
regard with contempt (輕視)
e.g.
It is not right to look down on poor people.
look for: To search
for (找尋)
e.g. I
have been looking for my keys for the whole afternoon.
look forward to: anticipate
with pleasure (期待)
e.g. I
look forward to working with you again.
look into: To inquire into; investigate (調查)
e.g.
The police looked into the disturbance.
look out: To
be watchful or careful; take care (留心)
e.g. If you don't look out, you may
fall on the ice.
We looked out for each other on the trip.
look over: To examine or inspect: (檢查)
e.g.
Please look over the proposal before the meeting.
look up: search (在…找尋)
e.g.
Please look up the vocabularies in the dictionary yourself.
look up to:
To admire (敬仰)
e.g. Susan looked up to her mother.
put down:
insult, say bad things about (貶損)
e.g. She always
puts down people who disagree with her.
put in: officially
submit a request (提交)
e.g. He put in
for a transfer to the English Department.
put off: postpone (延遲)
e.g. They putted off the meeting this morning.
put on: wear (穿起)
e.g. Put on your sweater before you go out. It’s cold
outside.
put out(1): extinguish (熄滅)
e.g. The firemen putted out the fire in just thirty
minutes.
put out(2): inconvenience
someone (使不方便,打擾)
e.g. I don’t want to put you out, but can you pick me up
at the airport at 9am please?
put up: have a guest staying at
your house (供給...住宿)
e.g. I am glad to put you up for a few days when you
visit
put up with: tolerate (忍受)
e.g. I do not put up with smoking in my house.