【词组3】
1. after all 毕竟,究竟
e.g. Stop pulling him about like that; he's a child after all. 别那样折腾他了, 他毕竟还是个孩子。
拓展： after all 除了表示“毕竟,究竟”之外，还有“归根结底”、“（解释或说明理由）别忘了”之意，如：
（1）After all his explanations , I remained none the wiser. 他讲了半天, 我还是糊里糊涂。
（2）Don't blame him.After all, he's only a child. 别责怪他, 他总还是个孩子。
2.agree with 同意
e.g.（1）I agree with you, but yet I can't consent. 我同意你的意见, 但是我不能答应。
（2）I agree with you in thinking that he had forgotten it. 我和你同样认为他把这事忘了。
拓展： agree 的相关词组
（1）agree (to sth) 意为“同意；愿意；答应（某事物）”。
e.g. Is he going to agree to our suggestion? 他会同意我们的建议吗？
（2）agree with sb 意为“适合（某人的健康或胃口）”，尤用于否定句或疑问句中。
e.g. The climate there doesn't agree with him. 那里的气候对他不合适。
（3）agree (with sb) (about / on sth) 意为“同意；（与某人）意见一致”。
e.g. We couldn't agree on a date/ when to meet. 关于日期（什么时候见面），我们没有能取得一致意见。
（4）agree sth 意为“在某事物上取得一致意见；商定”。
e.g.Can we agree a price? 我们能不能商定一个价格？
（5）agree (with sth) 意为“与（某事物）相一致；相符合；相吻合”。
e.g.Your thoughts didn't agree with mine. 你的想法和我的想法不一致。
（6）be agreed（on /about sth）意为“达成协议；意见一致”。
e.g. We are all agreed on the best action. 我们都同意这一最佳措施。
3. ahead of 在...之前
ahead of schedule/time 提前
e.g.（1）We laboured hard to finish our job ahead of schedule. 我们努力工作，以期把活儿提前干完。
（2）We completed the work five days ahead of time. 我们提前五天完成工作。
（3）I was slowly closing on the runner ahead of me. 我慢慢追上了跑在我前面的人。
4. alien to 与...相反
e.g.（1）Their ideas are alien to our way of thinking. 他们的思想和我们的想法不同。
（2）Cruelty was quite alien to his nature / to him. 残忍的行为与他的本性与他格格不入。
相关解析： alien
adj. 外国的；相异的；异已的；不相容的
n. 外国人；外侨；局外人；外星人
vt. 让渡，转让；疏远；离间
5. all at once 突然,同时
e.g.（1）He altered his face all at once. 他突然变了脸。
（2）You can't do everything all at once. 你不能同时做每一件事。
【练习】
英译中
（1）How is it possible to feel love for two men all at once?
（2）She felt alien to him, unable to fit herself to his need.
（3）Thanks to your help, we accomplished the task ahead of schedule.
（4）I quite agree with everything he said just now.
（5）Compared with her achievements, her shortcomings are, after all, only secondary.
【词组4】
1. all but 几乎;除了...都
（1）She all but fainted when she heard the news. 听到那消息,她差点晕过去。
（2）I knew them all but one. 除了一个我不认识之外,其余的人我都认识。
拓展： 比较 nothing but /anything but /everything but /something but /all but
（1）nothing but 没什么···除了
I eat nothing but an egg.我什么都没吃，除了一个蛋。
（2）nothing but 任何东西除了
I can eat anything but eggs. 我什么都可以吃，除了蛋。
（3）everthing but 跟 anything but 不同的是 everthing 通常指大方面的东西，而 anything 通常指一个或一小部分东西。
（4）someting but 跟 anything but 也很像，不过是局限一部分。比如：I can eat something but···有些东西我可以吃除了···因为有些可以吃所以不能吃的东西有很多，but后面要接很多东西。
（5）all but 跟 everthing but 一样。all 比较口语化，everthing 比较正式。
2. now and then 时而,偶尔
（1）I like to smoke a big cigar every now and then. 我喜欢不时地抽一支大雪茄。
（2）I see him every now and then, but not often. 我偶尔看见他, 但不经常看见他。
拓展： 表示“时而，偶尔”的其他词组
occasionally sometimes /every now and then /once in a while
3. off and on 断断续续,间歇地
（1）It rains off and on. 雨忽而下,忽而停。
（2）She cried off and on all day. 她整天不时地哭。
4. off duty 下班
（1）When off duty I can do my private work. 不上班的时候我可以做自己的事了。
（2）I am off duty today.今天我歇班。
相关解析： duty
n. 职责，责任；义务；职责或工作；税收
拓展： 反义词组 on duty 值班，上班
5. on (the) one hand 一方面
（1）He has been criticized on one hand and encouraged on the other. 他一方面受到批评,另一方面却受到鼓励。
（2）On the one hand you balance out the body. 一方面,你平衡了身体。
【练习】
英译中
（1） I'm all but lame from the bite on my leg.
（2）Don't neglect paying him a visit now and then.
（3）He has been writing to us off and on for several years.
（4）On one hand, it provides time for stepping up Chinese economic development.
（5）The day after tomorrow is Sunday , but I'll be off duty.
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