英语常用短语的用法与练习（56）
276、drop off 下降；减少；打盹；打瞌睡；让某人下车；下降；减少；打盹；打瞌睡；让某人下车；
例句：
①I dropped off and misd the end of the film.我打了个盹儿，错过了影片的结尾。我打了个盹儿，错过了影片的结尾。 ②Drop me off at the next stop.请让我在下一站下车。请让我在下一站下车。
③Interest in the book began to drop off.人们对这本书的兴趣开始减退了。人们对这本书的兴趣开始减退了。
短语：drop out (of...)辍学，退出，脱落；drop away 逐渐下降；减少；drop in 拜访；drop behind/back 落后；掉队；drop sb. a line 给某人写信；给某人写信； 配套练习：
(1). 单项填空：单项填空：
①My top button has dropped _____ and I can't find it ．
A. in
B. away
C.out
D.off
②The number of students has been dropping _____ recently ．
A.out
B. off
C. in
D.away
③He said he would drop the parcel _____ at the post office ．广告经典案例
A. out
B.away
C. off
D. in
④I was just dropping _____ when the telephone rang ．
A. in
B. off
C.out
D. away
(2). 完成句子完成句子
①詹姆斯开始攻读工程学学位，但仅一年后就辍学了。①詹姆斯开始攻读工程学学位，但仅一年后就辍学了。
James started an engineering degree but __________ after only a year.
②我曾想路过时顺便来看看你。②我曾想路过时顺便来看看你。
I thought I'd __________ while I was passing.
③我们可担当不起落后于竞争对手的后果。③我们可担当不起落后于竞争对手的后果。 We can't afford to __________ our competitors.
277、drop out 退出，退学，消失，衰退；退出，退学，消失，衰退；
例句：
①One of the runners has dropped out in the middle of the race.一名运动员中途退出比赛。一名运动员中途退出比赛。 ②He drop out becau of the pressure.由于校规很严，所以他退学了。由于校规很严，所以他退学了。
③Students are often forced to drop out of school. 学生们不得不辍学。学生们不得不辍学。
drop 短语：drop behind 落伍，落在……之后；drop back 退后，后撤，恢复旧习惯；
drop 顺便拜访某地；drop in on sb 顺便拜访某人；drop into 跌入，溶入，不知不觉形成(习惯)； 配套练习：
①A coin dropped out ________ his pocket.
A ．in
B ．of
C ．for联想保修查询
D ．on ②Luckily ，I ________ before the deal turned bad ，which saved me much money. A ．dropped out B ．turned out
C ．gave out
D ．got out ③Luckily ，I ________ before the deal turned bad ，which saved me much money.
A ．gave out
B ．turned out
C ．dropped out
D ．got out ④All his teeth have ___, so my grandfather can ’t eat any hard food.
A. dropped out
B. made out
C. let out
蒜茄子的做法D. given out
⑤Joe Jones, the eldest of the 8 children, had to ___ out of high school at the age of 16 to help his father on the farm.
A. leave
B. drop
C. fall
D. go
278、each other/ one another 相互、互相；相互、互相；
例句：
①We respect each other /one another. 我们互相尊重我们互相尊重
(对方)。 ②The a and the sky emto melt into one another /each other. 大海和蓝天似乎融为一体。大海和蓝天似乎融为一体。 ③They know each other’s They know each other’s //one another’s weak points. 他们都彼此了解对方的缺点。他们都彼此了解对方的缺点。多侧面
用法：each other 和one another 都表示“相互、互相”的意思，通常用作宾语或同位语，但不
能做主语。能做主语。 each other 一般用于两者之间。一般用于两者之间。
one another 用于三者或三者以上。但在实际运用中，这两个短语常可互换。如：The two men shook hands each other. / They are schoolmates, and greet one another when they meet.
each other’s 和one anothe one another’s r’s 后的名词应该用复数形式。两者不可用于被动句中做主语。 配套练习：
①The twin sisters often fight with ___ but they soon make ___.
A. one another; out
B. each other; up
C. one and another; of
不落窠臼的意思D. each and other; up of ②The couple share ___ joys and worries, ___ many difficulties together.
A. one another’s; going through
B. each other’s; going through
C. one another’s; went through
D. each other; gone through ③They took out their rentments on each other.
A. each and other
B. one or another
C. each other
D. one and another ④The two examples duplicate each other.
A. one and another
开会迟到检讨书B. each and other
C. each other
D. one or another
279、be eager to do something 渴望做某事；渴望做某事；
例句： ①He is eager for you to meet his friends.他热切希望你见见他的朋友。他热切希望你见见他的朋友。
②He was eager to e her.他渴望见到她。他渴望见到她。
③The company is eager to expand into new markets.那家公司急欲开辟新的市场。那家公司急欲开辟新的市场。
短语：
be eager for/ after knowledge 渴望求知；be eager about one’s progress 争取进步；be eager in one’s studies/ doing something 热心学习；be eager for somebody to do something 渴望某人做某事；be eager to do something 急于做某事；急于做某事；
用法：（1）、be eager to do something 表示渴望做某事，后接不定式；表示渴望得到某物，后
接介词接介词
for, after, about ； （2）、eager 后可跟that 从句，从句用虚拟语气形式“should ＋动词原形”。如：
She is eager that her son should arrive earlier.
比较：eager 和anxious 都有“渴望的、急于”之意，但eager 是“快些、很想”之意，表示一种期望或进取的心情，而anxious 着重指“焦急、着急、担心”。如：I am anxious for a TV t. / We are eager for/ after success.
keen 指“对某人、某物怀有极大兴趣或热情的”。 配套练习：
①We were all _____ to e him again.
体育锻炼的意义A. eager
B. anxious
C. patient
D. earnest
②I am not so _____ to get a new car now, the prices have gone up.
A. eager
B. anxious
C. worry
D. eagerly
③Now she was back, _____ to e her friends.
A. anxious
B. eager
C. worried
D. likely
④I am _____ to learn how to ride a bicycle.
A. proud
B. content
C. anxious
D. eager
⑤The child is _____ to have the candy.
A. proud
B. content
C. eager
D. anxious
280、in the east of在…东部；
东部；
例句：
①I was born in the east, but now live in Los Angeles.我出生于东部，但现在住在洛杉矶。
我出生于东部，但现在住在洛杉矶。
中国位于世界的东方。
②China is in the east of the world.中国位于世界的东方。
太阳从东方升起，在西方落下。
③The sun ris in the east and ts in the west.太阳从东方升起，在西方落下。
短语： east by north东偏北；north, south, east and west东西南北；at the east of 位于…东部；from the east 从东方来；in the east of 在…东部；
东部；
用法：（1）、in the east of 在……东部，在境内。如：Korea is in the east of Asia. on the east of 在……东面，表示接壤。to the east of 在……以东，在境外。如：Korea is to the east of China. on/
怀孕两个月吃什么at the east of 在……东侧，强调比较靠近、贴近，有交界处。如：Shanghai is on/ at the east
of Jiangsu Province.
east是方位副词作状语，意
是不及物动词，
(2)、The river flows (去掉the) east. flow是不及物动词，
，因此不必用冠词。
为“向东方”，因此不必用冠词。
(3)、east 作名词时前有the， 做主语以表示方向时无the，表示方位的副词短语放在句首，谓语动词常用lie或stand等时，句子常用全部倒装形式。这种倒装句的方向名词前不
能再用介词和冠词。如：east of the town lie two villages；
(4)、east of 在……以东，在其范围之外，含有“比……更往东边一些”之意。如：a village
east of the town；
配套练习：
①The town is about 100 km ___ of the hill.
A. to the south
B. on the south
C. in south
D. to northeast
②___ of the village ___ two small lakes.
A. The east; lie
B. East; lies
C. The east; lies
D. East; lie
③The larger of the two islands is Britain, which ___ the east of Ireland.
A. lies in
B. lies to
C. lies away
D. lies off
④China lies ___ the east of Asia and Japan (lies) ___ the east of China.
A. in; in
B. to; to
C. in; to
D. on; to
Keys:
276. (1). DBCB (2). ①dropped out ②drop in on you ③drop behind 277. BACAB
278. BBCC
279. AABDC
280. ADBC
