英语周刊整理

20.in the debate,our opponents have lost ground this point,在辩论中，我们的对手在这个观点上已站不住头脚。

21.the teacher said,“I found more students gained ground and fewer students lost ground this term.”老师说：“我发现这学期分数提高的学生越来越多，而分数降低的学生越来越少了。

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22.this patient began to lose ground when this cough grew worse.当病人咳嗽越来越厉害时，他开始衰弱了。

三，to stay the course 的意思是to continue doing sth until it has finished or been complete, even though it is difficult ,即“坚持到底”。

这个词组常用于体育比赛、工作等方面。

例如：
23.In the Marathon race, two of the runners collapsed while the rest of them stayed the course. 在这场马拉松比赛中，两位运动员累倒了，而其余的都坚持到底。

24.The professor and his assistants stayed the course under exceptionally difficult circumstances. 在极其艰难的情况下，这位教授和他的助手坚持到底。

25.as the runner was exhausted , he was unable to stay the course.这名赛跑选手由于筋疲力尽而未能将坚持到底。

26.The younger professionals are more apt to jump form company to company in an effort to build a career while the order ones are more likely to stay the course.年轻一点的专业人员更容易跳槽来努力建立自己的事业，而年纪大一点的专业人员则更可能在原来的岗位上坚持
到底。

四．野兔（hare）也有奔跑的意思家兔(rabbit)
与“兔”有关的习语
1.as ti mid as a hare胆小如鼠
2.scared like/ as a rabbits吓得要命
3.make a hare of sb愚弄某人
4.run after two hare 同时追两只兔子，做徒劳无益的事
5.breed like rabbits像兔子一样多生孩子
6.hunt/run the wrong hare估计错误，错怪某人
7.run with the hare and hunt with the bounds两面讨好
8.kiss the hare’s foot迟到
9.like rabbits in a warren挤得水泄不通
五．谚语1.One should not run with the hare and hunt with the hounds.不应两面讨好。

2.The tail of rabbits can’t be long /won’t last long . 兔子的尾巴长不了。

3.Seek a hare will bite when it is cornered.兔子急了也咬人。

短语：
1.Be true of sb, be true with sth 对…适用，符合于…
This kind of solution is also true of other cases,这种解决方法也适用于其他案例。

2.ground：position to be own or defended in battle
1)“阵地，占地或者牧场”的意思
On the ground, there are increasing hopes that the fighting will soon come to a step.在战场上，战斗看上去越来越有希望迅速结束。

2)表示：不退宿，不退却
The defending soldiers tried to hold their ground against the enemy assault.
守卫士兵试图坚守阵地反抗敌人的攻击
3)To gain ground 与战争相关的意思是to make progress,即“推进”
用于“商战‘体育比赛，考试，疾病等方面”，具有to become stronger, to obtain advantage , to improve的意思，“进步”，“进展”，“有起色”，“好转”，“增加”
4)To lose ground 是to gain ground 的反义词，即”退却，衰退，衰落，
衰弱，失利，减少“，也用于战争，选举，商战，体育比赛，疾病等方面
3.make the case for 证明…有理由，提出有利于…的理由
On the grounds that根据…，以…为理由
Fort-----a building or buildings erected in order to defend an area against attack即“要塞“，”堡垒“。

To hold the fort 坚守堡垒，坚守要塞，后来泛指“坚守阵地”。

“坚守岗位：to have the responsibility for sth or care of sb while other people are away or out,或者to attend to matter until another’s return ,即“代为照看”。