现代大学英语精读lesson100003.pptVIP

To undercut 26 To sell sth at a lower price than at a price specified To crack down on sth/sb To try hard to prevent an illegal activity, or to stop people from getting involved in it and deal more severely with those who are caught doing it To be enough….to go around To be enough so that everyone has one or some 优秀精品课件文档资料 LESSON14 HOW DO WE DEAL WITH THE DRUG PROBLEM At cost 1 For only the amount of money that is needed to make or get sth, without any profit being added on When the salesman said they were selling their products at cost, I didn’t believe him At a cost/at what cost 1 Used to say that it may not have been worth doing sth because so much has been lost or damaged as a result He obtained a professorship in the end, but at a cost to his marriage. At the cost of sth 1 I don’t think you should work so hard at the cost of your health At all costs/at any cost 1 We were instructed that the man’s life be saved at all costs. It might be good to do sth 3 Used for making a suggestion, giving advice To interfere with 3 To prevent sth from succeeding or from being done as planned End up 4 (mainly spoken) to be in a particular place or state after doing sth or because of doing it It you don’t mend your ways, you’ll end up a criminal Too bad 5 (spoken) used for saying that you are sorry or sympathetic about sth Too bad the shoes don’t fit you You lost your job? That’s too bad . To be hooked on sth 8 To find sth so attractive or interesting that you can’t stop yourself from doing it . To have a vested interest in (doing )sth 8 To have a special reason for wanting sth to happen in a particular way, because you will benefit from this. To play cops and robbers 8 It is one of children’s favorite games in which some play the good guys, others the bad. To wither away 9 To become weaker and then disappear To good to be true 11 So good that you cannot believe that such a situation is possible To lift 13 To officially end a rule or law that stops sb from