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school hall in preparation for the concerts. Joe is training in preparation for the next football match. in preparation 在準(zhǔn)備中 Plans for selling the new product are now in preparation. 2. wait for sb. / sth. He waited impatiently for an answer. wait to do sth I can tell you something you’ve been waiting to know. 3. pull the sledge 拉雪橇 push the sledge 推雪橇 4. break down a. 機(jī)器 ,車輛等壞了 We are sorry to arrive late, but the car broke down. b. 身體跨了 His health broke down. c. 失敗 ,堅(jiān)持不去了 The plan was well conceived, but it broke down because people are unwilling to cooperate. break in 蹩腳英語 break in on/upon 非法進(jìn)入 ,強(qiáng)行進(jìn)入 break out 使人心碎 break one’s heart 爆發(fā) ,突然講出 broken English 打攪 ,使停頓 5. devastate … 荒廢 ,蹂躪 devastating adj. devastation n. A hurricane a large section of the coast. The explosion caused plete of the factory. devastating devastated devastation 6. despite prep. 盡管 (有某種情況 ) . He came to the meeting despite his serious illness. Despite the mistakes and weakness, it did a great deal of good work inside the trade unions. 6. have difficulty/problem with sth. have difficulty/problem (in) doing sth. . I don’t have difficulties with English grammar. He has some difficulty understanding that man’s accent. . difficulty 可做可數(shù)名詞也可做不可數(shù)名 詞 . 7. fail vi. 失敗 . All our plans failed. fail in sth. 在 … 不足 ,在 … 失敗 . . He has failed in his mathematics. She failed in her last English exam. fail to do sth. 沒有能夠 ,沒有 . He fails to understand its real significance. When I failed to find you ,I sent you a note by messenger