【正文】 m afraid I have to leave now.At the risk of sounding stupid, how do I send this ?run/take a risk: to do sth. you know might be dangerous冒險Don39。m not risking my life in that old car.He risked life and limb to get the cat down from the tree.She was prepared to risk everything on a last throw of the dice. highrisk s dangerous to cross here. I39。s always a risk starting up a new business.The pany is quite a good risk (= safe to lend money to).We want clean rivers and lakes, where you can swim without risk to your health.It39。In this business, the risks and the rewards are high.There39。s one of those guests who does nothing but plain.This car has been nothing but trouble it39。s anything but violent (= not violent in any way).I39。 prep. amp。 n. [C or U] someone or sth. that is not included in a rule, group or list or that does not behave in the expected way:Men are usually quite good at mapreading but Tim is the exception.There are exceptions to every rule.I like all kinds of films with the exception of (= but not) horror films.Her books are always entertaining and this one is no exception.You must report here every Tuesday without exception.but (EXCEPT) t hold still, except when she is interested in the camera.These attacks happen less and less frequently except that she just had one yesterday after not having one for about 3 months. She knows that she should not eat foods that are very fat or fried foods.exception s cool and quiet everywhere except in the kitchen. The essay is well written except for a few spelling mistakes. Everyone was there except for Sally. There is nothing to indicate the building39。 but not除……之外（不包括在內的除外）, 如同minus().: except, except forexcept：表示除外時，注重客觀描述except for：表示除外時，除外部分往往是不同范疇，強調主觀情感，常譯為：要是……就好了；只是……； 就只……They all went there except Tom. 他們都去了，只有湯姆沒去。 prep. amp。s hardly your fault.I don’t like the color of the dress. Besides, it’s too expensive.except Besides half a bottle of whisky, he drank three gins and some beer.Do you play any other sports besides football and basketball?She won39。 prep. in addition to。besides He was not angry, in reality, he was satisfied.2 [C] a fact:The book confronts the harsh social and political realities of the world today.Her childhood ambition became a reality (= happened in fact) when she was made a judge.objective reality 客觀實在 confront reality 正視現(xiàn)實change reality 變革現(xiàn)實 Virtual reality 虛擬現(xiàn)實sugar up reality 粉飾現(xiàn)實 to escape from reality 逃避現(xiàn)實negate reality。All trees put out green leaves in 。 建造，掛起。 撲滅。 增加（速度，體重等）。 鎮(zhèn)壓put off vt. 推遲。 撥回鐘表的針 put down vt. 放下，使乘客下車。 抑制（憤怒等），忽視（忠告等）put away vt. 收拾起來，放好。t know why she puts up with him.They have a lot to put up with (= They have a lot of difficulties).Such working conditions would never be put up with nowadays.put常用短語：put(set,lay) aside vt. 擱置一旁。s not clean.He39。re going to put up a new fence around our garden.put sth up (FIX) phrasal verb: to fix an object to a vertical surface:We39。t you put up your hood/umbrella (= raise it over your head)?I put my hand up to ask the teacher a question.I put my hair up (= fixed it into a position on the top of my head) for the wedding.put sth up (BUILD) phrasal verb: to build sth.:They39。s put our differences aside and make a fresh start.Can we put that question aside for now, and e back to it later?He put his work aside to have a cup of coffee.put sth off (DELAY) phrasal verb: to decide or arrange to delay an event or activity until a later time or date:The meeting has been put off for a week.Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.[+ ing form of verb] I can39。t convinced by any of the arguments that he put forward.Many suggestions have been put forward, but a decision is unlikely until after next year39。d be there really gave her away!give sth off phrasal verb: to produce heat,