代表某種概念或價值
寫作用途
represent a particular idea, value, or organization
The green ribbon stands for our school's promise to reduce waste.
綠色緞帶代表我們學校減少浪費的承諾。
寫作技巧
Use stand for to explain what a symbol, name, or set of letters represents. This lesson does not teach the tolerate sense.
將作業或文件正式繳交
寫作用途
submit work or a document to an authority
Noah checked every citation before handing in his history report.
Noah 在繳交歷史報告前檢查了每個引用。
寫作技巧
Use hand in for work submitted to a teacher or person in authority. Put a pronoun in the middle: hand it in.
不顧他人意見而照自己的意思做
寫作用途
get what you want despite other people's wishes
Kai always had his own way, so the group stopped sharing ideas.
Kai 總是照自己的意思做，所以小組不再分享想法。
寫作技巧
Match the possessive word to the person: my, your, his, her, our, or their own way. It often signals conflict.
負責管理某項工作或活動
寫作用途
be responsible for managing a task or activity
Iris is in charge of collecting permission slips for the trip.
Iris 負責收集校外教學的家長同意書。
寫作技巧
Use a form of be before in charge of. Follow of with a noun or an -ing form, not a base verb.
照顧需要協助的人或動物
寫作用途
look after a person or animal that needs support
Luis took care of his neighbor's rabbit during the long weekend.
Luis 在連假期間照顧鄰居的兔子。
寫作技巧
Here, take care of means provide needed care. Put the person or animal receiving care after of.
因情況迫切而必須採取行動
寫作用途
need to do something because it is necessary
We have got to repair the leaking roof before tonight's storm.
我們必須在今晚暴風雨前修好漏水的屋頂。
寫作技巧
Follow have got to with a base verb. In speech, this form emphasizes an immediate or strongly felt necessity.
做錯事卻沒有受到懲罰
寫作用途
avoid punishment after doing something wrong or dishonest
The student did not get away with copying another group's data.
那名學生抄寫其他小組資料後，並沒有逃過處分。
寫作技巧
Use get away with before the wrong action or behavior. The phrase concerns escaping consequences, not physically leaving.