重点词汇词组：

Harry1 nodded2, but he3 couldn't shake off4 a lurking feeling5 that there was something6 he'd forgotten to do7, something important.

长难句分析

解：1主语+2谓语+3主语+4谓语+5宾语+6同位语从句+7定语从句

析：本句是一个由but连接的并列复合句，“that there was something”是同位语从句，作a lurking feeling的同位语，“he'd forgotten to do”是定语从句，修饰先行词something，此处省略了在定语从句中作宾语的关系代词that。注意在定语从句中，当先行词是指物的不定代词（something，anything等），关系代词通常用that。

1.work up 使（某人）激动

例：Try not to work yourself up about the exams.

尽量不要因为考试而情绪激动。

常见搭配：

①work against/for sb. 使对（某人）不利／有利

例：Inexperience can work against someone looking for a job.

没有经验可能对求职者不利。

②work out 锻炼身体

例：Huw works out in the gym two or three times a week.

休每周在健身房锻炼两三次。

相关俚语：work like a dog 勤奋地工作

例：You can work like a dog and still not make ends meet.

你可以拼命工作，但还是不能维持生计。

2.rip off 猛地撕掉；迅速脱掉

例：They ripped off their clothes and ran into the sea.

他们迅速脱掉衣服跳进了大海。

常见搭配：

①rip through sth. 钻入，穿透

例：The explosion ripped through the hotel.

爆炸将宾馆炸穿了。

②rip sth. up 把……撕成碎片

例：She ripped up his letters and burned the pieces.

她把他的信撕成碎片烧了。

3.let sb. down 辜负（某人），使（某人）失望

例：When I was sent to prison, I really felt I had let my parents down.

我入狱的时候真觉得对不起我的父母。

常见搭配：

①let sth. off 放（枪）；开（炮）

例：Don't let off fireworks near the house.

不要在房子附近放烟火。

②let yourself in for sth. 使自己陷入

例：Do you realize how much extra work you're letting yourself in for?

你意识到你在给自己增加多少额外的工作吗？

相关俚语：let rip/fly 发怒；失去理智

例：She let rip about the state of the kitchen.

她对厨房的状况大发雷霆。

4.shake off 摆脱

例：I hope I can shake off this cold before the weekend.

我希望周末之前我的感冒能好。

常见搭配：

①shake sb. out of sth. 让人停止（某种）感觉

例：A sudden noise shook him out of his daydream.

一阵突然的噪音把他从白日梦中吓醒了。

②shake sb. up 使震惊

例：I think she was pretty shaken up by the accident.

我觉得这次事故让她饱受惊吓。

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