重点词汇词组：

A wizened old guard1 was up2 by the ticket barrier, letting them go through the gate in twos and threes3 so they didn't attract attention4 by all bursting out of a solid wall at once and alarming the Muggles.

长难句分析

解：1主语+2谓语+3状语+4目的状语从句

析：“all bursting out of a solid wall at once and alarming the Muggles”是独立主格结构，代词all是逻辑主语，与现在分词“bursting”和“alarming”构成逻辑上的主谓关系，表示主动的动作。

1.scrape through 勉强通过

例：He managed to scrape through his final exams.

他勉强通过了期末考试。

常见搭配：

①scrape by/along 勉强维持生计

例：He lost his job, so the family had to scrape by on one small salary.

他丢了工作，所以一家人只好靠一份微薄的工资勉强过活。

②scrape sth./sb. together/up 勉强凑足；艰难找到

例：I finally scraped together enough money for a flight home.

我终于凑足了坐飞机回家的路费。

相关俚语：scrape a living 勉强度日

例：He settled in Paris, where he scraped a living writing short stories and magazine articles.

他定居巴黎，以写短篇小说和杂志文章勉强度日。

2.make up for 补偿，弥补

例：This year's good harvest will make up for last year's bad one.

今年的丰收将弥补去年的歉收。

常见搭配：

①make sth./sb. out 看出，听清，辨认出，弄懂

例：I can't make out your writing.

我看不懂你写了什么。

②make up sth. 组成，构成

例：Car accident victims make up almost a quarter of the hospital's patients.

车祸受伤者几乎占了医院病人的四分之一。

3.throw sb. out 开除，赶走，解雇（某人）

例：She was thrown out of college after she was caught using drugs.

她因为吸毒被发现而被大学开除了。

常见搭配：

①throw sth. away/out 丢弃，扔掉

例：So when are you going to throw away those old magazines?

那么你打算什么时候把那些旧杂志扔掉？

②throw sb. together 使（某人）不期而遇

例：We were thrown together by chance at a conference.

我们是在一次会上偶然相识的。

相关俚语：throw sb. to the dogs 舍卒保车；弃……而自保

例：I really felt as if I'd been thrown to the dogs just to save other people's reputations.

我感到自己像是个为了挽救其他人的声誉而被弃掉的棋子。

4.hand sth. out 分发，发放

例：They stood on the street corner handing out leaflets.

他们站在街角发放宣传单。

常见搭配：

①hand sth. down 将……传给，将……留给

例：This necklace was handed down to my mother by my grandmother.

这条项链是外祖母传给我妈妈的。

②hand sth./sb. over 移交

例：The hijacker was handed over to the French police.

劫机者被移交给法国警方。

5.pull into （车辆）驶进，驶向

例：I pulled into the empty parking space.

我把车开进了空车位。

常见搭配：

①pull up （车）停下；（某人）把车停下

例：A car pulled up outside my house.

一辆轿车在我家门外停了下来。

②pull away 迅速躲开，闪避（某人）

例：She pulled away just as he was about to kiss her.

他正要吻她时她避开了。

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