10天掌握100个专八难度高级表达|Day5|“承担...责任”只会用take

assume/ wear/ take on the mantle of… 承担……的责任;继承某人的衣钵
rest/ sit on one's laurels 满足于现状,不思进取
raise one's eyebrows 扬起眉毛(表惊讶或反对)
e.g. She raised her eyebrows at the idea, but after I went through the details of the plan, she was agreed to support it. 她起初不太赞同我的想法,但在我讲述完该项目的细节后,她最终决定同意。
show/ practice filial piety 尽孝道
kick in 开始见效,开始运作
e.g. The law kicked in where filial piety fails. 该法律只在人们不履行孝道责任时起作用。
The painkillers kicked in and he became sleepy. 止痛药开始起作用,他昏昏欲睡了。
shore up 支持,支撑 ~ its economy 振兴经济
fall short (of sth.) 达不到预期或标准
sb./ sth. to be reckoned with… 需要重视,不容忽视
e.g. Barcelona will be a force to be reckoned with this season. 巴塞罗那队将是这个赛季不可忽视的一支球队。
carve out… 成功获得 ~ a niche 赢得一席之地,开创一片天地
clock up 达到某一数量
e.g. Since the 1970s, however, the hours clocked up by American workers have risen, to an average of 42 this year in manufacturing.
自20世纪70年代以来,美国工人的总工作时
长延长了,今年制造业的平均工作时间是每
周42小时。