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and three is six•三加三等于.六。◊ ffow much is a thou- sandpoimtk in euros? — _英_合多少欧元？ ： ◊ Letx be the
sum- o/a and b•设 x 为 a
力卩 b.之 fB0
◊
(to sb) used to say how important sth is to sb (表示对 某人铪重要性）：Money isn’t everything
(= it is not the only important thing).;钱不是一切（木是唯一重要的
东 * ) 0 ◊ A thousand doHars is nothing to
somebody os rich 〇5 he is. —千英镑对于像他这么富有的人来说算不上
■什么。Most idioms containing be are at the
entries for the nouns and adjectives in the idioms, for example be the death of
sb is at death.大多数含 be 的 习语，都可在该等习语中的名词及形容词相关词条找到，
.如 be the death of sb 年词条 death::卞？ the ,be-all and
'end-all (of sth) {informal) the most important
part; all that matters最重凑囟部分；最要紧的事：Her career is the
be-aZZ and end-aH 〇/her existence. “的事业是她_ 活中一切的一切。as/that was as sb/sth used to be
called像以■麻备的；.作为曾用名：JiH Davis that was
(=before her marriage)(婚前 > 姓名为靑尔•戴维斯◊ the SoWet Unfon, as was 旧称苏联（he，she, etc. has) been and 'done sth (BrE, informal) used to show that you
are surprised and annoyed by sth that sb has done (表示吃惊和恼怒）：Someone’s been and
parfced m 介ont 〇/ the entrance/有人居然把车停在大门口前！
—see
also go and do sth at go v_ if it wasn’t/weren’t
for used
to say that sb/sth stopped sb/sth from happening若不是（某人/某事）；♦亏：疗it weren’t /oryou,J wouidn’t be aHve today.如果不是你，我今天不
会运活着。，丨eave/，丨et <b/sth _be to leave sb/sth alone
without disturbing them or it 随…去i;不打扰某人/ 某事物：Leave her be, she obviousiy doesn’t want
to taZfc about ft.别烦她了，她显然不想谈论这事。◊ let the poor dog be (= don’t annoy it).别逗弄那条可怜的狗了（别惹
它）。-to-be (in compounds 构成复合词）future 将来： his brfde-to-be 他的未婚妻◊ mothers-to-6e
(= pregnant women)准妈妈（‘^3 >
■
auxiliary verb 1 used with a past
participle to form the passive (与过去分词连用构成被动语态）：He was fciHed iVi the
war.他死于这场战争。◊ Where were
they made?这些是在哪里制;^的？ ◊ TTie house was
stiH being buiit.房子还在建造◊ Ybii wiH be
toW w/iat to do. 会有又告诉你该千什么的。2 used with a present
participle to form progressive tenses 彳与现在分词连用 k成进行时）：J am studying Chinese.我正垚学中女。◊ HZ be seeing /ifm soon. $ 很快就要见到他了。◊ ■ WTiat have you been doing this weefc?你这个星期都在做些 什么？ ： ◊ J’m ahvays being criticized 我总是受批评。
B
used to make question tags (= short
questions added to the end of statements) ( M.无反意疑.问句）： you’re not hungry, are
you?你不饿，对吧紅Ben’s comfng, isn’t
he?本要来，是'未森？ ◊ T"e oZd t/ieatre was puZZed down, wasn’t 化?..遙戏院被拆了，■对不？. 4 used
to avoid repeating the full form of a verb in the passive or a progressive
tense (在被动语态或进行时中
代替童复的动词完整形式: Karen
wasn’t beaten in any 〇/ her games, but aH
the others were•，衰伦坎有输掉任荷
一场比赛，.，但所有其他人都输球。◊ Hre you coming with us?’‘JVaJ’mnot.’ “你和我们一起去吗? ”“不，我不 了。5 ~ to do sth used to say what must
or should be done (表示必须或应该）：J am to caH them once
Z reach the aiVport.義一到机场就得给他们打电话。◊ Ybu are to
report this to the poiice.棒应该报警。◊ What is to be
done about this proWem?该如何也理这个:问题？ 6 〜to do sth used to say what is
arranged to happen (表示安排或计划时用）：They are to be married
in June.他们计戈于六月份结增。7〜to do sth used to say what
happened later (表示后来发生的事）：/fe was to regret
that decision for the rest of his life he did regret it).他终生都将后悔作出了那一决定6 8 ~ not,
never, etc. to be done used to say what could not or did not happen (表示不会或没有发生时用）：Anna was nowhere to
be found (= we could not find her anywhere).我们到处都找不到安娜。◊ He was never
to see his wife again (= although he did not know it would be so at the
time, he did not see her again)•他注定再也