English Verb Phrase I

Question 0

Mobilize resources

Answer 0

Gave government the fiscal capacity to mobilize resources for Big Push industrialization.

Question 1

Impose restrictions

Answer 1

Government imposed restrictions on mobility.

Question 2

Provide sb with leeway in -ing

Answer 2

…providing local governments with substantial leeway in making economic development decisions.

Question 3

Correspond to sth

Answer 3

Investment cycles corresponded to policy cycle and recurrent policy conflict.

Question 4

Ups and downs in sb’s view of sth/sb

Answer 4

These remarkable ups and downs in the Chinese view of the value of Soviet experience reflected the relevance of the Soviet Union to China’s own course.

Question 5

Score achievements

Answer 5

Heavy industry had by then scored great achievements.

Question 6

Throw sb into greater reliance on

Answer 6

This had the effect of throwing the Tang house into greater reliance on the more loyal southern provinces.

Question 7

Sth is/are Compensated for by sth

Answer 7

The scarcity of the archaeological documents in largely compensated for by the almost inexhaustible riches of the literary sources.

Question 8

,As conventional wisdom has it,

Answer 8

Phrase

Question 9

,to one degree or another,

Answer 9

In various degrees

Question 10

It is/was not so much A as it is/was B

Answer 10

This was not so much a rejection of academic study as it was a sign that intellectual culture itself was increasingly concerned with analyzing American society.

Question 11

To bear on the the problems of

Answer 11

To have an impact upon the problems of
A new generation of reformers sought to bring empirical data,efficiency, and professional training to bear on the problems of industrial America.

Question 12

Overdose on

Answer 12

Overdose on sleep pills

Question 13

The gap between A and B is/was jarring

Answer 13

A and B was out of harmony and the gap was irritating

Question 14

Receive wide publicity

Answer 14

Phrase

Question 15

Ferret out

Answer 15

To search and discover through persistent investigation

She ferreted out the truth.

Question 16

Drop off to sleep

Answer 16

Phrase

Question 17

Relay information and mediate disputes

Answer 17

Phrase

Question 18

Use A as a proxy for B

Answer 18

Use A as a substitute/agent for B

…then blacks can use what is best for the group as a proxy for what is best for themselves as individuals.

Question 19

Do sth flat out

Answer 19

In a direct manner; bluntly

He told me the truth flat out.

Question 20

Elaborating on the premise that ….., S……

Answer 20

Phrase

Question 21

Get to the bottom of sth

Answer 21

The basic underlying quality; the source

Let’s get to the bottom of the problem.

Question 22

Commensurate with

Answer 22

Corresponding in size or degree; proportionate: a salary commensurate with my performance.

Question 23

In the service of

Answer 23

Selective incentives played a part, but they were in the service of some large objectives.

Question 24

By no means

Answer 24

In no sense; certainly not | This remark by no means should be taken lightly.

Question 25

By any means

Answer 25

In any way possible; to any extent | He is not by any means an easy opponent.

Question 26

Bear little resemblance to

Answer 26

The realities of communization bore little resemblance to the principles of the rational utilization of labor upon which the Great Leap originally was based.

Question 27

Commensurate with

Answer 27

Corresponding in size or degree; proportionate: a salary commensurate with my performance.