英文短语：J开头的英文短语及例句

jealous of

1．feeling of unhappiness because of the better fortune，etc．of others 嫉妒

He is jealous of his colleague's success．他嫉妒他同事的成功。

You should not be jealcus of their happiness．你不应妒忌他们的幸福。

2．valuing highly and guarding爱惜；爱护

He is very jealous of his honour．他很爱惜他的荣誉。

jazz up

1．brighten up；make more exciting 使活跃起来；使更振奋

The party was very dull until Peter jazzed it up with his drum．聚会枯燥无味，直到彼得敲鼓才改变了气氛。

The newsman jazzed up the story to sell himself to the editors of the weekly．这个记者把报道写得绘声绘色，以求博得那家周刊编辑们的青睐。

Go out and get some more to drink；this party meeds jazzing up a bit．你出去多买些饮料，这次聚会需要搞得热闹点。

2．improve；give an appearance of improvement 改进；使带有改进的外观

The room decorations appeared to have been jazzed up．房间的装饰好象已经改观了。

I've tried to jazz up the old car with a spot of paint and some accessories．我设法用少量油漆和一些配件修整这辆旧汽车。

Our exhibition stand was dull and boring last year．—Can't we jazz it up a bit this year？我们的展览架去年很枯燥无味。—今年我们可不可使它吸引人一点？

jib at

refuse to accept；reject 拒绝接受；抵制

He didn't object to the idea of going；he only jibbed at having to go there alone．到那儿去他并不反对，他只是反对一个人去罢了。

The horse jibbed at that high fence．马在那个高篱笆前不肯跳过去。

join forces

unite；join hands 联合；通力合作

The American soldiers joined forces with the British in the war against Germany．战争中美国士兵与英国士兵会师共同抗击德国。

The tourist offices in the regions have agreed to join forces with the office in the capital to try and attract more interest and also to reduce costs．这些地区的旅行社已经同意跟首都的旅行社联手经营以吸引更多的人并降低费用。

join in

take part in 参加

We invited him to join in our discussion．我们邀请他加入我们的讨论。

Five of us joined in the research project．我们中间有5个人参加了这个研究项目。

join on

1．attach oneself to 附随；依附于

The people were hurrying to see the parade，and we joined on at the rear．人们赶去看游行，我们也跟在后面。

2．attach；fix 装上；接上

They joined the wires on and made the necessary new connection．他们把电线接了起来，接通了所需的新线路。

join up

1．offer oneself as a recruit；join the army 参军；入伍

He joined up at the age of twenty．他20岁参了军。

On leaving collage，my brother joined up．我的兄弟大学毕业后参军了。

2．connect；link together 连接

The electrician joined the wires up．电工把电线接好了。

3．form or enter into an alliance or league；link up 组成或参加联盟；会合

The two companies were ordered to join up with each other at Bridge No．3 before dawn．那两个连奉命于黎明前在3号桥会师。

judge by/from

form an idea or opinion by basing one's judgement on 由…判断

Judging by what you say，I assume you don't agree with me．根据你的话推测，我想你是不同意我了。

jump at

take or accept quickly and gladly 欣然接受

Johnny jumped at the invitation to go swimming with his brother．乔尼欣然接受邀请，同个哥哥一块去游泳。

Alice would jump at the chance of going to Egypt．艾丽丝会非常高兴地接受这次去埃及的机会。

The children jumped at the chance of visiting the television studios．孩子们立即同意去电视制作中心看看。

jump down sb．'s throat

reply sharply and angrily to sth．sb．has said尖锐或粗暴地回答

He jumped down my throat at the mere mention of the subject．一提到这事，他就粗暴地回答我。

Even if I'm wrong，you needn't jump down my throat like that．即使我错了，你也用不着这样粗暴地对待我。

jump on

criticize sharply or suddenly 严厉批评；突然斥责

He jumped on her for that misbehaviour．他对她的错误行为进行了严厉的批评。

He'll jump on anyone who contradicts him．谁不同意他，他就骂谁。

jump out or one's skin

be badly frightened；be very much surprised 惊吓；大吃一惊；吓了一跳

The door slammed with such a bang that I nearly jumped out of my skin．门砰地一声关上了，吓了我一跳。

jump over

pass over；disregard or omit sth．intervening 忽略；遗漏；略去

Let's jump over all those tiems．让我们把那些项目全部略去吧。

As time was limited，the professor had to jump over the details．因为时间有限，教授只好把一些细节省掉了。

Aware that the listeners were absentminded，the reader jumped over some paragraphs without anyone noticing．意识到听众心不在焉，宣读者略去了一些段落，谁也没有发觉。

just about

nearly；almost 几乎；差不多

Just about everyone in town came to hear the mayor speak．城里几乎所有人都来听市长讲话。

just now

1．just at this moment此刻

Mr．Johnson isn't here just now．Will you please phone back later？约翰逊先生现在不在这儿。你过一会儿回电话好吗？

2．a little while ago刚刚

He came in just now；he is probably upstairs．他刚才进来过，现在可能在楼上。

just so

exact；exactly right 正是如此

His trousers were neatly pressed and his new jacket was just so．他的裤子烫得很匀整，新外套也是如此。

justified in

1．proved to be just or right…（是）正当的；…（是）应该的

Do you think he was justified in doing that？你以为他那样做是应该的吗？

2．free from the penalty of sin…（是）无罪的

You are justified in shooting a man in selfdefence．你为自卫而枪击一个人是无罪的。