Health & Wellness

Phrasal verbs for health situations

简介

健康词汇远不止医学术语。我们"come down with（得了）"感冒，"get over（战胜）"疾病，累到"pass out（昏过去）"，为了保持健康去"work out（健身）"。短语动词捕捉了日常生活中的身体体验。

这一章探索和健康相关的短语动词：生病、康复、锻炼和保持健康。

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本章全部短语动词（57）

• come down with To become ill with something
• pass out To lose consciousness
• work out To exercise
• throw up To vomit
• burn out To become exhausted from overwork
• come around To regain consciousness
• fight off To resist an illness
• wear off To gradually diminish in effect
• pull through To survive a serious illness or difficulty
• break out To develop spots or rash suddenly
• flare up When a condition or problem suddenly becomes worse
• swell up To become swollen
• seize up When muscles or joints become stiff and painful
• keel over To collapse suddenly
• warm up To prepare for exercise; to become friendlier
• black out To lose consciousness temporarily
• ease off To become less intense; to relax effort
• come round To regain consciousness
• shake off To recover from illness; to escape
• come to To regain consciousness
• lay up To be confined to bed due to illness
• run down To be exhausted and susceptible to illness
• bring up To vomit
• come out in To develop spots or rash
• go down with To become ill with something
• pick up To catch an illness
• slim down To lose weight
• bulk up To gain muscle mass
• come over To suddenly feel
• go out To lose consciousness
• feel up to To feel well enough
• go through To undergo treatment
• pass on To transmit disease
• knock out To render unconscious
• spit out To expel from mouth
• choke on To have difficulty swallowing
• act up For a body part to cause problems
• puff up To become swollen
• dry out To become dehydrated
• burn off To lose through exercise
• tone up To improve muscle definition
• tire out To exhaust
• stress out To cause stress
• drop off To fall asleep
• drift off To fall asleep gradually
• sleep in To sleep later than usual
• stay up To remain awake
• sit up To stay awake late
• patch up To treat injuries
• bandage up To apply bandages
• stitch up To close a wound
• clean up To sterilize a wound
• operate on To perform surgery
• put under To anaesthetize
• bring round To revive
• heal up To recover completely
• sober up To become sober