Name: 12 個容易混淆的短語動詞 (12 Confusing Phrasal Verbs)
Uploaded: 2025-06-26T03:07:01.000Z
Duration: 13 min 56 s

Hello, lovely students, and welcome back to English with Lucy.

你們好，可愛的同學們，歡迎回到露西英語。

Phrasal verbs are already really difficult, but there are some phrasal verbs that really confuse my students.

短語動詞本來就很難，但有些短語動詞真的讓我的學生感到困惑。

未來簡單式

Today, I am going to teach you 12 commonly confused phrasal verbs and make sure you totally understand them so that you can use them confidently.

今天，我將教你 12 個常被混淆的短語動詞，確保你完全理解它們，從而能夠自信地使用它們。

Before we start, there's one very important thing that I must say.

在我們開始之前，有一件非常重要的事情我必須要說。

Many of the phrasal verbs that I am going to teach you today have multiple meanings.

我今天要教大家的許多短語動詞都有多重含義。

In this video, we will just discuss the meanings that students normally get confused about.

在本視頻中，我們將只討論學生通常會混淆的含義。

We won't cover every meaning as that would take too long, but if you are thinking, no, give me every meaning I need to understand, I have got you covered.

但如果你在想 "不，給我所有我需要理解的意思"，我已經幫你搞定了。

I go into much more detail in the free PDF that goes with this lesson.

我將在本課的免費 PDF 文件中詳細介紹。

You also get a quiz and a link to some secret exercises.

您還會得到一個測驗和一些祕密練習的鏈接。

To download that, click on the link in the description box or scan that QR code there.

如需下載，請點擊說明框中的鏈接或掃描此處的二維碼。

You enter your name and your email address, you sign up to my mailing list, and the PDF will arrive directly in your inbox.

輸入您的姓名和電子郵件地址，註冊加入我的郵件列表，PDF 文件就會直接發送到您的收件箱。

Our first pair is to end up versus to end in.

我們的第一對是 "結束 "與 "結束於"。

My students often mix these up and struggle to know when to use each one.

我的學生經常把這些混在一起，不知道什麼時候該用。

Use ended up or ended in to complete these sentences.

用 ended up 或 ended in 來完成這些句子。

它、災難和我們，走在回家的路上。

You should have, it ended in, disaster, and we ended up walking home, but why?

你應該有，它結束了，災難，我們最終步行回家，但為什麼呢？

This means to reach a final situation or place, often unexpectedly or unintentionally.

這意味著到達最終的境界或地點，往往是出乎意料或無意的。

讓我們稍微擴展一下我們的例子。

All of the buses were cancelled, so we ended up walking home.

所有的公車都取消了，我們只好步行回家。

This is an example of an unexpected outcome.

He studied engineering, but ended up in a completely different industry.

他學的是工程學，但最後卻從事了完全不同的行業。

End up tends to be followed by an ING verb, like walking, a phrase with a preposition, like in a completely different industry, or an adjective.

End up 的後面往往跟一個 ING 動詞，如 walking，一個帶介詞的短語，如 in a completely different industry，或者一個形容詞。

Let's see an example with an adjective now.

現在我們來看一個形容詞的例子。

We got completely lost and ended up exhausted and frustrated by the whole thing.

我們完全迷失了方向，最後筋疲力盡，對整個事情感到沮喪。

Now, to end in means to have something as a result.

現在，"以......結束 "的意思是 "結果"。

It's often used for negative situations or events, and collocates strongly with words like disaster, divorce, failure, and tragedy.

它常用於負面情況或事件，與災難、離婚、失敗和悲劇等詞的搭配性很強。

End in doesn't always refer to something negative though.

不過，"結束 "並不總是指負面的東西。

以 in 結尾，後面往往跟一個名詞。

So, to recap, end up is about where you finish, literally or figuratively, often by accident, while end in is about how something concludes, often with a specific result.

是以，概括地說，"結束 "指的是你在哪裡結束，是字面意義上的還是比喻意義上的，通常是意外；而 "結束於 "指的是某件事情如何結束，通常是一個特定的結果。

Now, let's move on to our second pair, to look up versus to look for.

現在，讓我們來看第二對，"查找 "與 "尋找"。

Look up means to search for information using a specific source or tool, like a dictionary or a computer.

查找是指使用特定來源或工具（如字典或計算機）搜索資訊。

For example, I often look up the meanings of new words in a dictionary.

例如，我經常查字典來了解新詞的意思。

Or, I'm not sure what time the shop opens.

或者，我不確定商店什麼時候開門。

查找是一個可分離的短語動詞。

This means the object can go immediately after up, or between look and up.

這意味著物體可以緊接著向上移動，也可以在 "看 "和 "向上 "之間移動。

If the object is a pronoun, it has to go in the middle.

如果賓語是代詞，則必須放在中間。

Look for means to search for somebody or something, often because you've lost or you need them or it.

尋找的意思是尋找某人或某物，通常是因為你失去了或你需要他們或它。

For example, can you help me look for my keys?

Or, if you see John, tell him I'm looking for him.

或者，如果你見到約翰，告訴他我在找他。

Unlike look up, look for is not separable.

與查找不同，查找是不可分離的。

The object must come after the whole phrasal verb.

賓語必須在整個短語動詞之後。

So, to look up means to search for information in a specific place.

是以，"查找 "的意思是在特定的地方搜索資訊。

And to look for means to search for something or someone you've lost or need.

而 "尋找 "的意思是尋找你丟失或需要的東西或人。

For pair number three, we have two phrasal verbs with take.

在第三對中，我們有兩個帶 take 的短語動詞。

Both can mean remove, but they're used differently.

兩者都有移除的意思，但用法不同。

用 "向下 "或 "關閉 "來填補空白。

We usually take our Christmas decorations in early January.

我們通常在 1 月初拿走聖誕裝飾品。

And take your shoes and socks before entering the temple.

We take down the decorations and take off our shoes and socks.

My students don't tend to use this phrasal verb.

我的學生不常使用這個短語動詞。

We use take down for things that are high up or things that are fixed.

我們用 "取下 "來表示高處的東西或固定的東西。

Our Christmas decorations are often both.

我們的聖誕裝飾通常都是兩者兼而有之。

Another example, we took down all the curtains when we were painting the room.

再比如，我們在粉刷房間時把窗簾都拆了。

We usually use to take off to mean to completely remove clothes, shoes, or accessories.

我們通常用 "脫掉 "來表示完全脫掉衣服、鞋子或配飾。

For example, I always take off my jewellery before going swimming.

例如，我總是在游泳前摘掉首飾。

Now, let's take a look at some three-part phrasal verbs.

現在，讓我們來看看一些由三個部分組成的短語動詞。

If you catch up on something, you either bring yourself up to date with something or you do an action that you didn't have time to do earlier.

如果你在追趕某件事情，那麼你要麼是在追趕某件事情的最新進展，要麼是在做你之前沒有時間做的事情。

For example, I need to catch up on some work.

Catch up on is followed by an object, which is a thing, not a person.

Catch up on 後面跟的是一個對象，它是一件事，而不是一個人。

However, we do say that you catch somebody up on something.

不過，我們確實說過，你要抓住某人的某些東西。

And that means that you help bring someone else up to date on something.

這意味著你幫助他人瞭解最新情況。

For example, can you catch me up on what happened while I was away?

比如，你能跟我說說我不在的時候發生了什麼嗎？

To catch up with means to reach the same level as a person who was ahead of you.

趕超的意思是達到與領先者相同的水準。

For example, if you study hard, you'll catch up with the rest of the class.

例如，如果你努力學習，你就會趕上班上其他同學。

It also means to exchange news with someone you haven't spoken to for a while.

這也意味著與許久未聯繫的人交換消息。

For example, I love catching up with my old school friends.

例如，我喜歡與我的老同學敘舊。

Catch up with is usually followed directly by a person.

Catch up with（趕上）通常直接跟在人後面。

So we use catch up on when we're behind and we want to get up to date.

是以，當我們落後時，我們就會利用補課來趕上進度。

And we use to catch up with when we close a gap or reconnect socially.

當我們縮小差距或重新建立社交聯繫時，我們會用來敘舊。

Pair number five is to bring up versus to grow up.

Which of those verbs can you use to complete this sentence?

你可以用其中哪個動詞來完成這個句子？

To bring somebody up means to care for or raise a child until they're an adult.

撫養是指照顧或養育一個孩子，直到他們長大成人。

Often it involves teaching them how to behave and giving them certain values.

這通常包括教他們如何做人，並賦予他們一定的價值觀。

For example, we wanted to bring up our children close to our extended family.

例如，我們希望在大家庭附近撫養孩子。

This phrasal verb is often used in the passive form, to be brought up.

這個短語動詞通常用於被動形式，即被提起。

Like in our example sentence earlier, I was brought up in the countryside.

就像前面的例句一樣，我是在農村長大的。

Or she was brought up by her grandparents.

To grow up means to gradually develop from being a child into an adult, maturing physically and emotionally.

長大意味著從孩童逐漸成長為成人，在身體和情感上日趨成熟。