assume/ wear/ take on the mantle of… 承擔(dān)……的責(zé)任；繼承某人的衣缽

rest/ sit on one's laurels 滿足于現(xiàn)狀，不思進(jìn)取

raise one's eyebrows 揚(yáng)起眉毛（表驚訝或反對(duì)）

e.g. She raised her eyebrows at the idea, but after I went through the details of the plan, she was agreed to support it. 她起初不太贊同我的想法，但在我講述完該項(xiàng)目的細(xì)節(jié)后，她最終決定同意。

show/ practice filial piety 盡孝道

kick in 開(kāi)始見(jiàn)效，開(kāi)始運(yùn)作

e.g. The law kicked in where filial piety fails. 該法律只在人們不履行孝道責(zé)任時(shí)起作用。

The painkillers kicked in and he became sleepy. 止痛藥開(kāi)始起作用，他昏昏欲睡了。

shore up 支持，支撐 ~ its economy 振興經(jīng)濟(jì)

fall short (of sth.) 達(dá)不到預(yù)期或標(biāo)準(zhǔn)

sb./ sth. to be reckoned with… 需要重視，不容忽視

e.g. Barcelona will be a force to be reckoned with this season. 巴塞羅那隊(duì)將是這個(gè)賽季不可忽視的一支球隊(duì)。

carve out… 成功獲得 ~ a niche 贏得一席之地，開(kāi)創(chuàng)一片天地

clock up 達(dá)到某一數(shù)量

e.g. Since the 1970s, however, the hours clocked up by American workers have risen, to an average of 42 this year in manufacturing.

自20世紀(jì)70年代以來(lái)，美國(guó)工人的總工作時(shí)

長(zhǎng)延長(zhǎng)了，今年制造業(yè)的平均工作時(shí)間是每

周42小時(shí)。