Attach sth to sth (phrasal verb)
●To attach a particular quality to something is to consider it to have that quality.
(認為…具有(重要性,價值…))
Examples:
1.I don't attach any significance to these rumours.
2.She attaches great value to being financially independent.
Break through (sth)
●To successfully deal with something that is stopping you making progress.(突破,克服)
Examples:
1.The scientists broke through the mystery surrounding the disease and found the cause.
2.I broke through the poverty barrier and it was education that did it.
Match up to sth (phrasal verb)
●To be as good as or equal to something.
(比得上)
Examples:
1.She matches up to the challenges of the job.
2.There was so much hype beforehand that it would have been difficult for the film to match up to our expectations of it.
Account for sth (phrasal verb)
●To form some proportion or amount of a larger whole or group.(佔有(全部)的份額)
Examples:
1.These useless catalogs account for at least half the mail we get every day.
2.Students account for the vast majority of our customers.
Make up for sth (phrasal verb)
● To take the place of something lost or damaged or to compensate for something bad with something good.(彌補)
Examples:
1.No amount of money can make up for the death of a child.
2.I worked extra hours to make up for the time I had missed.