read

read out

To read aloud

大声诵读

Please read out the names on the list.

请大声念出名单上的名字

read up

To study or learn by reading

研读：通过阅读进行研究或学习

Read up on the places you plan to visit before you travel.

在旅游之前，对你准备前往的地方先作一番调查研究

read someone like a book

understand someone's thoughts and motives clearly or easily

了解…的心思（或动机）；对…了如指掌

read someone's mind (或 thoughts)

discern what someone is thinking

猜透…的心思，知道…在想些什么

read my lips

(N. Amer. informal)listen carefully (used to emphasize the importance of the speaker's words or the earnestness of their intent)

(北美，非正式)请认真听（用来强调所说的话的重要性或表达说话人迫切的心情）

take something as read

assume something without the need for further discussion

不加讨论地接受

you wouldn't read about it

(Austral./NZ informal)used to express incredulity, disgust, or ruefulness

(澳/新西兰，非正式)太离奇了（用来表示怀疑、厌恶、悲伤）

read something back

read a message or piece of writing aloud so that its accuracy can be checked

朗读信息（或书面材料）（以检验其准确性）；重念，复述

read something into

attribute a meaning or significance to (something) that it may not in fact possess

把…加进对…的理解中去；对…做某种解释

was I reading too much into his behaviour?.

我是否对他的行为做了过于武断的解释？。

read someone out of

(chiefly US)formally expel someone from (an organization or body)

(主美)（从组织、团体）开除，除名

read up on something (或 read something up)

acquire information about a particular subject by studying it intensively or systematically

研读，攻读；系统地研究（某一科目）

she spent the time reading up on antenatal care.

她投入时间系统研究产前保健问题。

read a lecture 或 read a lesson

To issue a reprimand

责备：发表批评意见

Mother read us a lecture after the principal telephoned her.

校长打电话后，妈妈批评了我们一顿

read between the lines

To perceive or detect an obscure or unexpressed meaning

仔细阅读，研究：找出或发现隐藏晦涩的意思

learned to read between the lines of corporate annual reports to discern areas of fiscal weakness.

学会仔细研读公司年度报告，并从中发现财政困难的迹象

read out of

To expel by proclamation from a social, political, or other group

驱逐，开除：被正式文告从社会、政治或其它集团中驱逐

He was read out of the secretariat after the embarrassing incident.

由于那次尴尬的事件，他被从秘书处开除了