These phrases and sentences are taken from the Cambridge English—Mandarin Dictionary.

350+ Phrasal Verbs and Sentences You Can Use in Daily Conversations

to support or help someone
支持，帮助（某人）

打官司期间，我的家人一直在支持我。

My family backed me up throughout the court case.

to say that someone is telling the truth
为（某人）作证

实话实说，这就是当时的情况——克莱尔会为我作证。

Honestly, that's exactly what happened - Claire will back me up.

如果我说从未见过他，你会为我作证吗？

Will you back me up if I say that I never saw him?

If a machine or vehicle breaks down, it stops working.
（机器或车辆）出故障

我们的汽车抛锚了，我们只好把它推到路旁。

Our car broke down and we had to push it off the road.

to be unable to control your feelings and to start to cry
（情绪）崩溃；忍不住哭了起来

当我们告诉她这个坏消息时，她忍不住哭了起来。

When we gave her the bad news, she broke down and cried.

to stop feeling upset, angry, or excited, or to stop someone feeling this way
（使）平静；（使）冷静；（使）镇静

她坐下做了几个深呼吸让自己平静下来。

She sat down and took a few deep breaths to calm herself down.

一开始她很生气，但我们设法让她平静了下来。

She was angry at first but we managed to calm her down.

看在上帝的份上，安静下来吧。没什么可激动的！

Calm down, for goodness sake. It's nothing to get excited about!

to decide that a planned event, especially a sports event, will not happen, or to end an activity because it is no longer useful or possible
取消，停止，中止（尤指体育赛事）

因为天气寒冷，明天的比赛取消了。

Tomorrow's match has been called off because of the icy weather.

警方暂停了对失踪孩子的寻找，明天天亮后再继续。

The police have called off the search for the missing child until dawn tomorrow.

to examine something or get more information about it in order to be certain that it is true, safe, or suitable
查证；核实，证实

to go to a place in order to see what it is like
去…查看；了解…的情况

to make a person or place clean and tidy
（把…）梳洗整齐；打扫，清理

We'll go out as soon as I've cleaned up the kitchen.

我们出去之前我得先收拾收拾。

I need to clean up (= clean myself or the place where I am) before we go out.

吃饭前先把你自己弄干净点儿。

If someone cheers up, or something cheers someone up, they start to feel happier.
（使）振作；（使）高兴起来

她病了，所以我送花给她让她开心起来。

She was sick so I sent her some flowers to cheer her up.

to change your opinion of something, often influenced by another person's opinion
（常指在别人意见的影响下）想通，转过弯儿

只要再给他一点儿时间，他会同意我的观点的。

He'll come around to my point of view, given a bit of time.

你仍然不喜欢你的办公室呢，还是已经想通了，觉得它还不错？

Do you still dislike your office, or have you come around to thinking it's all right?

If something comes between two people, it harms their relationship.
损害…之间的关系；挑拨，离间

别让一次小小的口角影响你们的关系。

Don't let one little quarrel come between you.

to punish or criticize a person or activity very strongly
严厉处罚；斥责；训斥

他们对不缴纳执照费的人处以重罚。

They're coming down heavily on people for not paying their license fees.

The authorities plan to come down hard on truancy in the future.

to start to suffer from an illness, especially one that is not serious
患上，染上（尤指小病）

If something comes out of a process or event, it is one of the results.
从…中产生

我希望这一团糟中能出点儿好事。

I hope something good can come out of this mess.

to be mentioned or talked about in conversation
被提到；被讨论

一个小女孩走到我跟前，跟我要钱。

A young girl came up to me and asked for money.

If a job or opportunity comes up, it becomes available.
（职位或机会）出现，来临

A position has come up in the accounts department.

to happen, usually unexpectedly
（通常指意外地）发生

我得走了——家里刚出了点儿事，需要我去。

I've got to go - something has just come up at home and I'm needed there.

to be happening soon
就要发生，即将发生

to suggest or think of an idea or plan
想出，提出（主意或计划）

她想出一个惊人的计划来使自己的收入增加一倍。

She's come up with some amazing scheme to double her income.

to be confident that you can depend on someone
依靠…；指望…

在危急关头你总能依靠迈克尔。

You can always count on Michael in a crisis.

to start doing something suddenly and energetically, often without stopping to think
贸然投入到…之中，介入

他看见孩子们打起来的时候，连忙介入制止。

When he saw the children fighting, he just dived in to sort it out.

开始一个新项目时，我喜欢立刻全心投入，看看情况会怎样。

When I start a new project, I like to dive right in and see how it works.

to put on formal clothes for a special occasion
穿正装，盛装

去购物不必穿正装——牛仔裤加短袖衫就可以了。

You don't need to dress up to go to the mall - jeans and a T-shirt are fine.

to put on special clothes in order to change your appearance
改换装束，装扮

小孩子通常喜欢穿妈妈的衣服。

Little kids usually love dressing up in their mothers' clothes.

to finally be in a particular place or situation
最后处于；最后成为；以…告终

他们正乘火车穿越欧洲旅行，最后一站计划是莫斯科。

They're traveling across Europe by train and are planning to end up in Moscow.

这块肉最后可能大部分得喂狗。

Much of this meat will probably end up as dog food.

如果她继续这样挥霍，最后会落个不名一文的。

She'll end up penniless if she continues to spend like that.

靠打工游遍世界后，她最后做了教师，教外国人学英语。

After working her way around the world, she ended up teaching English as a foreign language.

If an organization, system, or agreement falls apart, it fails or stops working effectively.
破裂；解体，瓦解

由于缺乏资金，这笔交易告吹了。

The deal fell apart because of a lack of financing.

她发现丈夫有婚外情后，他们的婚姻破裂了。

Their marriage fell apart when she found out about her husband's affair.

to experience serious emotional problems that make you unable to think or act in the usual way
（感情）崩溃，垮掉

妻子过世后，他精神开始垮掉。

After his wife died, he began to fall apart.

to become full, or to make something become full
（使）充满；（使）填满

The seats in the hall were filling up fast.

to get information about something because you want to know more about it, or to learn a fact or piece of information for the first time
找出，查明；得知

这次度假完全是个惊喜——我是在临走前一天才得知的。

The holiday was a complete surprise - I only found out about it the day before we left.

我这就出去看看外面究竟在干什么。

I'll just go and find out what's going on outside.

她发现这个航班已经被取消了，不过已经太迟了。

Too late, she found out that the flight had been canceled.

to manage to make someone understand or believe something
使被理解；使被传达；把…说清楚

我们试图解释清楚我们的观点，但他就是不听。

We tried to get our point across, but he just wouldn't listen.

这就是我们想传达给公众的信息。

This is the message that we want to get across to the public.

to be successful in the work that you do
取得进展；获得成功

一个女性在政界获得成功是很困难的。

It's tough for a woman to get ahead in politics.

to travel to a lot of places
各处旅行，广泛游历

上星期去西班牙，这星期去德国——他可真叫周游列国啊，是不是！

Spain last week and Germany this week - he gets around, doesn't he!

to be able to go to different places without difficulty, especially if you are old or ill
（尤指老年人或病人）能四处走动，活动

近来我奶奶感觉走动不那么灵便了。

My grandmother is finding it harder to get around these days.

If news or information gets around, a lot of people hear about it.
（消息等）传开，流传

她怀孕的消息迅速（在办公室）传开了。

News of her pregnancy soon got round (the office).

to do something that you have intended to do for a long time
做（早就想做的事情）

I still haven't got around to fixing that tap.

to succeed in avoiding punishment for something
做（错事）而未被惩罚，做（坏事）而未被发觉

如果我认为逃税可以不受处罚的话，我就干脆一分钱都不交了。

If I thought I could get away with it, I wouldn't pay my taxes at all.

If a system, relationship, or discussion breaks down, it fails because there is a problem or disagreement.
（系统或关系）崩溃，瓦解；（讨论）失败