Look, I thought we agreed to step up our game.我们不是说好了,要将游戏升级吗
agree to:同意; 答应
They agreed to give the matter top priority.
他们同意优先考虑这件事。
词义辨析:agree to,agree on,agree with这些短语动词均可表示“同意”之意。
1.agree to常与plan(计划)、arrangement(安排)、suggestion(建议)、proposal(建议)、terms(条件)、method(方法)等名词连用。这时agree to不仅指其主语与对方看法一致,而且暗含自己也愿合作、承担义务或效法的意味。
2.agree on指双方或多方在某件事情上取得一致的意见。常与plan(计划)、date(日期)、terms(条件)、price(价格)等名词连用。
3.agree with可用于指人,指同意其看法或意见等,也可与一些名词或从句连用。与agree to不同之处是,仅表示看法或意见一致,没有愿意进行合作或效法的含义。
step up:增加; 加快; 提升
I hope you try to get them to step up production.
希望你们尽力使厂家增加生产。
We must step up our vigilance.
我们一定要提高警惕。
It's a small price to pay for his $20 million.那是为了得到他两千万的小代价
pay for:偿还; 付款
She had to scrimp and save to pay for her holiday.
她不得不为付假期的费用而苦苦攒钱。
I took out an overdraft to pay for my new car.
我用透支来付新汽车的钱。
You really want to be her lackey for the rest of your life?你真想一辈子都当她的奴才吗
the rest of:其余的
The rest of the eggs have gone bad.
其余的鸡蛋都变质了。