The young man admitted to stealing the jewels.
那个年轻人承认了偷了珠宝。
be accustomed to 习惯于
He is accustomed to hard work.
他习惯于做艰苦的工作。
be devoted to 把……专用于，专心致力于，把……奉献给
Several courses are devoted to improving customer care.
几个课程致力于提高客户服务水平。
be equal to 等于，胜任，经得起
He is equal to doing this task.
他胜任做这件工作。
be/get used to 习惯于
The experienced teacher is used to keeping his students at hard work. 有经验的老师习惯于督促学生用功学习。
be reduced to 被迫做……，陷入境地，陷入窘境
She is reduced to stealing to feed her hungry family.
她沦落到要靠偷窃来养活饥饿的家人。
contribute to 有助于，为……做贡献，投稿，捐款
We hope your suggestion will contribute to solving the problem.
我们希望你的建议将有助于解决这个问题。
fall to 开始做
Little Red Riding Hood and the wolf fell to talking.
小红帽和大灰狼交谈起来。
get around to 抽出时间做；终于去做
They didn't get around to typing up the letter.
他们没能抽出时间把信打印出来。
get down to 着手做（认真考虑）While the weather is fine, I must get down to painting the house. 当天晴时，我一定要油漆房子。
give oneself up to 献身于，致力于
I want to give myself up to writing fulltime.
我希望全时间投入写作。
keep to 遵守（坚持，坚持……方向）
Ill as he was, he kept to studying far into the night.
他虽然有病，但仍然学习到深夜。
lead to 导致（引起，通向）
Jealousy and anger usually lead to doing the wrong thing.
嫉妒和愤怒通常会导致做错事情。
look forward to 期待；盼望
He was looking forward to working with the new Prime Minister.
他期待着与新首相共事。
object to 反对
I really object to being charged for parking at the hospital.
我坚决反对医院收取停车费。
pay attention to 注意，认真听讲
You should pay attention to summing up better and faster solution. 你应该注意总结更好更快的解决办法。
prefer ... to …（两者中）宁愿选择其中之一，更喜欢
I prefer singing to acting.
我愿意唱歌而不愿演戏。
see to 注意（处理，照料等）
I really will see to painting the living room next week.
我真的在下周油漆起居室。
stick to 坚持（忠于等）If you stick to practising English, you'll make unexpected progress.
要是你每天坚持练习英语,就会取得很大进步。
take to 养成（做……）的习惯;开始定时（做……）
They had taken to wandering through the streets arm-in-arm.
他们养成了挽着胳膊逛街的习惯。
turn to 求助于（依靠，转而从事于）
Refused permission to work in the country, he was able to turn to writing to earn a living.
他在这个国家找不到工作，以写作谋生。
when it comes to (doing) sth. 其短语表示“当涉及（做）某事的情况、事情或问题时”
When it comes to getting rid of his bad habits, he always keeps silent. 当一提及到要改掉他的坏习惯时，他总是沉默不语。下载本文
