超地道常用口語用法.doc

1. give sb. the cold shoulder. 不搭理某人。2. make a pass at sb. 追求某人。3. from all walks of life. 來自各行各業(yè)4. out of tune. 走調(diào) I sing out of tune。我唱歌走調(diào)。5. go on an excursion. 短程旅行6. two left feet 表示“笨手笨腳”，特別指不會跳舞的情況。7. no ear for music 沒有鑒賞力8. drift apart 日漸疏遠 I know that you and I have drifted apart.9. furiously 狂暴地, 猛烈地。10. I cant feel my legs. 我的腳好麻。11. saddle me up本意是指使上馬鞍，這里是指趕快干活，少胡思亂想。12. brainstorm 靈機一動；集思廣益；頭腦風暴v. 集體討論；集思廣益以尋找13. bees knees 酷斃了，帥呆了14. The board of director brainstorm all afternoon until they come up with a solution to their problem.董事會費盡心思討論了一下午，最終找到了一個解決問題的好辦法。This is essentially a brainstorm.這其實是一個集體討論。I just had a brainstorm! We can all go in my car! 我有個好主意！大家都搭我的車去! 15. the holy grail，圣杯16. Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet. 忍耐是痛苦的，但它的果實是甜蜜的。17. Dont teach to fish swim.不要班門弄斧。18. People who invest the future are the true realists. 投資未來的人是忠于現(xiàn)實的人。 19. Caught me completely by surprise 完全讓我大吃一驚20. fifth year in a row 連續(xù)第五年 21. Mardi Gras parade 狂歡節(jié)游行22. Ill work my tail off to help you, no strings attached. 我會竭盡全力幫助你的。23. hack，本意是“劈、砍” hack habit，糾正習慣 e.g. You can hack your habit to protect the environment. 你可以通過改變你的習慣來保護環(huán)境。24. small trips 一小段路 e.g. Dont drive everywhere, walk those small trips. 別去哪兒都開車，一小段路就走走吧。25. There is an atmosphere of peace and calm in the country, quite different from the atmosphere of a big city. 在鄉(xiāng)間有一種和平寧靜的氣氛，和大城市的氣氛截然不同。26. Public Transport system，公共交通系統(tǒng)27. sth. is meant for sb./be meant to do sth. 命中注定的e.g. I was meant to meet you. 是上天讓我遇見你。28. electronic ticket 電子機票 e.g. Choose an electronic ticket rather than a paper ticket. 用電子機票，而不是紙質(zhì)的。29. disposable camera 拍立得30. At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet. 每一個沐浴在愛河中的人都是詩人。柏拉圖的愛情名言。touch原意是觸摸，這里意譯成“感召、沐浴”31. In prospect of increase in demand, we should operate at full capacity.預計需求會有很大增長，我們應(yīng)該開足馬力生產(chǎn)。32. The drama drew a capacity audience; you should have gone to see it.這出戲吸引了滿場觀眾; 你真該去看的。33. I do not believe in equality of capacity, but I do believe in equality of opportunity.我不相信能力均等，但我確實相信機會均等。34. I dont want to be the best one, but one of the best. 我不求成為最棒的一個，但我要成為佼佼者中的一員。35. no hard feelings，請別見怪；別傷和氣。36. delightful dilaitfl adj. 令人愉快的，可喜的He played a delightful melody on his flute.他用笛子吹奏了歡快的曲調(diào)。The songs, sometimes accompanied with dance movements, were expressive and delightful.這些有時帶有舞蹈動作的表演唱很有表現(xiàn)力，很生動。Individually the children are delightful; en masse they can be unbearable.孩子們單獨時還討人喜歡，一多了就受不了了。37. pave the way for.為做好了準備、鋪平了道路。His successful performance paved the way for him to get this contract. 他成功的表演為他鋪路使他得到了這份合同。38. No sweat.不麻煩；沒問題39. Cease to struggle and you cease to live. 生命不息，奮斗不止。40. up against遭遇，面臨(問題、困難等) Up against a strong opponent.面對一名強勁的對手。41. Everybody is less mysterious than they think they are.沒人像他們自己以為的那么神秘。出自電影伊麗莎白鎮(zhèn)，就讓我們就坦誠點吧，不需要演示和偽裝。42. the best of friends朋友中最好的。 A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever. 一本好書是最好的朋友，現(xiàn)在是，以后也一樣。43. As above so below, as within so without. 上行下效，存乎中，形于外。44. One eyewitness is better than ten hearsays.百聞不如一見。45. He is mentally defective. 他智力不健全。46. take the words out of ones mouth表示說出了某人想說的話，觀點不謀而合。 You just took the words right out of my mouth. 你剛好說出了我想說的話。47. hit the bed其實就是go to bed的意思，但更地道。另外，還可以用hit the hay, hit the sack表示上床睡覺！I am going to hit the bed later. 我一會兒就上床睡覺。48. head to toe完完全全，徹底地，從頭到腳。49. I do not get any static on my set. 我的電視機沒有靜電干擾。50. If you shed the tears when you miss the sun, you also miss the stars.如果你因為失去太陽而落淚，那么你也將失去群星。出自泰戈爾飛鳥集，意指不要只顧著感傷眼前失去的而忽略了身邊的其他風景，切勿因小而失大。51. tip of the hat本義是指脫帽致敬這個動作，現(xiàn)在可以單獨說，就表示向某人致敬的意思，不一定非要帶著帽子的情況下哦。 He won the game. 他贏了比賽。Cool! A tip of hat to him. 牛！向他致敬。52. seesaw原意為“蹺蹺板”，用作動詞意為“玩蹺蹺板”，“上下或往復運動”，所以 seesawed between peace and peril譯為“時而平穩(wěn)，時而危機四伏” Koreas relations with America have long seesawed between peace and peril. 美韓關(guān)系事兒平穩(wěn)，時而危機四伏。53. impulse impls n. 沖動，驅(qū)動力，傾向，心血來潮vt. 推動We were seized by a sudden impulse to run.我們身不由己突然想跑。On impulse, I picked up the phone and rang my sister in Australia.我一時心血來潮，拿起話筒就給在澳大利亞的妹妹打了個電話。54. stay out of 不參與，不插手，置身于.之外 power struggle 權(quán)利爭奪I am going to stay out of their power struggle.我不想介入他們的權(quán)利爭奪。55. on season 旅游旺季 in high gear全力推進，積極進行，高速發(fā)展Its on season and my business is in high gear.旺季來了，我的生意正在全力進行。56. It takes two to tango. 一個巴掌拍不響，矛盾不能只歸咎于一方。57. dough是個俚語， money的意思。這個詞的本義是生面團，是用來做面包bread的。而bread作為俚語使用也能表示錢，因為有錢才能買面包等食物嘛。跟我們漢語俚語里面說“這個人米很多”表示“這個人很有錢”意思差不多。58. jump ship擅離職守，跳槽59. jump the gun 發(fā)令槍未響就起跑；搶先行動，草率行事。E.g. Dont jump the gun. We have to be patient for a while. 不要草率行事，我們還得耐心等一會兒。60. spare tyre備用輪胎，在口語中可表達“人體腰腹部多余脂肪”的意思If you dont mind my saying so, youve got a spare tyre. 請恕我直言，你有點兒發(fā)福了。61. make a resolution to do sth. 下決心做某事evaporate v.（使）蒸發(fā)，（逐漸）消失，消散。 E.g. We just make some half hard resolution and it evaporates after a week or two. 我們只會下些半堅定半動搖的決心，然后過一兩周便把它徹底忘了。62. fall apart散掉，分崩離析 My world is falling apart.我的世界天翻地覆。63. God wants us to be happy and live our life to the fullest, but we have to do our share of exerting the effort to live the life of our dreams. 上帝希望我們幸?？鞓?，生活圓滿，但我們也要盡力為過上我們夢想的生活而努力。這句當中的live the life to the fullest圓滿地生活；exert the effort to live盡全力生活，都是能給我們寫作加分的好句子！64. driving force 驅(qū)動力，策動力turn sth. into. 使成為.commercial a. 商業(yè)的，商品化的 n. 廣告65. You are the only one like you in a sea of infinity. 在無窮無盡的宇宙中，你是舉世無雙的。a sea of 許多，大量。66. crumble：破碎，崩潰In the end, the Roman Empire crumbled. 最終,羅馬帝國崩潰了。67. off the top of ones head 沒有經(jīng)過仔細考慮或仔細計算，不假思索地。E.g. I dont know it off the top of my head.我不能一下子就想到。68. Go! And never darken my door again! 走吧! 下次不要再到我家來了！69. God gives every bird its food, but he doesnt throw it into its nest. 天賜食物于鳥，但不投之于巢。nest n.巢，窩這句話告訴我們：機會人人都有，但要靠自己去爭取。70. His wife has him under her thumb. 他受他妻子的控制。thumb是大拇指，under the thumb 作為一個習慣用語，意思就是控制某人，或受人控制。71. I hate a thing done by halves。我痛恨做事半途而廢。72. inhibition 禁止，壓抑，限制73. essence n.本質(zhì)，精髓discard vt.丟棄，拋棄 dreg n.渣滓，沉淀物。E.g. Take the essence and discard the dregs. 取其精華，去其糟粕。74. Industry keeps bright the key that opens the treasury of achievement.勤奮使開啟成功寶庫的鑰匙保持光亮。industry n.勤勞，勤奮treasury n.寶庫一般我們記憶的句式是keep sth bright，但在這句話中，the key that opens the treasury of achievement整個作賓語，由于賓語過長，所以將bright提前。75. have ones number清楚某人的底細；看穿某人還可用see through sb, get ones number, know ones true colors來表示看穿某人，了解某人。E.g. She dare not do anything to me, I have her number. 她不敢對我怎么樣，因為我對她的底細一清二楚。figure me out懂得我的心思76. take a moment to do sth. 花點時間做某事Take a moment to let the goodness of life touch your spirit and calm your thoughts.花些時間讓生命的美好感動自己的靈魂，放松自己的思緒。77. Mellow melu a. 成熟的，醇的，熟練的，平靜的，放松的Her voice sounded mellow.她的嗓音聽起來很圓潤。He gave me a bunch of mellow grapes.他給了我一串甘美的葡萄。It is a kind of mellow wine from Shao Xing.這是紹興出產(chǎn)的一種醇酒。78. In the symphony of success, excuses are just noise. 在成功的交響曲中，托辭不過是噪音而已。所以說，要想成功，就不要找借口（不努力）。79. memory like an elephant記憶力特別好。 E.g. Youve got a memory like an elephant. 你記憶力可好了。80. stand a chance有希望，有可能stand a chance of doing sth.81. A mothers love is like a sponge. It can take in everything.母愛就像一塊海綿，可以收納一切。82. Let us pay tribute and show appreciation to the person called MOM. 讓我們對那個被我們叫做“媽媽”的人表達敬意和感激之情。tribute n.稱贊，頌詞，致敬pay tribute to. 對表示敬意，稱贊，歌頌。83. A hedge between keeps friendship green. 君子之交淡如水。hedge n.籬笆,障礙 這句話的意思是：朋友之間有所界限，才能讓友誼之樹長青。84. Growth is a process of trial and error: Experimentation.成長就是反復“嘗試-錯誤”的漸進過程-可以說是實驗。trial and error 反復試驗，不斷摸索experimentation n.實驗。85. Would you care for a cup of coffee？ 要杯咖啡嗎？care for在此句中解釋為“喜歡”，此外care for還有“照料”、“計較”的意思86. Language is a medium that binds all human beings.語言是聯(lián)系全人類的工具。87. You are quite a dish in that suit. 你穿那件衣服真酷。dish做名詞時，除了有我們通常所知道的“盤碟；菜肴”的意思外，還能解釋為“有吸引力的或性感的人”。88. I got sick and tired of hotels.我討厭旅館。 Sick and tired of 對十分厭倦。89. Ive got to hit the road.我要上路了。to hit the road = to leave 動身，啟程90. We are going to have a few friends over at my house.我們幾個朋友準備在我家聚一聚。have sb over 請某人來家里做客（一般指請吃飯，喝茶等）91. make a stand 表明立場、態(tài)度92. keep (up) a good state of mind 保持良好的心態(tài)93. cheat on 對不忠94. Its not whether you win or lose, its how you play the game. 關(guān)鍵不在于輸贏，而在于過程。95. Its just one of those things. 這樣的事情總是難免的。96. Theres nothing you can do about it. 你對此無能為力。97. Thats the way it goes. 現(xiàn)實就是這樣。98. At least we are not the only ones facing these problems. 至少不僅我們面臨這樣的問題。99. Its the best we can do under the circumstances.情況就是這樣，我們已經(jīng)盡力而為了。100. You did the best you could. 你已經(jīng)盡力而為了。101. Winning isnt everything. 贏并不是一切。102. Can we make it a little later? I feel under the weather. 我們能稍微晚點嗎？我有點不舒服。美國人在說“我不太舒服”的時候，經(jīng)常會用under the weather。當你用這個短語時，你只是告訴對方你感到不舒服，而不用具體地說哪里不舒服。Under the weather可能是有小毛小病的時候最普遍的用法。103. This distance keeps me up 這種分別令我徹夜難眠。104. favor sb with sth 為某人做某事，幫某人忙；惠賜，惠贈 Would you favor me with a dance? 愿意同我跳個舞嗎？105. social bond：社會聯(lián)系，社會關(guān)系 This enabled the distribution of perishable surpluses, as well as the reinforcement of social bonds. 這使易腐爛的過剩物品得以分配，并加固了社會聯(lián)系紐帶。 Third, there have several significant relationships between the social bonds, sensation seeking and deviant behavior. 另外，社會連結(jié)與刺激尋求及偏差行為之間也有顯著相關(guān)。106. Lets drink to our future cooperation. 讓我們?yōu)榻窈蟮暮献鞲杀?07. The territory was carved up by the occupying powers. 領(lǐng)土被侵占者瓜分。108. beat節(jié)奏，節(jié)拍 dance to the beat：跟著節(jié)奏跳舞提交錄音后才可以查看延伸閱讀。短程旅行短語：go on an excursion.109. The future is before us and dynamic. Everything we do will affect it. 前方的未來正生機勃勃；我們所做的每一件事都將會影響著它。110. The great tragedy of life is not to be needed.不為人所需是人生中最大的悲劇111. Bring oneself to do sth. 鼓起勇氣做什么事 He brought himself to tell his girlfriend the truth. 他鼓起勇氣跟他女友說了實情。112. Leaving some of the beignets so you can stich once 留了肚子能再吃一個餡餅113. guarantee