盘点托福听力真题里出现的常见句子(2)
例:share a common outlook 有共同的观点
Model: [1991.1.]
——Jeff and Alan share a common outlook on life.(Jeff 和Alan对于生活有共同的观点。)
例:six of one and half-a-dozen of the other 半斤八两;没什么区别
Model: [1989.1.]
——I can't decide whether to take anthropology or geology this term.(我决定不了这学期是选人类学还是地理课。)
——It's six of one and half-a-dozen of the other.(两门无甚差别。)
例:stick around 在附近逗留或等待
Model: [1995.5.]
——Leaving the party so soon? We're just getting ready to cut the cake.(这么早就要走?我们刚准备要切蛋糕。)
——Sorry,I can't stick around.(对不起,我不能继续待在这儿了。)
例:stick with 继续做,坚持
Model: [1996.8.]
——I wonder what this new flavor of ice cream tastes like? (我想知道这种新的冰激凌是什么味道?)
——I tried it last week.If I were you,I would stick with an old favorite.(上周我吃过,若我是你,我会继续吃以前爱吃的那种。)
例:straighten out 扯平;结清
Model: [1996.1.]
——I almost forgot.I still owe you ten dollars from the other night.Do you have change for a twenty? (我差点忘了。不久前的一个晚上我借了你10块钱,到现在还没还呢,你现在能找开20元的吗?)
——Oh,not at the moment.Let's just straighten it out some other time.(哦,现在不能。以后再结清吧。)
例:toss and turn (身体)翻来覆去(通常表示难以入睡)
Model: [1993.1.]
——Last night I tossed and turned in bed,too exhausted to sleep.(昨晚我辗转反侧,怎么也睡不着)
例:turn one's back (在别人遇到困难时)不愿帮助
Model: [1990.10.]
——He'll turn his back on me if I ask for money.(我若向他借钱,他就会不理我。)
例:under the weather 身体不适,生病
Model: [1996.10.(26)]
——It's good to see you,Mary.How have you been? (看见你真高兴,Mary。你好吗?)
——Actually I have been feeling under the weather recently.(其实这两天我身子不大舒服。)
例:bite off more than one can chew 贪多嚼不烂;心有余而力不足;不自量力;力不从心
Model:
——I hear you've been taking an advanced physics course this semester.How's it going? (我听说这学期你在上高等物理课。这门课怎么样?)
——I think I've bitten off more than I can chew.(我是心有余而力不足啊。)
例:break new ground 创新
Model:
——His architectural design broke new ground in the field.(他的建筑设计是这个领域里的创新。)
例:do the trick 做成功;达到理想的结果
Model:
——I've been trying to get the furnace started,but I can't find the right switch.(我尽力想让炉子燃起来,可不知道该按哪个键。)
——Here,I believe this one in the back will do the trick.(这里,我相信后面按这个键,可以让炉子燃起来。)
例:drag one's feet 行动缓慢;磨磨蹭蹭不情愿
Model:
——How's Bob coming along on his dissertation proposal? (Bob的论文计划进展地怎么样了?)
——He's really been dragging his feet.(他很磨蹭的。)
例:draw the line 拒绝,拒不容忍
Model:
——Paul expects me to clean the room every week.(Paul想让我每周打扫房间。)
——That's where I draw the line.(可是我绝对不会答应的。
例:feel down in the dumps 心情不好;情绪低落
Model:
——Kate was really feeling down in the dumps about her latest chemistry assignment.(Kate为最近的化学作业成绩感到很沮丧。)
例:few and far between 不多;少而分散的;不常碰到或发现的;稀少的
Model:
——Steve is really a terrific guy.(Steve真是不简单。)
——He sure is.Ones like him are few and far between.(当然。像他那样的人可不多见。)
例:fit as a fiddle 身体很健康
Model:
—— Harry! How have you been? I haven't seen you in ages.(Harry,你好吗?好久没看见你了。)
——I'm fit as a fiddle.This exercise program I'm following is terrific.(我身体好极了。我正进行的这个锻炼计划太棒了。)
例:grin and bear 任劳任怨;毫无怨言地忍受
Model:
——Carla,I can't take this job any longer.(Carla,我不能再做这份工作了。)
——If you need the money,you'll just have to grin and bear it.( 如果你需要钱,你就得忍耐。)
例:hit the spot (特指吃了食物,喝了饮料之后)精神完全恢复过来或感到满足;恢复精力;提精神
Model:
——This Lemonade sure hits the spot.(柠檬汁太提神了。)
——And how! (当然了!)
例:keep between the two of us 不让第三者知道,保密
Model:
——What I'm going to say is rather personal,so let's keep between the two of us.(我要讲的纯属私事,所以希望你能保密。)
例:know a thing or two about 略知一二
Model:
——Do you think Andy could help us plan the camping trip to West Virginia? (你认为Andy会帮我们计划去西弗吉尼亚州野营吗?)
——Well,since he spends every summer there,he might know a thing or two about it.(可能吧。他每个夏天都去那儿,应该知道一些事儿。)
- 上一篇
- 下一篇