英语四六级听力40条常考习语
2008年01月16日 17:47
1) Take a rain check
thank you for the invitation, but I'll have to take a rain-check on it.感谢邀请,但我这次不能来,日后定当践约。
Can I take a rain check?
你能改天再请我吗?
I'll have to take a rain check on that.
这事我只好推迟了。
Give me a rain- check!
请再次给我机会!
Thanks for the invitation, but I'll have to take a rain-check on it.
你的邀请我心领了,感谢盛意改日一定践约。
Thanks for the invitation, but I'll have to take a rain check on it.
你的邀请我心领了,感谢盛意改日一定践约
2) lost count 弄不清楚
I have lost count of time.
我记不得过了多长时间。
I've lost count of how many times that
actress has been married.
我已记不清那位女演员结过几次婚。
I have bought so many new books these years that I've lost count of them.
这几年我买的书太多了,不知道一共有多少本。
They lost a number of planes; the count takes a day or so to firm up.
他们损失了若干飞机,具体数字要一,两天才能证实。
I lost count of the number of times I saw him with bandages and plasters on his fingers.
我已记不清有多少次看见他的手指上缠着绷带或胶布了
3) be in another world 精神恍惚;魂不守舍
4) make yourself at home 随意,随便
5) save your breath 省口气吧;别白费口舌了
6) make sense 有意义,理解
7) cost sb. an arm and a leg 非常昂贵
8) burn a hole in one's pocket 很快地被花光
9) fill one's shoes 很好地顶替;令人满意地替代
10)is ice cold 表示理所当然
11)like apples and oranges 用来表示无法相比的事物
13)lose one's train of 忘记
14)meet each other half way 相互妥协,让步
15)on the dot 准时;正点
16)once and for all 最后一次;干脆
17)out of earshot 不在听力所及范围
18)out of this world 非常好
19)play by ear 随机应变,视情形而定
20) ring a bell 令人想起某件事;听起来耳熟
21)share a common
outlook 有共同的观点
22)six of one and half-a-dozen of the other 半斤八两;没什么区别
23)stick around 在附近逗留或等待
24)stick with 继续做,坚持
25)straighten out 扯平;结清
26)toss and turn (身体)翻来覆去(通常表示难以入睡)
27)turn one's back (在别人遇到困难时)不愿帮助
28)under the weather 身体不适,生病
29) 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
30)break new ground 创新
31)do the trick 做成功;达到理想的结果
32)drag one's feet 行动缓慢;磨磨蹭蹭不情愿
33)draw the line 拒绝,拒不容忍
34)feel down in the dumps 心情不好;情绪低落
35)few and far between 不多;少而分散的;不常碰到或发现的;稀少的
36)fit as a
fiddle 身体很健康
37)grin and bear 任劳任怨;毫无怨言地忍受
38) 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
39)keep between the two of us 不让第三者知道,保密
40)know a thing or two about 略知一二
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