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常考习语
across
1
、表方位。
Let’s
go to the restaurant
across the street and get something to eat.
让我们去街对面的餐馆买些吃的。
2
、表动作,穿越。
You must go
across the bridge and then turn right.
你必须先过桥,然后再往右拐。
age
1
、年龄。最一般的表达。
2
、衰老。
the aging people = the old
people
现代社会出现越来越严重的
aging problem(
p>
人口老龄化问题
)
等。
all
1
、
shake all over
浑身颤抖
2
、
all of a sudden
突然地
All of a sudden, I remembered her name.
我突然想起了她的名字。
3
、
by
all means
一定
I’ll
come by all
means.
我一定会来的。
4
、
all
night long
整晚
My present neighbor plays
piano all night long.
我现在的邻居整晚都弹钢琴。
awfully
非常地,相当地。在口语中用于表程度的比例十分高。
awfully nervous
相当紧张
;awfully cold
相当冷
;awfully sorry
十分抱歉
Tom looks awfully
nervous.
汤姆看上去相当紧张。
I am awfully
sorry. I
didn’t
mean to hurt
you.
十分抱歉。我不想伤害你的。
be bound to
肯定,注定
The movie
starts in 5 minutes and
there’s
bound to be a long
line.
电影还有
5
分钟就开始了
,
现在那
里肯定排着长队。
be tired
of
厌烦。当一个人感到厌烦的时候,也是最容易
lose
one’s
temper(
生气
p>
)
的时候。
I’m
tired of
movies about romantic stories.
我已经彻底厌烦了电影中的浪漫故事。
be worn out
1
、筋疲力尽,这个表达不太正式,
多用于口语。
I’m
usually worn out at the
end of the day.
在一天快结束时我时常觉得很累。
2
、破旧不堪。
My soles were
worn out after a long time
trip.
经过长时间的旅行,我的鞋底已经破旧不
堪。
better
1
、
I
p>
’d
better
最好是
I’d
better read one of the
articles for the class.
我最好还是为上课读篇文章准备一下。
I think
you’d
better find another
partner.
我想你最好还是另找一个搭档吧。
2
、
make it better
让
……
更好
I’d
rewrite the last two paragraphs to make it better.
我已经重写了最后两段以使它更好。
3
、
be
better
更好些
I told you it would be
better for you if you tookfewer courses during the
first semester.
我告诉过你如果你在第一个学期少选一些课程会比较好一些。
bill
1
、账单,买单。
I will pay the
bill this time because last time you did it.
这次我来买单,因为上次是你。
2
、提案。
We all passed
the bill on
yesterday’s
board meeting.
在昨天的董事会上我们全票通过该提案。
3
、纸币。
Here’s
a
10-dollar bill. Give me two tickets for
tonight’s
show please.
这是一张
10
美元的纸币,请给我两张今晚演出的票,谢谢。
book
1
、书。本意,简单名词。
2
、预定,订购。
be
booked up
被预定空了
;booking
office
售票处
All the morning flights
have been booked up.
所有明早的飞机票都预定光了。
briefing
1
、简介。会议之前,总要有一个项
目叫做
Give a briefing.
Mrs.
Lung’s
briefing seems to go
on forever long.
女士的简报似乎没完没了。
2
、
news / press
briefing
新闻发布会
change
1
、改变,更改。这是该词的基本意
思。
I’d
love to see a different
type of movie for a change.
我想换换口味,看场不同类型的电影。
I’ll
have to get my ticket changed.
我必须得更改我的票。
2
、零钱
。这是在口语中经常使用的意思。
Two tickets and
here’s
a dollar forty cents
change.
这是两张票以及一美元四十美分的找零。
Jane, do you
have some change? I have to make a call on the
payphone.
Jane<
/p>
,你有零钱吗
?
我想在公用电话亭打个电
话。
check
1
、检查。基本意思。
check
our baggage
检查行李
Could you check for me who
borrowed it?
你能帮我查查是谁借走了吗
?
Did you check the power
plug and press the play button?
你是否检查了电源插头并按了播放键呢
?
2
、登机台。
check-in
counter
Is this
the check-in counter for Flight 914 to Los
Angeles?
这是飞往洛杉
矶的
914
号航班的登机台吗
?
3
、询问。
check on it
问问看
Maybe I should call to check on it.
也许我应该打个电话问问看。
4
、支票。
Sign the check.
签这张支票。
copy
1
、一本,一份。
a copy of
口语中经常使用。
I’d
like to buy
a copy of Professor
Franklin’s
book On American
Culture.
我想买本富兰克林教授写的关于美国文化的书。
Would you like
a copy of professor
Smith’s
article?
你想要份史密斯教授的文章吗
?
2
、复印。简单动词。
Could you copy
this article for
me?
你能为我拷贝一下这篇文章吗
?
count
1
、数数。
She is counting
the days.
她每天都在数着日子。
2
、指望。
count on
依赖
We’ll
have to count on good
weather.
我们不得不指望一个好天气。
cover
1
、封面。
hard cover
精装书,与
hard back
book
同意。另外,每个娱乐杂志的封面都免
不了会有一位漂亮时尚的
cover figure(
封面人物
)
。
The hard cover
is on sale for the same price as the paperback
this week in the bookshop.
在书店,这些精装本与平装本价格相同。
2
、读完,完成。
I think
we’ve
covered everything.
我认为我们完成所有事情了。
I just covered a few
chapters which interested me most.
我只读完了自己最感兴趣的几章。
crossword puzzle
纵横字谜,一种填字游戏。既可以
entertain one
self(
自我娱乐
)
,也是一种智力
训练。
This is not a game.
It’s
only a crossword puzzle
that helps increase my vocabulary.
这不是游戏。这只是可以帮助我提高单词量的一种纵横字谜。
afford to
do
能做;
be bored
with
/
be tired of
sth
.对??厌烦;
be bound to do
必
定要;
be(get)caught in
the traffic
/
be stuck in the
traffic j am
遇到堵车;
be
due
到期;
be
eager
p>
for(about
,
after)
渴求,
期望;
be
out
of
print(
书
)
已售完,
绝版;<
/p>
be
popular
with
sb
受到欢迎;
be sold
out
已卖完;
be supposed to d0
期望,应该
(
做
)
p>
;
be through
with
p>
sth
.
完成,
做
好;
be
under
impres
sion
有??的印象;
be
worn
out
穿坏;
be
worthwhile
to
do
值得做;
beyond
sb
.
超出某人的能力;
break
down
坏了;
bring
sb
.
up
to
date
使??
赶上
(
跟上
)
进度;
care
for
喜欢;
carry
out
执行,进行;
come in all
sizes
尺码齐全;
come in
handy
迟早有用;
come
over
过来,
(
从远处
)
来;
come
through
出现;
count
on
指望,期待;
cram for
exam
为应付考试而死记硬背;
deal with
处理,对待;
draw
near
接近,即将来临;
figure
out
计算出,领会到;
find
a
way
out
找到出路,想出办法;
get
through to
sb
.接通电话;
get(be)used to
sth
.习惯于;
give
sb
.
a
ride
让??搭车;
give
up
放弃;
go(be)against
sb
.
反对;
go
into
effect
实施;
hang
about
闲荡;
have
one’
s
hands full
with
忙于;
hear from
sb
.得到??的消息,收到??的信;
help sb
.
out
帮助解决困难
(
摆脱困境
)
;
in
person
亲自;
in
sb.
’
s
place
代替,
代表某人;
It’
s
sb
.
’
s
turn
该轮到??了;
keep
in touch with sb
.和保持联系;
look
forward to sth
.盼望,
期待;look
up?查找;
make a
decision
做出决定;
make it
赶到,成功;
make
out
理解,
辨认出;
mean
to
d0
意欲做,打算做;
never
mind
没关系;
on
sb.
’
s
behalf
代表;
or
else
否则;
pick
up
sth
.获得;
quote
rates
报价;
remind
sb
.
of
sth
.向??提醒??;
run <
/p>
into(
偶然
)
相遇;
show
up
出现,到来;
sb
.’
s
cup
of
tea
使某人感兴趣的东西;
stay
up
all
night
通宵未睡;
suffer
from
患??病;
take
care
of
照顾,关心;
turn
down
拒绝;
used to +
v
.过去曾做
(
意思是:现在没有了<
/p>
)
;
wait for the
last
minute
直到最后一分
钟才??。
最常见的
20
个俚语
1. A Chip on Your
Shoulder
耿耿于怀
No,
this
doesn
’
t
mean
that
you
’
ve
dropped
part
of
your
snack.
To
have
a
chip
on
one
’
s
shoulder implies that the person is
carrying around some grudge or bad feelings about
something
that happened in the
past
?
like having
walked through the wreckage of a building, and
ended