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英语习惯用语
100
句
英语日常口语习惯用语
100
句
101.
I
have
a
fire
in
my
belly
to
do
something
for
this
village.
我有一
股强烈的愿
望,能为这个村庄做点什么。特别注意,这个成
语与
“一肚子火”没有关系,是表示有一种正
面的强烈愿望。
I love this desire which
comes from a fire in
my belly.
一首歌的歌词:
Fire in my heart,
fire in my
belly
too
Got
a
heart
and
a
mind
and
a
fire
inside
And
I
’
m
crazy
about
you
You,
you
on
your high flying cloud You, you
when you’re laughing out
loud.
Have a yen for
也是口语,
同样表示
“
I have
a
desire
for
”
:
I
have
a
yen
for
a
thick
juicy
steak. He has a yen for this girl.
102
.
Digital
cameras
are
cheap
now,
you
can get
one for peanuts.
最便宜的东西莫过于花
生
,
用买花生的钱就能买的东西,
那当然是很便
< br>宜了。以前美国南部产棉花,但棉花对土
地有结板块的
作用。
后来农民发现棉花收割后种
花生对土地有帮助,
于是开始种花生。
那时花生
< br>不过像杂草一样,
农民任其烂在田里。
直到发明
了花生酱后,花生才渐渐地成为人们喜欢的食
物。
103
.
Blow out
与
blow away
With this
dress, you are going to blow away
everybody at your party.
I am
blown
out
to
find
out
that
she
would
not come.
104
.
You are so
jumpy.
你真是有点神经质。
一个人兴奋得乱蹦乱跳
p>
,
所以显得有点神经质
.
105
.
Are
you
getting
the
picture
You
are
going to get the whole picture.
106
.
Tough,
这个词是口语中使用频率比较
高的,
a
tough guy,
It
is pretty tough to get a reservation.
这
里
的
tough
就是
< br>difficult
得意思。
You just
have to
tough it out.
107
.
Rough,
注意,
rough
与
tou
ch
意思不
同,容易混淆。
I
have
some
rough
patches
with
my
wife.
我有好些地方得与老婆去磨合磨合了。
108
.
I am here
now, I need to get in a swing
of it.
我已经到了,该投入行动了。
109
.
More brawn
than brain
四肢发达,
头
脑简单
Nowadays,
pop-culture
icons
are
more
brawn
than
brain.
现在流行文
化中的偶像都是
些四肢发达,头脑简单的家伙。
110
.
Once you get
to the meat of the subject,
you will
start to enjoy it. Meat
肉,
这里做
“精髓”
解。
Nub
< br>也有这个意思:
the nub of the story
111
.
Watch out for
bait-and-switch tactics.
街头骗子常用的手法就是快速地
掉包,
先用一个
诱饵,乘你不注意掉包。
112
.
Ball
这个词人人都识,就是球的意思。
但在口语里,
还有三个其他的含义。
The
little girl
had a ball at school today.
这个小女孩今天在学
校参加了一个舞会。
另外
on
the
ball
的含义是,有知识,有才
华
,懂行,办事利索。
He is a teacher who is really on the
ball.
他
是个了不起的老师。
a
manager who has a lot on
the
ball
很
懂
行
的
经
理
;
a
student
who
has
nothing on the ball
学得一塌糊涂
的学生
另一个说法表示一个人“能干”
,可
以说
hot-shot
:
The
boss would like to hire a hot-shot
employee
能干的职员
a
hot-shot
teacher,
能干
的老师,
Ball
的第三个用法是
having
sex
:
They met,
they clicked, they are having a ball.
I am glad you
have started the ball rolling.
很高兴你把这事推动起来了。
113
.
Blur
模糊,
Taiwan talk is just a
blur.
台湾问题的讨论不过是在搅混水。
The
next hour
is a blur to me.
接下
来的一个小时我就稀里糊涂
了。
114
.
I
have worked my butt out.
我干活干得
筋疲力尽了。
中国人
“我干这活都掉了两斤肉。
”
英语里是累得屁股都掉了。
115
.
Snake oil
江湖郎中开的药
a snake
oil
salesman,
一个骗子推销商,传销卖的东西
基本
上都是
snake
oil
。中国的保健品基本上也都是
snake
oil
,中国最有名的
snake
oil
恐怕是
脑白金了。
116
.
I
saw several old geezers walking in the
street. old geezer
老人,老头子(有幽默味道,
并不含
贬义)
,表示老头子还有另两种说法:
old
chap, old
stick
,这只能熟人
之间用,
117
.
She
is angry
with
me,
but
I
stick
to
my
guns.
她对我很愤怒,但我决不让步。
stick to
one
’
s guns
表示坚持原则。坚守原则的另一说
法是:
You
need to hold your
ground even if some
people oppose you.
就算有
人攻击你,你
也一定要坚守立场。
118
.
A
night
owl
熬夜的人
He
is
a
night
owl.
相当于
He likes
to burn night oil.
119
.
Mr. Li never
throws anything away, he
is
a
pack
rat.
李先生从不扔掉任何东西
,
他简直
是垃圾收藏家。
120
.
He has been my sidekick for several
years.
他是我多年的好友。
Sidek
ick
可以是老朋
友,也指在关系中处于小弟的位置:
I have been
his sidekick for
many years, now
it is time that I break
into my own business.
我
作他的跟班
已经好些年了,现在我该自己创业
了。
121. Close but no cigar.
差不多就答对了,
但尚不能获奖。<
/p>
(大概是答对了就会奖励一支雪
茄吧)
同
样的结构有
Thanks but no thanks.
如果
你谢绝别人要给你提供的帮助或东西时,
你可以这么说,
“谢谢,但不需要。
”
122. three
strikes, you are out.
这是一句棒
球
语,但也开始用在日常生活中,往往意思为:
“如果你犯三次,就把你开除。
”好些年前,美
国曾讨论一个叫“
three
strikes law
”
,又叫“
habitual offender laws
p>
”
,该法律主要是
针对那些刑事犯罪惯犯,
如果一连犯了三次重
罪,刑期就得自动延长,甚至是终生监禁,有点
中国“严
-
打”的味道,但也有人指出这法律
不合宪法,因为宪法中规定,一罪不二罚。
123. The
returns are good but the stakes are
high.
回报诱人,但风险极高。
124.
Every
year,
four
hundred
Americans
die from heat stroke. Heat stroke
就是中暑,今
年中暑的人特别多。
125. I need
some back-up from you.
我需要
你的
支持。
Support
是书面语,
ba
ckup
是口语。
Police: I need
backup, I need backup.
请求支援,
请
求支援。
Back off,
让开
.
126. get out of here.
直接的意思是,
滚到一
边去吧。也可以意为:得了
吧。如果你不同别人
的话,也可这么说。
127. I am
pulling an all-nighter.
熬夜
128. Let me get my head around this.
让我
把这件事想清楚
129. you need to get your head
straight.
你
得头脑清醒清醒
130. the
sticks
,
这里的
sticks
是
“树林,
深
林”的意思。
He is a guy in the sticks, how
could
you expect him to know that?
他住深山老林,
他
怎么可能知道这事?
stick-
thin,
或
者
as
thin
as
a
stick
骨
瘦
如
柴
I
remember
her
as
a
stick-thin
teenager.
我的记
忆里,<
/p>
她是个骨瘦如柴的青少年。
比较:
out
of the
woods
脱离深林,意即“脱离危险”
。
131.
Streamliner
高速列车,我国最近开通
的
D
字头车就可称为
st
reamliner
,另一个词是
子
弹
头
车
bullet
< br>train
,
赛
车
也
可
以
说
< br>是
streamlined
cars
;
132. I try to fix Michael
up with my sister
’
s
classmate
Mary.
我
想要撮合
Michael
与我妹妹
<
/p>
的同学
Mary
成一对。
133. One
for the books
值得记一笔的事件,
难以置信的事件。
134.
You
should
bypass
the
mind
and
go
straight to the
bloodstream of your listeners.
你
不要跟听众讲大道理,
而应该直接去打动他们的
心。<
/p>
Or say: go straight to their
gut feeling
135.
Many
Chinese
people
like
to
play
devil
’
s advocate
in politics.
许多中国人最喜欢
在讨论政治时唱
反调。
play devil
’
s a
dvocate
就
是“抬杠”的意思。
136. I
don
’
t like his devil-may-
care attitude.
我不喜欢他那毫不在乎的态度
137.
“
恶搞”
如何说?
spoof,
spoofing attack,
“
When a
good product gets spoofed, that is too
bad.
”
138.
wouldn
’
t
vote
for
him
for
dogcatcher
’
t run
for dogcatcher
in this country
捕狗员,如有流浪
狗在街上,捕狗员的工作就是抓这些狗
,这是最低贱的活了。
“连捕狗员我都不会选他
去当。
”
(实际意思是:他
又如何可以竞选当县
长?)
139.
出血大甩卖
deep
discount,
blowout
sale,
清仓大甩卖
closing sale, clearance
sale,
减
价
on sale, slashed by half,
140.
Turnoff,
p>
本意是“关灯”
,如果一个人
一来就关灯,
这个人就是
“
turnoff
”
(扫兴)
: One
of
the
girls
’
biggest
turn-offs
is
guys
who
are
indecisive.
女孩最不喜欢的
人就是那些老犹豫不决的男子。
A woman who is
aggressive is a turnoff to men.
什么事都抢先争
赢的女人不受男人的欢迎。
Zhang
Yimou
’
s
movies are always turnoffs.
张艺谋的电
影都叫人看不下去。
141. Gotcha.
是
got
you
的口语形式,意思
就是“明白”
。
142.
She
can
really
turn
a
phrase.
她的语
言文字能力极强。又可以说:
a
turn
of
phrase,
She has a nice turn of phrase which
should serve
her well in journalism.
她善
于文字表达,因此适合从事新闻
业。又作“表达
法”
解释:
Signi
ficant other
’
, meaning
’
partner
’
,
now
that
’
s an interesting turn
of phrase.
143.
there is a lot of ground work to do.
还<
/p>
有好多预备工作要做。
这大概是源于航空业,
在
飞机起飞前,要做很多的地面工作。
144. That is
the real deal.
这才是真正的目
的,真正的实惠所在。
145. I
don
’
t mean to cry over your
shoulder,
but here is my reality, I
have lots of bills to pay.
我并不是想赚取你的同情,
但我的实际情况是,
我真的有好多账单还没有
付。
146.
Net
Gestapos
track
down
and
punish
offenders
for
even
some
minor
perceived
rule-breaking offense. Track down
追踪,
哪怕
是那些微不足道的犯规,网盖都会要穷追不
舍把犯规者法办。
147.
他是代课老师。可以说
a
temporary
teacher,
不
过
口
语
的
说
法
是
He
is
a
fill-in
teacher. Fill-in
临时替代。
148.
He
is
quite
spunky
today.
Spunky,
兴
高采烈,情绪好。
From the
spunky look on his
face you could tell
he must have done well in the
test.
从他有精神的表情上可以
得出他一定考得不错。
149.
They
beat
us
fair
and
square.
我们输
p>
得
心
服
口
服
。
Everyone
wants
to
get
rich
ovenight,
they
don
’
t
care
if
they
will
earn
something fair and square.
150.
I
want
you
to
get
your
room
in
shipshape.
请
p>
把
房
间
收
拾
好
。
Everyth
ing
is
shipshape.
一切都好,一切准备就绪。
Shipshape
指的是军舰上一
切都是有条不紊。
151. that
really gets under one
’
s skin
意思
是
It really
upsets me.
钻到了某个人的皮肤下,
就是很令人厌
烦的意思。
She
really
gets
under
my
skin now.
她真的有点令我生
厌了。还有一个类似的说法:
To
be
honest
it
is
starting to get on my
nerves.
讲老实话,我对这
事很不感冒了。
152.
一个人要大小便了如何说?最通常的
说法是:
Excuse
me, I need to use bathroom.
如
果一定要表明是小便还是大便,可以说
I
want
to pee, or I want to
poo. pee and poo
都是儿童用语,
poo<
/p>
大人一般会避免不用,因为
听起来太粗俗。小便大便的正式说法是:
urine
and
bowel
movemen
ts
。肚子不舒服拉稀为:
I
have some loose
stools
,这是比较口语的说法
,
正规说法是
diarrhea. <
/p>
便秘是
constipation
。
p>
I
have urge to go
to bathroom.
尿胀了。
irregular
bowel
movements
:大便不正常
153. He is a rather layback
person.
他是一
个平和的人。
也就是不会容易激动的人,
反面词
是
j
umpy
。
I
’
m enjoying the lay back culture of
Lijiang.
我很喜欢丽江的安逸的环
境。
154. He looked at
his laptop
and said:
“
I
am
afraid I don
’
t have much
juice now.
”
这里
的
juice
的意思是电池电量很低了。
p>
155.
She
is
a
chatter
box.
她的话匣子从来
关不住。
156. She is
nosy.
她喜欢多管闲事。
157.
We
have
to
start
from
scratch
again.
我们又得从头开始了。
现在流行说
ground zero
。
例如美国世贸大厦被炸后就成了
Ground Zero.
158. The doctor told me
that I had to slow
down- or else.
“
or
else
”
表示比较严重的事会
发生。医生叫我
放慢节奏,否则的话……。这个
结构可以比较英语口语第二题中的第
七句的结构:
Thank you for
.....(the tea, and so
on), and
everything else.
159.
Study
hard,
pass
the
exams
or
bust.
Bust
是“失败,出局”的意思。
“要好好学习、
考试
及格,
要不然就玩完了。
”
or
else,
和
or
bust
都属于同样的结果,表示更严重的后果
。
160.
与
“座位”
有关的几个口语词组:
I am
very
fortunate
to
get
the
ringside
seat
to
the
event.
靠近比赛台的座位,比喻为近距离观察。
The consumer is in the driving
seat
due
to
the
huge
range
of
goods
on
the
market.
driving
seat
表示“掌控大局”
,
You
must rent this video. It
keeps you on the edge of
your seat
right up to the end.
你得去租这部电影看看,
从头到尾都会让你聚精
会神。还有一个常用的词组:
b
ack
seat
driver
坐在
后面喜欢告诉开车的人如何开车,
意思就是
幕后操纵,垂帘听政
。邓小平就是一个
back-
seat driver.