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1、个人收集整理仅供参考学习1 / 20 美国口语俚语大全1. hunky-dory没问题Everything here is hunky-dory. Don t worry. 别担心,这里一切都没问题。2. I kid you not我不骗你I kid you not. I saw this woman talking to her hand. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途我不骗你。我看见这个女人跟她的手说话。3. pop one s cork大发脾气Ive never seen Teresa pop her cork before. I always thought she was a ve
2、ry laid-back person. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途我从来没见过Teresa 发脾气。我原来一直以为她是个好好小姐。4. poke one s nose into something多管闲事Gladys is always poking her nose into other peoples business. I dont see how she hastime to take care of her own affairs. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途格拉迪斯总是爱管闲事,我不知道她怎么会有时间处理她自己的事。5. pull a fast one欺骗He tried
3、 to pull a fast one on us, but we caught on before he got away with it. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途他想要欺骗我们,但在他阴谋得逞之前我们就知道了。1. beats me我不知道Beats me. We haven t learned that. 我不知道。我们还没学过那个。2. beat it走开Beat it! Im busy right now. 走开!我现在正忙着。3. beat a dead horse白费口舌,白费力气Ive already made up my mind. Theres no sense b
4、eating a dead horse. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途我已经下了决心,不要再白费口舌了。4. John Hancock签名Put your John Hancock right here. 请在这里签名。5. keep it under raps保密Don t tell anyone about the party. Lets just keep it under eraps. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途不要吧晚会的事告诉任何人。这件事情不要泄漏出去。1. kick around讨论;多考虑一下Lets kick around a few more proposals b
5、efore we come to a final decision. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - 名师归纳总结 - - - - - - -第 1 页,共 20 页个人收集整理仅供参考学习2 / 20 我们最后决定之前多考虑几个方案吧。2. junkie吸毒者The junkie stole money in order to buy more drugs. 这名吸毒者为了买更多的毒品而偷钱。3. put away大吃大喝Ive never seen anybody put away so much food and still look so
6、 thin. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途我从未见过这么能吃的人还这么瘦。进入英语教学论坛版主征集中4. put a move on挑逗He tried to put the moves on her, but she turned him down. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途他想要挑逗她,但她拒绝了他。5. put ones ass on the line两肋插刀,不惜一切I put my ass on the line for you. I know youll do the same for me someday. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途我为你两肋插刀,我知道有朝一日你也
7、会为我这么做。1. drag讨厌What a drag! Theres nothing to do here! 真是讨厌!这里没什么可干的!2. a drop in the bucket沧海一粟The amount of money Mr. Howell spent on a new Rolls-Royce was just a drop in the bucket compared to his annual salary. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途豪威尔先生卖一辆辛劳斯莱斯汽车的钱和他的年薪相比不过是沧海一粟。3. drop dead去死Suzy told Mike, “Drop d
8、ead! ” when he kept teasing her about her weight. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途麦克不停的取笑苏齐的体重时,苏齐说:“你去死吧!” 4. down and out穷困潦倒Sarah was down and out after losing her job and her apartment. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途萨拉丢掉工作和房子后变得穷困潦倒。5. all that jazz诸如此类He only cares about basketball, TV, girls, and all that jazz. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业
9、用途他只关心篮球、电视、女孩这一类事情。1. know-it-all万事通Grace is always correcting other people. She thinks shes a know-it-all. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途格雷斯总是在纠正别人,她觉得自己是万事通。2. kooky古怪的精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - 名师归纳总结 - - - - - - -第 2 页,共 20 页个人收集整理仅供参考学习3 / 20 That man is really kooky. He has fifty-three cats! 那个人真怪。他养了53 只猫!3.
10、 let someone have it让某人好看Next time I see Rick, Im going to let him have it. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途下次我看到李克时要他好看。4. a leg up占上风All Jeffs hard work is paying off. Hes a leg up on the rest of his competitors. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途杰夫的努力是有报答的。他在竞争对手中占了上风。5. low-life落魄潦倒的人Chris is such a low-life. He sleeps on the park
11、 bench and drink booze all day. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途克利斯真是落魄潦倒。他睡在公园板凳上而且整天喝酒。1. john厕所I have to go to the john. Wait for me in the car. 我要去厕所。在车里等我一下。2. keep in line管束He needs to be kept in line. Hes too wild. 他太野了,要好好管束一下。3. jump the gun草率行事Dont jump the gun. We have to be patient for a while. 资料个人收集整理,
12、勿做商业用途不要草率行事。我们应该耐心等一会儿。4. jump to conclusion妄下结论Dont jump to conclusion. We have to figure it out first. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途不要妄下结论,先把事情搞清楚。5. lemon次This car is a real lemon. It has broken down four times. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途这辆车真次,已经坏了四次了!6. fishy 可疑的His story sounds fishy. We should see if its really true.
13、 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途他的故事听起来可疑。我们应该看看到底是不是真的。7. flip out 乐死了Chris flipped out when I told him that we won the game. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途我告诉克里斯我们赢了比赛时,他乐歪了。8. fix someone up 撮合某人I think Xixi and Macaulay would make a perfect couple. Lets fix them up. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途我想习习和macaulay 会是理想的一对,我们来撮合他们吧。9. take a shin
14、e to 有好感精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - 名师归纳总结 - - - - - - -第 3 页,共 20 页个人收集整理仅供参考学习4 / 20 He really likes you. There are very few people he takes a shine to right away. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途他真的喜欢你。他很少对人一见面就有好感的。10. third wheel 累赘,电灯泡You two go on ahead. I dont want to be a third wheel. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途你们两个去好了,我不
15、想当电灯泡。1. ripoff 骗人的东西What a ripoff! The new car I bought doesnt work! 真是个骗人货!我买的新车启动不了!2. rock the boat 找麻烦Dont rock the boat! Things are fine just the way they are. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途别找麻烦了,事情这样就够好了。3. blow it 搞砸了,弄坏了I blew it on that last exam. 我上次考试靠砸了。4. in hot water 有麻烦He is in hot water with his g
16、irlfriend recently. 近段时间他跟女友的关系有点僵。5. put ones foot in ones mouth 祸从口出Wally is always saying such stupid thing. He has a real talent for putting his foot in his mouth. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途沃力尽说这种蠢话。他真有惹是生非的本事。1. flop (表演、电影等)不卖座,失败The movie was a flop. Nobody went to see it. 这部电影卖座率奇低,没有人去看。2. drop in/by/
17、over 随时造访Feel free to drop in anytime. Im usually home and Id love the company. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途欢迎随时来坐坐。我通常在家,也喜欢游人做伴。3. drop a line 写信Drop me a line! 给我写信!4. duck 躲闪,突然低下头Remind little Bobby to duck his head when he crawls under the table so he wont hit his head. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途提醒小波比爬到桌下时要低头才不会受伤。5.
18、 go with the flow 随从大家的意见Sharon is an easy-going person. She just goes with the flow. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - 名师归纳总结 - - - - - - -第 4 页,共 20 页个人收集整理仅供参考学习5 / 20 沙伦是个随和的人。人家怎么说,她就怎么做。6. act up 胡闹,出毛病The children started to act up as soon as the teacher left the room. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途老师
19、一离开教室,孩子们就闹起来了。7. ad lib 即兴而作,随口编The comedian ad libbed most of his routine. 那个喜剧演员大多是即兴表演。8. blah-blah-blah 说个不停All she does is go blah-blah-blah all night. 她整夜说个不停。9. hit it off 投缘,一见如故They hit it off instantly and have been good friends ever since. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途他们一见面就很投缘,从此成了好朋友。10. zit 青春痘Why
20、is it that every time I have a hot date, I break out with a big zit on my face? 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途为什么每次我有重要约会时,脸上都会冒出一个很大的青春痘呢?11. put someone on the spot 让某人为难Dont put me on the spot like this. You know I cant give you confidential information. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途别这样让我为难,你知道我不能给你机密资料的。12. racket 非法行业,挂羊头卖
21、狗肉The police are determined to break up the racket. 警方决定打击这个非法行业。13. have it good 享受得很She really has it good. Everybody caters to her every need. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途她真是享受得很,大家都依着他。14. dont knock it 不要太挑剔Don;t knock it! You wont be able to find another job that pays so well. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途别挑剔了!你未必可以找到另外
22、一个待遇这么好的工作!15. pig out 狼吞虎咽We pigged out on potato chips and cookies until our bellies ached. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途我们大吃薯条和曲奇,吃到肚子撑到痛为止。1. call it quits不干了精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - 名师归纳总结 - - - - - - -第 5 页,共 20 页个人收集整理仅供参考学习6 / 20 After being in the used car business for 40 years, Harry finally called it q
23、uits. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途做了 40 年旧车生意后,哈利终于洗手不干了。2. chip in出钱We all chipped in to buy Jennifer a going-away present. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途大家都出钱买一个送别礼物给Jennifer. 3. a chip off the old block一个模子印出来的;酷似(父母的人)Scott certainly is a chip off the old block. He reminds me so much of his father when he was that age. 资料个
24、人收集整理,勿做商业用途斯克特酷似他爸爸。他让我想起他爸爸在他这年龄时的许多事。4. clean up ones act信心革面,重新做人You d better clean up your act if you want to go to a good school. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途如果你想金好学校就要洗心革面,奋发图强5. cliffhanger吊人胃口的东西TV series like Dallas usually end the season with a cliffhanger. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途象达拉斯这样的电视连续剧经常以吊人胃口的方式结束一个时节。
25、1. bullheaded顽固,牛脾气Terry is so bullheaded; he wont listen to anybody elses opinion. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途特利这么顽固,他听不进别人的意见。2. bum rap责骂Louise got a bum rap for taking sides with Richard. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途路易斯因为偏袒理查德而受到责骂。1. bummer 令人恶心的经历That show was a real bummer. 那场表演令人倒尽胃口。2. burn someone up激怒某人It burns m
26、e up when people dont do their job right. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途有人没把份内的事做好就令我生气。3. catch on to突然了解It took Cindy a long time to catch on to what Bill was saying. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途辛迪许久以后才突然明白比尔所说的话。1. drown one s sorrows借酒消愁After Megan dumped Chuck, Chuck went to the bar to drown his sorrows over a beer. 资料个人收
27、集整理,勿做商业用途自从梅甘甩了查克后,查克就到酒吧借酒消愁。精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - 名师归纳总结 - - - - - - -第 6 页,共 20 页个人收集整理仅供参考学习7 / 20 2. creepy恐怖的That was a creepy movie. Ill probably have nightmares tonight. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途那是一部恐怖片。今晚我也许会做恶梦。3. cross a bridge when/before one comes to it船到桥头自然直资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途Stop worrying abou
28、t your piano recital. Youll cross that bridge when you come to it. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途别担心你的钢琴独奏会。船到桥头自然直。4. cranky脾气暴躁Grandpa is really cranky if he doesnt have his afternoon nap. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途祖父如果不睡午觉就会很暴躁。5. deal someone in让某人参加Deal me in. I want to play too. 让我参加,我也要玩。1. big deal重要的事It s no big dea
29、l. I dont mind helping you out. 这没什么大不了的,我不介意帮助你摆脱困境。2. bottom line总之,归根结底The bottom line is that our sales need to pick up if were going to make a profit this year. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途总之,如果我们今年要盈利的话,销售量一定得增加。3. give someone a break让某人松口气The boss gave her a break and let her try again. 老板让她松口气,让她再试一次。4.
30、 break a leg祝演出等成功(表面意思“摔断腿”的反话)I know you are going to be great in the play tonight. Break a leg! 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途我知道你今天晚上的比赛会很成功。祝你顺利!5. go for it去做吧!Why not? Go for it? 为什么不呢?大胆的去做吧!1. ahead of the game领先,占优势He got ahead of the game by finishing her work early. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途他因提早完成工作而领先他人。2. all
31、right already好啦好啦,别念叨啦All right already, Im coming! 好啦好啦,别念叨啦,我来了!精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - 名师归纳总结 - - - - - - -第 7 页,共 20 页个人收集整理仅供参考学习8 / 20 3. all-out尽力,全力以赴We made an all-out effort to learn English. 我们全力以赴学英语。4. all hell broke loose一团糟When the flood hit, all hell broke loose. 洪水一泛滥,一切乱糟糟。5. add
32、insult to injury越搞越糟,越描越黑Her awkward attempt to explain her error merely added insult to injury. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途她笨拙地企图解释所犯的错误,结果只是越描越黑。1. Ed loves to give his sister a hard, just to make her mad. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途埃德爱和他姐姐过不去,故意惹她生气。2. goner无可救药的人Marks a goner. He didnt finish his chores before going ou
33、t. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途麦克真是无药可救,他日常工作没做完就出去了。3. make a killing大有所获He made a killing on that deal. I wish I had bought some shares. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途那笔生意他大有所获。真希望我当初也加入了。4. no sweat不麻烦,没问题No sweat. Ill have he report done for you in an hour. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途没问题。我会在一小时之内让认为你做出这份报告。5. pissed off生气I really piss
34、ed off at Harry. He took the credit for all my work. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途我对哈利真的很生气。我拼命工作他却坐享其成。1. on the up and up光明正大,诚实无欺I checked out his story, hes on the up and up. 我核实过他所讲的事情,他诚实可靠。2. uppity自命不凡Don t be so uppity. You dont think were good enough for you? 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途不要那么自以为了不起。你难道认为我们配不上你吗?3. up
35、 shit creek惨兮兮If Mom catches you smoking in the house, youll be up shit creek. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途如果你在家里抽烟让妈妈逮到,你就惨了。4. push comes to shove事态严重精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - 名师归纳总结 - - - - - - -第 8 页,共 20 页个人收集整理仅供参考学习9 / 20 When push comes to shove, only your true friends will still stand by you. 资料个人收集整理,勿做
36、商业用途当事态严重时,只有真正的朋友还会支持你。5. push someone s button惹火某人,激怒某人Nobody makes me as mad as Dave does. He really knows how to push my buttons. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途1. all wet错误的Im afraid your idea is all wet. 我想你的想法是完全不对的。2. back off缓和,软化,减轻The city council had to back off from its criticism of the utility departm
37、ent. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途市议会必须建勤对公用事业部门的批评。3. as as all get out 极了Mother is as mad as all get out. 母亲气疯了。4. bent out of shape气坏了,大发雷霆Mother is really bent out of shape because we came home so late last night. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途因为我们昨天回去那么晚,所以母亲大发雷霆。5. bar one只此一家,别无分号This is the best ice cream anywhere in th
38、e state of Texas, bar one. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途这是德克萨斯州最好的冰淇淋,别无分号。1. fall for上当We played a trick on him and he fell for it. 我们捉弄他,他上当了。2. fiddle around玩弄Don t fiddle around with the television set. Youll end up breaking it. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途不要玩电视机。你会弄坏的。3. half-baked肤浅的,半吊子How do you come up with all these
39、 half-baked ideas? You should think them out more carefully. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途你怎么会想出这些肤浅的主意的?你应该仔细的考虑考虑。4. goof up犯错,出岔子Don t goof up. This project is too important. 别出岔子。这个计划太重要了。5. play dirty用诈术精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - 名师归纳总结 - - - - - - -第 9 页,共 20 页个人收集整理仅供参考学习10 / 20 The only way that Dan knows h
40、ow to win is to play dirty. Im going to vote for Brian instead. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途丹只会用诈术来赢。我要投布莱恩一票。1. potluck聚餐(各家带一道菜的聚餐方式)We re having a potluck Friday night, so bring a dish to pass. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途星期五晚上我们要聚餐,带一道菜来参加吧!2. play games捣鬼Don t play games with me, Jane. Im on to your tricks and manipulat
41、ions. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途简,别跟我捣鬼。我对你的诡计呵手段一清二楚。3. raw deal卑鄙的行为What a raw deal! I deserve the promotion more than he does. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途卑鄙!我比他更应该升职。4. stay out of不介入Im going to stay out of their argument. 我不打算介入他们的争执。5. walk out on丢开不管You cant walk out on me. I really need your help. 你不能丢下我不管。我真的需要你的帮
42、助。1. off-the-wall古怪的,离奇的He said some really off the-wall things. Where does he come up with them? 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途他说了一些非常离奇的事。他从那里听来的?2. on the right track走对路了If you learn ten new sentences every day, you are on the right track to speaking fluent English. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途如果你每天坚持学是个句子,就有希望流利的说英语了。3. on
43、 a roll顺利;手气、运气好Don t stop me now. Im on a roll. 现在别叫我停,我手气正好。4. funky蛮特别的We listened to some funky music. 我们听了一些蛮特别的音乐。5. phony假的That cupboard does not open, its a phony. Its there for decoration. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途那个柜子打不开,是假的。那是装饰用的。精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - 名师归纳总结 - - - - - - -第 10 页,共 20 页个人收集整理仅供参考
44、学习11 / 20 1. be asleep麻痹了My foot s asleep. 我的脚麻了。2. not my day运气不佳Everything is going wrong. This is really not my day! 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途什么事儿都出错;我今天真是运气不佳!3. think back回想Think back. Its very important. 这很重要。你回想一下。4. fly拉链Your fly is open. 你的裤子没拉拉链。5. quack庸医6.You quack! 你这庸医!1. get changed换衣服Ill get c
45、hanged right away. 我马上穿好衣服来。2. go with搭配,相称This tie doesnt go with my jacket. 这条领带和我的外衣不相称。3. be terrible with无法记牢Im terrible with names. 我对人名的记性很差。4. dog s life悲惨的生活He s leading a dogs life. 他过着猪狗不如的生活。5. fast buck容易得来的钱财I heard he made a fast buck at the race track. 我听说他赌马发了横财。1. get burnt遭殃Every
46、time I play the nice guy, I get burnt. 每次做好人,总是我遭殃。2. shake a leg迅速行动Shake a leg, theyre getting impatient. 快动身吧,他们已经等得不耐烦了。3. jet lag由不同地区的时间差所造成的身心不适Im still suffering from jet lag. 我的时差还没调整过来。4. noon sharp正午He ll be here at noon sharp. 精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - 名师归纳总结 - - - - - - -第 11 页,共 20 页个人收
47、集整理仅供参考学习12 / 20 他中午会到这儿。5. no picnic难以捱过Work today was no picnic. 今天的工作不轻松。1. the crack of dawn破晓I woke up at the crack of dawn. 我一早就醒了。2. will be终归会来What will be will be! 师傅不是祸,是祸躲不过!3. put it out摒弃在心门外Put it out of your mind!忘了它吧!4. Get the picture? 我说的话你明白了吧?5.cant atch my breath气短不继I can t catc
48、h my breath. 我喘不过气来了。1. up and running生龙活虎的He ll be up and running in a few days. 几天后他又会生龙活虎。2. rested up从疲劳或患病中恢复Ive rested up. 我已休息够了。3. live off依赖He lives off his parents. 他仰赖他的父母生活。4. sharp犀利He has sharp eyes. 他的眼光犀利。5. put in a good word推荐,美言Can you put in a good word for me to get that job? 你能
49、帮我美言几句,好得到那份工作吗?1. decent pay令人轻视不得的薪水I make ( a ) decent pay. 我的薪水相当可观。2. build contacts建立专业性之联系Temping is a great way to build contacts. 打临时工,是建立人际关系的良方。3. mark time旷费时日,而不尽力工作精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - 名师归纳总结 - - - - - - -第 12 页,共 20 页个人收集整理仅供参考学习13 / 20 He s just marking time. 他只是在捱时间,没在办事。4. by h
50、ook or by crook无论如何Ive gotta finish this by five oclock, by hook or by crook. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途无论如何我都得在5 点前把它做完。5. call it quits叫停Sometimes, I just want to call it quits. 我有时真想辞职了事/ 有时我真想一死了之。1. be lit up like a Christmas tree喝醉之后非常高兴Mr. Bigdrink was lit up like a Christmas tree at the party last nigh
51、t. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途在昨天的社交晚会上,大酒徒先生喝醉以后高兴极了。2. think better of 改变主意When I saw Jim s behavior, I thought better of dating him. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途当我见到 Jin 的举止后,我改变主意,打算不跟他约会了。3. have another think coming大错特错If he thinks Id marry him, he has another think coming. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途如果他认为我会跟他结婚,那就大错特错了。4. windba
52、g饶舌的人John is such a windbag. He can talk for hours at a time without saying anything. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途约翰是一个饶舌大王。他能够一连好几个小时滔滔不绝的讲毫无内容的话。5. a bay window大肚皮Anyone who drinks beer too much is bound to get a bay window. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途喝啤酒太多的人,必然会落得一个大肚皮。1. go public公开宣布Mr. Smith went public today that he
53、was retiring. 史密斯先生今天公开宣布他要退休了。2. make the grade称职;合乎水准、要求If you dont make the grade, you cant be a member of the club. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途如果你不合格,就不能成为俱乐部的一员。3. get the drift了解Stop me when you get the drift. I dont want to bore you with something you already understand. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途你听懂了就叫停。我不想用你已经知道的
54、事烦你。精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - 名师归纳总结 - - - - - - -第 13 页,共 20 页个人收集整理仅供参考学习14 / 20 4. day in court申诉的机会When Mr. Jones was explaining what has happened, Mr. Smith was silent. He knew he would get his day in court. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途琼斯先生解释所发生的事情时,史密斯先生沉默不语,他知道他会有机会申辩的。5. feel someone out探听某人的意向John asked
55、Dave to feel Jane out about whether shed be interested in going out with hi m. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途约翰要求戴夫探听简是否有兴趣和他出去。1. get the hang of进入状态,摸到窍门I think if I practice serving a couple of times, Ill get the hang of it. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途我想如果我多练习几次发球,我就会魔到窍门了。2. out to lunch神经病,神志不清Richard stands on his head
56、in the shower. He s really out to lunch. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途理查德在浴室倒立。他真是有病。3. rap sheet犯罪记录,前科This isn t his first offense. He has a rap sheet a mile long. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途这不是他第一次犯罪,他前科累累。4. red tape官样文章,繁琐的程序I need this information as soon as possible. See if you can cut through the red tape. 资料个人收集整理,勿
57、做商业用途我要尽快拿到这份文件。看能不能缩短申请的程序。5. a fair shot相当大的希望You have a fair shot at the scholarship. 你很有希望能拿到奖学金。1. set someone back使某人破费That dinner set be back sixty dollars. 那顿晚饭花了我60 美元。2. pull a fast one欺骗He tried to pull a fast one on us, but we caught on before he got away with it. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途他想要欺骗我们,
58、但在他阴谋得逞前我们就明白了。3. pull rank摆架子Don t try to pull rank on me. Were all equals here. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途别对我摆架子,这里人人平等。4. red my lips注意听Read my lips. I dont like broccoli. 精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - 名师归纳总结 - - - - - - -第 14 页,共 20 页个人收集整理仅供参考学习15 / 20 注意听,我不喜欢绿花椰菜。5. burp打嗝Don t burp so loud. Its not polite.
59、不要这么大声打嗝,那样不礼貌。1. put on airs摆架子I can t stand Mary. She always putting on airs because she thinks shes better than everybody else. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途我受不了玛丽。她老摆架子,因为她自以为比别人好。2. put on the line赔上,不惜Id gladly put my reputation on the line for you. Youre my closest friend. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途我愿意为你搭上我的名誉。你是我最好的
60、朋友。3. rag烂报The National Enquirer is a real rag. 国家探密报这份报纸真次。4. chicken feed=peanuts小钱I make chicken feed compared to you. 和你比起来,我赚的只是小钱。5. brown-nose拍马屁Harold is always brown-nosing the oss. 哈罗德总是拍老板的马屁。1. punch line好笑的部分I can t tell the joke, I forgot the punch line. 我无法将这个故事,我忘了当中最好笑的部分。2. put-dow
61、n羞辱,贬损Ive had enough of your put- downs. Youre not perfect either. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途我受够了你的羞辱,你也好不到哪里去。3. cop-out溜走Don t cop- out on me now. You promised youd go. 别想溜。你说过你会去的。4. blabbermouth大嘴巴,爱说闲话的人I don t like Don because hes a blabbermouth. 我不喜欢堂,因为他爱说人闲话。5. break it up 停止谈天、吵架、打架(原意为“分开”)Break it
62、up! I will not permit fighting in this classroom. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途住手!我不准有人在这个教室里打架。1. rub elbows 交际,接触精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - 名师归纳总结 - - - - - - -第 15 页,共 20 页个人收集整理仅供参考学习16 / 20 It s important for you to go to these parties and rub elbows with everyone. Thats how contacts are made. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途参
63、加这些晚会与大家接触接触是很重要的,关系就是这样建立起来的。2. rub it in 火上浇油You dont have to rub it in. I already feel bad enough as it is. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途你不要火上浇油了,我已经够难过的。3. run something by again重复某事务Can you run that by again? I didnt quite understand your last point. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途请再说一遍好吗?最后一点我听不太懂。4. say what 你说什么?Say what
64、? I didnt hear what you said. 你说什么?我没听到。5. sit tight耐心等待Just sit tight. The doctor will be with you in a minute. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途耐心等一下,医生马上就来看你。1. get with it 留意(周遭的事物)George really needs to get with it. Hes still wearing bellbottoms. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途乔治真的该留意一下时尚。他仍然穿着喇叭裤。2. get over自中恢复过来I don t think
65、 anybody really gets over his first love. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途我认为没有人能够真正忘掉初恋。3. gross someone out让某人觉得恶心Mike grossed Sue out when he waved a snake in front of her face. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途麦克在苏前面摇晃着一条蛇,使她恶心死了。4. hang out溜达In here free time, Kathy likes to hang out at the mall with her friends. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途
66、凯西有空袭缓和朋友到商场溜达。5. have a ball寻乐子,痛快地玩We intend to have a ball at the amusement park today. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途我们打算今天到游乐场玩个痛快。1. scatterbrain糊涂虫What a scatterbrain! She forgot to plug in the coffee maker. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途真是个糊涂虫!他忘了给咖啡壶插电。精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - 名师归纳总结 - - - - - - -第 16 页,共 20 页个人收集整理仅供参考
67、学习17 / 20 2. screw up弄错The hotel screwed up our reservations so we didnt have a room for the night. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途旅社把我们预定的房间弄错了,因此晚上没有地方可住。3. spaced out魂不守舍He didn t hear what you said. Hes spaced out. 他没听到你说的话,他魂不守舍。4. up front预先In order to hold your reservation, Ill need a 10% down payment up fro
68、nt. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途为了保留你预定的东西,我要先收10% 的定金。5. wimp 软骨头,没用的家伙Harold is a real wimp. He lets everybody take advantage of him. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途哈罗德真没用,每个人都可以占他便宜。1. eye-opener令人大开眼界的事Listening to him talk about his adventure in China was a real eye-opener. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途听他谈在中国的历险令人大开眼界。2. fake someone ou
69、t骗过某人The quarterback faked the other team out by keeping the ball instead of passing it. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途四分卫持球不传,骗过了敌队。3. fall flat失败;碰壁;未达到预期效果His joke fell flat because no one understand it. 他的笑话没人听懂,所以没有收到效果。4. cover for掩护Don t worry about mother, Ill cover for you this time. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途别担心妈妈那
70、边,这一次我会为你掩护的。5. bite the bullet咬紧牙关,忍受痛苦You just bite the bullet and get it over with. 咬紧牙关完成这件事吧。1. big picture(事情的)主要部分;重点Concentrate on the big picture for now. Dont worry about the minor details. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途先把精神集中在重点上,不要担心次要的细节。2. bite the dust死亡,报销This pen just bite the dust. 这支钢笔报销了。精选学习资料
71、 - - - - - - - - - 名师归纳总结 - - - - - - -第 17 页,共 20 页个人收集整理仅供参考学习18 / 20 3. bleeding heart老好人The liberal candidate was accused by his conservation opponent of being a bleeding heart on welfare issues. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途自由派候选人在福利问题上被保守派对手斥为老好人。4. bad news讨厌鬼Marcy is nothing but bad news around here. 马西珍视
72、这一带的讨厌鬼。5. bad blood不和,敌意Ever since Howard borrowed 5,000 dollars from Mike and never paid him back, there has been bad blood between them. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途自从霍华德向麦克借了5,000 美元不还之后,他们之间就有了嫌隙。1. cheapo小气鬼,没格调的人Brian is a real cheapo. He won t even spend the money to buy his mother a birthday present. 资料
73、个人收集整理,勿做商业用途布莱恩真是个小气鬼。他甚至不愿意花钱位他嘛嘛买生日礼物。2. cheapie便宜货It s a cheapie. I spent only a couple of bucks on it. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途这是个便宜货。我才花一两块钱买的。3. chow down吃饭Lets chow down. Im so hungry. 吃饭吧。我饿死了。4. clam up住口,不说话(原意为“蚌壳合起来”)When Vinnie entered the room, Mary clammed up. 文尼已进入房间,玛丽就闭嘴了。5. chill out缓和情绪,
74、冷静下来Chill out. Things are not as bad as they seem. 冷静一点。事情并不象表面上那么糟。1. out in left field疯了He s out in left field. Nobody ever understands what he is talking about. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途他必定疯了。没人知道他在说些什么。2. out of it迷迷糊糊,昏昏沉沉,心不在焉Saras always out of it, she has no idea of what goes on in the world today. 资料
75、个人收集整理,勿做商业用途萨拉总是迷迷糊糊的,现在世界发生什么事完全不知道。3. out of luck运气不好You re out of luck. The last bus left half an hour ago. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途你运气不好。末班车半小时前就开走了。4. out of this world太棒了,好极了精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - 名师归纳总结 - - - - - - -第 18 页,共 20 页个人收集整理仅供参考学习19 / 20 This food is out of this world. Ill have to get yo
76、ur recipe. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途这食品好极了!我得向你要点烹饪秘诀。5. out of whack坏了This phone is out of whack. You cant dial out. 这个电话坏了,拨不出去。1. be caught dead 献丑,出洋相I wouldnt be caught dead in that ugly outfit. 我才不要穿那样难看的衣服献丑呢!2. not by a long shot 绝不可能Theres no way he could have won, not by a long shot. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途
77、他绝不会已经赢了。3. off the top of ones head 不假思索,马上I cant tell you the information off the top of my head. Ill have to look it up. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途我没办法告诉你这个消息,我的查一下。4. life in the fast lane 刺激的生活( fast lane快车道)Jane like to live life in the fast lane. 简喜欢过刺激兴奋的生活。5. bow out 不干了,退出Mr. Black often quarreled wi
78、th his partners, so he finally bowed out of the company. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途布莱克先生经常和同伙吵架,因此他终于退出了公司。1. bend over backwards 不遗余力Sue will eng over backwards to help her friends. 休会尽力帮助朋友。2. all ears 全神贯注Whenever you tell Jonny some gossip, hes all ears. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途每当你见闲话给给琼尼听时,他总是全神贯注。3. get lost 滚开A
79、stray cat was lurking outside the fish market and the ower yelled at it, Get lost! 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途一只野猫在卖鱼的市场前探头探脑,摊主对它大叫:“滚开!” 4. pump up 热切期望Everybody on campus is pumped up about Saturdays big game. The winning team will get the national title. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途校园里大家都热切期望着星期六的大赛,赢的队伍将成为全国冠军。5. put s
80、omeone out 给某人添麻烦精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - 名师归纳总结 - - - - - - -第 19 页,共 20 页个人收集整理仅供参考学习20 / 20 Please dont go to so much trouble. I dont want to put you out. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途请不要非那么多工夫,我不想给你添麻烦。1. chicken out退缩Bill was going to ask Lisa out on date, but he chickened out at the last minute. 资料个人收集整理,勿做
81、商业用途比尔本来要约丽莎出去,但是最后却不敢开口。2. clamp down on加强取缔The police are clamping down on drunk drivers. 警方加强取缔酒后开车。3. break the news to告诉坏消息Paul had to break the news of her friends death to Paula. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途鲍尔必须告诉葆拉她朋友的死讯。4. the breaks运气不佳Sorry, Susie, thats the breaks. 抱歉,苏西,运气实在不好。5. broken record反复讲同样的话(原意为“坏了的唱片”)Please stop talking about your problems. You sound like a broken record. 资料个人收集整理,勿做商业用途拜托别谈你的问题了。你真象张坏了的唱片。精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - 名师归纳总结 - - - - - - -第 20 页,共 20 页