1、Aa case in point恰当的例子a fraction of一小部分a narrow escape死里逃生,九死一生a piece of cake容易的事,小事一桩a sore throat嗓子痛a stones throw一箭之遥,很近a variety of各种各样的account for解释,是的原因against ones will违背某人的意愿agree on就达成一致agree with同意(某人),(食物,气候等)适合某人ahead of time/schedule提前air crash空难all the year round一年到头another cup of tea/
2、another pair of shoes另外一回事,另当别论anything but决不apart from除了appeal to吸引apply for申请apple of ones eye钟爱之物,宠儿apt to有的倾向approve of赞同,认可as fit as a fiddle很健康as a matter of fact事实上as a result由于as a rule通常as usual跟往常一样as a whole总体上as far as I know据我所知as luck would have it碰巧at a loss不知所措at a discount低于正常价格at e
3、ase放松,轻松at no time在任何时候都不,决不at ones wits end智穷计尽,没有办法at random随意的at short notice一得到通知马上就at sixes and sevens乱七八糟at the tip of ones tongue话到嘴边,一时想不起at times有时,不时地Bback issue/current issue过刊/现刊be available有,可提供be around露面be bound for(车等)开往be bound to肯定会be far from远不是,根本不是be fed up with对厌倦,讨厌 be fond of
4、喜欢be free of免除,脱离be no exception不例外beat about the bush不直截了当,绕圈子behind schedule(车,飞机等)晚点beside the point离题,不中肯bite off more than one can chew承担太多的工作而无法完成,好高骛远born with a silver spoon in ones mouth出身富贵break ones word毁约,说话不算数break down(车等)出故障break ones word食言,失信break off暂停工作bring up抚养by all means当然,一定b
5、y and large总的来说,大体上by chance偶然,意外地by nature天性by leaps and bounds极快的,大幅度的by no means一点也不,决不Ccall it a day结束,到此为止call off取消call on访问,拜访can do with讲究,能对付can not help(doing)禁不住care for喜爱castle in the air空中楼阁,不切实际的想法catch on变得流行,受欢迎catch up with追赶,赶上catch ones breath喘口气check in办理(入住)登记手续check out付账后离开che
6、er up振作起来chilled to the bone冻僵了clothes make the man人靠衣装come across偶然碰见come down with病倒come straight to the point开门见山come true实现come up to达到,符合come up with提出,想出concentrate on集中精力count on依靠,指望cross out划掉,删去cut down削减,删节Dday in and day out每天,始终deal with论述,关于,处理die away(声音等)逐渐消逝dos and donts规则,允许的和不允许的d
7、o in Rome as the Romans do入乡随俗do sb. good/harm对某人有好处/坏处down to earth实事求是doze off打瞌睡draw near接近,临近dress up穿盛装drop by/in顺便访问drop out辍学,放弃Eeasy come, easy go来的容易去的快end in以为结果end up结束engage in参加,从事every other (week)每隔一(周)express mail快递Ffall back on求助于fall behind落后familiar with熟悉few and far between很少,很稀疏
8、figure out弄清楚,算出,想出fill the prescription按照药方配药find fault with挑剔,抱怨flat tyre轮胎没气了for the time being暂时for sale待售focus on集中在for a change为了换换花样for a time暂时,一度for ages很久for free免费for good永久的for the time being暂时free with money花钱大手大脚from bad to worse每况愈下from time to time时常Ggain weight增加体重get along with与相处g
9、et on in years上了年纪get out of bed on the wrong side一早起床就情绪不好get rid of摆脱get somewhere取得进展give sb . a cold shoulder待人冷淡,态度不友好give sb . a lift/ride让某人搭车give sb . a ring给某人打电话go beyond超出,胜过go Dutch各自负担自己的费用good for nothing没用的人或事物go on a diet节食go on strike罢工go over复习go sightseeing观光go with与相配Hhand in交上ha
10、nd up挂断(电话)have a word with和.谈话have access to可以使用have an appointment with sb与某人有个约会have butterflies in ones stomach紧张have ones hands full十分繁忙have a fever/temperature发烧have nothing to do with与没有关系have no idea不知道have the final say有决定权have sth . in common有共同之处have sth. done让别人做某事head for前往hear from收到某人
11、的信件hear oneself think专心思考heart and soul全心全意地heavy traffic交通拥挤high time是该做某事的时候了hit the ceiling勃然大怒hold the line/on别挂电话hold up耽搁Iin a mess混乱,乱七八糟in a sense从某种意义上讲in addition to除了in advance提前in case以防,以免in debt负债in exchange作为交换in a good/bad mood心情好/坏in honor of为庆祝/纪念in low spirits情绪低落in memory of为纪念in
12、 no time很快in part部分的in particular尤其,特别in person亲自in season(蔬菜,水果等)当令in the dark不知道,蒙在鼓里in the long run从长远来看in theory从理论上说in turn依次,轮流in vain徒劳,白费interfere with干涉,影响it depends看情况,视而定it is sb.s treat由某人请客Kkeep an eye on照看,注意,观察know/learn the ropes了解,掌握做事情的技能keep body and soul together生存下去keep ones hea
13、d保持镇静keep sb. informed及时通知某人keen on喜好Llay off解雇least of all最不let alone更不用说lend a hand帮忙live from hand to mouth收入勉强糊口look forward to期待look for a needle in a haystack大海捞针look on the bright side看到事物光明的一面look out当心look through浏览lose heart失去信心lose ones head不知所措lose ones temper发脾气lose wei ght减轻体重Mmake a f
14、uss大惊小怪make a difference影响make a living谋生make a reservation预定(旅馆房间,座位等)make ends meet使收支相抵make head or tail of sth弄懂,看懂make for前往make fun of取笑,嘲弄make sense有意义,讲得通make sure确保,弄清楚make up弥补,补充make up ones mind下决心man of letters文人mind ones own business别管闲事mistake sb. for sb把误当作more often than not多半,大概Nno
15、 wonder难怪no way决不none of ones business与某人无关,少管闲事nothing but只有not to mention更别提Oon account of由于on earth究竟on duty值班on no account决不on purpose故意on sale降价出售on the contrary相反on the spot当场on vacation度假,休假on weekdays在工作日one in a million凤毛麟角,百里挑一ones cup of tea某人的喜好,兴趣,口味once in a blue moon很难得,几乎不可能once in a
16、 while偶尔other than而不是out of breath上气不接下气out of control失去控制out of date过时out of order出了毛病out of print(书)没有重印out of question没问题out of stock没货out of the question不可能out the cart before the horse本末倒置,主次颠倒owe to归功于owing to由于Ppick up(车等)中途搭人pull over停在路边put an end to结束put off推迟put their heads together集思广益,群
17、策群力put through to sb.接通某人的电话put up with容忍,忍受Rrain cats and dogs瓢泼大雨rain or shine不论下雨还是天晴run across不期而遇,偶然发现run into偶然遇见rather than而不是read between the lines明白言外之意regardless of不管remind sb.of sth使某人想起responsible for对负责人result from由于ring up打电话room and board食宿round the corner即将到来round the lock日日夜夜,不分白天黑夜
18、rule out排除run out of用光rush hour(交通)高峰时间Ssafe and sound安然无恙(oclock) sharp点整Speak highly of sb.高度评价某人sure thing当然,没问题Ttake advantage of利用take charge of负责,看管take off起飞take ones place代替,接替别人take ones time别急,慢慢来take over接管take sth.seriously认真看待teach sb.a lesson教训某人take turns轮流thanks to多亏了traffic jam交通堵塞t
19、hrow light on提供知识,使人们了解too good to be true好的令人难以置信turn down把音量调小,拒绝turn off关上(电器开关)turn on打开(电器开关)turn up出现,露面turn over(车,船等)翻倒turn a blind eye视而不见turn a deaf ear充耳不闻,置之不理Uunder the weather身体不适up in the air未定的up to date最新的,现代的up to sb由某人决定used to过去常常use up用光W When it comes to当说到,当涉及到why not?为什么不?好!with a grain of salt有保留的,不全信without fail无误,一定YYou bet!当然!You said it!对!可不是!