英语四级考试短语及词汇.doc

英语中常用的123个中国成语

1.爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.

2.百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing.

3.比上不足比下有余 worse off than some, better off than many; to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst.

4.笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start.

5.不眠之夜 white night

6.不以物喜不以己悲 not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses

7.不遗余力 spare no effort; go all out; do one's best

8.不打不成交 No discord, no concord.

9.拆东墙补西墙 rob Peter to pay Paul

10.辞旧迎新 bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new

11.大事化小小事化了 try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all

12.大开眼界 open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener

13.国泰民安 The country flourishes and people live in peace

14.过犹不及 going too far is as bad as not going far enough; beyond is as wrong as falling short; too much is as bad as too little

15.功夫不负有心人 Everything comes to him who waits.

16.好了伤疤忘了疼 once on shore, one prays no more

17.好事不出门恶事传千里 Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide.

18.和气生财 Harmony brings wealth.

19.活到老学到老 One is never too old to learn.

20.既往不咎 let bygones be bygones

21.金无足赤人无完人 Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect.

22.金玉满堂 Treasures fill the home.

23.脚踏实地 be down-to-earth

24.脚踩两只船 sit on the fence

25.君子之交淡如水 the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green

26.老生常谈陈词滥调 cut and dried, cliché

27.礼尚往来 Courtesy calls for reciprocity.

28.留得青山在不怕没柴烧 Where there is life, there is hope.

29.马到成功 achieve immediate victory; win instant success

30.名利双收 gain in both fame and wealth

31.茅塞顿开 be suddenly enlightened

32.没有规矩不成方圆 Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.

33.每逢佳节倍思亲 On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.It is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most.

34.谋事在人成事在天 The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. Man proposes, God disposes.

35.弄巧成拙 be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself

36.拿手好戏 masterpiece

37.赔了夫人又折兵 throw good money after bad

38.抛砖引玉 a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale

39.破釜沉舟 cut off all means of retreat；burn one‘s own way of retreat and be determined to fight to the end

40.抢得先机 take the preemptive opportunities

41.巧妇难为无米之炊 If you have no hand you can't make a fist. One can't make bricks without straw.

42.千里之行始于足下 a thousand-li journey begins with the first step--the highest eminence is to be gained step by step

43.前事不忘后事之师 Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.

44.前人栽树后人乘凉 One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.One sows and another reaps.

45.前怕狼后怕虎 fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind hesitate in doing something

46.强龙难压地头蛇 Even a dragon (from the outside) finds it hard to control a snake in its old haunt - Powerful outsiders can hardly afford to neglect local bullies.

47.强强联手 win-win co-operation

48.瑞雪兆丰年 A timely snow promises a good harvest.

49.人之初性本善 Man's nature at birth is good.

50.人逢喜事精神爽 Joy puts heart into a man.

51.人海战术 huge-crowd strategy

52.世上无难事只要肯攀登 Where there is a will, there is a way.

53.世外桃源 a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world;

54.死而后已 until my heart stops beating

55.岁岁平安 Peace all year round.

56.上有天堂下有苏杭 Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth

57.塞翁失马焉知非福 Misfortune may be an actual blessing.

58.三十而立 A man should be independent at the age of thirty.At thirty, a man should be able to think for himself.

59.升级换代 updating and upgrading (of products)

60.四十不惑 Life begins at forty.

61.谁言寸草心报得三春晖 Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass.

62.水涨船高 When the river rises, the boat floats high.

63.时不我待Time and tide wait for no man.

64.杀鸡用牛刀break a butterfly on the wheel

65.实事求是seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts

66.说曹操,曹操到Talk of the devil and he comes.

67.实话实说speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is

68.实践是检验真理的唯一标准Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.

69.山不在高，有仙则名"No matter how high the mountain is, its name will spread far and wide if there is a fairy; "

70.韬光养晦hide one's capacities and bide one's time

71.糖衣炮弹sugar-coated bullets

72.天有不测风云Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue

73.团结就是力量Unity is strength.

74.“跳进黄河洗不清”"eve if one jumped into the Yellow River, one can not wash oneself clean--there's nothing one can do to clear one's name "

75.歪风邪气unhealthy practices and evil phenomena

76.物以类聚，人以群分Birds of a feather flock together.

77.往事如风"The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is pas

78.望子成龙hold high hopes for one's child

79.屋漏又逢连阴雨Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.

80.文韬武略military expertise; military strategy

81.唯利是图draw water to one's mill

82.无源之水,无本之木water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots

83.无中生有make create something out of nothing

84.无风不起浪There are no waves without wind. There's no smoke without fire.

85.徇私枉法bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends

86.新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean

87.虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.

88. 蓄势而发accumulate strength for a take-off

89.心想事成May all your wish come true

90.心照不宣have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding

91.先入为主First impressions are firmly entrenched.

92.先下手为强catch the ball before the bound

93.像热锅上的蚂蚁like an ant on a hot pan

94.现身说法warn people by taking oneself as an example

95.息事宁人pour oil on troubled waters

96.喜忧参半mingled hope and fear

97.循序渐进step by step

98.一路平安，一路顺风speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest

99.严以律己,宽以待人be strict with oneself and lenient towards others

100鱼米之乡101.有情人终成眷属"Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well."

102.有钱能使鬼推磨Money makes the mare go. Money talks.

103. 有识之士people of vision

104.有勇无谋use brawn rather than brain

105.有缘千里来相会Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.

106.与时俱进advance with times

107.以人为本people oriented; people foremost

108.因材施教teach students according to their aptitude

109.欲穷千里目，更上一层楼"to ascend another storey to see a thousand miles further; Ascend further, were you to look farther; Would eye embrace a thousand miles? Go up, one flight." a land of milk and honey

110.欲速则不达Haste does not bring success.

111. 优胜劣汰survival of the fittest

112.英雄所见略同Great minds think alike.

113.冤家宜解不宜结Better make friends than make enemies.

114.冤假错案"cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases"

115.一言既出，驷马难追A real man never goes back on his words.

116.招财进宝Money and treasures will be plentiful

117.债台高筑become debt-ridden

118.致命要害Achilles' heel

119. 众矢之的target of public criticism

120.知己知彼,百战不殆Know the enemy and know yourself, and you can fight a hundred battles with no danger of defeat.

121. 纸上谈兵be an armchair strategist

122.纸包不住火Truth will come to light sooner or later.

123.左右为难between the devil and the deep blue sea

名言警句——励志篇
Persistence 励志

· All things in their being are good for something.
· 天生我才必有用。
· Difficult circumstances serve as a textbook of life for people.
· 困难坎坷是人们的生活教科书。
· Failure is the mother of success. -- Thomas Paine
· 失败乃成功之母。
· For man is man and master of his fate.
· 人就是人，是自己命运的主人。
· The unexamined life is not worth living. -- Socrates
· 混混噩噩的生活不值得过。 -- 苏格拉底
· None is of freedom or of life deserving unless he daily conquers it anew. -- Erasmus
· 只有每天再度战胜生活并夺取自由的人，才配享受生活的自由。
· Our destiny offers not the cup of despair, but the chalice of opportunity. So let us seize it, not in fear, but in gladness. -- R.M. Nixon
· 命运给予我们的不是失望之酒，而是机会之杯。因此，让我们毫无畏惧，满心愉悦地把握命运。-- 尼克松
· Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass. -- John Ruskin
· 生活没有目标，犹如航海没有罗盘。-- 罗斯金
· What makes life dreary is the want of motive. -- George Eliot
· 没有了目的，生活便郁闷无光。 -- 乔治 · 埃略特
· Towering genius disdains a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored. -- Lincoln
· 卓越的天才不屑走旁人走过的路。他寻找迄今未开拓的地区。
· There is no such thing as a great talent without great will - power. -- Balzac
· 没有伟大的意志力，便没有雄才大略。 -- 巴尔扎克
· The good seaman is known in bad weather.
· 惊涛骇浪，方显英雄本色。
· Fear not that the life shall come to an end, but rather fear that it shall never have a beginning. --J.H. Newman
· 不要害怕你的生活将要结束，应该担心你的生活永远不会真正开始。 -- 纽曼
· Gods determine what you're going to be. -- Julius Erving
· 人生的奋斗目标决定你将成为怎样的人。 -- 欧文
· An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding. -- Robert Louis Stevenson
· 生活的目标，是唯一值得寻找的财富。-- 史蒂文森
· While there is life there is hope.
· 一息若存，希望不灭。 -- 英国谚语
· Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value. -- A. Einstein
· 不要为成功而努力，要为做一个有价值的人而努力。 -- 爱因斯坦
· You have to believe in yourself. That's the secret of success. -- Charles Chaplin
· 人必须有自信，这是成功的秘密。 -- 卓别林
· Pursue your object, be it what it will, steadily and indefatigably.
· 不管追求什么目标，都应坚持不懈。
· We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope. -- Mattin Luther King
· 我们必须接受失望，因为它是有限的，但千万不可失去希望，因为它是无穷的。 -- 马丁 · 路德 · 金
· Energy and persistence conquer all things. -- Benjamin Franklin
· 能量加毅力可以征服一切。 -- 富兰克林
· Nothing seek, nothing find.
· 无所求则无所获。
· Cease to struggle and you cease to live. -- Thomas Carlyle
· 生命不止，奋斗不息。 -- 卡莱尔
· A thousand-li journey is started by taking the first step.
· 千里之行，始于足下。
· Strength alone knows conflict, weakness is below even defeat, and is born vanquished. -- Swetchine
· 只有强者才懂得斗争；弱者甚至失败都不够资格，而是生来就是被征服的。 -- 斯威特切尼
· The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for circumstances they want, and if they cannot find them, make them. -- Bernara Shaw
· 在这个世界上取得成就的人，都努力去寻找他们想要的机会，如果找不到机会，他们便自己创造机会。 -- 萧伯纳
· A strong man will struggle with the storms of fate. -- Thomas Addison
· 强者能同命运的风暴抗争。 -- 爱迪生
· He who seize the right moment, is the right man. -- Goethe
· 谁把握机遇，谁就心想事成。 -- 歌德
· Victory won't come to me unless I go to it. -- M.Moore
· 胜利是不会向我们走来的，我必须自己走向胜利。 -- 穆尔
· Man struggles upwards; water flows downwards.
· 人往高处走，水往低处流。
· Man errs as long as he strives. -- Goethe
· 失误是进取的代价。 -- 歌德
· The failures and reverses which await men - and one after another sadden the brow of youth - add a dignity to the prospect of human life, which no Arcadian success would do. -- Henry David Thoreau
· 尽管失败和挫折等待着人们，一次次地夺走青春的容颜，但却给人生的前景增添了一份尊严，这是任何顺利的成功都不能做到的。 -- 梭罗
· A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else. -- J. Burroughs
· 一个人可以失败很多次，但是只要他没有开始责怪旁人，他还不是一个失败者。 -- 巴勒斯
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1.abide by(=be faithful to ; obey)忠于；遵守。  
2. be absent from…. 缺席，不在  
3. absence or mind(=being absent-minded) 心不在焉  
4. absorb(=take up the attention of)吸引…的注意力(被动语态)be absorbed in 全神贯注于…   近义：be engrossed ; be lost in ; be rapt in ;be concentrated on  ; be focused on ; be centered on  
5. (be) abundant in(be rich in; be well supplied with) 富于,富有     6. access(to) (不可数名词) 能接近,进入,了解  
7. by accident(=by chance, accidentally)偶然地,意外. Without accident(=safely) 安全地,  
8. of one’s own accord(=without being asked; willingly; freely)自愿地 ,主 动地  
9. in accord with 与…一致 . out of one’s accord with 同….不一致  
10. with one accord (=with everybody agreeing)一致地  
11. in accordance with (=in agreement with) 依照,根据  
12. on one’s own account  1) 为了某人的缘故, 为了某人自己的利益  2) (=at one’s own risk) 自行负责  3) (=by oneself)依靠自己  on account 赊账; on account of 因为; on no account不论什么原因也不;of …account 有…..重要性.  
13. take…into account(=consider)把...考虑进去  
14. give sb. an account of 说明, 解释 (理由)  
15. account for (=give an explanation or reason for) 解释, 说明.  
16. on account of (=because of) 由于,因为.  
17. on no account(=in no case, for no reason)绝不要,无论如何不要(放句首时句 子要倒装)  
18. accuse…of…(=charge…with; blame sb. for sth. ; blame sth. on sb. ; complain about) 指控,控告  
19. be accustomed to be in the habit of, be used to)习惯于.  
20. be acquainted with(=to have knowledge of) 了解; (=to have met socially  ) 熟悉  
21. act on 奉行,按照…行动; act as 扮演; act for 代理  
22. adapt oneself to(=adjust oneself to) 使自己适应于  
23. adapt…(for) (=make sth. Suitable for a new need) 改编, 改写(以适应新的需要)  
24. in addition (=besides) 此外, 又, 加之  
25. in addition to(=as well as, besides, other than)除…外  
26. adhere to (=abide by, conform to, comply with, cling to, insist on, pe rsist in, observe, opinion, belief ) 粘附; 坚持, 遵循  
27. adjacent(=next to, close to) 毗邻的, 临近的  
28. adjust..(to) (=change slightly)调节; 适应;  
29. admit of (=be capable of, leave room for) …的可能，留有…的余地.  
30. in advance (before in time) 预告, 事先.  
31. to advantage 有利的,使优点更加突出地.  
32. have an advantage over 胜过.  have the advantage of 由于…处于有利条件  have the advantage of sb.知道某人所不知道的事  
33. take advantage of (=make the best of, utilize, make use of, profit from, harness)利用.  
34. agree with 赞同(某人意见) agree to 同意  
35. in agreement (with) 同意, 一致  
36. ahead of 在…之前, 超过…;……………. ahead of time 提前.  
37. in the air 1)不肯定, 不具体. 2)在谣传中.  
38. above all (=especially, most important of all) 尤其是, 最重要的.  
39. in all (=counting everyone or everything, altogether) 总共, 总计  
40. after all 毕竟,到底; (not) at all 一点也不;  all at once(=suddenly)突然; once and for all 只此一次; above all 最重要的; first of all 首先; all in all 大体上说; be all in 累极了; all but 几乎.  
41. allow for (=take into consideration, take into account) 考虑到, 估计到  .  
42. amount to (=to be equal to) 总计, 等于.  
43. answer for (undertake responsibility for, be liable for, take charge for) 对…负责.  
44. answer to (=conform to) 适合,符合.  
45. be anxious about 为…焦急不安; 或anxious for  
46. apologize to sb. for sth. 为…向…道歉  
47. appeal to sb. for sth. 为某事向某人呼吁. appeal to sb. 对某人有吸引力  
48. apply to sb. for sth. 为…向…申请 ; apply for申请; apply to 适用.  
49. apply to 与…有关;适用  
50. approve of (=consent to, be in favor of, favor, agree to, consider good, right) 赞成, approve vt. 批准  
51. arise from(=be caused by) 由…引起.  
52. arrange for sb.sth. to do sth. 安排…做…  
53. arrive on 到达; arrive at 到达某地(小地方);得出,作出; arrive in 到达某地(大地方);  
54. be ashamed of (=feel shame, guilt or sorrow because of sth. done) 以…  为羞耻  
55. assure sb. of sth. (=try to cause to believe or trust in sth.) 向…保证, 使…确信.  
56. attach(to) (=to fix, fasten; join) 缚, 系 ,结  
57. make an attempt at doing sth. (to do s