2012CET六级话题词汇（27）

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1. get hot under the collar 为不重要的事生气
= get angry about something not very important
You always seem to get hot under the collar about people’s driving habits. Don’t let it worry you!
; j! [/ F* ]% V2 b4 O你好像总是因为别人的驾车习惯而发火，别为这种事心烦嘛！  
2 ^6 K) Z' ^: D2. be like a cat on a hot tin roof 焦躁不安的，提心吊胆的
5 j% d$ a8 R: C  A= restless or jumpy
What’s the matter with her? She’s like a cat on a hot tin roof this morning.
她怎么了？今早看上去焦躁不安的。  
& b" B* o3 l+ i3. in hot pursuit 紧追
3 M+ `+ S; W; z) T= to follow closely
$ M8 w2 ~/ u, Y7 m/ {' i' f7 RThe pickpocket ran off, with members of the public in hot pursuit.
扒手逃走了，群众在后面紧紧追赶。  
4. hot on the trail 就快发现某事
% \2 x9 G% e% w= close to finding something
The police are hot on the trail of the mastermind behind the bank robbery.
% p4 ]/ V. R  d, W& ?7 @警察很快就要找到银行抢劫案的幕后操纵者了。
3 v2 Z8 Z6 F+ ]7 \% u+ ]4 a  P5. hot air 空话，大话
= something which is not as important or true as it sounds
( d0 F0 K" J7 v9 z0 mWhat he says is just a lot of hot air - don’t take it too seriously.
他说的都是些空话，不要太当真。 16. more (something) than you’ve had hot dinners 用来强调在某件事上有广泛经验
= an expression to mean that you’ve had a lot of somethingYoung man, I’ve been to more football matches than you’ve had hot dinners, so you don’t have to explain the rules of the game to me.
) A) ~9 Y$ z" s4 [+ w: I. ?( Q年轻人，我看过的球赛比你吃过的饭还多，你用不着给我讲解比赛规则。
7. blow hot and cold 反复无常，犹豫不决
= keep changing your mind about somethingI’m blowing hot and cold about moving to the countryside.
对于是否搬到农村去我一直摇摆不定。