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% Y, r `! p2 k2 }- [( D ——I’ve been trying to get the furnace started,but I can’t find the right switch.(我尽力想让炉子燃起来,可不知道该按哪个键。)
4 N6 k1 F# E7 Q# L/ ^4 Q& k6 y3 e2 d ——Here,I believe this one in the back will do the trick.(这里,我相信后面按这个键,可以让炉子燃起来。) 0 T& K% V$ }3 e4 b8 @ x
例:drag one’s feet 行动缓慢;磨磨蹭蹭不情愿
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——How’s Bob coming along on his dissertation proposal? (Bob的论文计划进展地怎么样了?)
# l0 a* Z3 J8 w% k2 D ——He’s really been dragging his feet.(他很磨蹭的。)
8 Z% ]7 ]. V% y; ` 例:draw the line 拒绝,拒不容忍 外语学习网" e; C8 B* t4 p4 u% a5 z
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! z9 A0 A1 o) h) d* ]7 K9 X ——Paul expects me to clean the room every week.(Paul想让我每周打扫房间。)
) l$ t! b3 G; ?& }6 A5 \0 t ——That’s where I draw the line.(可是我绝对不会答应的。
1 c+ K) ]; N- l* L/ i; X: b 例:feel down in the dumps 心情不好;情绪低落
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2 h' V4 Y6 Q# q! h ——Kate was really feeling down in the dumps about her latest chemistry assignment.(Kate为最近的化学作业成绩感到很沮丧。)
2 l; f+ ~, u& Y v& U 例:few and far between 不多;少而分散的;不常碰到或发现的;稀少的 6 R; {, ?+ `- B! Q$ ?
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! Y s6 F! A$ k" E' ], W5 C ——Steve is really a terrific guy.(Steve真是不简单。) ' c+ C7 T7 j& {' Q
——He sure is.Ones like him are few and far between.(当然。像他那样的人可不多见。)
7 T$ _- x2 Q3 @3 W 例:fit as a fiddle 身体很健康
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—— Harry! How have you been? I haven’t seen you in ages.(Harry,你好吗?好久没看见你了。)
1 V8 P" n) l+ w( l ——I’m fit as a fiddle.This exercise program I’m following is terrific.(我身体好极了。我正进行的这个锻炼计划太棒了。)
2 O# g0 o5 q4 k9 }+ W1 P. X P+ i 例:grin and bear 任劳任怨;毫无怨言地忍受 . I) d/ ]/ g1 b0 x5 c4 D9 \
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——Carla,I can’t take this job any longer.(Carla,我不能再做这份工作了。)
& b# k1 R _5 Q, ]! S ——If you need the money,you’ll just have to grin and bear it.( 如果你需要钱,你就得忍耐。)
9 N* U$ f: ]7 ~9 G 例:hit the spot (特指吃了食物,喝了饮料之后)精神完全恢复过来或感到满足;恢复精力;提精神 # i4 r. k$ K" {; n0 j6 [
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——This Lemonade sure hits the spot.(柠檬汁太提神了。) 外语学习网
, I/ O* c! b. q9 n ——And how! (当然了!)
) k# P, G7 w' q" c' E 例:keep between the two of us 不让第三者知道,保密
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——What I’m going to say is rather personal,so let’s keep between the two of us.(我要讲的纯属私事,所以希望你能保密。)
8 Z5 @) y* H# E6 D; R+ L, k% m 例:know a thing or two about 略知一二
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——Do you think Andy could help us plan the camping trip to West Virginia? (你认为Andy会帮我们计划去西弗吉尼亚州野营吗?) ; p% a& g' \5 p$ T% e
——Well,since he spends every summer there,he might know a thing or two about it.(可能吧。他每个夏天都去那儿,应该知道一些事儿。) |