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例句: To be a leader, you should know how to call the shots. `4se7{'UK`
作为领导,你应该知道怎么做决断。 Xq[:GUnt
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(2)card up one‘s sleeve 锦囊妙计 ,M| QN*
例句:Bill always has a card up one‘s sleeve, so whenever faced up with a puzzle, he could find a way. PEK.Kt\M
比尔总有锦囊妙计,所以任何时候遇到难题,他总能找到方法解决。 B!$V\Gs
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(3)clown around 胡闹 [%HYh7ua<
例句: That boy is seldom serious about anything. He‘s always clowning around. .dy#n`eP
这个男孩对任何事情都不认真,他总是胡闹。 c8H9_6
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(4) cook up 虚构 [P (rY
例句:I have to cook up an excuse for being late for class. 9(i0"hS^
我必须为上课迟到编个借口。 oNh68ON:c
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(5)crocodile tears 鳄鱼的眼泪,假慈悲
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例句: Don‘t shed crocodile tears over his misfortune, I know you hate him. "6 uTo0
不要假惺惺的为他的厄运假慈悲了, 我知道你恨他。 ee4KMS
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(6)cry over spilled milk 为打翻的牛奶流泪, 做无益的后悔 @'6S[zU
例句: I know that you have lost your purse, but since it had happened, let it go, please don‘t cry over spilled milk. b\<lNE!L
我知道你丢了钱夹,不过既然这件事已经发生了,就让它去,不要做无益的后悔。 y 8Ei=[
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(7)down and out 穷困潦倒,孤苦无助 //ne']L
例句: People should lend him a helpful hand;he‘s really down and out. 3'|Uqf8
人们应该助他一臂之力,他已经穷困潦倒了。 *C[4 (DmB
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(8) eat like a bird 胃口小,吃的少 l"2^S6vU
例句: Lily is very slim bacause she eats like a bird. R
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百合十分苗条,因为她吃的少。 =vB]*?;9
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(9) far and away 毋庸置疑 b|\{ !N]
例句: Tom is far and away the best lecturer in our department. a/wUeW
毋庸置疑,这是你们系最好的演讲者。 U}mL,kj"
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(10)for good 永远 (MF+/fi
例句: smoke less everyday, then you might be able to quit smoking for good. @S/g,;7"
每天少吸烟一点, 你就可能会永远戒掉烟。 W)G2Cs?p
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(11) get fired 炒鱿鱼 ,I9][_
例句: The anchorman of the BBC network‘s evening news got fired. }3
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我听说CBC电视网的晚间新闻主播被炒鱿鱼。 G.A=hGw
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(12) get it (all) together 不慌不忙;沉着冷静 lo IL{2
例句:I hope he gets it all together soon. His life is a mess. v
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我希望他尽快地安定下来。他的生活一团糟。 __oY:d(~
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(13) get one‘s goat 使人发怒或厌恶 }.fZy&_
例句: It really got Mr. Brown‘s goat when he had to wait two hours to get his plane tickets. "t3uW6&
不得不等上两个小时才拿到飞机票实在是让布朗先生生气。 N2+mN0k;
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(14) get out of the bed on the wrong side 指平时脾气好的人突然变得很暴躁,难以相处 p 02nd.R6
例句:What‘s the matter with you today? Have you got out of the bed on the wrong side. f}evw K[S
你今天怎么啦?为什么乱发脾气? UBUB/NY
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(15)give an ear to 听一听
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例句: The owner of the factory gave an ear to the complaints of the workers. s=
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工厂老板倾听了工人们的抱怨。 1[fkXO{
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(16)grasp at a straw 抓救命稻草 *o:BoP=S
例句: The criminal tried to grasp at a straw by feigning mental disorder. 罪犯装疯,企图抓住一根救命稻草。 Qd&d\w/
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(17)guts 勇气美国人习惯用的口语,英国人则多用courage。 K#m\qitb
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