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例句: To be a leader, you should know how to call the shots. }C>Q
作为领导,你应该知道怎么做决断。 P# 2&?.d\
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(2)card up one‘s sleeve 锦囊妙计 -Hzn7L
例句:Bill always has a card up one‘s sleeve, so whenever faced up with a puzzle, he could find a way. *ggTTHy
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。 /uI/8>p(
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(3)clown around 胡闹 SCeZt [
例句: That boy is seldom serious about anything. He‘s always clowning around. 7=XQgbY/
这个男孩对任何事情都不认真,他总是胡闹。 b3b 4'l
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(4) cook up 虚构
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例句:I have to cook up an excuse for being late for class. UCYhaD@sP
我必须为上课迟到编个借口。 s#w+^Mw$
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(5)crocodile tears 鳄鱼的眼泪,假慈悲 7ka^y k@Q
例句: Don‘t shed crocodile tears over his misfortune, I know you hate him. vZ
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不要假惺惺的为他的厄运假慈悲了, 我知道你恨他。 O%9Cq}*
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(6)cry over spilled milk 为打翻的牛奶流泪, 做无益的后悔 %u }|4BXoh
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. dgssX9g37
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。 (Br$(XJoK}
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(7)down and out 穷困潦倒,孤苦无助 3M{!yPlj
例句: People should lend him a helpful hand;he‘s really down and out. x$CpUy{6
人们应该助他一臂之力,他已经穷困潦倒了。 d;S:<]l'
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(8) eat like a bird 胃口小,吃的少 +C;ZO6%w
例句: Lily is very slim bacause she eats like a bird. .Q"3[
百合十分苗条,因为她吃的少。 pALB[;9g
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(9) far and away 毋庸置疑 {+c/$4<
例句: Tom is far and away the best lecturer in our department. *wt yyP@
毋庸置疑,这是你们系最好的演讲者。 ;KQ'/nII
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(10)for good 永远 f<SSg*A;
例句: smoke less everyday, then you might be able to quit smoking for good. ,<hXNN
每天少吸烟一点, 你就可能会永远戒掉烟。 5K'EuI)
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(11) get fired 炒鱿鱼 qIjC-#a=m
例句: The anchorman of the BBC network‘s evening news got fired. y NV$IN%
我听说CBC电视网的晚间新闻主播被炒鱿鱼。 `m<="No
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(12) get it (all) together 不慌不忙;沉着冷静 t)XV'J
例句:I hope he gets it all together soon. His life is a mess. mk\U wv
我希望他尽快地安定下来。他的生活一团糟。 d\;M F
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(13) get one‘s goat 使人发怒或厌恶 HKOJkbVZ2^
例句: It really got Mr. Brown‘s goat when he had to wait two hours to get his plane tickets. ]kb%l"&
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。 n_Um)GI>
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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 5[l3]HOO
例句:What‘s the matter with you today? Have you got out of the bed on the wrong side. 7vr)JT=
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(15)give an ear to 听一听 4L!{U@'
例句: The owner of the factory gave an ear to the complaints of the workers. Xz]}cRQ[
工厂老板倾听了工人们的抱怨。 /bCrpcH
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(16)grasp at a straw 抓救命稻草 uzp!Y&C
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。 O.rk!&N
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(17)guts 勇气美国人习惯用的口语,英国人则多用courage。 *\VQ%_wg
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