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例句: To be a leader, you should know how to call the shots. "--t e
作为领导,你应该知道怎么做决断。 >3&O::]3
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(2)card up one‘s sleeve 锦囊妙计 `O'`eY1f
例句:Bill always has a card up one‘s sleeve, so whenever faced up with a puzzle, he could find a way. 4V~?.
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。 Y3O#Q)-j$
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(3)clown around 胡闹 %w7]@V Z
例句: That boy is seldom serious about anything. He‘s always clowning around. /a6Xa&(B
这个男孩对任何事情都不认真,他总是胡闹。 '}Ri`
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(4) cook up 虚构 I"KN"v^
例句:I have to cook up an excuse for being late for class. [|l?2j\
我必须为上课迟到编个借口。 r;m)nRu
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(5)crocodile tears 鳄鱼的眼泪,假慈悲 )aX,% yK
例句: Don‘t shed crocodile tears over his misfortune, I know you hate him. 6S~sVUL9`
不要假惺惺的为他的厄运假慈悲了, 我知道你恨他。 >|;aIa@9
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(6)cry over spilled milk 为打翻的牛奶流泪, 做无益的后悔 |<O9Sb_
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. t:fFU1x
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。 -1J[n0O.
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(7)down and out 穷困潦倒,孤苦无助 )Y)pmjZaG
例句: People should lend him a helpful hand;he‘s really down and out. xpOg8u5
人们应该助他一臂之力,他已经穷困潦倒了。 /@|/^vld
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(8) eat like a bird 胃口小,吃的少 85GKymz$P
例句: Lily is very slim bacause she eats like a bird. (64yg
百合十分苗条,因为她吃的少。 r7',3V
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(9) far and away 毋庸置疑 <ZB1Vi9}8
例句: Tom is far and away the best lecturer in our department. -I=l8m6L
毋庸置疑,这是你们系最好的演讲者。 !>1@HH?I\/
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(10)for good 永远 y{N-+10z
例句: smoke less everyday, then you might be able to quit smoking for good. {P*m;a`}
每天少吸烟一点, 你就可能会永远戒掉烟。 |7zd%!
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(11) get fired 炒鱿鱼 HbW0wuI
例句: The anchorman of the BBC network‘s evening news got fired. QcpXn4/*
我听说CBC电视网的晚间新闻主播被炒鱿鱼。 l<);s
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(12) get it (all) together 不慌不忙;沉着冷静 p}cw{
例句:I hope he gets it all together soon. His life is a mess. y '!m4-
我希望他尽快地安定下来。他的生活一团糟。 xt*u4%
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(13) get one‘s goat 使人发怒或厌恶 ,TFIG^Dvq
例句: It really got Mr. Brown‘s goat when he had to wait two hours to get his plane tickets. `]W|8M
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。 |6<p(i7
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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 Z4\=*ic@
例句:What‘s the matter with you today? Have you got out of the bed on the wrong side. w4gg@aO
你今天怎么啦?为什么乱发脾气? 6R^^ .tCs
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(15)give an ear to 听一听 LGtIm7
例句: The owner of the factory gave an ear to the complaints of the workers. k1!@^A
工厂老板倾听了工人们的抱怨。 Sy
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(16)grasp at a straw 抓救命稻草 yeMB0Z*r
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。 ZMq6/G*fD
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(17)guts 勇气美国人习惯用的口语,英国人则多用courage。 ukUGvK
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