地道美语(一)_纯正地道美语
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地道美语怎么说?
By Chen du jiang1、让某人抓狂: push sb.over the edge.Drive sb.crazy
eg: my little brother always pushes me over the edge.2、处境相同:in the same boat
Eg: we are in the same boat3、最后一次: that’s the final straw
Eg: Tell me: that’s the final straw4、食客、老饕:foodie
Eg;My friend is totally a foodie5、6、7、头脑风暴 :brainstorm集思广益:put one’s head together创造性思维:think outside the box
Eg: let’s think outside the box and see what we should get him.8、形形色色的人
① a man in a thousand千里挑一的人eg: Juris was a young giant, broad of back, full of vigor, a working-man in a thousand
② a man about town花花公子、纨绔子弟 eg: John has a reputation for being a man about town.③ a man of action 实干家eg;A man of action really does things, he is not content to talk.④ a man of character 有个性的人eg: A man of good character is to be respected.⑤ Family man 有家室的人eg;I am afraid they would leave me out of social activities if they saw me as a family man.⑥ a man of men 杰出人物eg :This guest of guests is a man of men.⑦ man to man坦率地eg;let’s talk man to man about our problems.1
⑧ play the man 现实男子汉气概eg: whatever troubles come, let us play the man⑨ a man of affairs见过大场面的人eg: He is a man of affairs and has wide experience
⑩ a man of parts有才干的人eg;Back then, I was a man of many parts.想当年,我也是多才多艺呢
⑪a man of nerve勇敢沉着的人eg :The police is a man of nerve, he went to the nest of the robber alone and arrested the robber.⑫ man of sense通情达理的人eg: A man of sense talks little and listens much.⑬ man of the world阅历丰富的人eg :Bob is a man of the world, why not go to him for advice ?
⑭ man of letters文人、作家、学者eg : Shakespare was perhaps Britain’s greatest man of letters.9、哪有那么好的事:it’s too good to be true10、附加条件: what’s the catch?
11、挂羊头卖狗肉 :false advertising12、忽悠别人:bamboozleeg: I almost got bamboozled13、dobe(逗比)eg: He’s such a dobe.14、裸婚: naked wedding :get married without any ceremony /dinner /party or honeymoon travel
15:裸博:doctorate holders who have put all their savings or rather illegally gained money in foreign banks and sent their families abroad.16:裸退:thoroughly retire and refuse to accept any post or title.17、开夜车、通宵工作学习: pull an all-nighter18、考试前突击复习:cram seion
Eg: Hopefully we can get everything alone before midnight so that I don’t have to pull
an all-nighter again.19、开卷考试: open-book test20、考试考砸了: flunkbomb
21.狼吞虎咽、晒开腮帮子吃to pig out
Eg: Sometimes I like to go to KFC to pig out22、眼大肚皮小:eyes are bigger than stomach23、到底有多瘦
褒义词:
①slim
②slender 细长的、苗条的、微薄的③lean瘦的不太让人待见的词:
①underweight “体重不足的,过瘦”
②skinny“皮包骨头” Eg :Skinny girl are still trying to lose more weight.③scrawny[ˈskrɔ:ni:] adj.瘦的,皮包骨的Eg :He looks much too skinny / scrawny to be a weight-lifter.④gaunt [gɔ:nt] adj.憔悴的; 骨瘦如柴的; 荒凉的 n.憔悴,荒凉I cannot read what I have written with this gaunt hand.⑤ skeletal adj.骨骼的,骸骨的; 骨瘦如柴的24、炒作/作秀: publicity stunt
Eg;I bet that this a publicity stunt to make the movie a box office hit.25、名不副实、吹嘘过头: overhyped
Eg : The movie star’s performance in this comedy was overhyped.26、崩溃:freak out
Eg;I’m freaking out.27、走投无路:at the end of one’srope
Eg: I’m so at the end of my rope.28、如履薄冰:on thin ice
29:抛媚眼:to make eyes at someone
Eg :He makes eyes at every young woman he knows.30、一见如故:hit it off Eg :These children hit it off well in the kindergarten31、pickup line 和女孩搭讪时说的话
Eg :Last thing you need's another pickup line32、fat chance 机会渺茫
33、think twice about仔细考虑
34、serve Sb.right 自作自受、活该eg;it serves you right