英语短语整理

注:本篇博客记录自己最近每日学习中遇到的不熟悉短语,方便复习。不属于与大家分享的内容,不喜勿喷,请绕道!

1.in confidence with...私下的,秘密的

2.be committed to...致力于...,,以...为已任

  commit crime犯罪

3.take a heavy toll遭受重创

4.have a stake in....在...中有责任

5.poise to do sth准备好做某事

6.calling roll点名

7.ground out 出局

8.in one go 一下子

9.go under 破产

10.fall apart 崩溃,土崩瓦解

11.carry a maximun sentence of twenty years最多被判处20年

12.in broad daylight 光天化日

13.at the wheel掌控大局

14.what on earth究竟是为什么

15.Let's put it this way 可以这样说

16.kick in开始生效

17.shatter serenity打破平静

18.send us over the edge气炸

19.be fed up with受够了

20.tackle the issue解决问题

21.overcome hurdles克服难关

22.pride oneself on sth=take pride in sth 以...为豪

23.take the initiative采取主动

e.g:He has taken the initiative to improve relations with her.

24.have a passion for 对...极度喜爱

25.result from=spring from=stem from来自于

26.be reputed to 因...而著名

27.in any company在任何交际场合

28.more often than not通常

29.the other way around 正相反

30.have a crush on ...暗恋

love at first sight一见钟情

see eye to eye 看对眼

31.fame and fortune 功名利禄

32. go down the hill 走下坡路

33.down at heel 衣衫褴褛

34.on the minds of... 在某人的心上

35.Well, we'll have to leave it there for today.好的,我们今天就讲到这儿。

36.strike up建立

37.caricature themselves as...自嘲

38.stop by顺便拜访,顺道逗留

39.inflict oneself on ...使承受负担,使遭受损失

40 for the most part 总体上=on the whole

41.tide you over a period of difficulty 渡过难关

42.in the ascendant=rising in power and influence(占优势,占控制/支配地位)

e.g: Conservatism was in the ascendant then.那时保守主义占统治地位。

43.earliest/first known inhabitant 原住民

44.give and receive 

45.law and order 法治

46.on the job 在工作,在忙着

47.out of wedlock 非婚生子

48.all along 一直以来

49.speak volumes 很有深意

e,g: Just as clothes can make the man,office buildings often speak volumes for a company.

50.make ends meet 量入为出

51.at a moment's notice=with little warning,little time for preparation

52.crack down on 对...采取严厉措施,严打=impose more severe treatment or restrictions on sb on sth

e.g: Police are cracking down on drug dealers.

53 hinge on 取决于,依靠

e.g The debate should not,however,center on cost,but should hinge on the ultimate.

辩论不应该集中在费用问题上,而应该围绕国家的最终利益进行。

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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