Practical English: 精彩习语汇总（35）

1.beef up 增强

例如：

We must beef up the army with new young people. 

我们必须招募年轻的新兵以强化军队。

 

2.rock the boat 兴风作浪

例如：

He won't like it if you rock the boat. 

如果你惹是生非，他会不高兴的。

 

3.thumbs down 表示不满反对

例如：

After consulting together for an hour, the Committee gave the thumbs down to the young architect's proposals. 

共同商讨一小时后，委员会否定了这位年轻建筑师的提议。

 

4.nip in the bud 消灭于萌芽状态

例如：

Guessing his intentions, she had resolved to nip them in the bud. 

她猜到他的用意之后，就决定防患于未然，使之不能实现。

 

5.two-face 两面的，两面派的

例如：

How can you trust the words of a two-faced man?

你怎能相信一个伪君子的说话呢？

 

6.monkey business 胡闹

例如：

he told the boys to quite their monkey business, or he would call a teacher.

他告诉那些男孩子不要再胡闹，不然他就叫老师。

 

7.a piece of one's mind 责备

例句：

Sarah gave her husband a piece of her mind when he came home drunk two nights in a row.

萨拉责骂她先生, 因为他连续两夜喝醉回家。

 

8.from A to Z 从头到尾
例句： 　

The teacher knew his subject from A to Z. 

那位老师对自己的专业了解得很清楚。

 

9.take to one's heels 逃之夭夭

例句：

When police arrived, the thieves had already taken to their heels.

当警察赶到时，小偷们已经逃之夭夭了。

 

10.ghost writer 代笔人

例句：

As a ghost writer,he earned a lot of money.

他作为代笔人挣了一大笔钱。