学外语的人一定要看的美语
日期:2010-02-22 16:11

(单词翻译:单击)

give someone a hand 帮助....

Could you give me a hand and pass me the scissors? I can't reach them myself. 帮个忙把剪刀递给我,我够不着。

Why don't you give dad a hand with garbage? It looks heavy. 为什么不帮爸爸提垃圾,它看起来很重。

what's the deal ? 出什么事了?

You said you'd pick me up at 10 and it's now 11.What's the deal? 你说10点来接我,现在都11点了,出什么事了吗?

What's the deal? Are you coming to the party or not? 出什么事了, 你到底还来不来party.

be smart about sth 做事聪明点

You have to be smart about the kinds of friends you make. Not everyone is honest. 你必须聪明的对待你所交的朋友,不是每个人都是诚实的。

If you want to be a famous actress, you have to be smart about it and take good roles. 如果你想成为著名演员,你不得不聪明地选择好角色。

Keep track of time(保持时间的轨迹)表示遵守时间 track:轨迹

I have to be somewhere at 8pm,so I'd better keep track of the time. 今晚8点我要去个地方,所以我最好要掌控好时间

Joe can't keep track of time and he's often late for important meetings. Joe 没有时间概念掌控不好时间, 他总是在重要会议时迟到.

slip away (不知不觉、悄悄的)溜走

I think I'm going to try to slip away from this party early tonight. 我想今晚的这个派队得早点溜了, 我实在太累了想好好休息.

As we get older, time seems to slip away much faster. 随着年纪的增长,时间了过得越来越快.

get away with 侥幸成功, 逃脱处罚

My little sister is so lucky, she gets away with everything just because she is cute. 我的小妹很走运,她每次都能逃脱惩罚,因为她长得太可爱了.

Sam thought he could get away with cheating on the test, but he was caught by the teacher. Sam 认为考试可以作弊一下以为老师逮不住他,但不巧被老师逮个正着.

suck up to 恭维别人,献媚

Eve is always sucking up to her boss, telling him how wonderful he is. Eve 喜欢去向她的老板献殷勤,告诉他有多棒

drop in 顺便走访, 不预先通知的拜访 drop in+地点,drop in on+人

Drop in whenever you're in Haidian, I'd love to see you. 不论你什么时候到海淀要顺路来看我。我见到你会很高兴。

My best friend lives in this neighborhood. Let's drop in on her.我最好的朋友就住在附近。我们顺路去拜访她吧。

put yourself in someone's shoes 站在别人的角度想

例:Put yourself in your father's. He works every. That's why he's always tired. 怎么不站在你爸爸的角度想想,他每天都要工作当然累了.

die down 变弱, 渐渐消失、平息

例:The big fuss over Real Madrid playing in Beijing died down after the game. 皇家马德里队在北京比赛的热潮在比赛后平息了。

We're hoping for the storm to die down before we go out sailing. Otherwise it could too dangerous. 我们希望暴风雨在我们出航前平息。否则就太危险了。

make one's look bad 使某人难看

例:I had a job interview yesterday, but I arrived late, which made me look bad. 我昨天有个工作面试但是我迟到了,这让我很难堪。

I didn't want to look bad so although I hadn't started the project I lied to my boss and told him that I'd almost finish all my work. 我不想难堪所以我对老板撒谎说我几乎完成了我所有的工作。
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重点单词
  • slipv. 滑倒,溜走,疏忽,滑脱 n. 滑倒,溜走,疏忽,失
  • scissorsn. 剪刀
  • fussn. 大惊小怪,小题大作,强烈不满或争吵 vi. 无事自
  • trackn. 小路,跑道,踪迹,轨道,乐曲 v. 跟踪,追踪
  • interviewn. 接见,会见,面试,面谈 vt. 接见,采访,对 .
  • smartadj. 聪明的,时髦的,漂亮的,敏捷的,轻快的,整洁的