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例句: To be a leader, you should know how to call the shots. y8v0>V0)
作为领导,你应该知道怎么做决断。 3)(uC+?[
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(2)card up one‘s sleeve 锦囊妙计 1 a%1C`d
例句:Bill always has a card up one‘s sleeve, so whenever faced up with a puzzle, he could find a way. 0^d<@\
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。 !H9zd\wc
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(3)clown around 胡闹 <yw=+hz[u
例句: That boy is seldom serious about anything. He‘s always clowning around. ,GtN6?
这个男孩对任何事情都不认真,他总是胡闹。 JUq7R%"h6
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(4) cook up 虚构 ndvt
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例句:I have to cook up an excuse for being late for class. AFsYP/g]
我必须为上课迟到编个借口。 MJn=
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(5)crocodile tears 鳄鱼的眼泪,假慈悲 2Fbg"de3-
例句: Don‘t shed crocodile tears over his misfortune, I know you hate him. ~KxK+6[ :
不要假惺惺的为他的厄运假慈悲了, 我知道你恨他。 9G[t
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(6)cry over spilled milk 为打翻的牛奶流泪, 做无益的后悔 8'Q&FW3"
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.
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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。 :vE\r#hJ"
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(7)down and out 穷困潦倒,孤苦无助
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例句: People should lend him a helpful hand;he‘s really down and out. B2)5Z]
人们应该助他一臂之力,他已经穷困潦倒了。 <II>io;
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(8) eat like a bird 胃口小,吃的少 7v`~;}5
例句: Lily is very slim bacause she eats like a bird. 4y,pzQ8a
百合十分苗条,因为她吃的少。 e,*@+E\4
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(9) far and away 毋庸置疑 K[q-[q#yc
例句: Tom is far and away the best lecturer in our department. LP?*RrM
毋庸置疑,这是你们系最好的演讲者。 z
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(10)for good 永远 N1l^%Yf J
例句: smoke less everyday, then you might be able to quit smoking for good. }~v0o#
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每天少吸烟一点, 你就可能会永远戒掉烟。 %(r.`I$
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(11) get fired 炒鱿鱼 #0Z%4W Q
例句: The anchorman of the BBC network‘s evening news got fired. }#Kl6x
我听说CBC电视网的晚间新闻主播被炒鱿鱼。 :SN/fY
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