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例句: To be a leader, you should know how to call the shots. )XWP\
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(2)card up one‘s sleeve 锦囊妙计 WVLHfkN
例句:Bill always has a card up one‘s sleeve, so whenever faced up with a puzzle, he could find a way. p0pWzwTG3
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。 @}kv-*
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(3)clown around 胡闹 E}ZJ)V7
例句: That boy is seldom serious about anything. He‘s always clowning around. A2|Ud_
这个男孩对任何事情都不认真,他总是胡闹。 )Y)pmjZaG
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(4) cook up 虚构 }K3x
例句:I have to cook up an excuse for being late for class. >a}f{\Q
我必须为上课迟到编个借口。 @/k@WhFZ
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(5)crocodile tears 鳄鱼的眼泪,假慈悲 S%`0'lzzj
例句: Don‘t shed crocodile tears over his misfortune, I know you hate him. (T2m"Yi:
不要假惺惺的为他的厄运假慈悲了, 我知道你恨他。 XQS9,Hl
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(6)cry over spilled milk 为打翻的牛奶流泪, 做无益的后悔 !A%<#Gjt
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. 5YrBW:_OI
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。 \G-KplKS
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(7)down and out 穷困潦倒,孤苦无助 zk( U8C+
例句: People should lend him a helpful hand;he‘s really down and out. YQY%M>F@d%
人们应该助他一臂之力,他已经穷困潦倒了。 3$X'Y]5a
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(8) eat like a bird 胃口小,吃的少 QcpXn4/*
例句: Lily is very slim bacause she eats like a bird. l<);s
百合十分苗条,因为她吃的少。 A,4fEmWM
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(9) far and away 毋庸置疑 &-;5*
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例句: Tom is far and away the best lecturer in our department. ttu&@
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毋庸置疑,这是你们系最好的演讲者。 0'IBN}
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(10)for good 永远 7nuU^wc
例句: smoke less everyday, then you might be able to quit smoking for good. ~
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每天少吸烟一点, 你就可能会永远戒掉烟。 tPF.r
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(11) get fired 炒鱿鱼 [KxF'm z9
例句: The anchorman of the BBC network‘s evening news got fired. C9t4#"
我听说CBC电视网的晚间新闻主播被炒鱿鱼。 S9#)A->
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(12) get it (all) together 不慌不忙;沉着冷静 %VnbmoO
例句:I hope he gets it all together soon. His life is a mess.
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我希望他尽快地安定下来。他的生活一团糟。 R2
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(13) get one‘s goat 使人发怒或厌恶 5;HH4?]p
例句: It really got Mr. Brown‘s goat when he had to wait two hours to get his plane tickets. Gy(=706
不得不等上两个小时才拿到飞机票实在是让布朗先生生气。 87YyDWTn
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(14) get out of the bed on the wrong side 指平时脾气好的人突然变得很暴躁,难以相处 ->V<DZK
例句:What‘s the matter with you today? Have you got out of the bed on the wrong side. y`=]T>X&x
你今天怎么啦?为什么乱发脾气? S;-
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(15)give an ear to 听一听 GN2Sn`;
例句: The owner of the factory gave an ear to the complaints of the workers. lg&t8FHa;
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(16)grasp at a straw 抓救命稻草 b1($R[
例句: The criminal tried to grasp at a straw by feigning mental disorder. 罪犯装疯,企图抓住一根救命稻草。 }B1!gz$YNO
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(17)guts 勇气美国人习惯用的口语,英国人则多用courage。 1.6:#
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