(1)call the shots 做决断 *ksb?|<Ot
例句: To be a leader, you should know how to call the shots. Yv^p=-E
作为领导,你应该知道怎么做决断。 Gz?2b#7v
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(2)card up one‘s sleeve 锦囊妙计 @%c81rv?
例句:Bill always has a card up one‘s sleeve, so whenever faced up with a puzzle, he could find a way. j")FaIM
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。 [OzzL\)3l
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(3)clown around 胡闹 GR<c=
例句: That boy is seldom serious about anything. He‘s always clowning around. c<?[d!vI
这个男孩对任何事情都不认真,他总是胡闹。 6*Zj]is
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(4) cook up 虚构 &&WDo(r3
例句:I have to cook up an excuse for being late for class. 5:UyUB
我必须为上课迟到编个借口。 Km,*)X.-5
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(5)crocodile tears 鳄鱼的眼泪,假慈悲 7F9;Su3.
例句: Don‘t shed crocodile tears over his misfortune, I know you hate him. `)$`-Pw*
不要假惺惺的为他的厄运假慈悲了, 我知道你恨他。 nTs/Q V
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(6)cry over spilled milk 为打翻的牛奶流泪, 做无益的后悔 V$(/0mQV(
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. %nWe,_PjD
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。 ~AQ>g#|%
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(7)down and out 穷困潦倒,孤苦无助 &'s^nn]
例句: People should lend him a helpful hand;he‘s really down and out. 8V-,Xig;`
人们应该助他一臂之力,他已经穷困潦倒了。 ACb/ITu
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(8) eat like a bird 胃口小,吃的少 ,t1vb3
例句: Lily is very slim bacause she eats like a bird. (= 9wo
百合十分苗条,因为她吃的少。 hT'=VN
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(9) far and away 毋庸置疑 P/MM
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例句: Tom is far and away the best lecturer in our department. ]*3:DU
毋庸置疑,这是你们系最好的演讲者。 sK&,):"]R
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(10)for good 永远 JS!*2*Wr
例句: smoke less everyday, then you might be able to quit smoking for good. nLj&Uf&
每天少吸烟一点, 你就可能会永远戒掉烟。 0z7L+2#b^
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(11) get fired 炒鱿鱼 o-z &7@3Hu
例句: The anchorman of the BBC network‘s evening news got fired. fywvJ$HD]L
我听说CBC电视网的晚间新闻主播被炒鱿鱼。 k9mi5Oc
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(12) get it (all) together 不慌不忙;沉着冷静 U]1(&MgV
例句:I hope he gets it all together soon. His life is a mess. \0ov[T N.>
我希望他尽快地安定下来。他的生活一团糟。 !,Nwts>m
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(13) get one‘s goat 使人发怒或厌恶 B_k2u
例句: It really got Mr. Brown‘s goat when he had to wait two hours to get his plane tickets. DK6?E\<
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。 #f*g]p{
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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 cwe1^SJ6y
例句:What‘s the matter with you today? Have you got out of the bed on the wrong side. ZY cd.? :6
你今天怎么啦?为什么乱发脾气? C#;@y|Rw
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(15)give an ear to 听一听 'eyJS`
例句: The owner of the factory gave an ear to the complaints of the workers. ? gSSli[
工厂老板倾听了工人们的抱怨。 G 4qy*.
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(16)grasp at a straw 抓救命稻草 [
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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。 FRZs[\I|iT
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(17)guts 勇气美国人习惯用的口语,英国人则多用courage。 {U"^UuU]
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