Bing每日英语短语收集.doc

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Eddie didnt steal those paintings.下载MP3真是冤枉。Just because you gained 10 kilos doesnt mean its my fault. What a bum rap to blame me!下载MP3你长了10公斤不是我的错啊,你真是冤枉我了!7、a chip off the old block 酷似父母的（孩子）You really are a chip off the old block.下载MP3你可真是青出于蓝而胜于蓝。Scott certainly is a chip off the old block. He reminds me so much of his father when he was that age.下载MP3斯克特酷似他爸爸。他让我想起他爸爸在他这年龄时的许多事。Jason is a smart student, a chip off the old block.下载MP3Jason 很聪明,和他父亲一样。8、push comes to shove 事态严重When push comes to shove, only your true friends will still stand by you.下载MP3当事态严重时,只有真正的朋友还会支持你。If push comes to shove, well fight it in court.下载MP3如果非常必要的话,我们会到法庭上为之抗争的。When push comes to shove下载MP3面临最后关头,没有回旋余地的时候。9、get the picture 明白；了解Im sorry if I seem like a bimbo, but I love to look at pretty things, hear pretty sounds, think pretty thoughts. You get the picture.下载MP3抱歉如果我看起来像没大脑的女生可我就爱看美好的东西听美好的声音想美好的事情你们应该知道我在说什么。If you dont study idioms, you cant expect to speak idiomatic English. Get the picture?下载MP3你们如果不学成语,就不能指望说出地道的英语。明白了吗?Im not as bad as the woman who cries each time she puts out the rubbish because shell never see it again, but you get the picture.下载MP3有个女人每次倒垃圾都要哭,因为她再也看不到这些垃圾了。我还不至于那么严重,不过你也能想象出来了。10、bar none 绝无仅有,用来强调某物（或某人）是最好的This was your best performance, bar none.下载MP3毫无例外,这是你最好的演出。Bar none it is the best hero movie Ive seen.下载MP3它毫无疑问是我看过最棒的“英雄”电影。He is the best student bar none.下载MP3他是最好的学生,无人可比。11、buy time 拖延时间；争取时间The king answered and said, I know for certain that you are trying to buy time because you have seen that the command from me is published.下载MP3王回答说,我准知道你们是在拖延时间,因为你们看见我已发出命令;Sounds nice, but this can only buy time.下载MP3听起来很不错,但这些只是权宜之计。They are trying to buy time by treating you a meal.下载MP3他们想通过请你吃饭来拖延时间。12、butter up 讨好; 恭维In theory, selling a stake to China could butter-up both sides, so long as it does not disadvantage minority investors.下载MP3从理论上讲,把股份出售给中国可以两面讨好,只要不损害中小股东利益Maybe if we butter up mother, shell let us go to the movies.下载MP3如果我们对妈说点好听的,也许她会让我们去看电影。Ill butter up our landlord and he wont mind if our rent is a few days late.下载MP3我来向房东奉承一番,那么他就不会介意我们的房租是否迟交了几天。13、on the dot 准时；准点Yes, we were both there on the dot.下载MP3是的,我俩都准点到达。Professor Hinkle made it a practice to start class every morning promptly at nine oclock on the dot.下载MP3欣克尔教授习惯于每天早上九点正开始上课。Major Shairpe, much spruced up and wearing a pith helmet, arrived on the dot of nine.下载MP3谢普少校打扮得整洁多了,戴着一顶编织着木髓的钢盔,正好九点来到。14、fall for 爱慕（某人）；赞赏（某事）；上当; 受骗The salesman said the car was in good condition, and I was foolish enough to fall for it.下载MP3推销员说这辆车状况良好,而我傻得竟信以为真。Hes not at all the type you would expect her to fall for.下载MP3他一點兒都不是你期望她会爱上的类型.Only a credulous person would fall for that old trick.下载MP3只有轻信的人才会被那个陈旧的骗局骗倒。This is one of the oldest tricks in the bookdont fall for it.下载MP3这是一个书中的最老的把戏,别上当。15、play dirty 耍诈; 使用卑鄙手段The only way that Dan knows how to win is to play dirty. Im going to vote for Brian instead.下载MP3丹只会用诈术来赢。我要投布莱恩一票。16、on a roll 顺利的；走运的When he won one game after another, it was obvious he was on a roll.下载MP3当他赢得一场又一场比赛时,很明显他正在连续交好运。China may be leading the world economy out of recession but Brazil is also on a roll.下载MP3中国可能正在引领世界走出衰退,而巴西也在交好运。Ive really been on a roll, Ive had five dates in the last week.下载MP3我真的很走运,上个星期一连七天除了二天工作其余五天都在约会。17、walk out on 抛弃; 遗弃,尤指伴侣或家庭Andrew wants to walk out on his wife and kidshe feels like they are just excess baggage.下载MP3安德鲁想抛妻弃子,因为他觉得他们都是拖累。Of course I wouldnt walk out on you and the children. What on earth do you take me for?下载MP3我当然不会抛弃你和孩子们。你把我看成什么人了。You cant just walk out on me like this!下载MP3你不能就这样丢下我不管。You cant walk out on the contract, or you could be taken to court.下载MP3你不能不履行这个合同,否则你将被告上法庭。18、on the right track 走对路; 正确地And I thought, maybe Im on the right track, but it sort of lost its human quality.下载MP3我猜我可能走对路了, 只是原来的人情味儿丢了So, you know, it, sort of, he kept me in line. He kept me on the right track.下载MP3所以就像是,他把我留在了这行,让我保持在正轨上。You are finally on the right track now, so keep it up.下载MP3现在你终于做对了,继续努力吧。Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there.下载MP3即使你已经踏上了正确的道路,但是如果你光是坐着,就会被别人超过。19、make a fast buck 大捞一笔,通常指用不名誉的方法快速赚钱Instead of always trying to make a fast buck, you should make long-term business plans.下载MP3不要老是想谋取近利,你应该要作长期的事业规划。Some people think gambling is a way to make a fast buck, but in the end they lose everything.下载MP3有些人认为赌博是一夕致富的方法,但最後都会落得一无所有。Knowing how to buy and sell stocks is a good way to make a fast buck.下载MP3懂得如何买卖股票是轻松获利的好方法。20、all wet 大错特错; 胡说,常用于美式英语He insisted that our assumptions were all wet.下载MP3他坚持认为我们的设想还不成熟。If you think I will give him my support, you are all wet.下载MP3要是你认为我会支持他,那你就大错特错了。Oh! Youre all wet, actually. This is not a hotel. The hotel is the building across the road.下载MP3哦,你搞错了。这不是旅馆,旅馆是路对过的那座楼。When the Wright brothers said they could build a flying machine, people thought they were all wet.21、by hook or by crook 不择手段；千方百计The profiteers who bleed consumers for money by hook or by crook are bound to come to grief in time.下载MP3不择手段榨取消费者钱财的奸商终将受到惩罚。Since this was going to be the decisive game, they were determined to win it by hook or by crook.Ill get the work finished in this week by hook or by crook.下载MP3我要想尽办法在这周内把工作完成。22、have another think coming （想）错了If you think Ill fail the exam, you has another think coming.如果你以为我会不及格，你就错了。You want to give him the air? You must have another think coming.下载MP3你要和他分手吗?这你就大错特错了。23、no picnic 不轻松；不惬意Its no picnic having to look after 6 small children all day.下载MP3整天照看6个小孩子可不是轻松愉快的事。Work today was no picnic.今天的工作不轻松。Its n