英语日常常用句子

精品文档 1欢迎下载 英语日常常用句子 What are you trying to say 你到底想说什么 Don t be silly 别胡闹了 How strong are your glasses 你近视多少度 Just because 没有别的原因 It isn t the way I hoped it would be 这不是我所盼望的 You will never guess 你永远猜不到 No one could do anything about it 众人对此束手无措 I saw something deeply disturbing 深感事情不妙 Money is a good servant but a bad master 要做金钱的主人 莫做金钱的奴隶 I am not available 我正忙着 Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand 脑中的 知识比手中的金钱更重要 Never say die it s a piece of cake 别泄气 那只是小菜一碟 Don t worry you ll get use to it soon 别担心 很快你就会习 惯的 I konw how you feel 我明白你的感受 You win some you lose some 胜败乃兵家常事 Don t bury your head in the sand 不要逃避现实 I didn t expect you to such a good job 我没想到你干得这么好 精品文档 2欢迎下载 You are coming alone well 你做得挺顺利 She is well build 她的身材真棒 You look neat and fresh 你 看起来很清纯 You have a beautiful personality 你的气质很 好 You flatter me immensely 你过奖啦 You should be slow to judge others 你不应该随意评论别人 I hope you will excuse me if i make any mistake 如有任何错 误 请你原谅 It was most careless ofme 我太粗心了 It was quite by accident 真是始料不及 I wish i had all the time i d ever wasted so i could waste it all over again 我希望所有被我浪费的时间重新回来 让我再 浪费一遍 I like you the way you were 我喜欢你以前的样子 You two go ahead to the movie without me i don t want to be a third wheel 你们两个自己去看电影吧 我不想当电灯泡 Do you have anyone in mind 你有心上人吗 How long have you known her 你认识她多久了 It was love at frist sight 一见钟情 I d bettle hit the books 我要复习功课啦 a piece of one s mind 直言不讳 He gave me a piece of mind Don t shift responsibility onto 精品文档 3欢迎下载 others 他责备道 不要把责任推卸到别人身上 a cat and dog life 水火不容的生活 The husband and his wife are always quarrelling and they are leading a cat and dog life 这对夫妇老是吵架 相互之间水 火不容 a dog s life 潦倒的生活 The man lived a dog s life 这个人生活潦倒 A to Z 从头至尾 I know that from A to Z 我很了解这件事 above somebody 深奥 Well this sort of talk is above me 我不懂你们在讲什么 all ears 全神贯注地倾听着 When you tell Mary some gossip she is all ears 跟 Mary 讲一 些小道消息 她会听地仔仔细细 all the more 更加 益发 You ll be all the better for a holiday 度一次假 对你会更有 好处 all dressed up 打扮得整整齐齐 She is all dressed up and nowhere to go 她打扮得整整齐却无 处炫耀 all in all 总的说来 最心爱的东西 精品文档 4欢迎下载 The daughter is all in all to him 女儿是他的无价宝 all out 竭尽全力 They went all out 他们鼓足了干劲 all over 全部结束 浑身 到处 Glad it is all over 这事全部结束了 好得很 I m wet all over 我浑身都湿了 all set 准备就绪 He is all set for an early morning start 他已做好清晨出发的 一切准备 all you have to do 需要做得是 All you have to do is to calm yourself down and wait for the good news 你需要做得是静下心来等好消息 as easy as falling of a log as easy as snapping your fingers as easy as ABC 容易得很 To me a good story teller it would be as easy as falling of a log 对我来说 讲个故事还不是随手拈来 as busy as a bee 非常忙 Mum is always as busy as a bee in the moring 妈妈每天早上都 忙得不可开交 at one s fingertips 了如指掌 How to get at that little island is at his fingertips 他知 道怎么去那个小岛 精品文档 5欢迎下载 at one s wit s end 智穷 Don t ask him It is also at his wit s end 不要问他了 他也 不知道 big shot 大人物 大亨 He is a big shot in our little town black sheep 败家子 害群之马 Every family has a black sheep 家家有本难念的经 black and blue 遍体鳞伤 The thief was caught of red handed and beaten black and blue 那个小偷当场被抓住并被打得青一块紫一块的 black and white 白纸黑字 The proof is in black and white and the murderer has no any excuses 证据确凿 凶手再也无话可说 blind alley 死胡同 You are heading into a blind alley 你正在钻牛角尖 blow hot and cold 摇摆不定 This guy seemed to have no own idea He always blew hot and cold 伙好象没什么主张 总是摇摆不定 blow one s own trumpet 自吹自擂 Don t blow your own tumpet Let us see what on earth you can do 不要自吹自擂了 让我们看看你到底能做什么 born with a silver in one s mouth 出生在富贵人家 精品文档 6欢迎下载 He is born with a silver in one s mouth 他是含着金钥匙出生 的 bland new 崭新的 a bland new coat 新衣服 break the ice 打破沉默 The couple hadn t spoken to each other for a week They were both waiting for the other one to break the ice 这对夫妇已 经一个星期没说过话了 两人都在等另一方先开口 by a blow 无意中的一击 He is beaten to the ground by a blow 他被击到在地 can t stand it any longer 不能再忍受了 I can t stand it any longer I quit 我再也忍受不了了 我走 carry something too far 过火了 You are carrying your joke too far 你玩笑开得太过分了 castle in the sky 海市蜃楼 You plan is nearly a castle in the sky 你的计划简直就是空想 cats got one s tongue 哑口无言 chain smoker 老烟枪 come up with 产生 想出 Let me come up with some ideas 让我想一想 come easily 容易 精品文档 7欢迎下载 Languages come easily to some people 有些人能够很容易地掌握 语言 cup of tea 喜欢 Movies are not my cup of tea 我不喜欢看电影 cut it out 停止 住嘴 Cut it out I can t stand you any longer call it a day 不再做下去 停止 某种活动 Let us call it a day stop 这一天工作够了 停工吧 dark horse 黑马 Nobody considered that John would win the game He was a dark horse in the final dear John letter 绝交信 Jack received a dear John letter from his girlfriend because he had broken her heart do somone good 对某人有好处 Having some moring exercises does you good Do you get me 你明白我的意思吗 doesn t count 这次不算 It doesn t count this time try again doesn t make sense 不懂 没有任何意义 The sentence you made doesn t make any sense to me 精品文档 8欢迎下载 down and out 穷困潦倒 Being down and out he couldn t support his family drive at 用意 意欲 What s he driving at 他用意何在 drop in 偶然拜访 I dropped him in on my way to the hospital drop me a line 写信给我 On arriving the University please drop me a line early bird 早起的人 An early bird catchs worms 捷足先登 easy come easy go 来得快去得也快 eat my words 收回前言 认错道歉 I said something bad to my mum Although I want to eat my words back it didn t work for I had hurt my mum s feeling face the music 直面困难 He knew he d never get away with it so he decided to face the music and give himself up to the police 他知道自己不可 能逃脱 因此决定一人做事一人当 向警察自首 face up to 勇敢地面对某事 You must learn to face up to your responsibilities fed up 厌倦 I am rather fed up with your complaints 精品文档 9欢迎下载 feel free to do something 不要拘束 Please feel free to make suggestions few and far between 很少 稀少 Human beings are few and far between in this zone French leave 不辞而别 give me a headache 让人头痛 The naughty boy gave me a headache give me a hand 帮我一下 go Dutch AA 制 God bless you 上帝保佑你 God bless you with your examinations God knows 天知道 Got it 明白了吗 green thumbs fingers 园艺技能 hands are full 非常忙 have a ball 勇敢 have had it 受够了 I have had it with all your excuses 我受够了你的借口 hold water 站得住脚 Non of his arguements seem to hold water in every sense of word 在某种意义上说 It s a lie in every sense of word 这是不折不扣的谎言 keep an eye on 提高警剔 kill time 打发时间 精品文档 10欢迎下载 lazy bones 懒骨头 Get up lazy bones leave it to me 让我来吧 leave me alone 别管我 like father like son 有其父必有其子 like it or not 不管你喜不喜欢 make a fool of oneself 愚弄某人 make a big money 赚大钱 make both ends need 收支平衡 We have to cut our expenses to make both ends need make waves 引起轰动 兴风作浪 His achievement made waves in his country make yourself at home 别拘束 no good 没有好结果 Bad mam comes to no good no kidding 不要开玩笑 none of your bussiness 不关你的事 not really 也不是 old hand 老手 He is an old hand at stealing old story 老一套 I am tired of it same old story on one s word of honor 以某人的人格担保 on occasion 间或 精品文档 11欢迎下载 of one s own accord 自愿地 packed like sardins 拥挤 During the holidays people in the trains are packed like sardins pass away 去世 pay the price 付出代价 You are playing with the fire and you must pay the poice one day put up with 忍受 I cann t put up with your rudeness any more leave my room red letter day 重要的或值得纪念的日子 red tape 繁文缛节 red carpet 红地毯 run into 偶遇 I ran into an old friend in the shop yesterday run out of 用尽 缺少 Quick quick we are running out of time show up 炫耀 small potatos 小人物 so what 那怎么样呢 stand up for 忍受 suit one s taste 对某人的胃口 sunday dress 最好的衣服 sure thing 十有把握的事 take one s time 尽情玩 Take your time and enjoy it 精品文档 12欢迎下载 take the words out of one s mouth 说出某人想说得话 that s it 就是 that is really something 太好了 there is nothing I can do 我什么都不能做 there you go 这边请 there is nothing wrong with me 我没事 under the table 死底下 秘密地 under the weather 身体不适 what s going on 怎么了 what a man 多勇敢的人啊 walking dictionary 活字典 what is up 近来可好 Hi I haven t seen you for a long time what s up world class 一流的 1 take a rain check 延期 2 lost count 弄不清楚 3 be in another world 精神恍惚 魂不守舍 4 make yourself at home 随意 随便 5 save your breath 省口气吧 别白费口舌了 6 make sense 有意义 理解 7 cost sb an arm and a leg 非常昂贵 8 burn a hole in one s pocket 很快地被花光 精品文档 13欢迎下载 9 fill one s shoes 很好地顶替 令人满意地替代 10 is ice cold 表示理所当然 11 like apples and oranges 用来表示无法相比的事物 12 wait until the last minute 直到最后一刻 13 lose one s train of 忘记 14 meet each other half way 相互妥协 让步 15 on the dot 准时 正点 16 once and for all 最后一次 干脆 17 out of earshot 不在听力所及范围 18 out of this world 非常好 19 play by ear 随机应变 视情形而定 20 ring a bell 令人想起某件事 听起来耳熟 21 share a common outlook 有共同的观点 22 six of one and half a dozen of the other 半斤八两 没什么 区别 23 stick around 在附近逗留或等待 24 stick with 继续 25 straighten out 扯平 结清 26 toss and turn 身体 翻来覆去 通常表示难以入睡 27 turn one s back 在别人遇到困难时 不愿帮助 28 under the weather 身体不适 生病 29 bite off more than one can chew 贪多嚼不烂 心有余而力不 精品文档 14欢迎下载 足 不自量力 力不从心 30 break new ground 创新 31 do the trick 做成功 达到理想的结果 32 drag one s feet 行动缓慢 磨磨蹭蹭不情愿 33 draw the line 拒绝 拒不容忍 34 feel down in the dumps 心情不好 情绪低落 35 few and far between 不多 少而分散的 不常碰到或发现的 稀 少的 36 fit as a fiddle 身体很健康 37 grin and bear 任劳任怨 毫无怨言地忍受 38 hit the spot 特指吃了食物 喝了饮料之后 精神完全恢复过 来或感到满足 恢复精力 提精神 39 keep between the two of us 不让第三者知道 保密 40 know a thing or two about 略知一二 LessonLesson 4545 TheThe powerpower ofof thethe presspress 新闻报道的威力新闻报道的威力 In democraticdemocratic countries any efforts to restrict the freedom of the press are rightly condemned However this freedom can easily be abused Stories about people often attract far more public attention than political events Though we may enjoy reading about the lives of others itititit isisisis extremelyextremelyextremelyextremely doubtfuldoubtfuldoubtfuldoubtful whetherwhetherwhetherwhether we would equally enjoy 精品文档 15欢迎下载 reading about ourselves Acting on the contentioncontention that facts are sacred reporters can cause untold suffering to individuals by publishingpublishing details about their private lives Newspapers exert such tremendoustremendous influence that they can not only bring about major changes to the lives of ordinary people but can even overthrow a government The story of a poor family that acquired fame and fortune overnight dramaticallydramatically illustrates the power of the press The family lived in Aberdeen a small town of 23 000 inhabitantsinhabitants in South Dakota As the parents had five children life was a perpetualperpetual struggle against poverty They were expecting their sixth child and were facedfacedfacedfaced withwithwithwith even more pressing economic problems If they had only had one more child the fact would have passed unnoticedunnoticed They would have continued to strugglestrugglestrugglestruggle againstagainstagainstagainst economic odds and would have lived in obscurityobscurity But they suddenly became the parents of quintupletsquintuplets four girls and a boy an event which radically changed their lives The day after the birth of the five children an aeroplane arrived in Aberdeen bringing sixty reporters and photographers TheTheTheThe riseriseriserise totototo famefamefamefame waswaswaswas swiftswiftswiftswift Television cameras and newspapers carried the news to everyone in the country 精品文档 16欢迎下载 Newspapers and magazines offered the family huge sums for the exclusiveexclusive rights to publish stories and photographs Gifts pouredpoured in notnotnotnot onlyonlyonlyonly from unknown people butbutbutbut from baby food and soap manufacturersmanufacturers who wished to advertise their products The old farmhouse the family lived in was to be replacedreplaced by a new 500 000 home Reporters kept pressingpressing for interviews so lawyers had to be employed to act as spokesmen for the family at press conferencesconferences While the five babies were still quietly sleeping in oxygen tents in a hospital nursery their parents were paying the price for fame ItItItIt wouldwouldwouldwould nevernevernevernever againagain againagain bebebebe possiblepossiblepossiblepossible forforforfor themthemthemthem totototo leadleadleadlead normalnormalnormalnormal liveslivesliveslives They had become the victims of commercializationcommercialization for their names had acquired a market value InsteadInsteadInsteadInstead ofofofof being five new family members these children had immediatelyimmediately become a commodity 在民主国家里 任何限制新闻自由的企图都理所当然地受到谴 责 然而 这种自由很容易被滥用 常人轶事往往比政治事件更能 引起公众注意 我们都喜欢看关于别人生活的报道 但是否同样喜 欢看关于自己生活的报道 就很难说了 记者按事实至上的论点行 事 发表有关别人私生活的细节 有时会给当事人造成极大的痛苦 新闻具有巨大的威力 它们不仅可以给寻常人家的生活带来重大的 变化 甚至还能推翻一个政府 精品文档 17欢迎下载 下面这户穷人一夜之间出名发财的故事戏剧性地说明了新闻报 道的威力 这户人家住在南达科他州一个人口为 23 000 的小镇上 镇名为阿拜丁 家里已有 5 个孩子 全家人常年在贫困中挣扎 第 6 个孩子即将问世 他们面临着更为严峻的经济问题 如果他们只 是添了 1 个孩子 这件事本来就不会引起任何人的注意 这家人会 继续为克服经济上的拮据而奋斗 并默默无闻地活下去 但是他们 出人意料地生了个五胞胎 4 女 1 男 这事使他们的生活发生了根 本的变化 五胞胎降生第二天 一架飞机飞抵阿拜丁 随机带来 60 名记者与摄影师 这一家迅速出了名 电视摄像机和报纸把消息传送到全国 报 纸 杂志出高价向他们购买文字 图片的独家报道权 不但素昧平 生的人寄来了大量的礼物 而且婴儿食品 婴儿肥皂制造厂商为了 替自己产品做广告也寄来了大量的礼物 这家人住的旧农舍将由一 座价值 50 万美元的新住宅所取代 由于记者纷纷要求会见 他们不 得不请了律师充当他们家的发言人举行记者招待会 眼下 五胞胎 还静静地躺在医院婴儿室的氧气帐里 他们的父母却为这名声付出 了代价 他们再也无法过正常的生活 他们成了商业化的受害者 因为他们的名字具有了市场价值 这些孩子立即成了商品 而不是 5 个新的家庭成员 LessonLesson 5353 InIn thethe publicpublic interestinterest 为了公众为了公众 的利益的利益 The Scandinavian countries are much admired allallallall overoveroverover 精品文档 18欢迎下载 thethethethe worldworldworldworld for their enlightened social policies Sweden has evolved an excellentexcellent system for protecting the individual citizen from highhandedhighhanded or incompetentincompetent public officers The system has worked so well that it has been adopted in other countries too The Swedes were the first to recognizerecognize that public officials like civil servants police officers health inspectors or tax collectorstax collectorstax collectorstax collectors can makemakemakemake mistakesmistakesmistakesmistakes or act over zealouslyzealously inininin thethethethe beliefbeliefbeliefbelief thatthatthatthat they are servingservingservingserving thethethethe publicpublicpublicpublic AsAsAsAs longlonglonglong agoagoagoago as 1809 the Swedish Parliament introduced a scheme to safeguardsafeguardsafeguardsafeguard thethethethe interestinterestinterestinterest ofofofof thethethethe individual individual individual individual A parliamentaryparliamentary committee representing all political parties appoints a person who is suitably qualified to investigate private grievancesgrievances against the State The official title of the person is Justiteombudsman but the Swedes commonly referreferreferrefer totototo himhimhimhim asasasas the J O or Ombudsman The Ombudsman is not subjectsubjectsubjectsubject totototo political pressure He investigates complaints largelargelargelarge andandandand smallsmallsmallsmall that comecomecomecome totototo him from allall allall levelslevelslevelslevels ofofofof societysocietysocietysociety As complaints must be made in writing the Ombudsman receives anananan averageaverageaverageaverage ofofofof 1 200 letters a year He has eight lawyer assistantsassistants to help him and he examines every single letter in detail There is nothing secretive 精品文档 19欢迎下载 about the Ombudsman s work for his correspondence is open to public inspectioninspection If a citizen s complaintcomplaint is justified the Ombudsman will actactactact onononon hishishishis behalfbehalfbehalfbehalf The action he takes varies accordingaccordingaccordingaccording totototo the nature of the complaint He may gently reprimandreprimand an official or even suggest to parliamentparliament that a law be altered The following case is a typical example of the Ombudsman s work A foreigner living in s Swedish village wrotewrotewrotewrote totototo the Ombudsman complainingcomplaining that he had been ill treatedill treatedill treatedill treated bybybyby the police simply because he was a foreigner The Ombudsman immediately wrote to the Chief of Police in the district asking him to send a record of the case There was nothing in the record to show that the foreigner s complaint was justified and the Chief of Police strongly denied the accusationaccusation ItItItIt waswaswaswas impossibleimpossibleimpossibleimpossible fofofofor the Ombudsman to taketaketaketake actionactionactionaction but when he received a similarsimilar complaint from another foreigner in the same villagevillage he immediately sent one of his lawyers to investigate the matter The lawyer ascertainedascertained that a policeman had indeed dealt roughly with foreigners on several occasionsoccasions TheTheTheThe factfactfactfact thatthatthatthat the policeman was prejudicedprejudiced against foreigners could not be recorded in the official files It was only possible for 精品文档 20欢迎下载 the Ombudsman to find this out by sending one of his representativesrepresentatives to check the facts The policeman inininin questionquestionquestionquestion was severely reprimandedreprimanded and was informed that if any further complaints were lodgedlodgedlodgedlodged againstagainstagainstagainst him he would be prosecuted The Ombudsman s promptpromptpromptprompt actionactionactionaction at once put an end to an unpleasant practice which might have gone unnoticedunnoticed 参考译文 斯堪的纳维亚半岛各国实行的开明的社会政策 受到全世界的 推崇 在瑞典 已逐渐形成了一种完善的制度以保护每个公民不受 专横的和不称职的政府官员的欺压 由于这种制度行之有效 已被 其他国家采纳 是瑞典人首先认识到政府工作人员如文职人员 警官 卫生稽 查员 税务人员等等也会犯错误或者自以为在为公众服务而把事情 做过了头 早在 1809 年 瑞典议会就建立了一个保护公民利益的制 度 议会内有一个代表各政党利益的委员会 由它委派一位称职的 人选专门调查个人对国家的意见 此人官衔为 司法特派员 但瑞 典人一般都管他叫 J O 即 司法特派员 司法特派员不受任何 政治压力的制约 他听取社会各阶层的各种大小意见 并进行调查 由于意见均需用书面形式提出 司法特派员每年平均收到 1 200 封 信 他有 8 位律帅做他的助手协助工作 每封信都详细批阅 司法 特派员的工作没有什么秘密可言 他的信件是公开的 供公众监督 精品文档 21欢迎下载 如果公民的意见正确 司法特派员便为他伸张正义 司法特派员采 取的行动因意见的性质不同而有所不同 他可以善意地批评某位官 员 也可以甚至向议会提议修改某项法律 下述事件是司法特派员 工作的一个典型例子 一个住在瑞典乡村的外国人写信给司法特派员 抱怨说他受到警察 虐待 原因就是因为他是个外国人 司法特派员立即写信给当地的 警察局长 请他寄送与此事有关的材料 材料中没有任何文字记载 证明外国人所说的情况符合事实 警察局长矢口否认这一指控 司 法特派员难以处理 但是 当他又收到住在同一村庄的另一个外国 人写的一封内容类似的投诉信时 他立即派出一位律师前去调查 律师证实有个警察确实多次粗鲁地对待外国人 警察歧视外国人的 事在官方档案中不可能加以记载 司法特派员只有派他的代表去核 对事实才能了解真相 当事的警察受到严厉斥责 并被告知 如果 再有人投诉他 他将受到起诉 司法特派员及时采取的行动 迅速 制止了这一起不愉快的事件 不然这件事可能因未得到人们注意而 不了了之 LessonLesson 6 6 TheThe sportingsporting spiritspirit 体育的体育的 精神精神 I am always amazed when I hear people saying that sport createscreates goodwill between the nations and that if only the common peoples of the world could meet one anoth