在托福听力考试中,经常会出现一些美国俗语,考生如果不能正确理解这些俗语的意思,对考生正确理解录音内容是有误导的,今天留学360就为考生精心整理了托福听力常用的100个俗语,供考生学习。
1. born with a silver spoon in your mouth 生于富贵之家,生来享受富贵
2. by hook or by crook 不择手段,无论如何
3. burn one‘s bridges 破釜沉舟,自断后路
4. Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder 情人眼里出西施
5. bite the hand that feeds you 忘恩负义
6. eat like a horse 吃得很多
7. go to pieces 破碎,沮丧,心碎
8. go Dutch 各付各的钱
9. get the axe 被解雇,被开除
10. go in one ear and out the other 听了并不照办,左耳朵进右耳朵出
11. get carried away 得意忘形,失去理智(托福听力中出现过)
12. give somebody a ring 给某人打电话
13. give somebody a hand 帮助某人
14. have your cake and eat it 鱼与熊掌兼得
15. hold your horses 放慢,等一等
16. high and dry 让某人陷入困境
17. hit the hay 去睡觉
18. be hot and bothered 焦虑,不安
19. have one’s hands full 很忙
20. have cold feet 紧张
21.a far cry from 离……差得老远,有很大的差别
22.a heart of gold 心地好、慷慨大度
23.a phone call away 一个电话之远,随叫随到
24.a million things 很多事情(常用于形容某人很忙)
25.back out 退出
26.be a total bore 特没意思
27.be all in a day‘s work 日常生活的一部分
28.be backed up (交通)堵了;(活)拖下来了
29.be bound for 去……地方
30.be burned up 生气
31.be free of 摆脱,清除
32.call for 说,预报
33.call it a day 就此结束,到此结束
34.camping trip 露营
35.can help 能够避免
36.can’t get enough of something 听不够,用不够,吃不够
37.dark sides 阴暗面
38.dig into one‘s savings 动用某人的存款
39.dirt cheap 特别便宜
40.do some errands 做一些跑腿的事情
41.do something over 把……再做一遍
42.don’t look at me 别看我!(通常表示不同意)
43.don‘t tell me 你还说呢
44.eat out 出去吃饭
45.eat up 吃光;占用
46.editorial section (报纸的)社论版
47.emergency landing 紧急着陆
48.end up 结果是……
49.fall back on 依靠,依赖
50.feel up to 感觉有能力做…
51.get along without 没有……也行
52.get (set, start) off on the wrong foot 开始就把事情给做糟了,出师未捷
53.fill somebody in on 将有关……的详情告诉某人
54.few and far between 稀少,极少见
55.fill in for 代替
56.get along with 和……相处不错
57.get around to 抽时间做……
58.get at 想说……,意思是……
59.get back in shape 恢复身体=get into shape get back to 再和……联系
60.hands down 易如反掌,非常容易
61.hang on to 保留
62.hang up 挂上(电话)
63.hard feelings 不愉快的情绪,不好的情绪
64.have……off 某天休息
65.have a hand in 参与做……
66.have a short memory 容易忘事,健忘
67.have a way with 擅长
68.have another commitment 另外有约,忙于另外一件事
69.have enough of 受够了
70.I don’t know about that 我可不这么想
71.I have no idea which way to turn 我不知道该怎么办
72.I have seen enough 我看够了
73.I have seen worse 我见过更糟的
74.keep an eye out for sb. 为某人留意着,为某人照看着
75.keep current on 保持联络
76.keep the information to oneself 不跟别人说
77.leave……up to somebody 将……留给某人来做决定
78.leave no stone unturned 用尽一切手段,千方百计
79.leave well enough alone 差不多就不要再弄了,免得画蛇添足
80.leave……around 把……乱放,乱扔
81.let oneself in 自己进房间
82.let out 让……走
83.make a mess of 把……搞得一团糟
84.make do with 用……来凑合
85.make it to 赶上;找到
86.no big deal 没什么大不了的
87.no charge 免费
88.none to speak of 没什么值得提的,没什么值得说的
89.nonstop train 直达快车
90.not a whole lot 真的没有多少
91.occupy one‘s time 占用某人的时间
92.off hand 立刻;事先无准备的
93.on earth 究竟
94.on edge 紧张
95.on the dot 准时
96.performance evaluations 表现评估
97.save one’s breath 别白费力气(说某事)
98.save your explanation 别费尽解释了
99.take a break 休息一下
100.until further notice 另行通知