托福英语考试常用习语

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托福英语考试精选常用习语

　　托福考试与其他的英语考试一样，都会对词汇习语进行考量，下面来看看精选的托福考试常用习语吧!

托福英语考试精选常用习语

　　1 .pull one's leg

　　取笑，看不起人

　　2 .pull through

　　恢复，克服

　　The patient is pulling through.

　　3 .stand for

　　代表，象征

　　What does your first letter stand for?

　　4 .make a point of

　　重视

　　Do you make a point of being on time for work.

　　5 .help out

　　帮忙，协助。

　　Jerry hurried to help out zhenzhen.

　　6 .hold back

　　抑制，控制

　　We could not hold ourselves back.

　　我们没法控制自己。

　　7 .keep one's word

　　遵守约定

　　8 .lay aside / set aside

　　储蓄，积蓄

　　We must lay something aside for our child"s education.

　　9 .keep an eye on

　　监视，注视

　　I don't know what would happen if I weren"t here to keep an eye on children.

　　如果我不在这儿监视孩子们，真不知道会发生什么。

　　10 .get egg on one's face

　　感到窘迫，羞耻

　　Steve didn't expect to win .He just didn"t want to get egg on his face .

　　11 .a white elephant

　　(形容新的.建筑，计划)是浪费的，无用的

　　This project is completely a white elephant

　　12 .a big fish

　　大人物，重要角色

　　The four who were arrested here last September were described as really big fish by the U.S.Drug Enforement Agency.

　　13 .in seventh heaven

　　十分高兴

　　After I was given my first camera,I was in seventh heaven.

　　14 .break a leg

　　祝演出成功，(注意是祝福语而不是诅咒)

　　15 .live like a king

　　生活奢华

　　16 .break the ice

　　打破僵局

　　I was about to speak when someone broke the ice.

　　我正要说话，有人打破了僵局。

　　17 .get down to

　　开始做，处理

　　The task wasn't so difficult when I got down to it.

　　我开始处理这件事的时候，发现并不困难。

　　18 .drink like a fish

　　酒量很大

　　When I was young I could drink like a fish and eat like a pig.

　　我年轻时酒量和食量都很惊人。

　　19 .a fool and his money are soon parted

　　(形容花钱不理智)

　　20 .free as the air

　　自由自在，无拘无束

　　21 .run out of gas

　　(突然感到)疲倦和厌倦

　　22 .the heat is on

　　压力大

　　To perform well when the heat is on ,all you have to do is let it happen.

　　要在大的压力下表现出色，你要做的是任之发生。

　　23 . bring someone to heel

　　使某人臣服，服从

　　In practice it"s still not clear how the president will use his power to bring the republics to heel.

　　实际上，总统将如何使用权利使公众服从还不清楚。

　　24 .cross my heart

　　发自内心

　　I promise,cross my heart.

　　我对天发誓。

　　25 .take in

　　欺骗

　　She must have been taken in by a salesman.

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