When I saw a poisonous snake on the road I stepped on the gas at once. 当我看到路上有条毒蛇时,我马上加大了油门。 step on the gas比较口语的说法,其实是step on
This is a compact apartment. 这是间麻雀虽小,五脏俱全的公寓。 compact这里指空间不大但功能齐全。 compact也指小型的,紧密的。 a compact disc一张光盘。 阅读推荐:英语口
enough is enough,够了就是够了,指某情况令人无法忍受,不能继续下去了。 Enough is enough,I can't lend you any more money,you never pay me back. 够了就是够了,我不能再借钱给你
My parents don't see eye to eye on anything. 我的父母在任何问题上看法都不同。 to see eye to eye with someone,和某人看法一致,多用在否定句中,在某问题上看法一致用介词on. I don
The criminals made a clean getaway after they robbed the bank. 罪犯抢劫银行后干净利落地逃跑了。 getaway表示逃跑,在上句中意思和escape差不多。罪犯用来逃跑的那辆车称为getaway car
Many women take diet pills to keep themselves from gaining weight. 许多女人吃减肥药来防止体重增加。 diet pill,减肥药。 阅读推荐:英语口语培训
I ran into my teacher on the street yesterday 我昨天在街上碰见我的老师。 run into和bump into意思差不多,都表示偶然遇见。上句也可写成: I bumped into my teacher on th
This teacher has left his mark on every student he has ever taught. 这老师对他所教过的每个学生都留下深刻的影响。 leave one's mark (on)留下某人的永久影响力或印象,如果表明对
He is a man of principle. 他是个有原则的人。 注意当中的principle和principal的读音一样的,但拼法就不同,意思都不同,principal是指校长。 principal是一个人,后面又是pal结尾,pal表示好朋友,
Is it in order to call him right now? 现在就给电话他恰当吗? in order在这里的性质和形容词一样,表示恰当的,合适的。 It is in order for him to speak now. 他现在发言是合适的。