校园英语迷你惯用语（3）
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：英文名句短语
11. 缩写表达方式一览表.
英美人士在会话中,常使用缩写的词语,以使会话更为生动.
以下是一些使用频率较高的缩写词句,以供参考.
when's ---- when is; he's ---- he is/ he has;
kinda ---- kind of; it's been ---- it has been;
what're ---- what are; what'll ---- what will;
that'll ---- that will; I'd ---- I would/ I had;
It'd (be) ---- It would (be); wanna ---- want to;
gonna ---- going to; I've gotta ---- I have got to;
C'mon ---- Come on; shoulda ---- should have;
'cause ---- because; a lotta ---- a lot of;
12. I feel relief when I see the questions.
看完题目后方下心.
What a relief! 是(多么令人感到欣慰/放心!)的意思.
13. I rack 1 my brain trying to remember the answer.
绞尽脑汁想答案.
rack one's brain 是"绞尽脑汁".
也顺便记下 on the rack, 意思是"非常痛苦".
14. I throw in the towel. 我认输了.
throw in the towel 是"承认败北", 源自拳击比赛时的做法.
也可以说 I give up.
15. I hope there're a lot of decent 2 guys in that club.
我希望那个社团多数是正派的人.
decent是"得体的,体面的"之意. decent guys 通常是指"正派的人".
指"容貌英俊的男孩",可以用 good/decent-looking guys.
目前一般所谓的"三高",指的就是 a tall, high-income, and
well-educated man "高个子,高收入,高学历."
- He went over and took his jacket from the coat rack.到衣架上取外套。
- The old house soon went to rack and ruin.这所旧房子很快就毁坏了。