时间:2019-02-06 作者:英语课 分类:实用英语


英语课

 真正经常和老外打交道,感觉英语俚语还是非常有用,你可以不会用或者用不好,但如果看到了或听到了,不明白它的意思,那同样影响交流的,因为有些英语俚语太常见了,每个词都认识,但就是不知道是什么意思. 贴一些英语俚语,权当自己做个日记,同时也与各位一起分享.朋友们帮顶呀.


  Be in the air 将要发生的事情
  The feeling or idea that something new is about to happen or is going to change
  Example: From the arguments going on at the meeting, it seems that a change in policy is in the air.
  Clear the air 消除误会
  To settle a dispute and restore good relations
  Example: We had a meeting with the workers, and I think we’ve cleared the air now.
  Cost an arm and a leg 极其昂贵
  To be very expensive
  Example: I love that fur coat. However, I don’t think I’m going to buy it because it costs an arm and a leg.
  A bad egg 缺乏道德的人
  Somebody who has no moral principles and should be avoided
  Example: You mustn’t lend Tim money, he’s a bad egg. You’ll never see him or your money again!
  In the Bag 稳操胜券
  Said of an achievement which is secure
  Example: We have the deal in the bag. The client came in this morning to sign the agreement.
  In the balance 未知的,不可预测的
  Said when the outcome of a situation is unknown or unpredictable
  Example: His career as a pilot is in the balance, as his eyesight does not seem good enough.
  Drive a hard bargain 极力讨价还价
  To have the negotiating strength and skills to get the most advantageous 1 price and conditions
  Example: Amanda is negotiating the best price from the suppliers. She drives a hard bargain.
  Ring a bell 看上去或听起来非常熟悉
  To look, sound or seem familiar
  Example: That face rings a bell, where have I seen him before?
  Tighten 2 one’s belt 节衣缩食
  To cut down on spending because there is less income than before
  Example: Now you are out of work, you’ll have to tighten your belt and give up buying new clothes and going out so often.

adj.有利的;有帮助的
  • Injections of vitamin C are obviously advantageous.注射维生素C显然是有利的。
  • You're in a very advantageous position.你处于非常有利的地位。
v.(使)变紧;(使)绷紧
  • Turn the screw to the right to tighten it.向右转动螺钉把它拧紧。
  • Some countries tighten monetary policy to avoid inflation.一些国家实行紧缩银根的货币政策,以避免通货膨胀。
标签: 俚语
学英语单词
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acidity
aerosol food
afghanistani
alloy irons
antibiolumphin
ashpan blower valve
automatic assembly
avi cable
bakeout degassing clamp
birchleaf pear
body-curved disease
bodywood
bottom relief map
Bozeman's position
bridge cloth
bullock blocks
bushing electric
call accepted signal
chondriomere
Cirbanal
close set
color constants
comebackers
commodity wastage
correptions
courier bag
Cunaxa
departmentation by process or equipment
electronic fire-control equipment
element name
encoded fields
end of astronomical evening twilight
engine pod
ensampling
epss network
featurism
ferret distemper virus
fiber-map
full electronic switching
gallucci
general-purpose diagnostic program
geographical north
geospatial engineering
glowfly
haberse
hardware stage
hexagonal mirror
hot penetration construction
Hudsonian godwit
Immobilon
interstitial distance (mather 1936)
investigation on audience
Krasnaya Polyana
layer-wound solenoid
leather loader
limestone neutralization treatment
maximal tubular excretory capacity
melanedema
natural rate of unemployment
nerr
non-coplanar transfer
norvasc
nosedives
OMR (optical mark reader)
optically positive
over bridges
partner with
Pashtunwali
patung series
paving stone degeneration of retina
permanent magnet moving coil meter
pivoted bucket carrier
plantar spaces
plunged into
prince fumimaro konoyes
prodan
psychoanalytical theory
Pterocles
pyrophoric lead
raw material of woodcharcaol
roller chamfer
schwab
Scythians
sequentially-lobed radar
signal smoke
signe de peau d'orange
slugft
So it goes
sp vol
spin space
Stackelberg decision theory
swansea
tandem electrostatic generator
terry swatch
the leaflets of the trifoliolate leaves
topochemical control
variable acceptance sampling
viscosity model
Warenford
weighing-appliance
zeomorphis