2017考研英语:考得我都“方”了!
英语课
又是一年夏热时,看着考研书,吃着考研餐。终于,有同学说,老天,我又“方”了。看着大家这么辛苦,跨考考研高老师和大家来分享一下关于“方”了一些地道的英文表达。
1. Square 方形(最简单的)
短语:to be a square peg 1 in a round hole
方形的钉子插在圆形的孔里,指格格不入
例句:
His appearance here is like a square peg in a round hole.
他在这里出现,显得有些格格不入。
那square还有其他很美的意思如:
2) be there, or be square(一定要来,不见不散)-----通常是一种玩笑性质的施压,像是说,晚上party要来哦,谁不来谁是孙子。
call sth square/square accounts(双方扯平、互不相欠)
例句: He deliberately 2 insulted me but I'll square accounts with him one day.
他故意侮辱我,但总有一天我会跟他算账的。
3) to be fair and square公平对待每个人
例句:
I ask no odds 3, I just want you to be fair and square.
我不要求特殊照顾,我只要求您公正。
4) to look someone square in the eye看着某人的眼睛,表示坦诚
例句:
He sat me down, looked me square in the eye and said, "I love you." 他拉我着坐下,看着我的眼睛说,我爱你。
5) on the square诚实公正地、正大光明地
例句:
We just want this trail on the square.
我们只希望这场审判能够正大光明地进行。
6) out of square不一致;不协调
例句:
Both reports are from supposedly reliable sources, but they are out of square.
两份报道按说来源都可靠,但两者却有出入。
7) a square answer坦诚的答案
例句:
He offered us a square answer.
他给了我们一个坦诚的答案。
8) to square away校正或摆好;整顿就绪
例句:
He is trying to get all his legal troubles squared away as soon as possible.
他努力把所有法律上的麻烦搞定。
9) a square deal公平交易
例句:
The workers were offered a square deal of a 40-hour week and guaranteed overtime 4.
工人们得到了每周40小时和保证支付加班费的公正待遇。
10) to square off摆好架势准备战斗或比赛
例句:
French soldiers squared off with a gunman at a road checkpoint.
在一个公路检查站法国士兵摆开阵势,准备迎战一名持枪者。
11) to square up解决或妥协,也指勇敢地与某人或某事对峙
例句:
1、 I have something to square up with you.
我有点事要和你商谈解决一下。
2、The world's most prestigious 5 insurance company was last night squaring up to take on MPs who have accused it of being riddled 6 with corruption 7.
世界上最负盛名的保险公司昨晚作出回应,要和那些指责其腐败泛滥的议员们较量一番。
12) to square one’s shoulders挺起肩膀、胸膛,可指这一动作,也可比喻准备迎接挑战。
例句:
You need to square your shoulders for the subsequent task.
为了接下来的任务,你要做好准备。
13) to attempt to square the circle做不可能的事
例句:
It is easier to square the circle than to get round a mathematician 8.从数学家面前混过去比“化圆为方”还难。
14) to square something with someone与某人就某事协调或达成一致
例句:
I squared it with Dan, who said it was all right so long as I was back next Monday morning.我征得了丹的同意,他说只要我下周一早上能回来就行。
1 peg
n.木栓,木钉;vt.用木钉钉,用短桩固定
- Hang your overcoat on the peg in the hall.把你的大衣挂在门厅的挂衣钩上。
- He hit the peg mightily on the top with a mallet.他用木槌猛敲木栓顶。
2 deliberately
adv.审慎地;蓄意地;故意地
- The girl gave the show away deliberately.女孩故意泄露秘密。
- They deliberately shifted off the argument.他们故意回避这个论点。
3 odds
n.让步,机率,可能性,比率;胜败优劣之别
- The odds are 5 to 1 that she will win.她获胜的机会是五比一。
- Do you know the odds of winning the lottery once?你知道赢得一次彩票的几率多大吗?
4 overtime
adj.超时的,加班的;adv.加班地
- They are working overtime to finish the work.为了完成任务他们正在加班加点地工作。
- He was paid for the overtime he worked.他领到了加班费。
5 prestigious
adj.有威望的,有声望的,受尊敬的
- The young man graduated from a prestigious university.这个年轻人毕业于一所名牌大学。
- You may even join a prestigious magazine as a contributing editor.甚至可能会加入一个知名杂志做编辑。
6 riddled
adj.布满的;充斥的;泛滥的v.解谜,出谜题(riddle的过去分词形式)
- The beams are riddled with woodworm. 这些木梁被蛀虫蛀得都是洞。
- The bodies of the hostages were found riddled with bullets. 在人质的尸体上发现了很多弹孔。 来自《简明英汉词典》
7 corruption
n.腐败,堕落,贪污
- The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
- The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。
8 mathematician
n.数学家
- The man with his back to the camera is a mathematician.背对着照相机的人是位数学家。
- The mathematician analyzed his figures again.这位数学家再次分析研究了他的这些数字。
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