1、1. give sb. the cold shoulder. 不搭理某人。2. make a pass at sb. 追求某人。3. from all walks of life. 来自各行各业4. out of tune. 走调 I sing out of tune。我唱歌走调。5. go on an excursion. 短程旅行6. two left feet 表示“ 笨手笨脚”，特别指不会跳舞的情况。7. no ear for music 没有鉴赏力8. drift apart 日渐疏远 I know that you and I have drifted apart.9. furio
2、usly 狂暴地, 猛烈地。10. I cant feel my legs. 我的脚好麻。11. saddle me up 本意是指使上马鞍，这里是指赶快干活，少胡思乱想。12. brainstorm 灵机一动；集思广益；头脑风暴 v. 集体讨论；集思广益以寻找13. bees knees 酷毙了，帅呆了14. The board of director brainstorm all afternoon until they come up with a solution to their problem.董事会费尽心思讨论了一下午，最终找到了一个解决问题的好办法。This is essent
3、ially a brainstorm.这其实是一个集体讨论。I just had a brainstorm! We can all go in my car! 我有个好主意！大家都搭我的车去! 15. the holy grail，圣杯16. Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet. 忍耐是痛苦的，但它的果实是甜蜜的。17. Dont teach to fish swim.不要班门弄斧。18. People who invest the future are the true realists. 投资未来的人是忠于现实的人。 19. Caught
4、me completely by surprise 完全让我大吃一惊20. fifth year in a row 连续第五年 21. Mardi Gras parade 狂欢节游行22. Ill work my tail off to help you, no strings attached. 我会竭尽全力帮助你的。23. hack，本意是“劈、砍” hack habit，纠正习惯 e.g. You can hack your habit to protect the environment. 你可以通过改变你的习惯来保护环境。24. small trips 一小段路 e.g. Dont
5、drive everywhere, walk those small trips. 别去哪儿都开车，一小段路就走走吧。25. There is an atmosphere of peace and calm in the country, quite different from the atmosphere of a big city. 在乡间有一种和平宁静的气氛，和大城市的气氛截然不同。26. Public Transport system，公共交通系统27. sth. is meant for sb./be meant to do sth. 命中注定的e.g. I was meant t
6、o meet you. 是上天让我遇见你。28. electronic ticket 电子机票 e.g. Choose an electronic ticket rather than a paper ticket. 用电子机票，而不是纸质的。29. disposable camera 拍立得30. At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet. 每一个沐浴在爱河中的人都是诗人。柏拉图的爱情名言。touch 原意是触摸，这里意译成“感召、沐浴”31. In prospect of increase in demand, we should opera
7、te at full capacity.预计需求会有很大增长，我们应该开足马力生产。32. The drama drew a capacity audience; you should have gone to see it.这出戏吸引了满场观众; 你真该去看的。33. I do not believe in equality of capacity, but I do believe in equality of opportunity.我不相信能力均等，但我确实相信机会均等。34. I dont want to be the best one, but one of the best. 我
8、不求成为最棒的一个，但我要成为佼佼者中的一员。35. no hard feelings，请别见怪；别伤和气。36. delightful dilaitfl adj. 令人愉快的，可喜的He played a delightful melody on his flute.他用笛子吹奏了欢快的曲调。The songs, sometimes accompanied with dance movements, were expressive and delightful.这些有时带有舞蹈动作的表演唱很有表现力，很生动。Individually the children are delightful;
9、en masse they can be unbearable.孩子们单独时还讨人喜欢，一多了就受不了了。37. pave the way for.为做好了准备、铺平了道路。His successful performance paved the way for him to get this contract. 他成功的表演为他铺路使他得到了这份合同。38. No sweat.不麻烦；没问题39. Cease to struggle and you cease to live. 生命不息，奋斗不止。40. up against 遭遇，面临(问题、困难等) Up against a stron
10、g opponent.面对一名强劲的对手。41. Everybody is less mysterious than they think they are.没人像他们自己以为的那么神秘。出自电影伊丽莎白镇 ，就让我们就坦诚点吧，不需要演示和伪装。42. the best of friends 朋友中最好的。 A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever. 一本好书是最好的朋友，现在是，以后也一样。43. As above so below, as within so without. 上行下效，存乎中，形于外。4
11、4. One eyewitness is better than ten hearsays.百闻不如一见。45. He is mentally defective. 他智力不健全。46. take the words out of ones mouth 表示说出了某人想说的话，观点不谋而合。 You just took the words right out of my mouth. 你刚好说出了我想说的话。47. hit the bed 其实就是 go to bed 的意思，但更地道。另外，还可以用 hit the hay, hit the sack 表示上床睡觉！I am going to
12、 hit the bed later. 我一会儿就上床睡觉。48. head to toe 完完全全，彻底地，从头到脚。49. I do not get any static on my set. 我的电视机没有静电干扰。50. If you shed the tears when you miss the sun, you also miss the stars.如果你因为失去太阳而落泪，那么你也将失去群星。出自泰戈尔飞鸟集 ，意指不要只顾着感伤眼前失去的而忽略了身边的其他风景，切勿因小而失大。51. tip of the hat 本义是指脱帽致敬这个动作，现在可以单独说，就表示向某人致敬的
13、意思，不一定非要带着帽子的情况下哦。 He won the game. 他赢了比赛。Cool! A tip of hat to him. 牛！向他致敬。52. seesaw 原意为“ 跷跷板”，用作动词意为“玩跷跷板”， “上下或往复运动”，所以 seesawed between peace and peril 译为“时而平稳，时而危机四伏” Koreas relations with America have long seesawed between peace and peril. 美韩关系事儿平稳，时而危机四伏。53. impulse impls n. 冲动，驱动力，倾向，心血来潮 v
14、t. 推动We were seized by a sudden impulse to run.我们身不由己突然想跑。On impulse, I picked up the phone and rang my sister in Australia.我一时心血来潮，拿起话筒就给在澳大利亚的妹妹打了个电话。54. stay out of 不参与，不插手，置身于.之外 power struggle 权利争夺I am going to stay out of their power struggle.我不想介入他们的权利争夺。55. on season 旅游旺季 in high gear 全力推进，积
15、极进行，高速发展Its on season and my business is in high gear.旺季来了，我的生意正在全力进行。56. It takes two to tango. 一个巴掌拍不响，矛盾不能只归咎于一方。57. dough 是个俚语， money 的意思。这个词的本义是生面团，是用来做面包 bread的。而 bread 作为俚语使用也能表示钱，因为有钱才能买面包等食物嘛。跟我们汉语俚语里面说“这个人米很多”表示“ 这个人很有钱” 意思差不多。58. jump ship 擅离职守，跳槽59. jump the gun 发令枪未响就起跑；抢先行动，草率行事。E.g. D
16、ont jump the gun. We have to be patient for a while. 不要草率行事，我们还得耐心等一会儿。60. spare tyre 备用轮胎，在口语中可表达“人体腰腹部多余脂肪”的意思If you dont mind my saying so, youve got a spare tyre. 请恕我直言，你有点儿发福了。61. make a resolution to do sth. 下决心做某事 evaporate v.（使）蒸发， （逐渐）消失，消散。 E.g. We just make some half hard resolution and i
17、t evaporates after a week or two. 我们只会下些半坚定半动摇的决心，然后过一两周便把它彻底忘了。62. fall apart 散掉，分崩离析 My world is falling apart.我的世界天翻地覆。63. God wants us to be happy and live our life to the fullest, but we have to do our share of exerting the effort to live the life of our dreams. 上帝希望我们幸福快乐，生活圆满，但我们也要尽力为过上我们梦想的生
18、活而努力。这句当中的“live the life to the fullest“圆满地生活；“exert the effort to live“尽全力生活，都是能给我们写作加分的好句子！64. driving force 驱动力，策动力turn sth. into. 使成为.commercial a. 商业的，商品化的 n. 广告65. You are the only one like you in a sea of infinity. 在无穷无尽的宇宙中，你是举世无双的。a sea of 许多，大量。66. crumble：破碎，崩溃 In the end, the Roman Empir
19、e crumbled. 最终, 罗马帝国崩溃了。67. off the top of ones head 没有经过仔细考虑或仔细计算，不假思索地。E.g. I dont know it off the top of my head.我不能一下子就想到。68. Go! And never darken my door again! 走吧! 下次不要再到我家来了！69. God gives every bird its food, but he doesnt throw it into its nest. 天赐食物于鸟，但不投之于巢。nest n.巢，窝这句话告诉我们：机会人人都有，但要靠自己去争
20、取。70. His wife has him under her thumb. 他受他妻子的控制。thumb 是大拇指，under the thumb 作为一个习惯用语，意思就是控制某人，或受人控制。71. I hate a thing done by halves。我痛恨做事半途而废。72. inhibition 禁止，压抑，限制73. essence n.本质，精髓 discard vt.丢弃，抛弃 dreg n.渣滓，沉淀物。E.g. Take the essence and discard the dregs. 取其精华，去其糟粕。74. Industry keeps bright t
21、he key that opens the treasury of achievement.勤奋使开启成功宝库的钥匙保持光亮。industry n.勤劳，勤奋treasury n.宝库一般我们记忆的句式是 keep sth bright，但在这句话中， “the key that opens the treasury of achievement“整个作宾语，由于宾语过长，所以将 bright 提前。75. have ones number 清楚某人的底细；看穿某人还可用 see through sb, get ones number, know ones true colors 来表示看穿某
22、人，了解某人。E.g. She dare not do anything to me, I have her number. 她不敢对我怎么样，因为我对她的底细一清二楚。figure me out 懂得我的心思76. take a moment to do sth. 花点时间做某事Take a moment to let the goodness of life touch your spirit and calm your thoughts.花些时间让生命的美好感动自己的灵魂，放松自己的思绪。77. Mellow melu a. 成熟的，醇的，熟练的，平静的，放松的Her voice sou
23、nded mellow.她的嗓音听起来很圆润。He gave me a bunch of mellow grapes.他给了我一串甘美的葡萄。It is a kind of mellow wine from Shao Xing.这是绍兴出产的一种醇酒。78. In the symphony of success, excuses are just noise.“ 在成功的交响曲中，托辞不过是噪音而已。所以说，要想成功，就不要找借口（不努力） 。79. memory like an elephant 记忆力特别好。 E.g. Youve got a memory like an elephant
24、. 你记忆力可好了。80. stand a chance 有希望，有可能 stand a chance of doing sth.81. A mothers love is like a sponge. It can take in everything.母爱就像一块海绵，可以收纳一切。82. Let us pay tribute and show appreciation to the person called MOM. 让我们对那个被我们叫做“妈妈”的人表达敬意和感激之情。tribute n.称赞，颂词，致敬 pay tribute to. 对 表示敬意，称赞，歌颂。83. A hedg
25、e between keeps friendship green. 君子之交淡如水。hedge n.篱笆,障碍 这句话的意思是：朋友之间有所界限，才能让友谊之树长青。84. Growth is a process of trial and error: Experimentation.成长就是反复“尝试- 错误” 的渐进过程-可以说是实验。trial and error 反复试验，不断摸索 experimentation n.实验。85. Would you care for a cup of coffee？ 要杯咖啡吗？care for 在此句中解释为“喜欢”，此外 care for 还有“
26、照料” 、 “计较”的意思86. Language is a medium that binds all human beings. 语言是联系全人类的工具。87. You are quite a dish in that suit. 你穿那件衣服真酷。 dish 做名词时，除了有我们通常所知道的“盘碟；菜肴”的意思外，还能解释为“ 有吸引力的或性感的人 ”。88. I got sick and tired of hotels.我讨厌旅馆。 Sick and tired of 对十分厌倦。89. Ive got to hit the road.我要上路了。to hit the road = t
27、o leave 动身，启程90. We are going to have a few friends over at my house.我们几个朋友准备在我家聚一聚。have sb over 请某人来家里做客（一般指请吃饭，喝茶等）91. make a stand 表明立场、态度92. keep (up) a good state of mind 保持良好的心态93. cheat on 对 不忠94. Its not whether you win or lose, its how you play the game. 关键不在于输赢，而在于过程。95. Its just one of th
28、ose things. 这样的事情总是难免的。96. Theres nothing you can do about it. 你对此无能为力。97. Thats the way it goes. 现实就是这样。98. At least we are not the only ones facing these problems. 至少不仅我们面临这样的问题。99. Its the best we can do under the circumstances.情况就是这样，我们已经尽力而为了。100. You did the best you could. 你已经尽力而为了。101. Winni
29、ng isnt everything. 赢并不是一切。102. Can we make it a little later? I feel under the weather. 我们能稍微晚点吗？我有点不舒服。美国人在说“我不太舒服”的时候，经常会用 under the weather。当你用这个短语时，你只是告诉对方你感到不舒服，而不用具体地说哪里不舒服。Under the weather 可能是有小毛小病的时候最普遍的用法。103. This distance keeps me up 这种分别令我彻夜难眠。104. favor sb with sth 为某人做某事，帮某人忙；惠赐，惠赠 W
30、ould you favor me with a dance? 愿意同我跳个舞吗？105. social bond：社会联系，社会关系 This enabled the distribution of perishable surpluses, as well as the reinforcement of social bonds. 这使易腐烂的过剩物品得以分配，并加固了社会联系纽带。 Third, there have several significant relationships between the social bonds, sensation seeking and devi
31、ant behavior. 另外，社会连结与刺激寻求及偏差行为之间也有显著相关。106. Lets drink to our future cooperation. 让我们为今后的合作干杯。107. The territory was carved up by the occupying powers. 领土被侵占者瓜分。108. beat 节奏，节拍 dance to the beat：跟着节奏跳舞.109. The future is before us and dynamic. Everything we do will affect it. 前方的未来正生机勃勃；我们所做的每一件事都将
32、会影响着它。110. The great tragedy of life is not to be needed.不为人所需是人生中最大的悲剧111. Bring oneself to do sth. 鼓起勇气做什么事 He brought himself to tell his girlfriend the truth. 他鼓起勇气跟他女友说了实情。112. Leaving some of the beignets so you can stich once 留了肚子能再吃一个馅饼113. guarantee 指对事物的品质或人的行为及履行义务、义务等承担责任的保证。114. Thats n
33、ew. 这倒挺新鲜。115. boiling hot 滚烫的 piping hot、red hot 也是表示滚烫的、炽热。piping hot 是一个固定搭配，表示非常烫，非常热。pipe 是指管乐器，piping 就能引申为管乐器发出的很高的音，用来修饰 hot 的程度很高。多用于形容菜肴或者甜品。red hot 还可以用来表示某个人或者某个事物红得发紫 pipe and hot 新鲜出炉，还热着呢。116. run along 走开，滚开117. young fillies dying for you to waltz them into a stupor 多的是小姑娘想要跟你跳舞跳到不省
34、人事。 filly 本意是小雌马，这里是指年轻的小姑娘。118. We pucker. 我们就撅起嘴来。119. I also happened to come from a fabulously wealthy family. 我们家恰好也是富甲天下120. I cannot believe Im doing this. 真不敢相信我居然在做这种事情 121. I reckon you want a kiss? 我想你是不是想要亲嘴儿? Kissing would be nice 亲嘴儿不错。122. I did not mean to scare you 我没想吓到你的。 123. All
35、ow me to introduce myself 请容许我自我介绍。 124. Hold on 稍等。 125. cut a rug 翩翩起舞 这是个习语，意思就是跳舞跳得很好，尤其指吸引住别人目光的情况。rug 就是地毯，所以字面意思就是跳穿地毯了。126. The true way to gain much is never to desire to gain too much. 想要得到的多就永远不要奢望过多。127. fat cats 是一个俚语的说法，用“肥猫”来比喻富得流油的人。128. living on a smidgens 卑微地活着129. a sideways glance 斜眼看一眼130. juicy 多汁的，丰厚的，可用来修饰财产多。131. slip-up 错误132. flushed a. 兴奋的; 激动的 He was flushed with success.
