英語(yǔ)常用習(xí)語(yǔ)及例句

英語(yǔ)常用習(xí)語(yǔ)及例句Aabigfishinasmallpond小地方的大人物例句：Inherhometown,shewasabigfishinasmallpond，butaftershemovedtoNewYork,shewasjustonlyoneamongmanymillions.在她家鄉(xiāng)，她很了不起。可是搬到紐約后，她就不過(guò)是蕓蕓眾生之一了。astone'sthrow一箭之遙例句：Helivesonlyastone'sthrowfromhere.他住的地方離這兒只有一箭之遙。allgone希望等的"消逝"，物品等的"丟失"。例句：Mygoodness!Mybagisallgone.天呀！我的包不見(jiàn)了。Ourhopeswereallgone.我們的希望成泡影了。allforit對(duì)別人的看法或意見(jiàn)"完全同意"，"完全贊成"例句：Goaheadwithyourplan.I'mallforit.進(jìn)行你的計(jì)劃吧，我完全贊成。allinall常用的片語(yǔ)，表示"總的來(lái)說(shuō)"，"總而言之"，例句：Hehashisfaults,butallinall,heisagoodguy.asclearasmud不清晰，混亂例句：Yourexplanationisasclearasmud.你的解釋一點(diǎn)都不清晰。assoftasdown柔軟如絨毛例句：Ilayfastasleeponthecouch,whichwasassoftasdown,anddidnotwakeuntillateinthemorning.我在軟如絨毛般的長(zhǎng)沙發(fā)椅上睡著了，一直睡到早晨很晚才醒來(lái)。atfullblast全速地；大規(guī)模地例句：Whenwevisitedtheplace,workontheconstructionsitewasatfullblastandalltheworkersseemedtobeworkingveryhard.當(dāng)我們?nèi)⒂^時(shí)，建筑工地的工作已經(jīng)全面展開(kāi)，而且所有的人都在忙碌著。Bbeaboveboard光明正大的becrazyabout愛(ài)的發(fā)狂例句：IamreallycrazyaboutMichaelJackson'srock'n'roll.我對(duì)麥克杰克遜的搖滾愛(ài)的發(fā)狂。beforthebirds荒唐可笑的；毫無(wú)價(jià)值的例句：Theiropinionsonartaresimplyforthebirds.他們對(duì)藝術(shù)的見(jiàn)解真是荒唐可笑。beatit叫人"走開(kāi)"的口語(yǔ)，和"Beoff!差不多，不過(guò)比后者更流行。例句：Hekeptonbotheringme,soItoldhimtobeatit.他不停地?zé)┪遥虼宋医兴唛_(kāi)。beatonesbrains(out)指做事困難，"傷透了腦筋"例句：Ibeatmybrains(out)togetajob.為了找尋工作，我傷透了腦筋。beatsbtothedraw搶先某人行動(dòng)例句：MarywantedtobuythatpaintingbyPicasso,butanothermillionairebeathertothedraw.瑪麗想買畢加索的那幅畫(huà)，不過(guò)另一個(gè)百萬(wàn)富翁捷足先登了。beatsomeonebymiles遠(yuǎn)強(qiáng)于某人例句：Whenitcomestofishing,Ibeathimbymiles.講到釣魚(yú)，我比他棒得多。beef口語(yǔ)上常用來(lái)指"抱怨"或"發(fā)牢騷"；作動(dòng)詞時(shí)后面跟about.例句：Tellmewhat'syourbeef?你抱怨什么？beforeyouknowit口語(yǔ)為"很快"。例句：Icomebackbeforeyouknowit.我很快就會(huì)回來(lái)。behaveyourself勸人要有禮貌和行為檢點(diǎn)，意思相同的口語(yǔ)還有"Watchyoumanner.""WatchyourP'sandQ's".和"Don'tgetfresh."例句：Pleasebehaveyourselfbeforetheguests.在賓客之前你檢點(diǎn)一些。behindbars坐牢例句：Thejudgewillputhimbehindbarsforatleasttwoyears.法官最低限度也會(huì)判他坐兩年牢。behindthescenes（behindthecurtain）幕后例句：Heisthemanbehindthescenes.他是幕后人物。betweenourselves秘密地說(shuō)例句：Betweenourselves,therearenosecrets.咱們私下說(shuō)說(shuō)，沒(méi)什么秘密。beyondtheseas在國(guó)外，在海外例句：Hehadagoodtimewhenhewasbeyondtheseas.他在國(guó)外時(shí)曾過(guò)得很快活。buttin插手，介入例句：Pardonmeforbuttinginonyourconversation,butthisisimportant.請(qǐng)?jiān)徫掖驍嗔四銈兊恼勗?，不過(guò)這件事非常重要。byandlarge大體上，總的看來(lái)例句：Icannottotallytakeyourpoint，butbyandlargeIthinkyoursisreasonable.我不能完全同意你的觀點(diǎn)，但大體上你的觀點(diǎn)是有道理的。Ccalltheshots做決斷例句：Tobealeader,youshouldknowhowtocalltheshots.作為領(lǐng)導(dǎo)，你應(yīng)該知道怎么做決斷。cardupone'ssleeve錦囊妙計(jì)例句：Billalwayshasacardupone'ssleeve,sowheneverfacedupwithapuzzle,hecouldfindaway.比爾總有錦囊妙計(jì)，所以任何時(shí)候遇到難題，他總能找到方法解決。clownaround胡鬧例句：Thatboyisseldomseriousaboutanything.He'salwaysclowningaround.這個(gè)男孩對(duì)任何事情都不認(rèn)真，他總是胡鬧。cookup虛構(gòu)例句：Ihavetocookupanexcuseforbeinglateforclass.我必須為上課遲到編個(gè)借口。crocodiletears鱷魚(yú)的眼淚，假慈悲例句：Don'tshedcrocodiletearsoverhismisfortune,Iknowyouhatehim.不要假惺惺的為他的厄運(yùn)假慈悲了，我知道你恨他。cryoverspilledmilk為打翻的牛奶流淚,做無(wú)益的后悔例句：Iknowthatyouhavelostyourpurse,butsinceithadhappened,letitgo,pleasedon'tcryoverspilledmilk.我知道你丟了錢夾，不過(guò)既然這件事已經(jīng)發(fā)生了，就讓它去，不要做無(wú)益的后悔。Ddownandout窮困潦倒，孤苦無(wú)助例句：Peopleshouldlendhimahelpfulhand；he'sreallydownandout.人們應(yīng)該助他一臂之力，他已經(jīng)窮困潦倒了。Eeatlikeabird胃口小，吃的少例句：Lilyisveryslimbecausesheeatslikeabird.百合十分苗條，因?yàn)樗缘纳?。Ffarandaway毋庸置疑例句：Tomisfarandawaythebestlecturerinourdepartment.毋庸置疑，這是你們系最好的演講者。forgood永遠(yuǎn)例句：smokelesseveryday,thenyoumightbeabletoquitsmokingforgood.每天少吸煙一點(diǎn)，你就可能會(huì)永遠(yuǎn)戒掉煙。Ggetfired炒魷魚(yú)例句：TheanchormanoftheBBCnetwork'seveningnewsgotfired.我聽(tīng)說(shuō)CBC電視網(wǎng)的晚間新聞主播被炒魷魚(yú)。getit(all)together不慌不忙；沉著冷靜例句：Ihopehegetsitalltogethersoon.Hislifeisamess.我希望他盡快地安定下來(lái)。他的生活一團(tuán)糟。getone'sgoat使人發(fā)怒或厭惡例句：ItreallygotMr.Brown'sgoatwhenhehadtowaittwohourstogethisplanetickets.不得不等上兩個(gè)小時(shí)才拿到飛機(jī)票實(shí)在是讓布朗先生生氣。getoutofthebedonthewrongside指平時(shí)脾氣好的人突然變得很暴躁，難以相處例句：What'sthematterwithyoutoday?Haveyougotoutofthebedonthewrongside.你今天怎么啦？為什么亂發(fā)脾氣？giveanearto聽(tīng)一聽(tīng)例句：Theownerofthefactorygaveaneartothecomplaintsoftheworkers.工廠老板傾聽(tīng)了工人們的抱怨。graspatastraw抓救命稻草例句：Thecriminaltriedtograspatastrawbyfeigningmentaldisorder.罪犯裝瘋，企圖抓住一根救命稻草。guts勇氣美國(guó)人習(xí)慣用的口語(yǔ)，英國(guó)人則多用courage。Hhanginthebalance未見(jiàn)分曉例句：Afterthesurgery,thepatientbecameverysickandherlifehunginthebalancefornearlyaweek.手術(shù)后，那個(gè)病人非常虛弱，將近一個(gè)星期他的生命在垂危中。hang-up（情感上的）障礙,大難題例句：Maryhasarealhang-upaboutcatsanddoesn'tliketobeinthesameroomwiththem.瑪麗對(duì)貓有一種擺脫不掉的厭煩，因此不愿意和貓?jiān)谕粋€(gè)房間。highanddry被拋棄的，處于痛苦之中的例句：Georgetookallthemoneyawayandlefthiscompanionshighanddry，withnothingtobuythetickets.喬治帶走了所有的錢，把他的同事拋棄了，連買車票的錢也沒(méi)有。highandlow到處例句：Ilookedhighandlowformypen，butIcouldn'tfinditanywhere.我到處找我的鋼筆，但我怎么也找不到它。hitupon偶然想出例句：Hecrouchedthereforalongtimebeforehehituponaplantodefeathisantagonist.他蹲在那里很長(zhǎng)一段時(shí)間后，突然想出了一個(gè)挫敗他對(duì)手的計(jì)劃。Iinabind窘迫例句：whenheaskedmetomarryhim,Ifeltinabind.當(dāng)他向我求婚時(shí)，我感到很窘迫。inthedoghouse窘迫，陷入困境例句：Thewholeteamwasinthedoghousebecausetheylostthegame.由于輸?shù)袅吮荣?，整?duì)都陷入困境。inluck幸運(yùn)例句：Marydroppedherglassesandtheydidnotbreak,soshewasinluck.瑪麗的眼鏡掉在地上而沒(méi)有摔壞，所以她是幸運(yùn)的。insandouts錯(cuò)綜復(fù)雜事物的因果例句：Aftercarefulinvestigation,hegottoknowtheinsandoutsoftheaccident.經(jīng)過(guò)仔細(xì)的調(diào)查，他終于弄清了事件的前因后果。It'sinGod'shands聽(tīng)天由命例句：It'sinGod'shandsandwehavepreparedfortheworst.聽(tīng)天由命吧，我們已經(jīng)做最壞的準(zhǔn)備了。LLaystresson/upon著重，重視例句：InhisspeechMr.Brownlaidstressonthesagacityofcats.布朗先生在他的講座里強(qiáng)調(diào)了貓的靈性。letsleepingdogslie莫惹是非例句：Don'ttelltheteacherwhatyouhavedone.Letsleepingdogslie.不要告訴老師你做了什么。莫惹是非。loseone'stemper發(fā)脾氣例句：helosthistemperwhenhebrokethekeyinthelock.他把鑰匙弄斷在鎖里了，就發(fā)起了脾氣。Mmakeendsmeet使收支平衡例句：Ihavetotaketwopart-timejobsatthesametimetomakeendsmeet.為了收支平衡，我不得不同時(shí)作兩份兼職。makeuseof使用，利用例句：Hewillmakeuseofalltheoddsandends.他會(huì)利用所有這一切零碎東西。monkeybusiness胡鬧例句：hetoldtheboystoquittheirmonkeybusiness,orhewouldcallateacher.他告訴那些男孩子不要再胡鬧，不然他就叫老師。NOonandoff間斷地例句：Itrainedonandoffalldaylong。今天斷斷續(xù)續(xù)地下著小雨。ontheupandup坦率，誠(chéng)實(shí)例句：Howcanweknowwhetherapersonisontheupandupbyhisappearance!從一個(gè)人的外表我們?cè)趺茨苤浪翘孤实哪兀utandabout戶外活動(dòng)例句：MrSmithrecoversquickly，andhe'llbeoutandaboutverysoon.史密斯先生復(fù)原得很好，很快他就能到戶外活動(dòng)了。outandout完全地，徹底地例句：WhatIsaidisanoutandouttruth.我說(shuō)的全都是事實(shí)。outofsorts發(fā)脾氣的例句：Don'ttalktohim,heisoutofsorts.別跟他說(shuō)話，他在發(fā)脾氣。outoftemper發(fā)怒的，發(fā)脾氣例句：Thechildrenwerefrightenedtofindhimoutoftemper.孩子們一見(jiàn)他發(fā)脾氣，都嚇壞了。overandover多次地，重復(fù)地例句：Theforeignerrepeatedwhathesaidoverandover，butIstillcouldn'tunderstandhim.外國(guó)朋友一遍一遍地重復(fù)，但我仍然沒(méi)有聽(tīng)懂他說(shuō)什么。Ppullone'sleg愚弄例句：Ifyouremainstuck-up,theywilloftentrytopullyourleg.假如你還是目中無(wú)人的話，他們會(huì)常常想愚弄你的。putaway把…收起來(lái)例句：Putawaytheheavyclothes.Theweatherisbecomingmuchwarmer.把厚衣服收起來(lái)吧，天氣越來(lái)越暖和了。QRSsettheworldonfire做顯赫的事情例句：Peopledonotcounthimasaheroforhehasnotsettheworldonfire.人們并不把他看作民族英雄，因?yàn)樗⑽醋龀鲶@天動(dòng)地的事情。sillyasagoose像鵝一樣蠢例句：Sinceheisassillyasagoose,hewillnotgetapromotion.既然他如此的不開(kāi)竅，他肯定得不到提升的。slipofthetongue說(shuō)溜了嘴例句：Themayorreallymadeaslipofthetongue!市長(zhǎng)可真是說(shuō)溜了嘴了！solongas只要例句：Anymanwillbeequaltothetask,solongasheiscareful.任何人都會(huì)勝任這個(gè)工作，只要他細(xì)心。standone'sground堅(jiān)持己見(jiàn)；堅(jiān)守陣地例句：John'sfriendssaidhewasmistaken,buthestoodhisground.約翰的朋友都說(shuō)他錯(cuò)了，可是他仍然堅(jiān)持己見(jiàn)。Ttakeachance冒險(xiǎn)例句：ewilltakeachanceontheweatherandhavethepartyoutdoors.我們將冒天氣的險(xiǎn)在室外聚會(huì)。throughandthrough完全地，充分地例句：Youcantrusthim，forhe'shonestthroughandthrough.你可以信任他，他是真正誠(chéng)實(shí)的。turnthecoldshoulderon冷淡例句：HewillnotturnthecoldshoulderonmewhenIamintrouble.他不會(huì)在我困難時(shí)疏遠(yuǎn)我。Uupandabout病愈例句：I'mmuchbetternow，I'vebeenupandaboutforalmostaweek.我現(xiàn)在感覺(jué)好多了，我已經(jīng)病愈差不多一個(gè)星期了。upsanddowns盛衰，浮沉例句：Lifeishard．Therearealotofupsanddownsinone'slife.生活是艱辛的，生活中充滿了大多的盛衰的浮沉。VWwasteone'sbreath白費(fèi)唇舌例句：it'snousetalkingtohim,you'llonlywasteyourbreath.和他談話沒(méi)有一點(diǎn)用處，你只是在白費(fèi)唇舌。XYYoucan'tbeatit.這是第一流的，比不上的。Youcan'tbeatme.表示自己了不起。例句：Whenitcomestoplayingfootball,youcan'tbeatBilly.論踢足球，沒(méi)有人比得上比利。1.Abandononeselftosomething-allowonselftobecompletelycontrolledbysomething,especiallypassionsorimpulses.-完全屈服于……；陷入……Example:Tomtriedandtriedbutfailedagainandagain.Finally,heabandonedhimselftodespair.2.Abaseoneself-makeoneselfhumble.-降低自己的身分Example:Inancienttimes,peopleoflowsocialstatusoftenabasedthemselvesinthepresenceofaninfluentialorpowerfulperson.3.Abidebysomething-observeorfollowsomething.-遵守某事Example:Whenyouplayagame,youmustabidebytherulesandregulationsconcerned.4.Backa/thewronghorse-putone'sfaithinsomeonewholaterlosesorsomethingwhichfails.-下錯(cuò)了賭注；支持輸家Example:Themanagerbackedawronghorsebygivingthemuch-covetedjobtoJack,whoturnedouttohaveacriminalrecord.5.Backaway(fromdoingsomething)-moveaway(fromdoingsomething)becauseofdislikeorfear.-因害怕或厭惡而后退Examples:1.Thecatbackedawayasthestrangerraisedhishandtohitit.2.Inthefaceofstrongopposition,thegovernmenthasbackedawayfromincreasingtaxes.6.Callforth/outsomething-causesomethingtobeseenorused.-使某事物出現(xiàn)；引出某事物Examples:1.Lily'soutwardappearancewassoattractivethatitcalledforthadmirationfromeverymanintheoffice.2.Difficultiesinlifemaycalloutaperson'sgoodqualitiesnoteasilyseeningoodlife.7