appeal to | 请求,要求 | get over | 战胜,完成,恢复,习惯 |
at all costs | 不惜任何代价 | get rid of | 摆脱,丢弃,扔掉 |
at hand | 在手边,在附近 | get there | 取得目标,获得成功 |
at heart | 在心里 | give sb. a ride | 让……搭车 |
at intervals | 不时地,相隔一段距离的 | give sb. a hand | 帮助某人做某事 |
at sb.’s disposal | 任意使用 | go through money | 用完(钱) |
at sb.’s service | 随时帮助某人 | good bargain | 真便宜 |
attend to | 专心,注意,照顾 | hand out | 分发(材料) |
at the mercy of | 受……支配、任由摆布 | have a hand in | 插手 |
back up | 倒退,后退,支持,鼓励 | have a short memory | 健忘,记忆力差 |
be sick/tired of | 讨厌,厌倦 | head & shoulder above | 超过,胜过 |
be through with | 完成 | have the heart to | 不敢…… |
between you and me | 你知我知,对外保密 | hold off | 保持距离,回绝,推迟 |
break down | 坏,出毛病 | hold up | 阻碍,延迟,耐用,持久 |
break new(fresh)ground | 创新 | in the red | 赤字,负债 |
brush up(on) | 复习 | in vain | 无结果的,徒然的 |
call off | 取消 | inside out | 里外颠倒,彻底 |
care for | 喜欢,喜爱 | lose weight | 减肥 |
check out | 检查,检验,离店,结账离开 | lost heart | 失去信心 |
clear up | (天)放晴,整理,消除 | look up to | 尊重 |
come round/around | 恢复,苏醒,改变看法,顺路过来 | make ends meet | 收支平衡 |
cut down on | 减少数量或价格 | make the best of | 充分利用 |
drop out of | 退学,失学 | make up | 补考,化妆,弥补 |
fall back on | 依赖,依靠,求助于 | keep an eye on | 留意,观察 |
feel free to | 可以随意做某事 | lay off | 解雇 |
figure out | 找出,理解,明白 | learn the ropes | 摸门道,学窍门 |
food for thought | 发人深思的东西 | leave sth. to… | 由……决定 |
for nothing/free | 免费 | let go | 下课,解雇 |
get at | 到达,暗示,指责 | let out | 放学 |
line up | 安排,组织,排队 | rush hour | 交通高峰 |
look for a needle in a haystack | 大海捞针 | see off | 送行 |
make up one’s mind | 下决心,作出决定 | see to | 照顾,注意 |
meddle in | 扰乱,打搅 | slip one’s mind(memory) | 忘掉 |
meet each other half way | 相互妥协,各让一步 | take it easy | 不要紧,放松 |
no way | 不,不行 | tell apart | 分辨,区别 |
nothing but | 只不过是 | There is nothing to it. | 非常简单 |
nothing short of brilliant | 非常精彩 | There’s no rush. | 别着急。 |
on/off campus | 校内/校外 | tie up | 忙于,被占用 |
on a diet | 节食 | too good to be true | 不现实,太好不能实现 |
on earth | 究竟 | touch on | 简单地提及,涉及问题 |
on the right /wrong foot | 开门大吉/出师不利 | turn down | 降低,拒绝 |
on the side | 副业,业余兼职 | turn against | 翻脸,敌对,疏远 |
on the tip of one’s tongue | 就在嘴边可一时就想不起来 | turn one’s back on | 拒绝,抛弃,离弃 |
out of print | 绝版 | turn out | 结果 |
out of the question | 不可能,没有 | under warranty | 在保修期内 |
out of this world | 非常好,绝妙的 | under no circumstances | 无论如何都不,绝不 |
pay off | 还债,报复 | up in the air | 悬而未决 |
put someone up | 为人提供住宿 | upside down | 上下颠倒 |
raise the roof | 吵翻天,勃然大怒 | wear out | 磨损 |
reach the bottom of the barrel | 没有更多的东西,弹尽粮绝 | What’s the rush! | 别着急! |
run out of(gas) | 耗尽精力和热情 | work out | 作出,算出 |