第一篇:中英文对照谚语
中英文相对应的谚语
浑水摸鱼
成语出处: 语源和意源不详.公元前6世纪希腊寓言家伊索的《伊索寓言渔夫》
中讲的是混水摸鱼的故事:一位渔夫在河里捕鱼时,先拦河张网,然后用绳子拴上石块,面向鱼网击打水底,鱼吓得到处乱游,有些撞进网里。当地有人见渔夫这样做,责怪他把水搅浑了,使人不能喝到清水。渔夫说:“若不是把水搅浑,我就捕不到鱼,捕不到鱼,我就得饿死。”
有人把它作为“浑水摸鱼”的来源。我们认为寓言译介到中国来的时间与《三十六
计》成书时间的先后关系有待进一步考证。
Teach fish to swim.Showing Off One's Proficiency with the Axe Before Lu Ban the Master Carpenter
班门弄斧典故(中英对照)
古代有一个建筑和雕刻技术非常高超的人,名叫鲁班,木匠行里尊称他为祖师。传说他曾用木头制作了一只五彩斑斓的凤凰,能够在空中飞翔三天不掉下来。在鲁班门前摆弄斧子,当然显得有些自不量力了。
Lu Ban was supposed to be a consummate carpenter in ancient times.It is said that he once carved a wooden phoenix that was so lifelike that it actually flew in the sky for three days.Thus it was considered the height of folly to show off one's skill with an axe in front of Lu Ban.“班门弄斧”这个成语,用来比喻在行家面前显示本领。
This idiom excoriates those who show off their slight accomplishments in front of experts.Don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs.休要班门弄斧。
A new broom sweeps clean.意思:比喻刚出任新职时,总要摆出架势好好做几件事,一显威风与才干。三国的诸葛亮西元207年,在刘备三顾茅庐后,他答应出来辅佐一连三次用火攻,烧了博望坡、新野再与孙权联合火攻曹操于赤壁,这就叫新官上任三把火了。引申出来的意思是意思是说:新官员上任时,常常做出几件事以表现自己的才干和革除时敝的决心,过后也就一切如旧。Business is business.成语典故: 公事按公事的原则办,不讲私人情面。成语出处: 清李宝嘉《官场现形记》第三十三回:“藩台见人家不来打点,他便有心公事公办,先从余荩臣下手。”
Out of office, out of danger.成语典故: 不做官了,感到一身轻松。封建官僚官以后常用这句话来自我安慰。现也泛指卸去责任后一时感到轻松。
The style is the man.成语典故: 指文章的风格同作者的性格特点相似。成语出处: 宋苏轼《答张文潜书》:“子由之文实胜仆,而世俗不知,乃以为不如;其为人深不愿人知之,其文如其为人。” Pride goes before a fall.成语典故: 骄傲的军队必定打败仗。
Time and tide wait for no man.成语典故: 我待:“待我”的倒装,等待我。时间不会等待我们。指要抓紧时间。
The tongue cuts the throat.成语典故: 灾祸从口里产生出来。指说话不谨慎容易惹祸。
Every dog is a lion at home.成语典故: 夜郎:汉代西南地区的一个小国。比喻人无知而又狂妄自大。Accidents will happen.成语典故: 不测:料想不到。比喻有些灾祸的发生,事先是无法预料的。
A friend in need is a friend indeed.患难朋友才是真正的朋友。
Actions speak louder than words.事实胜于雄辩
All is not gold that glitters.闪光的不一定都是金子
An idle youth,a needy age.少壮不努力,老大徒伤悲
Bitter pills may have wholesome effects.良药苦口
Do wrong once and you"ll never hear the end of it.一失足成千古恨
Every cloud has a silver lining.守得云开见月明
Every man has his fault.人孰无过
First come,first served.捷足先登
Haste makes waste.欲速则不达
Honesty is the best policy.诚实至上
In fair weather prepare for foul.未雨绸缪
Knowledge is power.知识就是力量
Let bygones be bygone.既往不咎
Look before you leap.三思而后行
Man proposes,God disposes.谋事在人,成事在天
Money talks.金钱万能
No gains without pains.吃得苦中苦方为人上人
Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧
Silence is golden.沉默是金
Speak well of your friend,of your enemy say nothing.隐恶扬善
Take things as they come.逆来顺受
The ear1y bird catches the worm.先到先得
Time and tide wait for no man.岁月不饶人
To burn the candle at both ends.自暴自弃
To count one's chickens before they are hatched.To make a mountain out of a molehill.小题大做
Too many cooks spoil tbe broth.人多手脚乱
Well begun is half done.事半功倍
When you are in Rome,do as the Romans do.入乡随俗
Where there is life, there is hope.留得青山在,不怕没材烧。
Fish in troubled waters
第二篇:英语谚语中英文对照
英语谚语
All rivers run into the sea.All roads lead to Rome.海纳百川 条条道路通罗马.趁热打铁.眼见为实 入乡随俗 Strike while the iron is hot.Seeing is believing.When in Rome, do as the Romans do.Look before you leap.Two heads are better than one.A friend in need is a friend indeed.Where there is s will,there is a way.No pains,no gains.Time and tide wait for no man.It's never too late to mend.Knowledge is power.Failure is the mother of success.Easier said than done.It's never too late to learn.A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.A good beginning is half done.A miss is as good as a mile.As a man sows, so he shall reap.A snow year, a rich year.Easy come, easy go.So said, so done.Time flies.Bad news has wings.三思而后行
三个臭皮匠顶一个诸葛亮。患难见真情。有志者事竟成。不劳则无获 时不待人 亡羊补牢 知识就是力量 失败是成攻之母 说起来容易,做起来难。活到老,学到老。吃一堑,长一智。良好的开端是成功的一半。失之毫厘,差之千里。种瓜得瓜,种豆得豆。瑞雪兆丰年。来也匆匆,去也匆匆。说到做到 光阴似箭。
好事不出门,坏事传千里。1
第三篇:中国谚语警句中英文对照
中国谚语警句中英文对照
玉不琢,不成器: C: A piece of jade unless cut forms no article of vertu./ E: An uncut gem goes not sparkle./ The finest diamond must be cut./ Unpolished pearls never shine.,十年树木,百年树人: C: It takes ten years to grow a tree and a hundred years to bring up a generation of good men./ E: It takes three generations to make a gentleman.,学无止境: C: knowledge is infinite / E: progress sometimes uses a comma, but never a full stop.,此地无银三百两: never try to prove what nobody doubts.,严师出高徒: C: Good pupils are to be brought up by strict teachers./ E: It is the bridle and spur that makes a good horse.,得不偿失: give a lark to catch a kite.,对症下药: a disease known is half the cure.,君子之交淡如水: a hedge between keeps friendship green.,化干戈为玉帛: bury the hatchet.,家和万事兴: he is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.,江山易改,本性难移: the leopard cannot change its spots.,留得青山在,不怕没柴烧: where there is life, there is hope.,狡兔三窟: the mouse that has but one hole is quickly taken.,举一反三: half a tale is enough for a wise man.,当局者迷,旁观者清: outsiders see more than insiders./ standers-by see more than gamesters.世上无难事,只怕有心人: dogged does it.,笨鸟先飞: C: a slow sparrow should make an early start./ E: a lame traveler should get out betimes.,冷暖自知: every man is best known to himself.,有情人终成眷属: every jack has jill.,宁为玉碎不为瓦全: better death than dishonor.,情人眼里出西施: if jack is in love, he is no judge of jill’s beauty.,拳不离手,曲不离口: no day without a line.,吃一堑,长一智: by falling we learn to go safely.,塞翁失马: no great loss without some small gain.,天无绝人之路: god tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.,仁者见仁,智者见智: E: the donkey means one thing, and the driver another./ C: the benevolent see benevolence and the wise see wisdom.,师傅领进门,修行在个人: no man is his craft’s master the first day.谚语作为一种以简单通俗的语言来表达深刻道理的语句,常为人们所引用。千百年来各国之间或多或少的文化交流,往往会使一个民族的谚语跨越疆界,广为流传于其它民族。许多谚语流传甚广,早已为我们所熟知。因此,谚语的口译并非是一道不可逾越的障碍。谚语的口译大致可分为三种类型,一种是“形同意合”的口译,第二种是“形似意合”的口译,第三种是“形异意合”的口译。
一、“形同意合”的谚语
A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.吃一堑,长一智。
All shall be well, Jack shall have Jill.有情人终成成眷属。
A man should not bite the hand that feeds him.不
要恩将仇报。Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.情人眼里出西施。
Business is business.公事公办。
Facts speak louder than words.事实胜于雄辩。
Failure is the mother of success.失败乃成功之母。
Fish in troubled waters.浑水摸鱼。
Friends must part.聚散离合总有时。/天下无不散之宴席。Great minds think alike.英雄所见略同。
Health is better than wealth.家有万贯财,不如一身健。
Hedges have eyes, walls have ears.隔篱有眼,隔墙有耳。
In time of peace prepare for war.居安当思危。
Like father, like son.有其父,必有其子。
Man proposes, God disposes.谋事在人,成事在天。
Misfortunes never come alone.祸不单行。
Money can’t buy time.寸金难买寸光阴。
More haste, less speed.欲速则不达。
Out of office, out of danger.无官一身轻。Out of sight, out of mind./Far from eye, far from heart.眼不见为净。
Pride goes before a fall.骄者必败。
The style is the man.文如其人。
Time and tide wait for no man.时不我待。/岁月无情。
The remembrance of the past is the teacher of the future.前事不忘后事之师。/前车之覆,后车之鉴。To teach is to learn.教学相长。
The tongue cuts the throat.祸从口出。/言多必失。
第四篇:中英文谚语汇总
谚语汇总
Every medal has its reverse.事物都有它的反面。
Every mother’s child is handsome.王婆卖瓜,自卖自夸。
Everyone is dissatisfied with his own fortune.人总是不满于自己的命运。Everyone’s faults are not written in their foreheads.知人知面不知心 Every pleasure has a pain.乐中必有苦。
Every salesman boasts of his own wares.老王卖瓜,自卖自夸。Every shoe fits no every foot.不能以己度人。
Everything comes to him who waits.安心等待必有好处。Everything has its seeds.无风不起浪。
Everything has its time and that time must be watched.抓住时机,绝不错过。Everything hath an end.任何事物都有它的结果。Everything is good in its season.万物逢时皆美好。
Everything is good when new, but friend when old.东西还是新的好,朋友还是老的好。Everything is nice in your garden.老王卖瓜,自卖自夸。Everything must have a beginning.凡事都有起源。Everything new is fine.新事物总是美好的。
Every tide hath its ebb.兴盛之日必有衰退之时。
Every tree is known by its own fruit.观其言行,知其为人。Every why has a wherefore.事出有因。
Evil comes to us by ells and goes away by inches.罪恶来时,尺进寸退。Evil communications corrupt good manners.交往恶劣,有损风度。Evil gotten, evil spent.悖入悖出。
Example is better than precept.言教不如身教。Exchange is no robbery.公平交易并非强行夺取。
Exercise, temperance, fresh air and needful rest are the best of all physicians.锻炼、节制、新鲜空气和必要的休息是最好的医生。
Experience is a school from which one can never graduate.经验无止境。Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.Experience keeps a dear school, but fools learn in no other.吃亏学乖代价高,笨汉非此学不好。Experience keeps no school, she teaches her pupils singly, 亲身经验,才是经验。Experience must be bought.若要得经验,必须花代价。
Experience without learning is better than learning without experience.有经验而无学问,胜于有学问而无经验。
Extremes are dangerous.物极必反。Extremes meet.否极泰来。
Facts are stubborn things.事实是不容改变的东西。
Faint heart never wins fair lady.懦夫俘获不了美人的芳心。Fair and softly go far in a day.谦和稳重,前程远大。Fair faces need no paint.貌美毋须修饰。
Faith will move mountains.精诚所至,金石为开。
Fall sick and you will see who your friend is and who is not.患难见真情。False friends are worse than open enemies.明枪易躲,暗箭难防。False tongue will never speak truth.虚伪者从不肯说实话。False with one can be false with two.对一个人虚伪,也会对别人虚伪。Fame is a magnifying glass.名誉是放大镜。
Fame like a river is narrowest at its source and broadest afar off.名誉像条河,源头最狭窄,远处最宽阔。
Familiar paths and old friends are the best.熟路好遵循,老友最可珍。Far from eye, far from heart.离远而亲疏 Fast bind, fast find.保存得好,东西好找
Fasting comes after feasting.今朝有酒今朝醉,明日无酒不揭锅。
Don’t whistle until you are out of the wind.没有脱离险境,不要过早高兴。Do one’s level best.尽力而为。
Dot the I’s and cross the t’s.一点一划,循规蹈矩。Doubt is the key of knowledge.怀疑是知识的钥匙 Do well is better than say well.说得好不如做得好。
Downy lips make thoughtless slips.嘴上没毛,办事不牢。
Draw not your bow till your arrow is fixed.事未齐备,切莫妄动。Draw water with a sieve.竹篮打水一场空 Dreams are lies.梦不足信。
Dreams go by contraries.梦想与现实总是相反的。
Drive your business, do not let it drive you.要推动事业,不要让事业推动你。Drop by drop the oceans are filled;stone by stone the walls are built.滴水汇大海,磊石筑高墙。Drowning man will catch up a straw.溺水的人一根草也要抓。
Drunken days have all their tomorrows.今日花天酒地,明日潦倒穷途。Drunkennessreveals what soberness conceals.酒后吐真言 Dumb dogs are dangerous.哑犬最凶恶。
Dying is as natural as living.死亡和生存一样自然。
Each bird loves to hear himself sing.鸟儿都爱听自己唱歌。Eachday brings its own bread.天无绝人之路。
Each man is the architect/master of his own fate/fortune.命运掌握在自己手中。Eagles catch no files.大人物计较教小事情
Eagles fly alone, but sheep flock together.鹰单飞,羊群集
Early mistakes are the seeds of future trouble.早期的错误可以酿成日后的麻烦。Early sow, early mow.早播种,早收获。
Early start makes easy stages.早开始是成功的保障。
Early to bed and early to rise make man healthy, wealthy and wise.早睡早起令人健康、富有且聪明。
Easier said than done.说话容易做事难。
East or west, home is best.在家千日好,出门时时难。Easy come, easy go.患得患失
Eat at pleasure and drink with measure.随意吃饭,适度饮酒。Eat one’s cake and have it.又要马儿跑,又要马儿不吃草。
Eat to live but not live to eat.吃饭是为了生存,但生存不是为了吃饭。
Eat to please thyself, but dress to please other.吃使自己受用,穿使别人受用。
Education begins a gentleman, conversation completes him.人的教养始于教育,成于社交。Elbow grease gives the best polish.只要功夫深,铁杵磨成针。Empty vessels make the greatest sound.空桶响声大。Enough is as good as feast.知足常乐。
Envy assails the noblest, the winds howl around the highest peak.高位遭人妒,高峰招风吹。Equivocation is first cousinto a lie.支支吾吾,必有欺诈。
Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow;he would search for pearls must dive below.错误像稻草,漂浮在河面。欲觅珍珠者,须往水下潜。
Even homer sometimes nods.人非圣贤,孰能无过。Even the walls have ears.隔墙有耳。
Every advantage has its disadvantage.有利必有弊。Every bean has its black.人无完人。Every bird likes its own nest.人爱其家。
Everybody’s business is nobody’s business.人人负责等于没人负责。Every brave man is a man of his word.勇者信守诺言。Every bullet has its billet.无风不起浪。
Every cloud has a silver lining.山穷水尽疑无路,柳暗花明又一村。Every cock crows on its own dunghill.夜郎自大 Every cook praise his own broth.自吹自擂 Every country has its customs.乡有乡俗。
For a lost thing care nothing.一事之失,不必介意。Forbidden fruit is sweet.禁果分外甜。
Force can never destroy right.暴力决不能摧毁正义。Forget not that you are a man.不要忘记你是一个人。
Forget other’s faults by remembering your own.想想自己的错,就会忘却别人的过。Forgive and forget.不念旧恶。
Forgive others but not yourself.严于律己,宽以待人。Fortune favors fools.傻人有傻福。Fortune favors the bold.勇者天佑。
Fortune is fickle.天有不测风云,人有旦夕祸福。
Fortune is good to him who knows to make good use of her.知道利用幸福的人才有幸福。Fortune knocks once at least every man’s door.人人都有鸿运高照之日。
Fortune often rewards with interest those that have patience.只要有耐心,总会走好运。Fortune smiles upon the brave and frowns upon the coward.幸运喜欢勇敢的人,不喜欢怯懦的人。
Fortune to one is mother, to another is stepmother.命运对意中人如亲娘,对另一种人却是继母。
Four eyes see more than two。人多识广。
Friendless is dead.没朋友的人,等于是死人。
Friends are like fiddle-strings, they must not be screwed too tight.朋友就像琴弦,不能太拧紧。Friends are lost by calling often and calling seldom.交往过密过疏都会失去朋友。Friends are thieves of time.交朋友,费时间。
Friends cannot stand always on one side.来而不往非礼也。Friendship is love and understanding.友谊是爱加上谅解。
Friendship multiplies joys and divides grieves.友谊可以增添欢乐,可以分担忧愁。Friendship—one soul in two bodies.友谊是两人一条心。Friendship should not be all on one side.友谊不该只是单方面的事。Friendship the older it grows, the stronger it is.友谊地久天长 Every couple is not pair.同床异梦,貌合神离。Every day is not Sunday.好景不常在,好花不常开。
Every day of thy life is a leaf in thy history.生命中的每一天就是你历史上的每一页。Every dog has his day, and every man his hour.凡人都有得意之日。Every dog is a lion at home.夜郎自大。
Every dog is valiant at his own door.狗在家门前,条条都凶悍。
Every door may be shut but death’s door.除了死门外,每门都可关。Every extremity is a fault.万事过分都差误。
Every fool can find faults that wise man cannot remedy, 蠢人能找出聪明的人无法弥补的岔子来。
Every horse thinks his sack heaviest.每匹马认为自己驮的袋子最重。Every little makes a mickle/ Many a little makes a mickle.积少成多。
Every lover sees a thousand graces in the beloved object.情人眼里出西施。Every man has a fool in his sleeve.聪明一世,糊涂一时。Every man has his hobby-horse.人各有所好
Every man has his weak side.人人都有自己的弱点。Every man is best to know himself.自己最了解自己。
Every man has defects of his quality.一个人的好品质上也有不足之处。Every man is the son of his own works.种瓜得瓜,种豆得豆。
Every man thinks his own geese swans.每个人都以为自己的东西了不起。Do not despise your enemy.切勿轻敌。
Do not give a dog bread every time he wags his tails.不要有求必应。Do not praise a day before sunset.切勿褒贬过早。Do not run too fast after gain.不要见利就拼命追。
Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.不要向不如你幸运的人述说你的幸福。
Do not swap horses when crossing a stream.处在危难中,不宜大更动。Do not through fear of poverty surrender liberty.不要因为贫穷放弃自由。
Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you;do as you would be done by.己所不欲,勿施于人。
Do not wash dirty line in public.家丑不可外扬。(It’s an ill bird that fouls its own nest)Don’t cash out the foul water till you bring in the clean.清水未来,莫泼赃水。Don’t count your chicken before they are hatched.不要高兴过早。Don’t climb a tree to look for fish.勿缘木求鱼。
Don’t cross the bridge till you get to it.不要杞人忧天。Don’t fly till your wings are feathered.羽翼未丰不要飞。Don’t cry out before you are hurt.还没受苦,就别叫苦。
Don’t halloo till you are out of the wood.没有脱离危险不要先欢呼。Don’t have thy cloak to make when it begins to rain.切莫临时抱佛脚。Don’t keep all your eggs in one basketball.不要孤注一掷。
Friends may meet, but mountains may never greet.朋友可相逢,高山永分离。Friends must part.天下无不散之筵席 From a little spark may burst a mighty flame.星星之火,可以燎原
From hearing comes wisdom;from speaking, repentance.多听长智慧,多言生后悔 From saving comes having.富有来自节约。
From short pleasure, long repentance.痛快一时,悔恨终身。
From thefather comes the honor;from the mother, comfort.荣誉由父赐,安慰由母与。Frugality is an estate alone.节约本身就是一笔财产。
Fruit ripen not well in the shade.阴凉处的果子不会成熟。Full bellies make empty skulls.大腹便便,头脑空虚。
Gain got by a lie will burn one’s fingers.靠欺骗的来的利益会使自己受害。Gather ye rosebuds while ye may.有花堪折直须折
Genius often betrays itself into great errors.天才常被天才误 Gifts from enemies are dangerous.敌人礼,藏危险。
Give a dog a bad name and hang him.欲加之罪,何患无辞。Give a fool/thief rope enough and he will hang himself.授绳与愚,愚能自缚。多行不义必自毙。Give a lark to catch a kite.得不偿失。
Give as good as one gets.以其人之道,还治其人之身。Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice.要多听少说。Give hostages to fortune.听天由命。
Glory, honor, wealth and rank, such things are nothing but shadows.富贵如浮云。Glory is the shadow of virtue.光荣是美德的影子。
God defend me from my friends;from my enemy I can defend myself.防友靠天,防敌靠己。God helps those who help themselves.自助者天助之。
God never shuts one door but he opens another.天无绝人之路。Fat hens lay few eggs.肥鸡不下蛋。
Faults are thick where love is thin.一朝情谊淡,样样不顺眼。Fear is often greater than the danger.杞人忧天。
Fear not for the future;weep not for the past.不要为未来担忧,不要为过去悲泣。Feed a cold and starve a fever.伤风时宜吃,发烧时宜饿 Feed a pig and you will have a hog.种瓜得瓜,种豆得豆。
Feed by measure and defy physician.饮食有节制,医生无用处。Few words are the best.少说为妙。Few words, many deeds.少说多做。
Fine feathers do not make fine birds.人不可貌相。Fine clothes make the man.人靠衣装。
Fine feathers make fine birds.人靠衣装,佛靠金装。
Fine words butter no parsnips.画饼充饥/花言巧语是无用的。Fine words dress ill deeds.漂亮的言辞可以掩饰恶劣的行为。
Fire and water are good servants, but bad masters.谁说是忠仆,造灾成元凶。Fire proves gold;adversity proves men.烈火显真金,逆境识英雄。
Fire that’s closest kept burns most of all.关得最紧的火,燃烧得最炽烈。First catch your hare, then cook him.不要谋之过早。First come, first served.先到先得。
First impressions are most lasting.初印象最持久。First think, then speak.先想后说,三思后行。First try and then trust.试了才能相信。
Fish begins to stink at the head.上梁不正下梁歪。
Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.奉承惹人喜,直言招人仇。Fools grow without watering.笨蛋自然成,无需浇水勤。Fool’s haste is no speed.欲速则不达。
Fools make feasts and wise men eat them.愚者设筵,智者赴宴
Don’t put off till tomorrow what should be done today.今日事,今日毕。
Don’t speak all you know, but know all you speak.不要尽言所知,而要尽知所言。Don’t teach your grandmother to suck eggs.不要班门弄斧。Don’t trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.不要自寻烦恼。
第五篇:中英文对照A
《美国口语惯用法例句集粹》A
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7)I'd like to know what this is all about.我想知道这到底是怎么回事。How about a fish sandwich? 来一块鱼肉三明治怎么样?What about me? 我怎么样?I'm not about to go in that old house.我是不会进那幢旧房子的!Yes I remember that night.What about it? 是的,我记得那个晚上,那又怎样?What's this all about? 这到底是怎么回事?It's about time you showed up!差不多是你该露面的时候了。
2.above
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2)Above all, I want everything quiet.首要的是:我要一切保持安定。Tom thinks he's above hard work.汤姆认为自己没必要努力工作。
3.act
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6)Would you please act out what happened? 你能把发生的事演示一下吗?Watch Ricky.He sometimes likes to act up in class.注意里基,他又是喜欢在课堂上捣蛋。That profane comedian needs to clean up his act.那个爱说粗言秽语的喜剧演员应该净化一下自己的言行。We need to get our act together and come to see you.我们需要统一意见后来见你。The newspapers called the earthquake an act of God.报纸上称那次地震为天灾。Masa is a class act.玛莎是位杰出的女性。
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4)We're going to bring action against our debtors.我们打算控告我们的债务人。Did you see any action in yesterday's ballgame? 昨晚的棒球比赛中你看到有什么有趣的精彩场面吗?Our community is going to take action against the proposed waste dump.我地区要采取行动反对那项垃圾处理场的提案。Jim wants to go where the action is.吉姆想去有刺激性的地方。
5.advantage
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2)Our opponents have a height advantage on us.我们的对手在身高上比我们占有优势。Nobody likes to be taken advantage of.没有人喜欢被捉弄(或:被欺骗、利用)
6.after
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4)I think that girl is after you.我想那女孩是在追你。It looks like things are gonna work out after all.看起来事情终会解决的。This soft drink has a nasty aftertaste.这软饮料有种让人难受的余味。I see your point, but don't you think it's way after the fact.我明白你的意思,但你不觉
得这已是“事后诸葛亮”了吗?
7.again
1)I could go to Japan again and again.我可以一而再、再而三地去日本。(注:意指不会感到
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8.age
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2)Would you please act your age!请你做事要有一个与自己年龄相称的样子。This is a “coming of age” movie.这是一部成人影片。
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9)I need to go outside and get some air.我需要出去呼吸点新鲜空气。I don't know what's wrong, but can feel it in the air.虽然我不知道到底是出了什么差错,但我能隐隐约约感觉到。Mike was sad when they took his favorite program off the air.当迈克喜欢的节目被取消时,他感到很伤心。The sale of our house is still up in the air.我们的房子出勤率售一事还没有最后定下来。After winning the championship, I felt I could walk on air.获得冠军后,我飘飘欲仙。Your sister is such an airhead.你姐姐真是来个没有头脑的人。Janet Jackson's new song is getting lots of airplay.珍妮〃杰克逊的新歌到处都在不断地播放。That last time I took a plane, I got airsick.上次我乘飞机时晕机了。I hope there's no bad air between us.我希望我们之间的关系不要很别扭。
10.all
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13)It's looks like we won't be going after all.看起来最后我们还是不能去。We've all but finished the project.我们已几乎完成了那个项目。All in all I'd say it's been a very productive day.总的来说,我认为这一天过得很充实。Let's go all-out and win this game!让我们尽全力来打赢这场比赛。We knew it was all over when we saw the building burst.当我们看见那座建筑突然起火时,我们知道一切全完了。We wish you all the best.我们大家祝福你一切如意。If it's all the same to you, I'd just as soon not go.如果这对你都是一回事的话,我就不想去了。They were running from the police like all get-out.他们以极快的速度逃脱警察的追赶。I didn't see them come in at all.我根本高没有发现他们的进来。Let's settle this matter once and for all.让我们来把这个问题一次性地彻底解决掉。Mark is an all-around athlete.马克是一个全能运动员。Did you get to play in the all-star game? 你入选全明星队的比赛了吗?He bloke the all-time record in the 100-meter run at his school.他打破了他所在的学校
100米跑的历史最高记录。
11.alley
1)Working on cars isn't up my alley.修理汽车不是我拿手的活儿。
12.alone
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2)I just wanna be left alone.我只是想一个人呆会儿。Can't you just leave well enough alone? 你不能少管一些闲事吗?
13.along
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5)Mr.Pak came here searching for the American dream.帕克先生来到这儿寻求他的“美国梦”。Some foreigners become Americanized while living in the U.S.一些外国人在美国居住时被美国化了。Not having any job freedom would be totally unAmerican.没有选择职业的自由是完全违背美国精神传统的。Bill is an all-American quarterback.比尔是全美(橄榄球)明星赛的四分卫队员。I just can't go on the American way.我无法适应美国方式。
15.animal
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2)Water-skiing really brings out the animal in Tom.滑水运动真正激发出了汤姆的活力与激情。The young actor emits a lot of animal magnetism on the screen.那个年轻演员在荧幕
上充分显示出他的性魅力。
16.answer
1)I called Emi but there was no answer.我给埃米打了电话,但是没人接。
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5)Have you ever been to the Big Apple? 你去过纽约吗?Do I sense an apple of discord between you two? 你问我有没有感觉出你们两人之间的不和,是吗?Heather is the apple of my eye.希瑟是我的掌上明珠。Rita likes to keep everything in apple-pie order.丽塔喜欢把一切都弄得井井有条。Dennis has always been an apple polisher.丹尼斯一直就是一个马屁精。
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4)You don't have to twist my arm to get me to go with you.用不着你强迫我跟你走。My father is a hopeless armchair quarterback.我爸爸是一个没救了的纸上谈兵的人。The suspects are armed and dangerous.嫌疑犯带有武器,十分危险。Every spring the park is filled with lovers walking arm in arm.每到春天公园里到处都是
手挽手散步的恋人。
19.around
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2)Coach Johnson has been around for 30 years.约翰逊教练已有三十年的经验了。Someone is on duty here around-the-clock.有人在这里昼夜值班。
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6)It looks as if someone has already been here.看起来在人来过这里了。As for me, I'm going home.至于我,我准备回家。Marty is acting as if nothing happened.马蒂表现得像什么也没发生过一样。I want this room left as is.我希望这间房子保持原样。The changes will begin taking place as of tomorrow.变动从明天开始实施。Police are baffled as to the whereabouts of the kidnappers.警察局搜寻绑架者的工作受
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4)Our gas bill average about $50 a month.我们每个月的煤气费平均50美元。On the average, I'd say we eat chicken once a week.我们平均每周吃一次鸡肉。Kent describes himself as just an average Joe.肯特视自己为一名普通的美国人。On the average day, over 100,000 kids bring guns to school in the U.S.在美国平常日
子里,有100,000个孩子带手枪去上学。
22.away
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5)What makes you think you're gonna get away with this? 是什么使你认为你可以免受处罚?I wish they'd do away with these complicated tax forms.我希望他们能费除掉这些复杂的税务表格。We're planning a weekend getaway for our anniversary.我们正在为庆祝我们的纪念日而安排一次周末的外出活动。Tom wants to run away from home.汤姆想从家里出逃。Dave and Kathy are going to steal away on vacation.戴夫和凯茜计划在假期里偷偷跑出
去。