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下文小编为大家例举了几条托福听力真题短语,并附上例句。大家在听力备考时对这些短语要加以注意,避免理解错误。
leave no stone unturned 不遗余力;全力以赴;
——Lynn left no stone unturned in her research, and handed in an excellent paper.Lynn全力以赴做她的研究,交了一篇优秀的论文。
on cloud nine 沉浸在幸福之中;非常高兴;
——Marcia looks like she's on cloud nine.Do you know what made her so happy? Marcia好象沉浸在幸福之中。你知道她为什么这么高兴吗?
——She just had a paper accepted for publication.她有一篇文章要发表了。
on the tip of one's tongue 一时想不起来,话到嘴边又忘记;
——Are you sure you can't remember the name of that record? 你肯定记不起来那张唱片的名字吗?
——It's just on the tip of my tongue! 我就是一时想不起来了。
reach the bottom of the barrel 用完,弹尽粮绝;
——Don't you have any other clean shirts? 你还有其它干净衬衫吗?
——I guess I've reached the bottom of the barrel.我想我已经用完了。
rub sb.the wrong way 使(某人)有点恼火;惹怒;引起反感;烦扰,打搅;
——What do you think of our new economics instructor? 你觉得新经济学老师怎么样?
——I don't know.Something about him rubs me the wrong way.不知怎么的,他有点让我反感。
scratch the surface 只懂皮毛,很不了解,通常和限制性副词如only, hardly等词连用;
——You've certainly done a lot of research for your project.你显然对你的课题做了不少研究。
——It seems like a lot, but actually I've only scratched the surface.看上去不少,但事实上我只懂一些毛皮。