雅思詞組1:tend to趨于,傾向于;照料,護(hù)理
The study have found that men tend to save for a car.
研究表明男人往往會(huì)為買一輛車攢錢。
One drawback of the questionnaire was that its data tends not to reveal anything unexpected, because it is limited to the questions fixed in advance by the researcher.
問卷調(diào)查的一個(gè)弊端是收集到的數(shù)據(jù)往往不能反映任何意料之外的情況,因?yàn)樗芟抻谘芯空呤孪人O(shè)定的問題。
incline to, have a tendency to; care for
雅思詞組2:thank goodness for謝天謝地
A:What did you have inside the briefcase?
A:你的公文包里都有什么?
B:Well, all my papers from college. It's so frustrating, but, thank goodness for computers, I haven't lost them completely!
B:我從學(xué)校里帶出的所有論文。太糟糕了,丟失論文。不過,多虧有電腦,總算沒有完全
雅思詞組3:thanks to由于,因?yàn)?幸虧
Thanks to their efforts, these scientists have won great honors for our country.
這些科學(xué)家的努力為我們國(guó)家贏得了巨大的榮譽(yù)。
雅思詞組4:the last thing...want to do最不愿做的事
To move back to my hometown with my brothers would be the last thing I want to do now.
現(xiàn)在我最不愿做的事就是跟我的兄弟們一起搬回家鄉(xiāng)。
類似的表達(dá):
the last person I want to see最不愿意見到的人
the thing I like least最不喜歡的事
雅思詞組5:the/your best bet最好的辦法
A:Is parking available nearby the museum on Saturday?
A:周六博物館附近能找到停車處嗎?
B:Your best bet is to leave your car at the back of the library-on a Saturday morning there are plenty of spaces there. It's right next door to the museum.
B:你最好把車停在圖書館后面,周六早上那兒會(huì)有很多停車位。圖書館就緊挨著博物館。
You bet.是英語(yǔ)常用表達(dá),指“肯定的”。
雅思詞組6:theme park主題公園
A:Are there lots of places to go to around Trebirch?
A:垂博克周邊好玩的地方多嗎?
B:Oh yes. You can enjoy many days out. Um there's the Merthyr Mining Museum, which is only half an hour from Trebirch by train. Your children will find it just as fascinating as many theme parks and they can ride in the original miner's lifts and on the coal trains
B:是的。可以玩上很多天。有梅瑟蒂采礦博物館,從垂博克坐火車過去只要半小時(shí)。你的孩子會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)那和很多主題公園一樣好玩,他們可以乘坐礦工早先用過的升降梯,還可以坐運(yùn)煤的火車。
雅思詞組7:through and through完全,徹底,地地道道
The man's British through and through.
那個(gè)男人是地地道道的英國(guó)人。
雅思詞組8:tick away/by過去,流逝
As the minutes ticked away, the kid became more and more impatient.
隨著時(shí)間一分一秒地流逝,那個(gè)孩子變得越來(lái)越不耐煩了。
雅思詞組9:ticket office售票處
Now we're standing at the entrance, and immediately to our right is the ticket office.
我們現(xiàn)在站在人口處,售票處就位于我們的右邊。
booking office
雅思詞組10:tie...in (to/with)把…聯(lián)系到,(使)連接在一起
Banana's history is not as boring as you'd think. And I wanted to tie it in to the work I've been doing on primary industries and the economy.
香蕉的歷史不像你們想得那么無(wú)聊,并且我想把它與我對(duì)主要行業(yè)和經(jīng)濟(jì)一直所做的研究聯(lián)系起來(lái)。