重點講解:
1. be on the lookout for
密切留意;尋找;警戒;
eg. I was on the lookout for someone to take me.
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eg. I am on the lookout for a good,cheap bicycle.
我在找一輛物美價廉的自行車 。
2. on earth
(用于以how, why, what 或 where 開始的問句,表示強調(diào),通常表示問題沒有答案或很難回答)究竟,到底;
eg. What on earth will he get up to next?
下一步他究竟要耍什么花樣?
eg. Who on earth told you that?
那件事究竟是誰告訴你的?
3. turn one's hand to do sth.
著手學(xué)做某事;
eg. I know you have always thought you could do anything you turned your hand to, and mostly you could.
我知道你一直認為你能干好你要做的任何事情,而且大多數(shù)你都能干好 。
eg. He does a good job at everything that he turns his hand to.
他不論著手做什么都做得很好 。
4. throw a spanner in the works
從中搗亂;橫加阻攔;攪局;
eg. A bad result is sure to throw a spanner in the works.
糟糕的成績肯定會壞事的 。
eg. If the girl is intending to many John, his mother will throw a spanner in the works.
如果那個姑娘打算同約翰結(jié)婚,約翰的母親就要加以阻撓 。
5. sort out
解決(問題);理清(細節(jié));
eg. We will try to sort out your complaint immediately.
我們會試圖立即解決你的投訴 。
eg. There are still some technical difficulties to sort out.
仍然有些技術(shù)問題需要解決 。
6. go wrong
(情況)出岔子,出差錯;
eg. It all went horribly wrong.
情況完全變得一團糟 。
eg. Nearly everything that could go wrong has gone wrong.
差不多可能出亂子的地方都出了亂子 。
7. to pieces
成碎片地;散了架地;成組件地;
eg. If the shell had hit the boat, it would have blown it to pieces.
如果炮彈擊中了小船,它早就被炸成碎片了 。
eg. He took it all to pieces, cleaned it inside and out and put it together again.
他把它全拆了,里外清潔了一下,然后又裝了起來 。
8. clear up
整理;收拾;
eg. After breakfast they played while I cleared up.
早飯后,他們玩耍,我收拾餐具 。
eg. I cleared up my room.
我把我的房間整理了一下 。