1.eager beaver:one that is exceptionally, often excessively industrious or zealous 雄心勃勃的人；過于勤奮或熱心的人
e.g.:The eager beavers of industry seldom reach their potential, much less rise to the top.
那些在企業(yè)賣力干活人，幾乎不能發(fā)揮他們的潛能，更不用說成為佼佼者。
2.from all walks of life:各行各業(yè)
w.g.:We welcome people from all walks of life to give us rational suggestions to improve our service quality.
我們歡迎各行各業(yè)的人們給我們提出合理的建議，以便我們改進服務質量。
3.corroborate:confirm, show to be true, right, or valid　論證或證明……正當、正確或有效
e.g.:His evidence corroborates my story.
他的證據(jù)充分證實了我所講的故事的真實性。
4.put to shame:使失色；使相形見絀
e.g.:Our professor is on the ball （勤奮, 有見識）in almost everything, putting all of us to shame.
我們的教授幾乎在一切方面都才華橫溢、知識淵博，使我們大家都自愧不如。
5.exception:例外；除外
e.g.:We praised them all, with two exceptions.
我們稱贊了所有的人，只有兩個例外。
e.g.:There is an exception to this grammatical rule.
這條語法規(guī)則有個例外。
e.g.:The exception proves the rule.
例外能反證規(guī)律。
6.an early bird:早到者；捷足先登
e.g.:Mr. Yan began his summer project in early April, because he knew that the early bird catches the worm.
閻先生在四月初就著手暑假項目，因為他清楚：捷足先登。
7.work one's fingers to the bone:拼命干活；非常努力地工作
e.g.:Mr. Brown worked his fingers to the bone to make enough money to buy a new house.
布朗先生為了掙錢買新房拼命地工作。