在托福写作中,如果运用一些高级地道的表达式,会让文章增色不少,在此前程百利考试小编为考生分享一些托福写作中的地道词句,希望对考生有所帮助。
1.have an ace in the hole 握有王牌,很有把握
例句:When you have the ace in your hand,you have something which you can use to gain an advantage when you need it.have an ace in the hole(American)
2.a class act 很出色的人
例句:I have been tracking Neil for a year,he is a class act and I have got a lot respect for his ability.
我已跟踪尼尔一年,他是个出色的家伙,我很崇拜他的能力。
3.break one’s back 努力地工作
例句:When you’re breaking your back to make an enterprise work,it’s going to cut into your time with family.
当你全身心投入工作的时候,会侵占到家庭生活的时间。
4.get someone’s back up 激怒某人
例句:What does get my back up is a girlfriend who gets too jealous if someone else finds me attractive.
5.hat in hand 求助,乞讨
例句:He ended up going hat in hand to the neighbours.
他沦落到向邻居乞讨。
6.in the cards 可能发生
例句:He believes an invasion was never in the cards.
他相信入侵永不会发生。
7.a change of heart 态度的改变
8.get no change out of someone 从某人处没有得到任何帮助
例句:You won’t get any change out of him,so don’t expect it .
你不会从他那儿得到任何帮助,别指望了。
9.chapter and verse 所有细节
例句:The instruction gives you chapter and verse
使用说明给出了所有细节。
10.cut to the chase 言归正传
例句:He talked about the need to see all points of view,then he cut to the chase.
11.cut a dash (外表)给人留下深刻印象
例句:Tania cut a daring dash with a dress slashed almost to the waist .
12.in the dark 一无所知;蒙在鼓里
13.out of one’s depth 力所不能及
例句:He felt out of his depth on a diploma course.
14.get one’s just deserts 活该
15.die like a dog 凄苦地死去(古)
16.every dog has its day 风水轮流转
17.It’s a dog’s life (抱怨生活或工作不如意)
18.in the doghouse 四面楚歌
例句:Insurance companies are already in the doghouse over poor advice on pensions which has left hundreds of thousands of people worse off.
19.do the donkey work 做乏味的工作
20.do something like a dream 做的很出色
例句:The first stages of installation worked like a dream.
21.all dressed up with nowhere to go 准备充分,但没机会去做
例句:If funding dries up ,the opera houses will be all dressed up ,but with nowhere to go .
22.do something at the drop of a hat 卤莽行事
23.a drop in the ocean/bucket 微不足道,沧海一粟
例句:The size of the grants have been attacked by groups as merely a drop in the ocean.
24.be all ears 洗耳恭听
Now you can say ,I am all ears.
25.down to earth 现实,实际
例句:He is blunt,outspoken,practical and down to earth.
26.keep somebody in the dark 不让某人知道
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