1.Aboveall:最重要的是,mostimportantofall
Aboveall,they’llhavetodiscoverhowmuchnitrogenitpossessessincenitrogenis4/5oftheairbreathe.(2002-1)
2.Accountfor:解释。说明
Howdoyouaccountforthetruth?
3.Afterall:终究,毕竟
Wewon’tbelaidoffafterall.(1998-1)
5.Allergicto:过敏
I’mallergictobeefandmutton.
6.Appealto:吸引,呼吁。
Couldyoutellmewhichpositionyouthinkmostappealstoyou?(2002-6)
7.Applyfor/to,applicationletter申请,求职信
8.Atease:安逸,自由自在
Idon’tknowwhyheisillatease?心神不宁
10.Beatthecrowd:避开人群,避开高峰
TheonlytobeatthecrowdswhenyoudothegroceryshoppingonSundayistobeherewhentheyopenat9sharp.(1990-6)
11.Beawareof:意识到
Ilikepeoplewhoaregoingabouttheirdailybusinesswithoutbeingawareofthecamera(1997-1)
12.Behindtheschedule/late
13.Beinchargeof:负责,照顾,经管beresponsiblefor
14.Beinthechargeof:下级+beinthechargeof+上级
15.Beinseason:应季的,当令的
Theseapplesandpearsseemtobeinseason.(1995-6)
16.Besupposedtodo:应该,被期望
WhatamIsupposedtodowithhishelp?
18.Bringup:教育,培养,提出
Shebroughtupherchildrentobetruthful.
21.Bynomeans:绝不/anythingbut
24.Comeupwith:针对问题,挑战等提出,想出,赶上
Ispentawholeweeksearchingonthenet,butcameupwithnothingvaluable.
25.Concentrateon/focuson集中
28.Dropoutof:不参与,退出
They’relikelytodropoutofschoolandlesslikelytosucceedinlife.
30.Fallshortof:达不到,不符合
Itsresultsfellshortofherexpectation.(2002-1)
31.Figureout:搞清楚,弄明白
WhatIcan’tfigureoutishowtomakeitworkinmyprogram.(2002-1)
39.GoDutch/splitthebill/fifty-fifty/separatethebill
41.Go/keeponadiet
I’monadietrecently,soI’dbetterskipthedessert.
42.Haveahard/difficulttimewithsth.
43.Haveatemperature/fever
45.Holdup:堵塞i,持枪拦截,举起,拦截
Didyouhearthattheconveniencestorenexttothegasstationwashelduplastnight?(2005-6)
47.Inthelongrun:长期来看
Itseemsveryexperience.Butinthelongrunitwillsavethemoneyonthemaintenance.(1995-6)
49.Keepbetweenthetwoofus:/keepasecret
55.Lookforaneedleinahaystack:大海捞针
60.Meeteachotherhalfway:makeanagreement
61.Moveon:/goon/continue/keepon
67.Outoftheworld:/wonderful/amazing
72.Reachthebottomofthebarrel:useup/runoutof
73.Resignone’spost:/quit;辞职
76.Signupfor/joinin/register
78.Take…forgranted:相当然地认为
80.Takeone’sword:./believeinsb./trustsb.
81.Thereverseisalsotrue:反之亦然
86.Whiteelephant:无价值的东西,废物