基础英语学习必备短语.pdf

基础英语学习必备短语Unit 3 Seeing is Understandingbe blinkered心胸狭窄的clear upas clear as mud很不清楚的be clearmake oneself clear把自己的意思讲清楚with one s eyes wide open充分了解自己所做的事through one s eyes以某人的眼光（看某事）eye-opener令人开眼界的或令人惊奇的事物get the picture 明白，理解hindsight事后的认识，事后聪明seesee the light同意,领会see through sb看穿或看透某人see reason明白事理，接受劝告see the point理解某人的意思，明白要点can t see past the end of one s nose 目将豆浅lose sight of sth/sb忘记或忽略某事（某人）open one s eyes使某人看清，长见识one s point of viewshortsightedUnit 4 Life is a Journeyarrive成功,成名no know if/whether one is coming or going 昏了头,不知所措at a/the crossroads（人生、经历等）处于关键时期，面临重大抉择a dead-end job/career无晋升希望的工作或职业light at the end of the tunnel历尽艰辛后的成功，苦尽甘来go nowhere无进展，徒劳follow in one s footsteps从事与某人同样的职业或采取同样的生活方式go one s separate ways 各奔东西go right off the rails发疯，发 狂，陷于混乱be on the road torun out ofbe in a rut墨守成规，一成不变short cut to successget side-tracked被岔开话题run out of steam筋疲力尽，失去动力take off开始明显好转turn back打退堂鼓Unit 5 Life is a gamblea bit of a gamble 有点冒险bluff one*s way（借蒙骗别人）逃离困境play one s cards right做事精明,处理得当on the cards多半,可能的take one s chances碰运气，准备冒险when the chips are down 危急关头a lousy hand运气不佳，（玩牌）手气不好the luck of the draw 一个人一个命（有的人有运气，有的人没运气）show one s hand表明意图或计划hit the jackpot意外地得到一大笔钱，突然交好运you win some,you lose some 有所得必有所失put one s money确信某人会成功against all the 0dds面对极大困难或遭遇强烈反对at stakea toss-up（成败各半的）相等机会，难以定夺的事have sth up one s sleeve暗藏某物以备不时之用Unit 6 A Company is a Shipon deck在场做好准备的be all in the same boat 同舟共济bail sb out救助某人摆脱困境（尤指财务方面的）on board上船；有（工作上的）联系rock the boat破坏现状，使局面失去平衡on course在正确的方向上know the ropes弄清楚某事的程序或规则mutiny叛乱pull together同心协力it was like rats leaving a sinking ship 树倒湖抽散be one the rocks濒于破产或破裂show sb the ropes向某人解释做某事的程序或规则run a tight ship完全控制或掌管着weather the storm经受，安然度过wait for the storm to pass等待（金融）风暴的过去uncharted territory未知的营业地区wreck破坏，毁坏Unit 7 Moods are weatherbreeze through life 生活很顺利brighten up高兴起来throw caution to the winds 不顾一切，鲁莽行事under a cloud受怀疑,郁闷cloud（使某事）变得阴沉或暗淡不清cool失去热情frosty冷漠的be gloomy忧愁的，沮丧的be hazy困惑的a shower（一群）懒散不修边幅的人，乌合之众come storm into怒气冲冲地走进a warm welcome热烈欢迎warm to sb喜欢上某人warm up活跃起来feel under the weather感到不舒服或消沉be wet无精神的，不能胜任的Unit 8 The Office is a Battlefieldstab sb in the back背地里中伤某人keep one s back covered对事情有个清楚的交代call the shots 掌握，操纵be caught in the crossfire来自几方面的攻击second in command 第二jE手,副手hold the fort替他人尽职be gunning for sb寻找机会攻击某人stick to one s guns 坚持立场great guns顺利，成功step out of line 出格,越轨post工作岗位break ranks分道扬镶have a shot at sth 尝试Unit 9 A Project is a Racehand the baton移交权力deserve a medal值得奖励或夸奖hurdle难关，障碍fall behindthe finishing line 完成,结束a flying start迅速的起步，开始时的优势the home straight最后的冲刺the last lap最后阶段marathon拖时长久令人难以忍受的事情steady pace进展稳定a race against timein record timeon the starting blocks 出于准备阶段winUnit 10 Economics is Flyingclimb out o f从（困境）中摆脱出来on a collision course必然与某人相冲突的进程或行动adverse conditions不利的情况或条件regain controlback on course恢复正常，重新回到正常轨道crash（指）市场崩溃,破产delay延缓，推迟free-fall（指市场）下滑get off the ground（指事业、活动等）顺利开始nosedive（指价格）突降或暴跌plummet（指价格）大坡度或快速下落plunge突然跌落get through the roof（指价格）上涨到极限be on schedule按计划（进行）soar上涨a s。

代landing（指经济）软着陆或不引起衰退的缓慢滑坡spiral（指价格）不断急剧上升或下降stabilizesteer clear of sth避免见到某人或涉及某事take off开始实施turbulencellnitll Organization are Gardensbear fruit有成效,奏效branch out扩大活动范围，扩充（业务等）crop of（同时出现或产生的）一群（人）cross-fertilization（指思想、文化等）互相得益的交流cut back on sthcut out the dead wood裁减无用或不需要的人或物dig out搜出，找出flourishPeople who live in glasshouses shouldn t throw stone.自身有短,休惹他人off-shoot分支机构，旁系a perennial problem 一再出现的问题plough money into sth在某事上投资spadework艰苦或繁重的准备工作stem from由某事物所造成up-root使迁移weed out淘汰，除去Unit 12 People are Liquiddrip软弱或讨厌的人dry up（指资源等）枯竭或耗尽a flood o f大批，大量go with the flow（指想法、行为等）与大多数人保持一致overflow充满或洋溢着某事物a pool of 一大批pour in涌进来a ripple o f轻柔的起伏声a sea o f很多make a splash惹人注目,引起轰动stream of（流动的）人群surge forward如同波浪般前进be swamped by无法招架teem with有很多a tide o f浪潮般的人或物a trickle of 少量的Unit 14 Animal Idiomshave/have got ants in one s pantslet the cat out of the bagthe black sheep of the familyhave/have got a bee in one s bonnet脑子里不断地想着一件事take the bull by the horns勇敢地对付困难或危险the straw that broke the camel s backthere isn t enough room to swing a cat地方狭窄，没有足够的学习或工作的空间wild goose chase愚蠢或毫无希望的追寻chickenfeed少量的（尤指钱）headless chicken发疯的，没命的go to dogs一蹶不振,不复往日之盛talk the hind off a donkey 说个没完for donkey*s yearsdonkey work乏味而苦的工作keep the wolf from the door 维持温饱feel like a fish out of water感到尴尬或不舒服till/until the cow come home 长时间，永远straight from the horse s mouth（指情报等）来自直接参与者的monkey around 调皮,捣乱pig-sty肮脏或逼遢的地方smell a rat怀疑某事不对头there are plenty more fish in the seabe foxed被迷惑Unit 15 Bird Idiomslike water off a duck,s back（尤指批评对某人）不起作用的a little bird消息灵通的人an early bird早起的人kill two birds with one stoneBirds of a feather flock togethernot say boo to a goose非常胆小或温顺spring chicken 人as the crow flies 呈直线的as dead as the dodo 已失效的eat like a sparrow 吃得很少nest egg存储备用的钱see eye to eye on sth 达成一致,同意feather one s own nest 营私,自肥in one fell swoop 一下子be in a flap处于忐忑不安、激动等状态a hawk掠夺者，敲诈勒索者fly the nest离家自食其力as sick as a parrot憎恶的,厌恶的parrot fashion鹦鹉学舌般的the pec。