常用简易口语
“crash the gate”(无门票乱闯;没被邀请却硬厚着脸皮要进)
例句: “The boys tried to crash the gate at our party,
but we didn’t let them in.”
“play with fire” (自找危险)
例句:“Why you like to leave the door unlocked
at night? Don't play with fire,OK?”
“fill one’s shoes”( 代替,顶替或接班)
例句:“He is going to fill his mother’s shoes because
she will retire soon.”
“fill the bill” (基本还算可以胜任某一项工作等)
例句:“The boss was worried about hiring that young
girl for the job, but after he tried her out for a week,
he said she filled the bill."
“off the air”(不播放)
例句: “The talk show is off the air on Saturdays.”
“second to none”(一流的,出类拔萃的)
例句: “Our university is second to none in this province.”
其他朋友如果有好的且常用的句子也请大家分享一下。
“a ...fanatic"(发烧友,超忠实粉丝),例句:
"My bother is a car fanatic.“
"She is a ballet fanatic."
"come up with"(准备好,筹集到,想出来)例句:
“You have to come up with the money by 4 p.m.
today.”
"He came up with a good idea and asked me to go to
school to meet with him."
“now and then”(偶尔,时常),例句:
“Now and then she goes to a party with me,but we are
not a couple.”
“take French leave”(悄悄走人,不辞而别),例句:
“The party was so boring that they decided to take
French leave.”
"go up in smoke“(化为泡影,消失,毁掉),例句:
“Her dreams of going to the U.S. to study went up in
smoke after she lost her legs in a bad accident last
month.”
"up to no good“(成心要准备做坏事),例句:
“I told you not to hang out with those kids because I
know they are up to no good.”