歷年TOEFL聽力??嫉?5個(gè)習(xí)語(3)

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41)leave no stone unturned 不遺余力;全力以赴
    --Lynn left no stone unturned in her research, and handed in an excellent paper. (Lynn全力以赴做她的研究,交了一篇優(yōu)秀的論文。)
    42)on cloud nine 沉浸在幸福之中;非常高興
    --Marcia looks like she’s on cloud nine. Do you know what made her so happy? (Marcia好象沉浸在幸福之中。你知道她為什么這么高興嗎?)
    --She just had a paper accepted for publication. (她有一篇文章要發(fā)表了。)
    43)on the tip of one’s tongue 一時(shí)想不起來,話到嘴邊又忘記
    --Are you sure you can’t remember the name of that record? (你肯定記不起來那張唱片的名字嗎?)
    --It’s just on the tip of my tongue! (我就是一時(shí)想不起來了。
    44)reach the bottom of the barrel 用完,彈盡糧絕
    --Don’t you have any other clean shirts? (你還有其它干凈襯衫嗎?)
    --I guess I’ve reached the bottom of the barrel. (我想我已經(jīng)用完了。)
    45)rub sb. the wrong way 使(某人)有點(diǎn)惱火;惹怒;引起反感;煩擾,打攪
    --What do you think of our new economics instructor? (你覺得新經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)老師怎么樣?)
    --I don’t know. Something about him rubs me the wrong way. (不知怎么的,他有點(diǎn)讓我反感。)
    46)scratch the surface 只懂皮毛,很不了解(通常和限制性副詞如only, hardly等詞連用)
    --You’ve certainly done a lot of research for your project. (你顯然對(duì)你的課題做了不少研究。)
    --It seems like a lot, but actually I’ve only scratched the surface. (看上去不少,但事實(shí)上我只懂一些毛皮。)
    47)up in the air 尚未決定的;捉摸不定的;懸而未決的
    --Her plans for the weekend are still up in the air. (她尚未決定如何度過這個(gè)周末。)