新概念英語第三冊Lesson 16慣用語整理

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Lesson 16
    1.had better …
    例句:It's rather cold out of doors, you had better put on your overcoat.
    室外相當(dāng)冷,你穿上大衣。
    2.rain n. 雨 vt. 下雨,降雨
    come rain or shine 無論發(fā)生什么事
    例句:Come rain or shine, I'll be there on time.
    無論發(fā)生什么事,我都會(huì)準(zhǔn)時(shí)到的。
    3.tie vt. 拴,扎 2.把……打結(jié),系上
    tie up 占用;(交通)擁堵;忙于
    例句:1.Dick, please don't tie up the phone. I need to make a call.
    迪克,請不要總占著電話。我要打個(gè)電話。
    2.A:I can't understand why my friend isn't here yet. We agreed to meet at lO:30. It's almost 10:30. Do you think we should try to call her or go back for her?
    A:我不明白為什么我們的朋友還沒有來。我們原定lO點(diǎn)半見面的。都快11點(diǎn)了。我們應(yīng)該給她打電話還是回去找她?
    B:She probably just got tied up in traffic. Let's give her a few more minutes.
    B:她也許是堵車了。再等她幾分鐘吧?