新概念英語(yǔ)第二冊(cè)習(xí)慣用語(yǔ)大全:Lesson 31

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Lesson 31
    1.head n. 1.頭,頭部,首2.領(lǐng)袖3.想象力,理解力4.前面;前部 v.1.在…前頭,為…之首,在…之頂部2.用頭頂(球),用頭撞,攔截3.朝某方向前進(jìn)
    lose one's head 慌亂,不知所措,過于激動(dòng)(become confused or over-excited)
    例句:1.Don't lose your haad-keep calm!
    不要驚慌失措,保持冷靜。
    2.When accused, he lost his head and behaved like a fool.
    受到指控時(shí),他不知所措,舉止同傻瓜一樣。
    off the top of one's head 毫無(wú)準(zhǔn)備(at a guess, without taking time to prepare properly)
    A:Can you tell me what percentage of the United States population is registered to vote?
    A:你能告訴我美國(guó)人口中登記投票人數(shù)的百分比嗎?
    B:Off the top of my head. I'm afraid I don't know.
    B:沒有事先準(zhǔn)備,我恐怕是毫無(wú)所知了。
    2.make vt.1.變成2.制造3.產(chǎn)生4.使某人做某事
    make a difference 影響 (affect sb.; be of importance and influence)
    A:It is broadcasted that tomorrow is 35 degrees centigrade.
    A:據(jù)廣播說明天攝氏35度。
    B:Our son can manage to adjust to it,We ensure him a good rest tonight and it should make no difference to him.
    B:我們的兒子是能夠調(diào)整自己適應(yīng)氣溫的。我們只要保證今晚讓他睡好,他就不會(huì)受什么影響。
    2.A:There may be a snow tomorrow.
    A:明天可能會(huì)下雪。
    B:I won't make any difference to them.
    B:這對(duì)他們不會(huì)有什么影響的。
    make a fuss 大驚小怪 (over-surprised at sth.)
    驚小怪例句:As she disliked making a fuss and getting people in trouble, she decided to take back the money from the old lady's handbag and say nothing more about it.
    由于她不喜歡大驚小怪,給別人添麻煩,于是她決定從老太太的手提包中取回那些錢,不再聲張此事。
    make a hotel reservation 預(yù)定飯店
    例句:I need to make a hotel reservation for the conference.
    我得跟飯店預(yù)訂房間開會(huì)。
    make a living (earn a living) 謀生(try to earn money and support oneself)
    例句:1.If they were given this training, ex-prisoners wouldn't turn to crime again to make a living.
    如果那些從監(jiān)獄放出來的人得到過培訓(xùn),他們就不會(huì)再靠犯罪謀生。
    2.Many people go to school to leam a skill so that they can make a living.
    很多人為了謀生到學(xué)校去學(xué)一技之長(zhǎng)。
    make sure 弄清楚;保證(find out for certain; arrange so)
    例句:l.It is said that there is a meeting next week. I'd better make sure of the time.
    據(jù)說下周要開會(huì),我好把時(shí)間弄清楚。
    2.Other machines make sure that the trains are always a safe distance apart.
    其他機(jī)器是為了保證火車之間保持一段安全的距離。
    3.save vt.1.節(jié)約,積蓄2.挽救,拯救
    save one's breath 別白費(fèi)氣力(說某事)
    例句:Donna should save her breath because she can't convince her friends.
    唐娜就該別費(fèi)勁了,因?yàn)樗荒苷f服她的朋友。
    save your explanation 別費(fèi)勁解釋了
    例句:Save the explanation, I probably would have done the same thing.
    別費(fèi)勁解釋了,我也許會(huì)做同樣的事情的。
    4.used to (do) 過去常常
    used to 過去;過去常常(had a habit to do sth.in the past<對(duì)照get used to“開始習(xí)慣”和 be used to“習(xí)慣”記憶>)
    例句:1.They used to eat in the cafeteria, but now that they have an apartment, they cook at home.
    他們過去在食堂吃飯,現(xiàn)在他們有房子了,他們?cè)诩依镒鲲垺?BR>    2.Mary used to enter all the races, but now she's given up running.
    以前瑪麗會(huì)參加所有各場(chǎng)賽跑,但她現(xiàn)在已不再跑了。