2018年雅思聽(tīng)力備考資料整理(7)

　　a far cry from 相距甚遠(yuǎn)

　　【例】The published book is a far cry from the early manuscript.

　　account for 解釋

　　【例】How do you account for it?

　　after all 畢竟;終究

　　【例】

　　A: I' ve just seen the X-rays and your teeth look just fine.

　　B: I see. Then there is nothing to worry about after all.

　　allergic to 對(duì)……過(guò)敏

　　【例】Oh man! Something in this room is making my eyes itch. I must be allergic to something.

　　and how 的確

　　【例】

　　A: She' s a good dancer.

　　B: And how .

　　a matter of time 時(shí)間問(wèn)題

　　【例】It is only a matter of time.

　　a phone call away 一個(gè)電話(huà)之遠(yuǎn)，即愿意過(guò)來(lái)幫忙

　　【例】If you need my help, do let me know. Just remember I am a phone call away.

　　a while back 不久以前

　　【例】Well, I listened to that CD you lent me a while back.

　　all along 一直

　　【例】I knew it all along.

　　anything but 絕對(duì)不

　　【例】I was anything but happy about going.