托福聽力中那些聽不懂的句子們

1.take a rain check 改天吧

I’m up to my ears in work, so I’ll have to take a raincheck。(我工作很忙，改天吧。)

2. lost count 弄不清楚

I have lost count, but I can do it with my eyesclosed。(搞不清楚了，但我閉著眼也能摸過去。)

3. be in another world 精神恍惚;魂不守舍

Yeah, I know. Ever since he met Ann, he’s been in anotherworld。(我同意。自從他遇見Ann, 他就魂不守舍了。)

4. make yourself at home 隨意，隨便

Of course not, make yourself at home。(當(dāng)然不介意，隨意一點!)

5. save your breath 省口氣吧;別白費口舌了

Save your breath. He"s out of earshot。(省口氣吧。他已經(jīng)聽不到了。)

6. make sense 有意義，理解

It makes more sense the second time。(再看一遍就理解了。)

7. cost sb. an arm and a leg 非常昂貴

I sure did. It must have cost him an arm and aleg。(當(dāng)然了。那一定很昂貴。)

8.burn a hole in one’s pocket 很快地被花光

You know money seems to be burning a hole in my pocket lately 。

9.fill one’s shoes 很好地頂替;令人滿意地替代

The faculty won’t find anyone to fill her shoes。(是的。學(xué)校將很難找到合適的人來代替她。)

10.is ice cold 表示理所當(dāng)然

11.like apples and oranges 用來表示無法相比的事物

They are like apples and oranges. (它倆沒法比較。)

12.look for a needle in a hay stack 大海撈針

That’s like looking for a needle in a hay stack . (那可真是大海撈針。)

13.lose one’s train of 忘記

When you interrupted me, you made me lose my train of thought。(你打斷了我的思考，我忘記我在想什么了。)

14.meet each other half way 相互妥協(xié)，讓步

You should try to meet each other half way. (你們應(yīng)該相互妥協(xié)。)

15.on the dot 準(zhǔn)時;正點

we were both there on the dot. (是的，我倆都準(zhǔn)點到達(dá)。)

16.once and for all 最后一次;干脆

I am going to tell that neighbor of mine to turn down that musiconce and for all。(我要最后一次告訴我那個鄰居把音樂聲關(guān)小。)

17.out of this world 非常好

I got the last piece. And it was out of this world。(我拿到最后一塊。好吃極了。)

18.play by ear 隨機(jī)應(yīng)變，視情形而定

Marty, are you doing anything special for your presentation inpolitical science tomorrow?

(Marty，你在為明天的政治學(xué)演講準(zhǔn)備與眾不同的材料嗎?)