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托福考试听力常用短语汇总(1)
2007-4-18 10:17

  p.a. (paper ass) 没头脑的人

  packed like sardines 拥挤得象沙丁鱼罐头一样

  packed snow 路上被踩过的雪

  paddle one's own canoe 独自闯出自己的前途

  pain in the neck 极讨厌的人或物

  paint the town red 疯狂地庆祝

  particular about food 对食物很讲究

  pass away 过世

  pass out 昏倒;分发

  pass over 忽略

  past master 技艺精湛的人

  pay down (分期付款)付头款

  pay one's own way 各自付费

  pay the price 付出代价;得到报应

  penny for your thoughts. 告诉我你想什么

  perhaps some other day 改天吧.

  Perish the thought! 打消这念头!

  person after my own heart 他人的作为符合我的心意

  pick holes 挑毛病

  pick sb out 看中某人

  pick up 一点点学习

  pick-me-up 喝酒、汤等刺激一下神经

  pipe course 容易的课程或工作

  pipe down 安静些

  plain home cooking 家常便饭

  plain sailing 一帆风顺;轻而易举之事

  play ball with 与……合作

  play it straight 诚实

  play truant 逃学

  plenty of fish in the sea 比喻多得很

  plug along 为生活而拼命工作

  poorly off 穷困潦倒

  pot calling the kettle black 五十步笑百步

  pour oil on troubled waters 平息事态

  prices are soaring 物价飞涨

  pull a long face 拉长脸不悦

  pull a long oar 独自去作

  pull no punches 不客气,动真格的

  pull off 成功;完成

  pull one's leg 开某人的玩笑

  pull oneself together 恢复镇定

  pull through 克服困难;恢复健康

  push one's luck 在已有利情况下做多余冒险

  put an end to 结束

  put aside 储蓄

  put heads together 一起商讨问题

  put heat on 对某人要求严厉

  put it on the cuff 赊帐

  put it this way 这样说;这样做

  put off 延期

  put on a show 假装给人家看

  put on weight 胖了

  put one out of the way 杀某人

  put one's foot down 坚决反对

  put one's foot in it 说错话

  put one's foot in one's mouth 说错话

  put one's heart and soul in sth 全心全意做某事

  put sb in charge of 让某人负责某事

  put sb in the ring 和某人赛一场

  put that in one's pipe and smoke it 威胁别人好好想清楚

  put through 接通电话;做妥一件工作

  put up 举起;住宿

  put up a good show 好好表现自己

  put up with 忍受

  put your best foot forward 尽量使你的仪容整洁

  quality work 细活儿

  queer(strange) fish 怪人

  quit smocking 戒烟

  quite all right 没关系

  rain or shine 不论晴雨

  rainy day 贫苦困难的日子

  raise hell 破口大骂

  raise the roof 变得异常愤怒

  really something 了不起

  red tape 官样文章

  red tape 繁文缛节

  reflect on 回忆

  regular guy 好人,靠得住的人

  released from, be 被释放;解脱

  remember sb to another 代某人问候别人

  right down one's alley 正好是某人所精通的

  right or wrong 无论如何

  right-hand man 得力的助手

  ring a bell with sb 使某人回忆起某事

  road hog 驾车乱抢路的人

  rock the boat 破坏别人的计划;使遇到危险

  roll out the red carpet 铺上红色地毯

  rotten to the core 腐烂透顶

  rough hours 读书时的艰苦生活

  rough sb up 对某人粗卤

  round-about way 采用间接的方法

  row in one boat 从事相同事业;相同命运

  royal road 容易取得成功的捷径

  rubber check 空头支票

  rubber stamp 人云亦云的人

  run across 偶然碰见

  run down 撞倒;诋毁;破旧的

  run into 突然碰到某人

  run of the town 轰动一时的人

  run out of sth 用完

  run sb out of the town 把某人逐出市外

  run up against 遇到

  run wild 到处跑

  sad dog 放荡的人;易闯祸的人

  sad news 餐厅的帐单

  sail under false colors 挂羊头卖狗肉;冒充

  salt of the earth(world) 社会中坚

  same old stuff 陈旧货色

  save lots of grief 省掉许多麻烦

  save one's breath 节省口舌

  save the day 反败为胜;挽救了大局

  save up 储蓄

  say it with flowers 笑容可掬,细生细气

  say no more. 别再说了.

  Says you! 你是胡扯!

  scare the devil out of sb 吓得魂不附体

  scratch sb a note 写封信给某人

  screw-ball 有怪僻的人

  search me. 我不知道.

  second sight 超人的预见力

  secret sorrow 难言之隐

  see after 照顾

  see eye to eye 我们意见相同.

  see it through 使某事顺利通过

  see my point 了解;明白

  see off 送行

  see to it 留心、细致地办好某事

  see you around. 再见.

  sell like hot cakes 销售得很快

  sell sb down the river 出卖某人

  send in 提出;交出

  serve sb right 活该

  service station 加油站

  set about 考虑;留意

  set back 拖延

  set forth 说明

  set my heart on 对……倾心

  set the world on fire 震惊天下

  settle down 安定

  seventh heaven 极乐世界

  shake a leg 跳舞;赶快

  shake and make up 言归于好

  Shame on you! 你真丢脸!

  she's a smart dresser. 她是一个注重服饰的人.

  she's been two-timing me. 她背着我和其他男人约会.

  she's got it! 她迷倒了许多人.

  she's not the only fish in the sea. 她并不是世界上唯一的女人.

  shed of 领先

  shedding crocodile tears 猫哭老鼠

  shit of luck 倒霉

  shoe is on the other foot 今日不同往昔

  show off 炫耀

  show sb the ropes 传授秘诀

  show sb the(back) door 下逐客令

  show up 露面;出现;突出

  sick of, be 讨厌

  side money 外快

  side-kick 莫逆之交

  sign up for 报名参加

  sink in the scale 降低

  sitting pretty 过着舒服的生活

  sixes and sevens 乱七八糟

  sixth sense 第六感

  size up 打量

  sleep in this morning 睡个懒觉

  slip one's memory 一时忘记

  slow-poke 行动迟缓的人

  slowly but surely 稳扎稳打

  small potato 小人物

  smoke like a chimney 烟鬼

  smoke o.p.b 吸别人的烟

  snake in the grass 隐藏的危险

  snap out of it 突然改变情绪;振作起来

  snowed. (学生)被一个问题弄糊涂.

  so that's it 原来如此

  So what? 那又怎么样?

  soft-soap 谄媚

  somehow or other 莫名其妙地

  sore spot 伤心事,旧疮疤

  sorry to have kept you waiting. 抱歉,让您久等了.

  sounds just like 看样子就象

  speak of the devil 说曹操曹操到

  speak the same language 志同道合

  spell out sth 讲清楚

  spill the beans 露马脚

  spoil the show 演杂了

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