分享自己每日学习英语的总结【请勿跟帖】

liushijun · 发表于 2014-7-25 10:24:22

Boot camp 是训练营，集训营的意思

liushijun · 发表于 2014-7-26 08:32:19

形容一件东西抢手说something sells like hotcakes, 或者 something is flying off the shelf.
为买东西通宵露营，叫camp out;
科技发烧友是tech-head.

liushijun · 发表于 2014-7-27 17:28:39

Sleep-deprived 缺觉。高速公路上长时间驾驶的卡车司机是事故隐患之一。Senator Charles Schumer is launching a plan to keep sleep-deprived truckers off the road.

liushijun · 发表于 2014-7-28 17:25:41

Know-how 做为名词，意思是知识和技能。印度出台新预算，军费开支比去年提高了12%。India is trying to use its buying power to get more technological know-how from its foreign arms suppliers.

liushijun · 发表于 2014-7-29 09:48:02

电灯泡叫做：the third wheel;

如胶似漆的情侣，可以说 love birds;

"天生一对"是，a match made in heaven.

liushijun · 发表于 2014-7-30 15:11:01

使某人抓狂叫 push sb over the edge; 警告说这是最后一次，可以讲 that's the final straw；处境相同，叫 in the same boat

liushijun · 发表于 2014-7-31 17:22:36

Unfettered 形容词，意思是自由的，不受限制的。

liushijun · 发表于 2014-8-1 09:05:55

Drone:无人机

liushijun · 发表于 2014-8-2 23:04:32

Until further notice 意思是直到另行通知。

liushijun · 发表于 2014-8-3 11:52:56

all ears, 表示“洗耳恭听”。 back seat driver, 也就是“喜欢指挥别人的人”

liushijun · 发表于 2014-8-7 09:31:06

warn against 意思是建议不要做某事。With the summer heat in high gear, police are warning against leaving kids and pets in unattended vehicles.

liushijun · 发表于 2014-8-15 11:06:54

搬家，忙碌一周。总算结束了。放我一马是let someone off the hook；

形容轻而易举是 hands down；

翘课是play hooky！

liushijun · 发表于 2014-8-16 08:20:59

Mortgage
n.按揭贷款；按揭（由银行等提供房产抵押借款）

v.（向银行等）抵押（房产）

liushijun · 发表于 2014-8-17 08:45:18

抠门可以说 tightfisted, 小气鬼则是 cheapskate
大手大脚花钱的人是 spendthrift
拜金女是 gold digger.

liushijun · 发表于 2014-8-18 09:10:16

Biofuel 生物燃料

liushijun · 发表于 2014-8-19 11:59:28

旅行攻略是 travel tips, 旅游陷阱是tourist trap, 旋风旅行则是 whirlwind tour.

liushijun · 发表于 2014-8-21 08:25:56

美容觉叫做 beauty sleep;

补觉可以说 catch up on some Zs, 或者get some shut-eye;

辗转反侧，叫做 toss and turn.

liushijun · 发表于 2014-8-22 16:30:55

Brand-name 做为形容词，意思是名牌的，品牌的。

liushijun · 发表于 2014-8-24 10:35:00

异地恋是long-distance relationship；.

形容男人质朴老实，可以用blue-collar kind of guy；

亲切可爱的邻家女孩是the girl next door.

liushijun · 发表于 2014-8-27 18:01:06

Indoor 做为形容词，意思是室内的。Hersheypark will open a unique indoor roller coaster next Spring.

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