【听力必背】新托福120个重要习语

文章作者 100test 发表时间 2007:10:10 11:31:50
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　　令人惊奇的是，很多考生在考完新托福后突然发现，自己的听力真的提高了很多，并且在考试中学到了很多美国习语。本文特地把托福考试中常出现的重要习语总结出来，供准备参加新托福考试的托友们使用。为体现原汁原味，本文未对这些词组进行翻译，不过在每个词组后面都有相应的英文解释。

　　只要考生们坚持用心去练，肯定会对听力的提高有所帮助，而且在考试的时候会发现这样的效果真的很好。当然这种感觉是建立在你大量练习和能力提高的基础上的。

　　 1、above all - most importantly
　　 2、account for - explain
　　 3、as a matter of fact - in fact ,to speak the truth
　　 4、as a rule - generally .normally
　　 5、about to - be ready to.be on the point of doing something
　　 6、an old hand - be an experienced persom
　　 7、any day now -soon
　　 8、approach sb -talk to sb
　　 9、be fed up with - be out of patience with
　　 10、be on ones own - live independently
　　 11、be on the safe side - take no chances
　　 12、be out of something - have no longer in supply
　　 13、be tired of - be bored with ,frustrated with
　　 14、be up to onesears - be extremely busy
　　 15、be up to someone -be a persons responsibility
　　 16、be out for -trying to get
　　 17、be out of the question - be unacceptable ,impossible
　　 18、bite off more than one can chew - take on more than onecanhandle
　　 19、break down - cease to n
　　 20、break the ice - begin to be friendly wuth people onedoesntknow
　　 21、break the news - inform or give bad news
　　 22、brush up on - imporve noes knowledge of somethingthroughstudy
　　 23、bump into - meet unexpectedly
　　 24、by and large - in general
　　 25、by heart - by memory
　　 26、by all means - absolutely ,definitely
　　 27、by no means - in no way
　　 28、call off -cancel
　　 29、cheer up - be happy
　　 30、come down with - become sick with
　　 31、come into -receive,especially after anothers death
　　 32、come up with - think of
　　 33、count on - depend upon
　　 34、count out - eliminate
　　 35、die down - become quiet ,become less
　　 36、do without - manage without something
　　 37、0drop by - visit informally. pay a short visit
　　 38、every other - alternate
　　 39、fall behind - lag. fail to accomplish something on time
　　 40、fall through - fail to happen or be completed
　　 41、far cry form - completely different from.a long way
　　 42、feel like - have a desire or wish for
　　 43、feel up to - feel well enough to or be capabele of
　　 44、few and far between - not happening often. rate
　　 45、figure out - determine. reason out by thinking
　　 46、fill in for -take anothers place
　　 47、fill sb.in - tell what sb. should know
　　 48、fish out of water - out of ones element ornaturalenvironment
　　 49、flying colors -success,victory
　　 50、for good - permanently. forever
　　 51、for the time being - for now. temporarily
　　 52、get away with - escape without punishment
　　 53、get rid of - give something away. sell, destroy, or throwawaysomething
　　 54、get the ball rolling - start something. make a beginning
　　 55、get the hang of - understand. learn
　　 56、give a hand - help
　　 57、go without saying - understood. clear without needing tobestated
　　 58、go off -begin to ring
　　 59、hang on - keep hold of. persevere.keep doing something
　　 60、hard to come by - difficult to obtain