托福听力
 
托福听力真题短语整理(附例句)

 
    leave no stone unturned 不遗余力;全力以赴
 
  ——Lynn left no stone unturned in her research, and handed in an excellent paper.(Lynn全力以赴做她的研究,交了一篇优秀的论文。)
  eg:on cloud nine 沉浸在幸福之中;非常高兴
  ——Marcia looks like she's on cloud nine.Do you know what made her so happy? (Marcia好象沉浸在幸福之中。你知道她为什么这么高兴吗?)
  ——She just had a paper accepted for publication.(她有一篇文章要发表了。)
  eg:on the tip of one's tongue 一时想不起来,话到嘴边又忘记
  ——Are you sure you can't remember the name of that record? (你肯定记不起来那张唱片的名字吗?)
  ——It's just on the tip of my tongue! (我就是一时想不起来了。
  eg:reach the bottom of the barrel 用完,弹尽粮绝
  ——Don't you have any other clean shirts? (你还有其它干净衬衫吗?)
  ——I guess I've reached the bottom of the barrel.(我想我已经用完了。)
  eg:rub sb.the wrong way 使(某人)有点恼火;惹怒;引起反感;烦扰,打搅
  ——What do you think of our new economics instructor? (你觉得新经济学老师怎么样?)
  ——I don't know.Something about him rubs me the wrong way.(不知怎么的,他有点让我反感。)
  eg:scratch the surface 只懂皮毛,很不了解(通常和限制性副词如only, hardly等词连用)
  ——You've certainly done a lot of research for your project.(你显然对你的课题做了不少研究。)
  ——It seems like a lot, but actually I've only scratched the surface.(看上去不少,但事实上我只懂一些毛皮。)