| 大学英语四级听力60个必考习语详解（一） |
| 发表日期： 2007-6-27 9:43:02 来源： 英语听力学习网 作者： |
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1、across
①. 表方位。
Let’s go to the restaurant across the street and get something to eat. 让我们去街对面的餐馆买些吃的。
②. 表动作，穿越。
You must go across the bridge and then turn right. 你必须先过桥，然后再往右拐。
2、age
①. 年龄。最一般的表达。在此不赘述。
②. 衰老。
the aging people=the old people
现代社会出现越来越严重的aging problem(人口老龄化问题)等。
3、all
①. shake all over 浑身颤抖
②. all of a sudden 突然地
All of a sudden, I remembered her name. 我突然想起了她的名字。
③. by all means 一定
I’ll come by all means. 我一定会来的。
④. all night long 整晚
My present neighbor plays piano all night long. 我现在的邻居整晚都弹钢琴。
4、apply
这里我们详细串联一下在听力考试中涉及到的与求职相关的短语。
apply for(申请)，这是工作的第一步；既然要申请，必然需要递交letter of application(求职信)，只要你足够confident about yourself，就有可能获得job interview(工作面试)的机会。是否能够give a good impression(留个好印象)给主管，那就得看你个人犄造化了。
有些工作岗位会require much traveling(要求经常出差)，还有些工作，做不了多久就会希望find a way out(找到出路)。
正所谓城里城外，各有风光。没工作的人想工作，有工作的人又烦工作。
5、as
①. 作为，当作。
I am working as his teaching assistant. 我作为他的助教进行工作。
②. as…as 就像……一样
I’ve heard that he is as well-known as Johnson herself. 我听说他跟约翰生本人自己一样著名。
I don’t think it would be as boring as working in an office. 我并不认为这会跟在办公室工作一样枯燥。
It wasn’t as easy as I had thought. 这不像我想的那么简单。
It’s not as bad as it looks. 这并不像看上去的那么糟糕。
Is that optional course as hard as everybody says? 那个选修课真的就像每个人说的那样难吗？
③. as far as I know 据我所知
As far as I know, whether there’ll be such a trip is yet to be decided. 据我所知，是否有这么一趟旅行尚未决定。
As far as I know, he works until midnight every day. 据我所知，他每天都工作到半夜。
④. as well 也
If the weather is this hot tomorrow, we may as well give up the idea of playing tennis outside. 如果明天温度还是这么高，我们也可能放弃到户外进行比赛的主意。
⑤. 1、as soon as 一……就，尽快
I will do that for you as soon as I have fixed the machine. 一修好机器我就会尽快为你完成那个工作。
6、awfully
非常地，相当地。在口语中用于表程度的比例十分高。
awfully nervous 相当紧张；awfully cold 相当冷；awfully sorry 十分抱歉
Tom looks awfully nervous. 汤姆看上去相当紧张。
I am awfully sorry. I didn’t mean to hurt you. 十分抱歉。我不想伤害你的。
7、be bound to
肯定，注定
The movie starts in 5 minutes and there’s bound to be a long line. 电影还有5分钟就开始了，现在那里肯定排着长队。
8、be tired of
厌烦。当一个人感到厌烦的时候，也是最容易lose one’s temper(生气)的时候。
I’m tired of movies about romantic stories. 我已经彻底厌烦了电影中的浪漫故事。
9、be worn out
①. 筋疲力尽，这个表达不太正式，多用于口语。
I’m usually worn out at the end of the day. 在一天快结束时我时常觉得很累。
②. 破旧不堪。
My soles were worn out after a long time trip. 经过长时间的旅行，我的鞋底已经破旧不堪。
10、better
①. ’d better 最好是
I’d better read one of the articles for the class. 我最好还是为上课读篇文章准备一下。
I think you’d better find another partner. 我想你最好还是另找一个搭档吧。
②. make it better 让……更好
I’d rewrite the last two paragraphs to make it better. 我已经重写了最后两段以使它更好。
③. be better 更好些
I told you it would be better for you if you took fewer courses during the first semester. 我告诉过你如果你在第一个学期少选一些课程会比较好一些。
11、bill
①. 账单，买单。
I will pay the bill this time because last time you did it. 这次我来买单，因为上次是你。
②. 提案。
We all passed the bill on yesterday’s board meeting. 在昨天的董事会上我们全票通过该提案。
③. 纸币。
Here’s a 10-dollar bill. Give me two tickets for tonight’s show please. 这是一张10美元的纸币，请给我两张今晚演出的票，谢谢。
12、book
①. 书。本意，简单名词。
②. 预定，订购。 be booked up 被预定空了；booking office 售票处
All the morning flights have been booked up. 所有明早的飞机票都预定光了。
13、briefing
①. 简介。会议之前，总要有一个项目叫做Give a briefing.
Mrs. Lung’s briefing seems to go on forever. Lung女士的简报似乎没完没了。
②. news / press briefing 新闻发布会
14、change
①. 改变，更改。这是该词的基本意思，看两个例子回顾一下。
I’d love to see a different type of movie for a change. 我想换换口味，看场不同类型的电影。
I’ll have to get my ticket changed. 我必须得更改我的票。
②. 零钱。这是在口语中经常使用的意思。
Two tickets and here’s a dollar forty cents change. 这是两张票以及一美元四十美分的找零。
Jane, do you have some change? I have to make a call on the pay phone. 简，你有零钱吗？我想在公用电话亭打个电话。
15、check
①. 检查。基本意思。check our baggage 检查行李
Could you check for me who borrowed it? 你能帮我查查是谁借走了吗？
Did you check the power plug and press the play button? 你是否检查了电源插头并按了播放键了呢？
②. 登机台。check-in counter
Is this the check-in counter for Flight 914 to Los Angeles? 这是飞往洛杉矶的914号航班的登机台吗？
③. 询问。check on it 问问看
Maybe I should call to check on it. 也许我应该打个电话问问看。
④. 支票。
Sign the check. 签这张支票。
16、copy
①. 一本，一份。a copy of 口语中经常使用。
I’d like to buy a copy of Professor Franklin’s book On American Culture. 我想买本富兰克林教授写的关于美国文化的书。
Would you like a copy of professor Smith’s article? 你想要份史密斯教授的文章吗？
②. 复印。简单动词。
Could you copy this article for me? 你能为我拷贝一下这篇文章吗？
17、count
①. 数数。
She is counting the days. 她每天都在数着日子。
②. 指望。count on 依赖
We’ll have to count on good weather. 我们不得不指望一个好天气。
18、cover
①. 封面。hard cover 精装书，与hard back book同意。另外，每个娱乐杂志的封面都免不了会有一位漂亮时尚的cover figure(封面人物)。
The hard cover is on sale for the same price as the paperback this week in the bookshop. 在书店，这些精装本与平装本价格相同。
②. 读完，完成。
I think we’ve covered everything. 我认为我们完成所有事情了。
I just covered a few chapters which interested me most. 我只读完了自己最感兴趣的几章。
19、crossword puzzle
纵横字谜，一种填字游戏。既可以entertain oneself(自我娱乐)，也是一种不错的智力训练。
This is not a game. It’s only a crossword puzzle that helps increase my vocabulary. 这不是游戏。这只是可以帮助我提高单词量的一种纵横字谜。
20、drama
戏剧。这是一种西方的艺术形式。四级听力中曾经多次出现。其他的艺术形式还有TV play(电视剧)，soap opera(肥皂剧)，concert(音乐会)……
Some people just can’t seem to appreciate real-life drama. 有些人似乎不愿意欣赏真实生活的戏剧表演。
21、drop
①. drop by 拜访。
I wonder if you can drop by tomorrow evening. 我想知道你能否在明晚过来。
②. 载人一程。
I’m going home, but I can drop you at the supermarket. 我要回家，但我可以载你到超市。
③. drop it 忘掉，放弃。
We can drop it this time. But don’t do it again. 这次我们可以算了，但下次不要再犯。
I have to drop it this time. 我这次不得不放弃。
22、drunk driving
酒后驾驶。在四级听力中出现，一般都是作为traffic accident(交通事故)的主要原因之一。
I think it’s high time we turned our attention to the danger of drunk driving now. 我认为这是我们必须重视酒后驾驶的危险性的时候了。
23、expect
愿意“期待，期望”。
Nobody expects you to be a superstar. 没有人指望你会成为超级明星。
引申意思为“等待，预期”。
The lecture was much more difficult to follow than I had expected. 这个演讲比我预期的要难懂多了。
Mr. Smith is expecting you at 3 o’clock. 史密斯先生等待着你三点钟到来。
24、extremely
使用频率非常高，不亚于very，这个东西extremely expensive。
The speech the blind girl gave this evening was extremely moving. 今晚那个盲女孩的演讲非常感人。
25、film
①. 电影。最常见用语。
②. 胶卷。
ran out of film 胶卷用完；a roll of film 一卷胶卷；develop the film冲洗胶卷，说成wash就完蛋了。
③. 拍摄。
film the river bank 拍摄河岸景致
26、gains and losses
得与失。
Think about the gains and losses before you make the decision. 在你做出决定之前，一定要好好想想得与失。
27、give
①. give sb a ride 请某人搭便车
Could you give me a ride to school tomorrow? 你明天能载我一程去学校吗？
②. give sb a hand 帮助某人
Can you give me a hand, Mike? 麦克，你能帮我一下吗？
③. give sb a ring 打电话给某人
I need to give Mum a ring and tell her I will not be back for dinner. 我要给妈妈打电话告诉她不回去吃晚饭了。
28、go
①. go broke 破产；身无分文
②. go for a ride 乘车外出
My sister wanted to go for a ride around town. 我的姐姐想乘车去镇上转一转。
③. go Dutch 各付各的
④. go ahead 向前进；继续下去
Go ahead, please. 请继续向前进。
⑤. go on forever 永远继续下去
Mrs. Lung’s briefing seems to go on forever. 郎女士的演说似乎没完没了。
⑥. go against 不顺心
Oh, yes, but not a thing to go against me. 哦，是啊，没有什么不顺心的事情发生在我身上。
⑦. go over 复习，温习
I’ve have to go over my notes for tomorrow’s midterm. 我不得不为明天的期中考试复习笔记。
29、item
①. 物品。I want to move a few heavy items into the car. 我想把一些很重要的东西搬进车里。
②. 项，东西。如果填表(fill in a form)，就必然有many items to write。
③. 指代工作。
What about a cup of coffee before we move onto the next item? 在进入下一个议程前要不要来杯咖啡。
30、keep
①. keep in touch(with) 保持联系
But we’ll keep in touch. 但是我们会保持联系的。
Do you still keep in touch with your parents regularly after you leave them? 你离开父母以后还仍然与他们继续保持经常的联系吗？
②. keep an eye on 看守。 |
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