2018-09-17 所属栏目:每日英语短语讲解

今日短语beat someone to it 在别人还没做之前先做

例句
If we do not take step immediately, some one will beat us to it, which means big loss for us.
如果我们不马上采取措施，别人

2018-09-16 所属栏目:每日英语短语讲解

今日短语play a waiting game 等待机会；持续观望；侍机下手；伺机行动

例句
As China's PDA makers battle for market share, cautious global giants play a waiting game.
当中国的

2018-09-16 所属栏目:每日英语短语讲解

今日短语get on the ball 用心做

例句
If you hope to keep your job, you'd better get on the ball and meet the deadline.
如果你还想要你的那份工作，你最好用心做，赶上最后期限！

2018-09-16 所属栏目:每日英语短语讲解

今日短语true to form 遵照过去的行为模式；(人或人的行动)一如往常

例句
The Clintons, true to form, were nearly half and hour late to meet the elder Bushes at the White House in 1

2018-09-16 所属栏目:每日英语短语讲解

今日短语drop the ball 犯错；失职

例句
We almost enter a contract with that company, but Jim drop the ball and ruin everything.
我们差点就跟那公司签合同了，但是吉姆犯了大错，把

2018-09-16 所属栏目:每日英语短语讲解

今日短语shape up or ship out 要么好好干，要么走人

例句
He is late again, tell him to shape up or ship out.
他又迟到了，叫他自爱点，不然就滚蛋。

2018-09-15 所属栏目:每日英语短语讲解

今日短语what makes someone tick 促使某人产生某种行为的原因

例句
What makes computer virus writers tick?
促使计算机病毒作者编写病毒的动机是什么呢？

2018-09-15 所属栏目:每日英语短语讲解

今日短语shoo-in 长胜将军；必然的胜利者

例句
There's no way he can lose. He's a shoo-in.
他不会输的，他是位长胜将军。

2018-09-15 所属栏目:每日英语短语讲解

今日短语in a bind 遇到两难问题；陷入困境；窘迫

例句
If a fuel-efficiency bill reaches his desk, Bush could be in a bind—caught between auto lobbyists and his concern for energ

2018-09-15 所属栏目:每日英语短语讲解

今日短语lay off 停止；解雇

例句
Lay off! I don't need you to tell me what to do!
别再讲了!我不需要你告诉我怎样做！

2018-09-15 所属栏目:每日英语短语讲解

今日短语between a rock and a hard place 陷于两难；进退维谷

例句
You've put me between a rock and a hard place.你让我进退两难了。

2018-09-14 所属栏目:每日英语短语讲解

今日短语at each other's throats 争吵

例句
American courts and universities are at each other's throats, and once again the issue is race.
美国法院和大学一直闹不休，这次

2018-09-14 所属栏目:每日英语短语讲解

今日短语have had one's day 风光不再

例句
Radio programs have had their day in the limelight.
电台节目风光的时代已经过去。

2018-09-14 所属栏目:每日英语短语讲解

今日短语have one's head in the sand 不顾事实真相；逃避现实；拒绝承认问题但又妄想情况好转；采取鸵鸟政策

例句
It's no use having your head in the sand .You should try to

2018-09-14 所属栏目:每日英语短语讲解

今日短语fly-by-night 不负责任的；不可靠的

例句
The project is totally ruined by the fly-by-night undertakers.
这项工程完全是给那些不负责任的承包商破坏的。

2018-09-14 所属栏目:每日英语短语讲解

今日短语pull strings 运用关系；主宰局面；发挥影响力

例句
Bob pulled some strings and managed to get us front row seats for the concert.
鲍伯运用关系替我们拿到音乐会前排的位子。

2018-09-13 所属栏目:每日英语短语讲解

今日短语bite off more than one can chew 过份高估自己；不自量力；承担超乎个人能力的事；不能胜任于某事

例句
The CEO concedes he bit off more than he could chew.
这位CEO承认他太不

2018-09-13 所属栏目:每日英语短语讲解

今日短语throw up one's hands 表示没办法处理；放弃；退出(竞争)

例句
The entrance exam is so difficult. Judy had to throw up her hands and said:"university is not for me."
入

2018-09-13 所属栏目:每日英语短语讲解

今日短语hot on someone's trail 紧紧跟在某人后面走；尾随；对……穷追不舍

例句
He is hot on a suspect's trail for almost an hour.
他已经紧跟那个疑犯差不多一个小时了。

2018-09-13 所属栏目:每日英语短语讲解

今日短语boys will be boys 小孩子不懂事

例句
We can't accept that boys will be boys. We need intervene with boys, to hold them accountable for what they are doing.
我们无法

2018-09-13 所属栏目:每日英语短语讲解

今日短语 live it up 尽情玩乐；玩得尽兴

例句
He carefully cultivated the image of the Outsider. He avoided the restaurants where politicians lived it up and cut their backroom d

2018-09-12 所属栏目:每日英语短语讲解

今日短语a soft option 比较容易或有利的选择；最省事省力的办法

例句
Helen considered staying with her mother a soft option because she did not have to worry about house-keeping.

2018-09-12 所属栏目:每日英语短语讲解

今日短语know something inside out 对某事相当了解；对某事认识很透彻
例句
During an interview, he was sharp, combative and a bit relieved to be talking about things he knows inside

2018-09-12 所属栏目:每日英语短语讲解

今日短语give someone a dressing-down 责骂某人；谴责
例句
She gave him a good dressing down.
她给了他一顿痛斥。

2018-09-12 所属栏目:每日英语短语讲解

今日短语speak the same language 兴趣、意见、观念相同；气味相投
例句
When Levin and Turner proclaimed their deal, it was Earth meets Mars. But last week the two dealmakers actuall