英语干货分享

英语干货分享

为大家献上今天的英语干货~

1. pain-killing drugs 止疼药

2. grab-and-go 带走即食; meal deal 优惠套餐

3. New York minute 非常短的时间，瞬间。eg. Remember that fame or something like that will vanish in a New York minute.

4. a/ the softly-softly approach 耐心细致的做事方法，尤指待人的方法。eg. You need to adopt a softly-softly approach with that kid.

5. the next best thing 第二好的东西

6. pass the buck 推卸责任; beneath contempt 可鄙，为人所不齿。eg. Trying to pass the buck is simply beneath contempt.

7. 表示轻蔑，不屑一顾: turn one's nose up at; be scornful of; pour scorn on; look down on; make light of sth. 拿重要的事开玩笑。

8. nip and tuck; neck and neck 不分上下，势均力敌

9. persistent offenders 惯犯

10. a hard/ tough act to follow 令人忘尘莫及的人，难以超越的人。

11. emotional prop 情感支柱

12. fight one's corner 据理力争，维护某人的地位和利益。

  paint oneself into a corner 让自己陷入困境。I've certainly painted myself into a corner.

  turn the corner 度过难关; 豁然开朗。I really hope that you can turn the corner.

13. dead end; blind alley 死胡同，尽头。

14. solid evidence 铁证

15. head-hunting agency 猎头公司

16. supplementary courses 选修课

17. scientific approaches 科学方法

18. exert influence 施加影响力

19. martial art 武术，功夫。

20. cut one's teeth 初次尝试做某事，初次涉足一个领域或接触一个工作。eg. Tom cut his teeth on a local newspaper before landing a job on a national daily.

21. lighting rod 避雷针

22. without batting an eyelid 面不改色

23. keep each other company 相互陪伴

24. get changed 换衣服

25. bad qualities 不好的品质

26. child's play 小儿科，非常简单的事。 eg. This is like child's play, even a baby can do it.

27. a fat cat 暴发户，有钱人。

28. be in a devil of a hole 表示处境尴尬。

29. a trying situation 处境尴尬; 不好意思的局面;局面严峻困窘。

30. “小三”: mistress(情妇), paramour(情夫)，lover(情人)，the other man/woman, a third person in a relationship, home wrecker(破坏家庭的人)，cheater(出轨者)，love rat(欺骗感情的人)

31. reap a good harvest 大丰收

32. joint press conference 联合新闻发布会

33. May-December marriage/ relationship 老配少，忘年恋

34. bury one's differences 和解，言归于好。

35. there is a world of difference 强调差别巨大。 eg. There is a world of difference between love and like.

36. find sb. or sth. wanting 某人或某物缺乏应有的素质，不够格。

  wanted: 被通缉的; 被爱，被照顾的。

37. top word 热词

38. broken dreams 破灭的梦想; live in a dream world 活在梦里; a pipe dream 白日梦; beyond your wildest dreams 超出了你最大的梦想; That was the stuff dreams are made of. 梦想由此构成。

39. set the record straight 澄清真相

40. You made your bed. Now lie in it. 指你做了不好的事情，现在自食其果。

41. take your medicine 自食其果，接受你所做的事造成的后果。

42. surrender to … 向…投降

43. stage fright 怯场

44. pay the piper = face the music

45. sweetheart deal 非常满意的交易

46. hard sells 强行推销

47. possible buyers / clients 潜在客户

48. break even 不赚不赔

49. get a break 交好运

50. the power of name-calling 辱骂的力量