书城外语英语常用短语大全集
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The word "cat" begins with the letter "c"."cat"

这个单词是以字母"c"开始的。

Begin with this one and do the other safterwards.

先做这个,然后再做其他的事。

prayer[pre?(r)] n.祈祷,祷告

常用英语短语

believe in 信仰,信奉;相信

常用口语句子

I believe in God.

我信仰上帝。

I believe in his good character.

我相信他品德良好。

He believes in getting plenty of exercise.

他相信多做运动必有好处。

常用英语短语

believe it or not 信不信由你

常用口语句子

Believe it or not,we were left waiting in the rain for two hours.

信不信由你,我们冒雨一直等了两个小时。

Believe it or not,he asked me to marry him!

信不信由你,他向我求婚了!

Whether you believe it or not,I passed the exam.

不管你信不信,反正我通过了考试。

常用英语短语

belong to 属于;派作某种用场正好

常用口语句子

These books belong to me.

这些书是我的。

Who does this belong to?

这是谁的?

That lid belongs to this jar.

那个盖子是配这个瓶子的。

lid [l?d] n.盖子

jar [d?ɑ?(r)] n.瓶子,罐子

常用英语短语

beside the point 离题的,不相干的

常用口语句子

What you have said is quite beside the point.

你说得文不对题。

How much it costs is beside the point.

花多少钱的问题不必谈了。

Please don't say anything beside the pointin your speech.

请不要在发言时说任何与主题无关的话。

常用英语短语

beyond question 毫无疑问

常用口语句子

His honesty is beyond question.

他的诚实是毋庸置疑的。

Parents are beyond question the first teachers of children.

家长无疑是孩子的第一任老师。

She knew beyond question that I was aperson who could be trusted.

她肯定无疑地知道我是一个可以信赖的人。

常用英语短语

big deal 要人;要事

常用口语句子

It's no big deal.

这没什么大不了的。

I can see why you made such a big deal about her.

我知道了为什么你对她那么在意。

It may not seem like such a big deal to you,but you can make profit in the long run.

这对你来说并不是什么大不了的事,但是长远来看那是有利可图的。

make profit 有利可图

in the long run 从长远来看

常用英语短语

black and blue 青一块紫一块

常用口语句子

He fell down the stairs and was all black and blue.

他从楼梯跌下而全身青一块紫一块了。

He punched me until I was black and blue.

他打得我全身青一块紫一块的。

I've had so many falls that I'm black and blue all over.

我跌倒了好多次,弄得全身青一块紫一块。

punch [p?nt?] v.用拳猛击

常用英语短语

blow away 吹散;传播

常用口语句子

The newspaper was blown away by the wind.

报纸被风吹走了。

The smoke blew away.

烟被风吹掉了。

Beware your hat,lest it should be blown away.

当心你的帽子别被吹走。

常用英语短语

blow down 吹掉,吹落;喷出

常用口语句子

I was almost blown down by the wind.

我几乎被风刮倒了。

The storm blew down many trees yesterday.

昨天暴风雨吹倒许多树。

Hundreds of trees were blown down in the gale.

数百株树在狂风中被吹倒了。

gale [ge?l] n.大风,风暴

常用英语短语

blow off 吹掉;吹破;熄灭;不理会;将(热水等)放出

常用口语句子

My hat blew off.

我的帽子被风刮掉了。

I can't believe you blow off my phone call.

我不敢相信你居然不接我的电话。

I just needed to blow off steam.

我只想出出闷气而已。

常用英语短语

blow up 炸掉;失败;发火;突然开始且来势凶猛

常用口语句子

The bomb blew up.

炸弹爆炸了。

I'm sorry I blew up at you.

很抱歉,对你发火了。

A storm is blowing up.

风暴来临。

常用英语短语

break away 逃走;脱离;背弃;摆脱

常用口语句子

Can't you break away from old habits?

你不能戒除旧习惯吗?

The prisoner broke away from his guards.

囚犯从看守者手中逃脱了。

What can we do to help them to break awayfrom the difficult position?

我们能做什么来帮助他们摆脱困境呢?

常用英语短语

break down 破坏,打破;发生故障;弄垮

常用口语句子

The telephone system has broken down.

电话系统失灵了。

Our car broke down on the motorway.

我们的汽车在高速公路上抛锚了。

Her health broke down under the pressure of work.

工作的压力把她的身体弄垮了。

motorway ['m??t?we?] n.高速公路

pressure['pre??(r)] n.压力

常用英语短语

break in 闯入;插嘴,打断,干扰;训练,逐渐适应

常用口语句子

Burglars had broken in while we were awayon holiday.

我们假日外出时,窃贼曾进入屋内。

Please don't break in on our conversation.

请别打断我们的谈话。

It takes a new secretary one month to breakin.

新来的秘书要一个月的时间熟悉工作。

常用英语短语

break into 闯进;侵占;打断;突然……起来;占用

常用口语句子

We had to break into the house as we had lost the key.

因为我们弄丢了钥匙,所以不得不破门而入。

Don't break into their conversation.

不要打断他们的谈话。

All this extra work I'm doing is breaking into my leisure time.

我目前的这一切额外工作用去了我的闲暇时间。

leisure ['le??(r)] n.空暇,闲暇

常用英语短语

break off 折断;中止,中断,结束

常用口语句子

The door handle has broken off.

门的把手断了。

She broke off a piece of chocolate and gave it to me.

她掰下一块巧克力给我。

They've broken off their engagement.

他们已经解除了婚约。

engagement [?n'ge?d?m?nt] n.订婚

常用英语短语

break out 突然发生

常用口语句子

Fire broke out during the night.

夜间突然发生了火灾。

He broke out in a cold sweat.

他出了一身冷汗。

She broke out in a rage.

她勃然大怒。

sweat [swet] n.汗,汗水

rage [re?d?] n.狂怒,盛怒

常用英语短语

break through 挤过去;突破

常用口语句子

Demonstrators broke through the police cordon.

示威群众突破了警戒线。

The sun broke through at last in the afternoon.

太阳在下午终于从云层后面钻出来了。

Scientists say they are beginning to break through in the fight against cancer.

科学家们说他们在防治癌症方面开始有所突破。

demonstrator ['dem?nstre?t?(r)] n.示威者,游行者

cordon ['k??dn] n.警戒线,防卫圈

常用英语短语

break up 弄破,打碎;拆散;终止;绝交

常用口语句子

The ship broke up on the rocks.

船触礁撞毁了。

The meeting broke up at eleven o'clock.

会议在十一点钟结束。

She's just broken up with her boyfriend.

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