泛读教程 英语习语、谚语
沈阳故宫导游词-人事部工作总结
Unit 1
1) Burn the midnight oil
熬夜读书，开夜车 To study or
work until late at night.
2) Hit the books
用功读书，与熬夜无关 To study,
especially with particular intensity
3) Do
back-breaking work
劳累至极腰酸背痛的工作
To do some physically difficult work and makes you
very tired.
4) Work like a dog
拼命工作
5) Fall down
on the job
敷衍了事，没做好工作
6) Work one’s fingers to the bone
非常努力的工作
1) Be a breeze
像一缕清风一样很容易做
2) Have a green
thumb
擅长园艺
3) Be easy as pie
小菜一碟，小事一桩
4) Have a golden touch
点石成金，无所不能
5) Have two left feet
笨手笨脚
you are dancing or playing a sport.
6)
Have a nose for something
善于发现某物，有洞察力
1) Down to earth
脚踏实地，实事求是
and practical.
2) Think one is god’s gift to mankind
自以为了不起，自负
conceited.
3)
Show off
炫耀
4) Put someone in someone’s place
安分守己
5) Put on airs
摆架子，摆谱
6) Blow one’s own horn
自吹自擂，自我吹嘘
To
work very hard.
Be incapable for a work.
To work very hard.
Unit 2
A
thing that is easy to do.
To be good at
gardening.
To be very easy.
It means
that you can do anything that you want to do.
To be very awkward in your movements, especially
when
To be perspective and good at
discovering.
Unit 3
To do something
with no illusions or pretensions, sensible
To think oneself is really something in some
areas;
To show one’s ability with pride to
anyone.
To make someone do his own duty and
abide by the law.
It means someone is
conceited in order to show his identity.
To
brag about oneself.
Unit 4
1) Bury the hatchet
言归于好，和解，摒弃前嫌 To stop being unfriendly and
become friends again.
2) Button one’s lips
一言不发，守口如瓶 To refuse to talk and be
silenced.
3) Flow with the tide
跟风，紧随潮流 To keep following someone
or the trend.
4) Hold one’s tongue
保持沉默，不开口 To say nothing about
something and stay silent.
5) Let sleeping
dogs lie
别无事生非，招惹麻烦 To avoid
mentioning a subject or something that happened in
the past,
in order to avoid any problems or
arguments.
6) Mind one’s own business
少管闲事，管好自己 To concern oneself only with
what is of interest to oneself and not
interfere in the affairs of others.
7)
Rock the boat
捣乱
To do something that upsets a situation and causes
problems.
8) See eye to eye
看法完全一致，完全同意 To share the same views as
somebody about something.
Unit 5
1) Face up to something
勇敢的面对
To accept and deal with something that is
difficult or unpleasant.
2) Point one’s finger
at someone
指责某人 To
accuse somebody .
3) Leave someone high and
dry
使某人很无助 To leave someone
unsupported and unable to maneuver; to leave
someone helpless.
4) Shoulder the
responsibility
能够承担责任
To take responsibility.
5) Pass the buck
推卸责任 To shirk the
responsibility.
6) Worm out of something
推卸摆脱某事 To get rid of
something
Unit 6
1) All or
nothing
孤注一掷的，没有商量余地 A situation which
will end either in complete success or
complete failure
Having no middle position
or compromise available
2) Meet someone
halfway
向某人妥协 To
compromise to somebody
3) Give-and-take
妥协，互让，互相迁就 To have an exchange of
views on some topic in order to make
mutual
concessions
4) Middle-of-the-road
折中的办法，折中之计 A compromising solution
that can be accepted by most people
5) Stick
to one’s guns
固执己见 To
maintain one’s position or viewpoint when faced
with
opposition
6) Find middle
ground
寻求找到一个中间立场 A set of opinions
and decisions that two or more groups who
oppose each other can agree on
Unit 7
1) Go through with
经历困难而完成，把事情坚持到底
To do something even though it may be very
unpleasant or
difficult for you
2) Hang in
there
坚持，不气馁，不畏困难 To maintain a
course of action despite negative outlook; to
persist; to subsist while keeping high spirits
3) Give up
放弃
To stop trying to do something
4) Stick with
坚持做某事 To continue or
persist; to stick to
5) Sweat out
努力的忍耐以达到某个目的 To work very hard to
achieve something
Unit 8
1) Be a
copycat
模仿别人 To imitate
or copy others
2) Cut the apron strings
摆脱依赖，独立生活 To be or become
impossible to manage or to control
3) Be a
yes-man
唯唯诺诺的人 To be a
person who always agrees with people in authority
in
order to gain their approval.
4) Have a
mind of one’s own
自有主见，能够独立思考 To have
one’s own idea and think independently
5) Be
on one’s own
独立自主，不依靠他人 To be
independent
6) Lead someone by the nose
牵着别人的鼻子走，完全控制别人 To have a full control of
somebody
7) Stand on one’s own two feet
独立自主，自力更生 To be independent
Unit 9
1) Be as cool as a cucumber
表示非常冷静，毫不紧张。 To be very calm and
controlled, especially in a difficult situation
2) Go to pieces
崩溃，心碎 A
person who is so upset or afraid that you cannot
manage to live or
work normally
3) Be as
tough as nails
1、冷酷无情 2、坚定不移 Very strong
and able to deal successfully with difficult
conditions or
situations
Not feeling or
showing any emotion
4) Hold one’s head up
高傲，昂头，扬眉吐气. To be proud of or not feel
ashamed about something that you have
done
5) Keep one’s chin up
不灰心，不气馁，不屈服
To tell somebody to try to stay cheerful even
though they are in a
difficult or unpleasant
situation
6) Fall apart
崩溃瓦解破碎
To be in very bad condition so that parts are
breaking off.
7) Pull oneself together
振作起来 To become mentally
focused after a period of being unfocused
Unit 10
1) Be hot-headed
急躁，容易发怒的 To be a person who
often acts too quickly, without thinking of
what might happen.
2) Blow up
爆炸，大怒，大发脾气 To get angry with
somebody
3) Count to ten
控制情绪使自己冷静
To keep one’s emotions under control
4) Grit
one’s teeth
咬牙切齿 To
clench one's teeth together tightly because of
pain or
anger or frustration
5) Reach the
boiling point
受够了，达到忍耐的极限后大怒 The point at
which anger or excitement breaks out into violent
expression.
6) Hold one’s temper
捺住性子
To control one’s tempt
Unit 11
1) Be cool toward someone
对某人漠视无情
To leave somebody in the cold
2) Icy stare
冰冷的眼神
3) Give someone the cold shoulder
对人冷漠，冷待某人 To treat somebody
in an unfriendly way
4) Turn one’s back on
someone
不愿意帮助某人，不提供帮助给某人 Be unwilling to
help somebody
5) Turn one’s nose up at someone
拒绝某人 To refuse
somebody or someone’s suggestions
6) Welcome
someone with open arms
非常欢迎某人
To welcome someone warmly and happily
Unit 12
1) Be a loner
字面意识为成为孤家寡人，寓意为不合作 To prefer to be alone
rather than with a group of
people
2)
Brainstorm
集体研讨，集思广益 A
spontaneous group discussion to produce ideas and
ways of solving problems
3) Join forces
联合力量 To work
together in order to achieve a shared aim
4) Pool one’s resources
集资，集合资源
To collect
5) Go it alone
独立的，单边的，不听别人意见
To do something without help from anyone
6)
Put heads together
一起讨论问题
To think about or discuss something as a group
7) Lend a hand
帮忙，助一臂之力
To help somebody
8) Two heads are better than
one
人多智慧大。三个臭皮匠，顶个诸葛亮。 To say that two
people can achieve more than one person
working alone