英语学习方法大全

  • ladies who lunch指的是花大量时间用来社交的人,通常是指有钱又闲”的人。在过去有钱人家的太太们会在吃精致又贵的午餐时侃侃而谈,进行社交。这个短语来自美国作曲作词家史蒂芬·桑德海姆(Stephen Sondheim)上世纪70年代的一首歌:A toast to ...

  • power lunch是午餐会”,指公司人员(通常是高层)在吃午餐时开的会”(an occasion at which people eat lunch while they are working and talking about business)。例句:We'...

  • 中文里有俗语天下没有免费的午餐”,英文也有,那就是free lunch。free lunch指不费力或者不付出代价就能白白获得的东西”。例句:There is no such thing as a free lunch.天下没有白吃的午餐。He'll hardly o...

  • 当别人问你要不要do lunch,可千万别理解为让你做饭,这个词的意思是与某人会面并一起用午餐”(= have lunch together,非正式)。例句:I was just calling to see if you wanted to do lunch tomorrow?我就是想...

  • lose one's lunch是个美式俚语,字面意思是丢掉了午餐”,实际表达是呕吐,没胃口”(to throw up/vomit)。你还可以用toss one’s lunch来表达觉得恶心。例句:I felt like I was going to lo...

  • 如果你想表达带某人出去吃饭”,可以说take sb (out) to lunch。但out to lunch却没有这个意思,真正表达的是疯狂的,注意力不集中,心不在焉,神志不清”。例句:You must have been out to lunch when you wrot...

  • 情投意合”,汉语成语,形容双方思想感情融洽,意见一致,彼此很合得来。可以翻译为find mutual affection and agreement,be in agreement in opinion and feelings或suit each other perfectly&rdq...

  • 去 spice something up 的意思就是放更多香料在食物或饮料里使其更有滋味。另外你也可以 spice up 一段讲话、一个表演或活动:在这里就不是放调料了,而是在其中加入更有趣味,引人入胜的内容。例句This salad was a bit boring so I spiced it ...

  • To go it alone 可形容一个人做事情自己做,没有其他人的帮忙,单干。例句Now that I have enough experience, I've decided to go it alone and start my own business.I'm not rea...

  • Full steam ahead 意思是充满信心地和精力饱满地全速前进。例句We've had months of setbacks but now it's full steam ahead. We should have the new product out by April....