商務(wù)英語口語會刊 No.396

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my heart stood still
    某件事使你非常害怕,或驚恐,以致你的心臟都幾乎停止跳動了
    例句:My heart stood still when the other car ran through the red light and I knew we were about to crash.
    當(dāng)我看到那輛汽車穿紅燈的時候,我知道我們要撞車了。我的心都好像停止跳動了。
    heart-to-heart talk
    坦誠地談話
    例句:Son, you and I have to sit down and have a heart to heart talk about your school grades. You have to do something to bring them up if you want to get into a good college.
    兒子,你我得坐下來好好談一談關(guān)于你的學(xué)習(xí)成績問題。你要是想進一個好大學(xué)的話,你得把分?jǐn)?shù)提高才行呀。
    go all out
    以的決心和所有的力量去做一件事
    例句:Our basketball team went all-out to win the championship game. But so did the other team, and they beat us by two points.
    我們的籃球隊為了在比賽中獲勝而全力以赴??墒?,另外一個隊也是這樣,結(jié)果他們多得了兩分而把我們打敗了。
    go through hell or high water
    盡一切可能
    例句:I love my friend John like a brother -- I know he'd go through hell or high water for me.
    我對約翰就像對待自己的兄弟一樣,我知道他會為我赴湯滔火的。
    put your best foot forward
    給某人一個好印象來源:www.examda.com
    例句:Better get a haircut before you go to that job interview tomorrow. You want to put your best foot forward because there are twenty other people after the same job.
    你明天去那個公司面談前去理一下發(fā)。你得給他們一個好印象才行,因為有二十多個人都在爭奪這個工作。