新概念英語第三冊Lesson 18慣用語整理

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Lesson 18
    1.all the time 一直,始終(from beginning to end, always)
    例句:1.Is it true that you have worked in that company all the time in the past five years?
    你過去5年一直在那家公司工作,對嗎?
    2.I'm not used to the weather here. It rains all the time.
    我不習慣這兒的天氣,總是在下雨。
    2.each other 互相
    meet each other halfway 互相讓一步
    A:My chemistry project is in trouble because my partner and I had totally different ideas about how to proceed.
    A:我的化學課題碰到麻煩了,我的搭檔和我就怎么做的問題意見完全不一樣。
    B:You should try to meet each other halfway.
    B:為什么你們不可以一人讓一步呢?
    3.gallery n. 美術(shù)館,畫廊
    art gallery 美術(shù)館
    例句:How did you like the new exhibit at the art gallery?
    美術(shù)館的那個新展覽你覺得怎么樣?
    4.response n. 1.回答.答復2.反應(yīng)
    give response to 做出反應(yīng)(show one's attitude or comment to a relevant matter)
    例句:Nim would only give response to his teachers’questions.
    尼姆只對他老師的問題做出反應(yīng)。
    5.shape n.形狀,外形,狀態(tài) vt.使成形,完成,制作
    in...shape 是…的形狀(這個習語也經(jīng)常用來表達人的身體狀況如:in good shape 身體好;in poor shape 身體不好)
    A:I wish I know what kind of tree that was, growing in front of the apartment building.
    A:我要是知道那棵長在宿舍樓前的樹是什么樹就好了。
    B:I know. lt's tall like an oak, but the leaves are in different shape.
    B:我明白你的意思。它高度和橡樹差不多,可是葉子卻是不同的形狀。
    6.stand vi./vt. 站立;存放;經(jīng)受,忍受;座落 n. 臺,座
    stand in one's way 阻攔,阻礙(to prevent someone from doing sht.)
    例句:1.If you insist on buying a new computer,I will not stand in your way, but be sure to pay with your own money.
    如果你堅持要買一臺新電腦,我不會阻攔你,不過你要自己掏錢。
    2.What stands in your way of studying French is lack of time.
    阻礙你學法語的問題是時間不多。