新概念英語第二冊習(xí)慣用語大全:Lesson 32

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Lesson 32
    1.arrest vt./n. 1.逮捕,拘捕,拘留2.阻礙
    under arrest 被逮捕(being arrested)
    例句:Joseph Smith, you're under arrest for robbing a bank.
    約瑟夫·史密斯,你由于搶銀行被逮捕了。
    2.assistant n. 助手
    research assistant 研究助理員(很多時(shí)候research assistant可以縮略成R.A.)
    A.Are you going home for winter vacation?
    A:寒假你回家嗎?
    B:I've agreed to stay on here as a research assistant.
    B:我已經(jīng)答應(yīng)留下來做研究助理員。
    3.free adj. 自由的,免費(fèi)的 vt. 解放,解脫
    free of 擺脫,清除
    例句:I open the window to free the room of smoke.
    我打開窗戶,把屋里的煙排出去。
    free up 空出來
    A:I just found out I can't renew my lease for the next school year.
    A:我剛知道下個(gè)學(xué)年我無法續(xù)租房子了。
    B:Well. don't worry. There should be plenty of apartments freeing up after graduation.
    B:噢,別擔(dān)心。畢業(yè)之后會(huì)空出很多房子來的。
    free with money 花錢大手大腳(with no self-control in spending money)
    例句:Ted is always free with money. It is said he has spent $500 on his birthday party.
    泰德總是花錢大手大腳的。據(jù)說他的生日晚會(huì)就花掉了500美元。
    4.hand vt.遞,交 n. 手
    at hand 在手頭,在手邊
    例句:I couldn't look up the speelling of the word, I didn't have a dictionary at hand.
    我查不了這個(gè)詞的拼寫,我手頭沒有詞典。
    off hand 即席的,沒有準(zhǔn)備的
    例句:I can't tell you off hand, but as soon as I get back to my office, I'll give you a call.
    我沒法現(xiàn)在告訴你,等我一回辦公室,就會(huì)馬上給你打電話的。
    5. once adv.曾經(jīng),以前
    once and for all 一勞永逸地;就此一次;最后一次
    例句:I am going to tell that neighbor of mine to turn down that music once and for all.
    我要告訴我的鄰居讓他把音量關(guān)小,我就跟他說這最后一次了。
    once every other...每隔...一次
    例句:Once every other month the drama club puts on a play.
    每隔一個(gè)月,戲劇俱樂部上演一出戲。
    once in a blue moon 特別少見;一生只有一次
    例句:What does it matter what your uncle think of you? He only visits you once in a blue moon.
    依叔叔怎么評價(jià)你又有什么關(guān)系?他很少來看你。
    once in a while 有時(shí),偶爾(occasionally)
    例句:1.It doesn't matter if your fingers get a little dirty once in a while.
    如果你偶爾弄臟了你的手指是沒有關(guān)系的。
    2.Prof.Daniel just come here to give a lecture once in a while.
    丹尼爾教授只是偶爾才來這兒做一次講座。
    6.shopping n. 買東兩,購物
    go shoppipg 去買東西
    例句:Did you go shopping?
    你有沒有去買東西?
    7.wrap vt. 包裹,卷 n. 披肩,圍巾
    wrap up 完成,結(jié)束(對照同義習(xí)語:be finished with, be done with, be through with, wind up)
    例句:Do you think we can wrap up this report by five?
    你覺得5點(diǎn)前我們能夠做完這個(gè)報(bào)告嗎?