英语短语汇总

一、短语及句型

1.on behalf of (=as the representative of) 以…名义,代表（代替）某人

2.for the benefit of 为了…的利益(好处),为帮助…

3.用于驳性和比较性论文句型：

the chief reason why… is that…

Actually, the chief reason why I leave the association is that I have no time to spare.

In my opinion, thi s point of view doesn’t hold water.

In my opinion, this point of view doesn’t hold water. You cannot believe it.

4. can never ... too ... 是一个固定搭配，表示“再怎么也不为过”。又如：You can never be too careful in the street. 在街上你再怎么小心都不为过。

5.on my knees：跪下

6.really something 真了不起。

7.Excuse me for a moment. 失陪一会儿；打扰一下

8.be/feel in the mood (for sth./to do sth.) 意思是feel like doing sth., want to do sth. 有心情做某事，有意做某事。

9.break one's promise 违背诺言，还可以说：betray one's promise, break one's word

10.too + 形容词+ for + 代词或名词，意为“…太…，以致不能…”。

11.to good purpose是习语，意为“很有效地”“十分成功地”。

12. fish为动词搜索，常用搭配是+for+（寻找的东西）。

13.count down v. 倒数,用倒数方式计算

14.baby kisser爱拍马屁的人，假惺惺的人

15.My nerves are shot 我脑子崩坏了

这句的字面意思是“我的脑神经中了一枪”，也就是表示“我被吓坏了，我受不了了”的意思。

16.stuff A with B (= stuff B into A) 在A里面塞入B

17.attribute…to…(=to believe sth. to be the result of…)把..归因于.., 认为..是..的结果

She attributes her success to hard work and a little luck.

attitude to/toward …对…的态度.看法

There are changes in public attitudes to marriage in recently years.

18.mean to do sth. 打算做某事，有意要做某事

slip one’s mind 忘记，遗忘

19.be all in 累极了..

I'm all in cause I worked all the night.

20.all but 几乎...

In the gloomy room, we all but can see nothing.

21.neck and neck并驾齐驱，不相上下

22.be/stand in one's shoes 处于某人的位置，站在某人的立场上

23、a close call 千钧一发，死里逃生

24、teach sb a lesson教训某人一下

25、be caught in the rain 被雨淋了

26、beside the point 不切正题,无关紧要

27、on purpose(=by intention, deliberately)故意地，有意地，特意

I've come here on purpose to see you.

28、out of the question (=impossible)不可能的

It's out of the question to ask him for help.

29、Others may find this to be true, but I believer that…

30、fall through 落空，成为泡影

31、can't agree with……more 意思就是fully agree，完全同意，强烈支持。

At this point I couldn’t agreed with him more.

32、Live on…靠……生活

My pension is quite decent to live on. 我的养老金很充裕，生活没问题。

33、Be keen on sth：迷上；喜欢上

例句：She is very keen on sport.（她对体育活动兴头很大。）

34、Of this sort：这类的（事）……

例句：Too much of this sort of work turns your brain.（干太多这类的事会把人弄得头晕脑胀。）

35、Sort of this thing 那/这一类的事情

36、Nothing of this sort 没有这回事

37、Everyone else：其他（任何）人

例句：In a small village, everyone knows everyone else.（在一个小村庄里，人人皆相识。）

38、Complain of something：诉说（病情或疼痛）；主诉

例如：She left early, complaining of a headache.（她说自己头疼，很早就离开了。）

39、Behind your back：在你背后

例句：She pretends to like you , but talks about you behind your back .（她伪称喜欢你，但在背后批评你。）

40、Control one's anger：压住心头怒火，相当于“Hold back one's rage”、“To restrain one's fury”，Control/keep one's temper 捺着性子

Cannot control one's passion 不能自己

41、It's not always easy：不是件容易的事情

It's not always easy dealing with different personality types. 和不同性格的人打交道不是件容易的事情。

42、stay out of 不介入，别插手……。例如：Stay out of this matter, please. 请别管这事

43、be dying to do sth.意为非常想做某事，如：I'm dying to watch this film! 我超想看这部电影！

44、a word in one’s ear 私房话, 秘密话

45、be eager for 想得到，盼望

46、work out 可以指“锻炼身体”；on a regular basis 定期地，经常地。

47、confide in (=to talk freely to sb. about one’s secret) 对…讲真心话, 依赖

It is important to have someone you can confide in.

48、with confidence 满怀信心地

He answered the questions with confidence.

49、leap/jump to conclusions 仓促下结论，过早下结论，贸然断定

50、hold one's horse耐心点的意思

smell the cat是感到不妙的意思

do the donkey work做呆板的例行工作

51、reason with (=argue) 劝说

I tried to reason with Tom, but he's out there.

52、be in a tight corner陷入困境

Whenever I am in a tight corner, I try to rely on quick thinking to get out of it.

53、forgive and forget 摈弃前嫌，既往不咎，不念旧恶

54、commit oneself (to sth.) 使自己承担…,(公开的）表示意见，作出决定