泰戈英语地道表达(部分)

2021年1月22日发(作者：alloy)
Fit in
合得来，适应

Hey, Nicole! How are you fitting in with the team?

嘿，
Nicole
！你在团队还适应吗？

Find sb’s feet
某人已适应新环境

I only recently joined the firm so I’m still finding my feet.

我最近才加入这家公司，所以还在适应过程中。

Birds of a feather
一类人

They are birds of a feather.

他们志趣相投。

Birds of a feather flock together.

物以类聚，人以群分。

Throw one’s weight around
某人指手画脚，滥用权力

She likes to throw her weight around. It makes her feel important.

她喜欢指手画脚，这让她觉得自己很重要。

I feel the same way (as you do).

我也有同感。

Have you talked this out with her?

你和她聊过吗？

Brush sb off
不理睬某人，打发某人

Yeah, but she just brushed me off.

有啊，但她根本不理我。

Give sb the cold shoulder
故意冷落某人，有意怠慢某人

I tried to be pleasant to her but she gave me the cold shoulder.

我努力想讨好她，可她反倒故意冷落我。

Give sb the runaround
搪塞某人，打发某人

I’m tring to get a new visa, but the embassy staff keep giving me the runaround.

我想要办理新签证，但是使馆人员老是推诿不给我办。

Make sense
有道理

Whim
突发的念头，一时的兴致



on a whim
心血来潮，一时冲动

We booked the holiday on a whim.

我们一冲动就预定了假日游。

The students work individually, then pool/share their ideas in
groups of six
.

学生先分头工作，然后六人一组交流心得。

How are things looking/going?
进展如何？

How are things looking for us in terms of sales this month, Edward.

我们这个月的销售情况怎么样，
Edward
？

We’ve all seen better days.

大不如前了。

Be on the slide
走下坡路

The economy is on the slide. = the economy is getting worse.

经济日益衰退。

You are just the man I need to see.

我正要找你呢？

Is now a good time for us to have a sit
-
down?

我们现在可以坐下来谈谈吗？

Keen observation = how observant of you.

你真有眼力劲。

Go about doing sth
着手做某事

I’m not quite sure exactly how to go about telling you this, so please prepare your self.

我还没想好要怎么和你说这个消息，所以你得做好心理准备。

Not/never in one’s wildest dreams
某人做梦也没想到

Never in my wildest dreams did I think we could win.

我做梦也没想到我们会赢。

Um…How can I put this?

嗯
……
怎么说呢？

How could this happen?

怎么会这样？

Don’t spare me any of the gory details.

给我详细讲讲。


I’m at my wits’ end now.

现在我已经黔驴技穷了。

Not be beyond the wit of sb
对某人来说不难

It’s surely not beyond the wit of you to come up with a solution.

你要想个解决办法肯定是不难的。

Drop the ball
犯错，处理不当

You can’t trust John to do the job right. He’s always dropping the ball.

你不要相信约翰能把这份工作做好。他总是犯错。

Nip sth in the bud
把某事消灭在萌芽状态
/
对某事防患于未然

We have to nip this problem in the bud.

我们得防患于未然。

Put up=stand
忍受某事
/
某物
/
某人

Your elder brother is so moody. I don’t know why you put up with him.

你哥哥太喜怒无常了。我不知道你为什么要忍受他。

Keep/leave one’s options open
某人保留选择余地
/
暂不作出决定

I’m keeping all my options open for the moment.

目前我暂时不做任何决定。

Put one’s cards on the table
某人（把想法和意图）和盘托出

What
l’d
like
us
to
do
is
to
put
our
cards
on
the
table
and
discuss
the
situation
in
a
rational
manner.

我希望我们能够把事情摊开来，理智地讨论这个情况。

Hash out
充分讨论某事（以达成协议或决定）

You two hash out the details of the presentation.

你们俩一起商量一下报告细节。

We don’t stand on ceremony too much here.
我们这里不太讲究客套。

Don’t stand on ceremony with me.
别跟我讲客套。

I handed her my letter of resignation without ceremony.

我毫不客气地向她递交了辞职信。


Take over the reins
接过权力