托福口语高级短语词汇积累

托福口语高级短语词汇积累

一、词汇confused积累

托福口语confused高级表达：Can’t think straight

不能直着想问题，言外之意就是无法冷静清晰地思考。和“懵圈儿”有异曲同工之妙。

例：There are so many people talking. I just can't think straight.

托福口语confused高级表达：Be balled up

Ball是“球”的意思，用这个短语形容“混乱”、“搞得一团糟”也很形象。

例：That dame is so balled up. She doesn’t know anything.

托福口语confused高级表达：Be 【as】 clear as mud

清楚得像泥巴一样，这种比喻用来说明不清楚的程度也很形象。

例：The explanation was as clear as mud.

托福口语confused高级表达：At a loss

这个短语有种失去方向的意味，它的意思更侧重于不知何去何从的困惑。

例：I don't know what to do. I'm at a loss.

二、词汇pardon积累

托福口语pardon高级表达：Come again?

这句话跟中文“再来一遍”是不是很像?英文让别人再说一遍也可以这样讲，口语里也很常用。

例：Come again? I didn't quite hear you.

能再说一遍吗?我刚才没听清。

托福口语pardon高级表达：Can you run that by me again?

英文里有个词组是run sth by/past sb，意思是告诉某人某事，让对方考虑一下。不过，上面这个句子并不是让别人再考虑一下，而是需要对方再说一遍。

另外，英文里还有一个和run相关的句子，也是类似的含义。

例：Could you run through that again?

你能再说明/演示一遍吗?

托福口语pardon高级表达：其它说法一览

What?

什么?

Huh?

啊?

Sorry? I’m sorry?

不好意思，刚说啥?

Speak louder, please?

麻烦能大点儿声吗?

Would you please slow down?

可以说慢一点吗?

I'm sorry. I didn't catch your meaning.

对不起，我没听懂你的意思。

Just a minute! I don't quite follow what you are saying.

等一下!我不太知道你在说什么。

三、短语积累

Walk on air 兴高采烈

例句：Some students seem to walk on air after they succeed in passing the entrance examination of college.

一些学生在考入大学后似乎有些忘乎所以了。

At an awkward age 即将成年

例句：Tom was very easy to bring up and never seemed to have an awkward age at all.

汤姆是一个很容易带大的孩子，他好像从来就没有成年前的那种彷徨。

Autumn of somebody’s life 在垂暮之年

例句：It's amazing that somebody can still contribute to society even in the autumn of his life.

令人惊异的是，有人在垂暮之年还能够为社会作贡献。

Paint the lily 多此一举

例句：Comment upon this would be to paint the lily.

对此发表评论无异于画蛇添足。

Lay at somebody’s door 归咎于某人

例句：Don't lay the blame at my door; you spilled food on the carpet，too!

不要只责怪我;你也把食物打翻在地毯上了呀!

Wall-to-wall 无处不在的

例句：Within minutes, the presidential salvo is wall-to-wall on the wire services and TV news，then the Internet.

几分钟之内，总统保留态度的看法就被各大新闻通讯社和电视新闻台铺天盖地地作了报道，接着上了互联网。

To Put on the dog 摆阔、装门面

例句：What I like about him was that he never put on the dog to show off his money.

我喜欢他的一点的是他从来不乱花钱来炫耀他的富有。

On the side 作为兼职

例句：He's a teacher，but he does some journalism on the side.

他是教师，但还兼职做一些新闻工作。

Get into the swing of thing 积极投入某事

例句：It took time to get into the swing of things.

熟悉情况需要一些时间。