托福考试校园类词汇

bedownandout:疲惫不堪，一蹶不振

EX:Afterabouttenyearsofnobusinessatall,theyarepracticallydownandout.

EX:Idon'tthinkyourealizethatIamdownandout.

doubledate:两对伴侣的约会

EX:Sometimesit'smorefuntogoonadoubledate.

gooffthedeepend:鲁莽行事，感情用事

EX:Hesurelywentoffthedeependwhenheboughtthatrestaurant.

gothewholehog:全力以赴

EX:WhenBobbecameinterestedinmodelairplanes,hewentthewholehog.

jumpoutofthefryingpanintofire:每况愈下(frombadtoworse)

EX:You'rejumpingoutofthefryingpanintothefire.BytryingtostraightenoutwithMr.Bagnell,you'regettingyourselfintroublewithMrs.Bagnell.

jumpdownone'sthroat:横加指责

EX:Idon'tmindbeingcorrectedwhenIamwrong,butyoudon'tneedtojumpdownmythroat.

lickintoshape:塑造，训练整顿

EX:Twoyearsinthearmywilllickhimintoshape.

EX:Theinspectionwasannouncedattwoo'clock,andtheyhadtheplacelickedintoshape.

lookdownone'snoseat:嗤之以鼻，瞧不起

EX:Themanisasnob.Helooksdownhisnoseatmostpeople

EX:Helooksdownhisnoseattheoffer.(meaninghedoesn'tcareabouttheoffer.)

makeheavyweather:发觉某事有困难

EX:Thoughtheinvestmentisatpresentmakingheavyweather,thefutureisregardedwithconfidence.

makeheadortailof:弄清楚，懂得

EX:Canyouunderstandthisletter?I'vereaditthroughtwiceandIjusecan'tmakeheadoftailofit.

Standtoreason清楚而且合乎逻辑

Ex:Itstandstoreasonthattoomanyshoppingchoicescanbeasbadastoofew.

Ex:Ifyoudrinktoomuchcoffeeaday,itstandstoreasonthatyourhealthwillsuffer.

kickaround私下讨论一下

Ex:Wehaven'tdecidedwheretogoonvacation.Ithinkwe'dbetterkickitaroundforawhile.

puttwoandtwotogether找出解决之道

Ex:Atfirst,hecouldn'tunderstandthedirectionsforassemblingthebookcase,butlateronhewasabletoputtwoondtwotogether.

fakesteps采取必要措施.