若直接告诉您，stool pigeon（字面意：凳子上的鸽子）指的是“警察的眼线”，似乎太突兀。若追根溯源，寻求“凳子上的鸽子”和“眼线”间的联系，却着实会令你我心痛。重温血淋淋的物种灭绝史，...

直接杀价： That‘s unreasonable! I‘d take it for (100￥.) 这真是卖得太贵了！如果（一百块）我就买。 How about (100￥)? 卖（一百块钱）如何？ I‘d buy this if it were cheaper. ...

Dale : Excuse me. Could you tell me how to get to the Palace Museum?  Nancy: You can take Bus 5. The driver will tell you where to get off.  Dale : Yes, but I‘m driving ...

“逃”，最简单的词莫过于“escape”，由此，“escaped convict”可以表达“在逃犯”。不过，报刊杂志中，“逃”似乎更偏向短语，比如“convict at large”、“convict on the run”，前者重在...

give her a coffee 学期就快要结束时，女儿同学的妈妈告诉我说，Mrs Grystal就要退休了，我问她是不是办个惜别会之类的表示感谢，她回答说：Well，we‘ll give her a coffee after church servi...

★、 hand to hand 短兵相接，逼近 In modern naval warfare, men seldom fight hand to hand.在现代海战中，很少有短兵相接的场面。 ★、 hand over hand 双手交替地 He is letting out the ro...

I was not born yesterday 清晨，我与洋朋友Bob相约一起去旧车行买旧车。到了旧车行，满脸热情的经理相迎而出，他毫不厌倦的向我们介绍一大堆，当他介绍一辆白色汽车时说：“这辆是1997年的车只...

★、算了吧。 it‘s call it quits. ★、她的嘴很紧。 she‘s tight-mouthed. ★、别跟我瞎吹了，我又不是不了解你底细。 no big talk with me. i have your number. ★、你为什么总拿别人开心...

1. She is coming on to you. 她对你有意思。 She is coming on to you. 这句话是用在两性的关系上，意思是“她对你投怀送抱。”也就是形容某人对某人有意思。这个句型男女两性都适用；同样的情...

Killing:在这指'突然赚得一大笔钱;突然获得的大成功' make a killing '赢了很多钱' ? lose one‘s shirt,be taken to the cleaners '输了很多钱,输光了' I made a killing in Las Vegas.'我在拉...