如果读过小仲马的《茶花女》，不知你是否记得Marguerite（玛格丽特）的女伴Prudence（普律当丝），chaperon（女伴）一词曾在英文版的《茶花女》里频繁出现。 chaperon最初来源于古法语，表示...

1. to know/learn something by heart 记住；背诵 I can recite this poem without looking at it. I know it by heart. 我不用看就能把这首诗背出来。我已经把它背下来了。 2. to know s...

dirty work Definition: Necessary, but uninteresting, or difficult work 这句话的意思是“必须要做的但很无聊或很难的工作”，其实也就是做苦工，或者是吃力不讨好的工作。 例句： He ...

A: Oh, excuse me. I just spilled my coffee on your carpet. B: Don‘t worry about it. A: Anyway I want to pay for the cleaning. B: It‘s no big deal. ---------------------...

游戏时耍赖︰ That doesn‘t count. 那不算！ We weren‘t playing for real. 我们不是玩真的。 欠钱时耍赖︰ Money has been really tight lately... 最近手头有点紧…… I‘ve had so many ot...

Dario: If I gave you an airplane ticket to anywhere in the world, where would you choose to go? Brian: That‘s such a hard question, maybe New York or London. Dario: I would go str...

前几天和战友一起学习了a bed of roses字面意思是一床的玫瑰，但实际意思表示称心如意的境遇，就是我们说的一帆风顺。怎么理解？bed是床。Bed这个词虽然短小，但是在日常生活中却很重要，因为人...

1. Charge or debit (Credit or debit?) 使用信用卡或是电子钱包? charge 本意是 要(价), 收(费); 记帐；主管 信用卡 a charge card;a bank card;a credit card Charge (Credit) 指的就是...

蜜蜂看上去繁忙不停，所以当一个人特忙的时候就可以用 as busy as a bee 来形容繁忙的状态； a busy bee 就是我们说的一个大忙人。 I‘ve been a really busy bee this morning. I‘ve been to...

今天要和大家分享的口语表达是：That‘s really something。something除了表示某物或某事，还可以表示重要的、有一定意义的事，That‘s really something.的意思就是“真了不起！” 用来称赞别...