full steam ahead 意思是充满信心地和精力饱满地全速前进。 We‘ve had months of setbacks but now it‘s full steam ahead. We should have the new product out by April. We‘re going ful...

所谓突然一阵灵感 a flash of inspiration 就是说一个人头脑里突然冒出一个创新或革新的想法或闪念。 John‘s new travel book was a huge success after the flash of inspiration he got whi...

to bite someone‘s head off 的意思是对某人严厉斥责、大发脾气，而且往往是在对方没有准备的情况下。 I‘m very sorry I lost my temper, I didn‘t mean to bite your head off. Don‘t bit...

处于红色状态 in the red 意思就是你欠银行钱了。当一个人或企业的财务出现赤字，那就意味着他们处于负债或亏损状态。 Because the airline had to give everyone their money back after the ...

我们可以用 crabby 这个词来形容那些脾气暴躁，容易发火的人。 Hi Tony. Be careful when talking to Mary. She is very crabby today! I need my coffee early in the morning or I get very ...

短语 to toy with somebody 表示对一个人的感情不认真、不看重，说得重一些就是玩弄某人的感情。 Peter has been going out with Mary for five years but he never talks about marriage. He ...

搭配 “made up” 可用来描述因发生了好事而 “感到非常高兴的、欣喜不已的”。“Made up” 是形容词性短语，所以应该搭配助动词 “be” 使用，比如：She is made up. 她高兴极了。 James was ...

checkmate 出自国际象棋，等同于汉语里的“将！”。在一方把关键的一个棋子放到致对方于死地的时候说一声“将军！”。不过现在这个短语也用来表达“一次彻底的胜利”。 The rebels surrounded ...

最近在美国有两样中国制造的东西风靡网络，一样是大家都知道的枇杷膏，另一样是一个抖音Meme，让我们听听除了传统制造业，还有哪些中国制造让世界惊叹。 “走红”英语怎么说？ “走红”在互...

短语 take the plunge 往往用来形容我们下定决心做某件高难度的事情。 I‘m going to take the plunge and move to France. I‘ve been dreaming of it for years and I‘m finally going to d...