the bare bones的意思是某事或某情况的梗概、基本要素、重要部分。 The house was stripped to the bare bones after the tornado. All you could see were the walls and parts of the roof. ...

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 ...

bow to pressure 的意思是迫于压力而做出让步。 Bowing to pressure from its customers, the restaurant changed the menu to include a vegetarian option. The senator accused Barack Obam...

短语 fly off the handle 的意思是大发脾气，勃然大怒。 When I told Dad I had crashed his car again he flew off the handle. Jane is trying to get to sleep, so if you wake her up she ...

“哦别理我我烦着呢，我想要快乐的活着!”花儿乐队的这首歌很好听，歌词也很容易引起共鸣，因为所有人都有心情不好的时候，这个时候天是灰的，工作是累的，没有一件事是顺心的，令人难过的是，...

271. Where do you live? 271. 你住在哪里？ 272. I live on Washington Street. 272. 我在华盛顿街住。 273. What’s your address? 273.你的地址是什么？ 274. I live at 1203 Wa...

765. My home is in the capital. It’s a cosmopolitan city. 我的家在首都，它是一个世界性的大城市。 766. Geographically,this country is located in the southern hemisphere. 从地理上看...

不管是被情人逼婚还是被家长逼婚，总是有点不大情愿，需要武力来迫使某人就范，这样的婚姻就是 forced marriage，也就是被逼成婚啦。那要表示“强迫某人和谁结婚”怎么说呢？可以用force someon...

生活中总有很多很无奈的事情，尤其是在重压之下需要做决定时，我们常常会感叹'无能为力'了。这个'无能为力'和'重压之下做决定'该怎么说呢？下面我们一起来看一下。 1. My hands are tied 我无能...

贸易双方常常要电话沟通。有时候不得已很早或者很晚还要给对方通电话。这个时候就要适当的表示一下你的歉意了。下面是几句常用的道歉客套话，可以派上用场哦！ 1. I‘m sorry to call you so ...