英語中固定搭配的學(xué)習(xí)很重要，在托福聽力中你是不是也遇到了不懂的詞組呢?這都是練習(xí)太少的緣故。固定搭配的使用其實(shí)并不算少，且有些還會被反復(fù)考察。如果我們能夠熟練的掌握這些固搭，一定會對我們的聽力理解有很大的幫助。

01

all over the place

亂七八糟

completely disorganized or confused

●TPO13L2 – Ecology

Yeah,well, there used to be beavers all over the place,something like 200 million beavers, just in the continental United States.

這里曾經(jīng)到處都是海貍，大概有200萬只生活在美洲大陸上。

02

all the rage

風(fēng)靡一時

popular or fashionable at the moment

●TPO30L4 – Music History

Before long, Hawaiian steel guitar music was all the rage in the mainland US.

不久，夏威夷吉他就在美國本土風(fēng)靡起來。

03

at odd

爭執(zhí);不一致

cannot agree or argue with someone

●TPOT4L2 – Literature

They try to fit in with the rest of the world even though it’s at odds with their beliefs and their identities.

他們正努力融入世界，盡管他們和世界其他地方有著不同的身份和信仰。

04

be that as it may

話雖如此

even so, even now

●TPO3L3 – Art History

But be that as it may, whatever the exact date, whether it's 15,000, 20,000or 30,000 years ago, the Chauvet paintings are from the dawn of art.

盡管如此，無論準(zhǔn)確的日期是哪天，哪怕是在15000、20000還是30000年前，肖維巖洞的壁畫都被認(rèn)為是藝術(shù)的開端。

05

do the trick

奏效;成功

go places, make a hit

●TPO19C1 – Student & Professor

Yeah,I can see how that might do the trick. But, anyway, what I wanted to ask was, when you started talking about game theory.Well, I know a little bit about it, but I am not clear about its use in biology.

是的，我已經(jīng)看到效果了，但是，我還是想問一下，當(dāng)你提到game theory的時候，我是有一定的了解，但是我不知道這個理論是如何運(yùn)用在生物學(xué)中的。

06

down the drain

浪費(fèi)掉;徒勞

wasted or produces no results

●TPO4C2 – Student & Professor

I know, but I didn’t want to risk the project going down the drain.

我知道，但是我不能讓這個項(xiàng)目冒功虧一簣的風(fēng)險。

07

drop in the bucket

杯水車薪

something is so small that it won't make any noticeable difference.

●TPO12L4 – Environmental Science

It can generate 194 megawatts of electric power, but that’s just a drop in the bucket.

它能產(chǎn)生194兆瓦的電量，但是也是杯水車薪。

08

from scratch

從頭做起

from the beginning

●TPO4C2 – Student & Professor

But we've got all the sources and its due next week. We don’t have time to start from scratch.

但是我們已經(jīng)找好各種資料了，截止日期是下周，我們已經(jīng)沒有時間重新來過了。

09

get a handle on

控制;駕馭

get something under control

●TPO25L4 – Animal Behavior

Apparently,it also contributes to the development of a brain that's flexible, a brain that's quickly able to get a handle on unfamiliar situations.

很顯然，它對大腦靈活、快速的適應(yīng)陌生環(huán)境有著重要幫助。

10

heavenly body

天體

planet

●TPO18L1 – Astronomy

That's because of their belief at the time that the heavenly bodies, the Sun,Moon,Stars and Planets, were perfect, without any flaws or blemishes.

這是因?yàn)樗麄儓孕潘械男行牵?，月亮等等，都是完美無瑕的。

11

high and low

到處

everywhere

●TPO5C1–Student & Counselor at the University Counseling Center

And it so happened that the cellist graduated last year. They’ve been searching high and low for a replacement, someone with experience.

大提琴手去年畢業(yè)了，他們到處尋找有經(jīng)驗(yàn)的接班人。

12

how come

為什么，怎么會

disbelief or surprise

●TPO26L3 – Astronomy

I mean, how come Halley’s is still there? After four and a half billion years. How could it be?

我意思是，經(jīng)過了45億年哈雷彗星怎么還在那，怎么可能?

13

let alone

更不必說;不打擾

to say nothing of…

●TPO22L2 – Astronomy

we know the Sun’s current rate of mass loss, but if we assume that this rate has been steady over the last four billion years, the young Sun wouldn’t have been massive enough to have warmed Earth, let alone Mars, not enough to have caused liquid water.

我們知道太陽現(xiàn)在質(zhì)量在衰減，如果我們假設(shè)太陽質(zhì)量衰減的速度是恒定的，那么經(jīng)過40億年，太陽將不再有足夠的質(zhì)量給地球提供熱量，更不用說火星了，這些熱量都不夠形成液態(tài)水。

14

off the hook

擺脫困境;脫身

avoid sth.

●TPO15C2–Student&Biology Professor

And that's supposed to be a quiet environment? Not exactly. My brother and parents try to keep it down when I am studying, but the phone pretty much rings off the hook, so ...

本該是一個很安靜的環(huán)境吧?事實(shí)卻不是這樣，在我學(xué)習(xí)的時候都爸爸和哥哥放低聲音，但是電話卻響個不停。

15

pros and cons

利弊

advantages & disadvantages

The question is how. I mean no one really thinks that, say a bee goes through weighing the pros and cons of pollinating this flower or that flower.

問題在于怎樣做到的。沒有人會認(rèn)為蜜蜂給花朵授粉的時候會去權(quán)衡一下這朵花和那朵花的利弊。

16

put two and two together

根據(jù)事實(shí)推理

reach a correct conclusion from the evidence; making inference

●TPO3L4 – Astronomy

So he put two and two together, and decided there was an element in the sun that hadn’t been discovered here on the earth yet.

所以他根據(jù)現(xiàn)有情況推斷，太陽里有一種元素是我們至今都沒有發(fā)現(xiàn)的。

17

rule of thumb

經(jīng)驗(yàn)法則

approximately

●T2C1 – Student & Professor

.. like your parents. That’s usually my rule of thumb: would my parents understand this?

...例如你的父母。按我的經(jīng)驗(yàn)法則，我會問：我的父母能理解嗎?

18

spot on

完全正確

exactly right

●TPO29L4 – Structural Engineering

There’s a reason I mentioned that figure of 36,000 kilometers. That’s about how high an object would have to be orbiting straight up from the equator to constantly remain directly above the exact same spot on the rotating planet Earth.

就像我剛提到的，36000公里是近地同步衛(wèi)星的最低軌道高度。

19

take for granted

認(rèn)為…理所當(dāng)然

assume sth.Is real for sure

●TPO24L3 – Archeology

Today we take for granted that there horizontal bands of plant communities.

今天我們認(rèn)為植物帶的水平分布是理所當(dāng)然的。

20

tall order

離譜的要求

hard to achieve or fulfill

●TPO5C2 – Student & Professor

It's still a pretty tall order,and we will be moving right along, so you will really need to stay on top of it.

這始終是個苛刻的要求，我們要一直保持前進(jìn)，你就必須保持在巔峰狀態(tài)。

21

tongue in cheek

虛情假意的

not seriously

●TPO12L1 – Biology

That's the so-called JUNK DNA. Though the word junk is used sort of tongue in cheek.

這就是所謂的“無用DNA”，不過junk一詞在這里有點(diǎn)嘲弄的意思。

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