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小编:Hosea 66Idiom在英文词典的解释是a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words. 中文释义指那些常用在一起,具有特定形式的词组,其蕴含的意义往往不能从词组中单个词的意思推测而得。
在雅思口语考试评分标准中,7分标准在词汇方面有一个要求是使用习惯用语一项,因此对于追求高分的同学,掌握一些习语并用在口语交流中,会为你的答案增色很多。除此之外,在你出国后跟老外交流时,很自然说出几个习语更加能凸显你的语言功底呢!
下面,就给大家介绍一些常见好用的习语:
1.a couch potato
You can say someone's a couch potato if they're very lazy and they spend a lot of time sitting around watching TV and eating junk food. 翻译为中文的意思就是慵懒的人或者很宅的人。
结合口语题目给大家具体举个例子,what do you like to do when you have free time? 你就可以说I'm really crazy about watching TV series at home, you can see I am absolutely a couch potato!
2.beat around the bush.
If you beat around the bush, you don't say something directly, usually because you don't want to upset the person you're talking to. 译成中文的意思就是说话绕圈子。我们结合情景举个例子,我们知道老外都喜欢直来直去有啥说啥,他们不像我们中国人有时候比较含蓄嘛,所以当国外有人跟你说Stop beating about the bush. Just tell me what happened! 这回你就能够听懂了,其实就是让你说话直接一些的。
3.I owe you one!
You can say "I owe you one!" when someone has done something for you and you'd be happy to return the favour one day. 中文的意思就是我欠你一个人情。
这个习语是比较符合我们中国的习惯,我们讲究人情和关系往来嘛,比如当有人帮助到你了,你就可以跟他说,Thanks for helping me out, Bob. I owe you one! 这几个词很简单但又很地道,用起来你的英文水平可不一般呢!
4.live with
to accept something in your life that you cannot change, even though you don't like it or want it.中文意思是学会适应。
结合口语话题给大家举个例子,Have you ever had bad teachers before?
你就可以说,Of course, my math teacher in primary school used to criticize me every day but I had to live with it because I couldn't change the situation.
是不是没有想到可以如此轻松的用上习语答题了呢?