• a high-flyer 有极高抱负的成功职业人士

    21-08-19 A high-flyer 是在指事业上有极高抱负的成功职业人士。 例句 Daniel is such a high-flyer. Hes only 31 years old and hes already the financial director of the company. My brother is a high-flying businessman and travels all over the world. 请注意 另外有...

  • a dab hand 内行,老手

    21-08-02 在英语里可以用 a dab hand 来形容某人是做某事的内行、老手。这个说法后常跟介词 at 来表示某人是哪个行当的能手。 例句 Im going to ask my brother to help put up the shelves. Hes a dab hand at DIY. Im not boasting, but Im a dab hand in the kitchen. What w...

  • be like chalk and cheese 迥然不同

    21-07-12 粉笔chalk是常见的教学工具,而奶酪cheese则是一种食物,这两个事物在本质上没有任何相似之处。因此,在英式英语中,表达be like chalk and cheese 像粉笔和奶酪一样就用来形容两个人迥然不同或完全不合拍。我们还可以说as different as chalk and cheese,意思相同。...

  • all together和altogether

    21-05-20 All together 是两个词,而 altogether 却是一个词 它们的意思和用法相同吗?表示 所有人或事物一起、一同 的时候应该用哪一个?表示 全然,完全 的时候又该用哪个? 用法总结 1 All together 由两个词组成,用来表示 所有人或物一起、一同。 Lets sing all together....

  • to be seen and not heard 乖乖听话,少出声

    21-01-14 To be seen and not heard 这个短语源自英国维多利亚时期的一句老话 Children should be seen and not heard. 它的字面意思是 孩子要被看见,而不被听见,实际用来督促孩子们在大人面前应该保持安静,行为端正。 To be seen and not heard 是被动语态,因为强调的重点...

  • get on like a house on fire 一见如故

    20-11-09 表达 get on like a house on fire 的意思是 与某人相处得很好,很合得来,它尤其用来表示与刚认识的某个人情投意合,一见如故。如果两个人 get on like a house on fire,那么他们之间通常有许多共同点,所以在认识不久后,很快就成为了朋友。 例句 I met our new col...

  • someone to lean on 可以依靠的人

    20-09-08 如果你有一个 someone to lean on(可以依靠的人),这意味着当你遇到麻烦、感到伤心或沮丧的时候,你知道这个人会给予你帮助和支持。 例句 Im glad I had my best friend to lean on after I split up with my girlfriend. 在和我的女朋友分手之后,我很庆幸我有一位...

  • 研究:有哥哥姐姐的孩子学语言更慢

    19-09-18 Having an older brother comes with plenty of benefits. Big brothers tend to look out for their younger counterparts, and despite the occasional rocky moment here and there, many siblings enjoy life-long close relationships. However, a new study find...

  • 哈里:快30岁时仍很难正视母亲的死亡

    17-04-23 Prince Harry has disclosed that he sought counselling after enduring two years of total chaos while still struggling in his late twenties to come to terms with the death of his mother. 哈里王子透露,他在快30岁的时候他仍然很难正视母亲的死亡,在经历了...

  • A Bad Day at Work

    16-08-23 Rob is a commercial saturation diver for Global Divers in Louisiana. He performs underwater repairs on offshore drilling rigs. Below is an e-mail he sent to his sister. She then sent it to radio station 103.2 FM in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, who was sponso...