10个地道美语表达下_口语学习技巧

10个地道美语表达下

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6.break one's neck：make a great effort to do something

尽一切努力去做某事

I hope Tom would study harder, because I am breaking my neck to save money to keep him in college.

我希望汤姆可以更用功一点，我想尽一切办法存钱供他上大学。

7.get up the nerve：get enough courage to do something

鼓起勇气做某事

I wanted to do it, but I couldn't get up the nerve.

我想去做，但我没有足够的勇气。

I thought he would never get up the nerve to ask me for a date.

我想他永远不会鼓起勇气跟我提出约会。

8.wait for the other shoe to drop： to await a seemingly inevitable¹ event, especially one that is not desirable

提心吊胆等待结果

He looks so nervous because he is waiting for the other shoe to drop.

他看起来很紧张，因为他在等待最后的结果。

9.come a long way：to make significant progress

取得很大进展

A：Kevin can play entire songs now, and they sound pretty good!

A：凯文现在可以弹奏完整的曲子了，而且很好听！

B：Yep. He's really come a long way from when he could barely hold a guitar.

B：是啊，他真的进步很大，一开始连吉他都抱不住呢！

10.close to home：affecting one deeply and emotionally because one can strongly relate to it

感同身受

My patient's lung cancer diagnosis² is close to home for me because my uncle recently died of the same thing.

我病人的肺癌诊断让我感同身受，因为我叔叔最近因这个病去了。

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1 inevitable
adj.不可避免的，必然发生的
参考例句：
Mary was wearing her inevitable large hat.玛丽戴着她总是戴的那顶大帽子。 The defeat had inevitable consequences for British policy.战败对英国政策不可避免地产生了影响。

2 diagnosis
n.诊断，诊断结果，调查分析，判断
参考例句：
His symptoms gave no obvious pointer to a possible diagnosis.他的症状无法作出明确的诊断。 The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做一次彻底的调查分析。