201 ~ 300

  1. The boy had a small branch of a tree in his hand.
    这个男孩手上拿一条小树枝。

  2. He comes from a branch of our family that settle in Korea.
    他出身于我们这个家族移居韩国的一个分支。

  3. He’s like a bull in a china shop, always knocking things over.
    他笨手笨脚, 总是撞倒东西。

  4. Yes, but who’ll tell him she’s no good—who’ll bell the cat?Some of us know he’s got a bunch of fives.
    不错, 可是谁愿意告诉他, 说她不行呢?——谁愿意为大家去冒险呢?我们中间有些人知道他的拳头很厉害。

  5. Tom was a bundle of nerves at the interview.
    汤姆在面试时非常紧张。

  6. Instead of working hard at her lessons, Mary spends her time building a castle in the air.
    玛丽不用功读书, 却花时间去幻想。

  7. Your scheme is merely a castle in the air.
    你的计划只不过是空中楼阁。

  8. There must be a catch in this plan.
    这计划肯定有鬼。

  9. There is a catch to that question.
    那问题中有名堂。

  10. You might get a seat on the train but it’s a chance in a million.
    在火车上你也许能找到座位, 但是希望很小。

  11. The new large print in the book is a change for the better.
    这书的大字新版本较原本为好。

  12. A black eye, a torn hand, blisters on your feet—my God, what a chapter of accidents!
    你眼睛青了, 手破了, 脚也起泡了——哎呀, 真是多灾多难!

  13. I have had a clean sheet ever since I have been with my present firm.
    自从我受雇在这家公司工作以来, 没有犯过一次错误。

  14. The car almost ran me over.It was a close call.
    那辆汽车差点把我碾死, 真是死里逃生。

  15. The little girl will be a companion for my small daughter.
    那小女孩将作我小女儿的同伴。

  16. He’s not much of a companion for me.
    他和我不大合得来。

  17. She becomes a companion to a foreigner.
    她成为一个外国人的同伴。

  18. I worked as a companion to an old princess.
    我当过一位老公爵夫人的陪伴人。

  19. I used to have a companion to that ornament, but I broke it.
    我原来还有一件装饰品和那一个配对, 可是我把它弄坏了。

  20. That book forms a companion to the present volume.
    那本书与现有的一册成为姊妹篇。

  21. A company of travellers is expected to arrive soon.
    一伙旅行者希望能很快到达。

  22. He conducted a company of tourists.
    他带领着一群旅行者。

  23. Though the man I introduced to you last night looks somewhat boorish, he is a diamond in the rough.
    我昨天晚上介绍给你认识的那个人虽然看上去有点没礼貌, 可他是个外粗内秀的人。

  24. She’s not nervous about speaking to a lot of people, but speaking to a TV camera is a different kettle of fish.
    她在许多人面前讲话都不紧张, 但在电视摄影机前面讲话就完全是两回事了。

  25. Our firm has just struck a difficult patch.
    我们的公司刚遭厄运。

  26. If you buy a dozen these tins, we can take 5 percent off the price.
    假如你买一打这种罐头, 我们可以减价5%。

  27. If you buy a dozen of these tins, we can take 5 percent off the price.
    假如你买一打这种罐头, 我们可以减价5%。

  28. Men’s knickers went out of style and are now a drug on the market.
    男式灯笼裤已不时兴了, 成了滞销货。

  29. Death is a fact of life.
    死是无可争辩的事实。

  30. You are too trusting; it’s one of the hard facts of life that not everybody is as honest as you are.
    你太相信别人了, 严酷的现实是并不是每个人都像你那样诚实。

  31. She got a fair shake.
    她得到了公正的待遇。

  32. He’s a dealer who’ll give you a fair shake.
    他是个买卖公平的商人。

  33. He took a false step and fell down the river.
    他踩空掉到河里去了。

  34. He has made a false step.
    他犯了一个错误。

  35. A false step can cost us millions of dollars.
    一步失策会使我们损失几百万美元。

  36. A fat lot of good that did me.
    对我一点帮助也没有。

  37. Winning the gold medal was a feather in his cap.
    夺得金牌是他值得自豪的成就。

  38. There is still a fifty-fifty chance to win the game.
    赢得这场比赛有一半的可能性。

  39. All children need a firm hand.
    孩子们都需要有严格的管教。

  40. I’ll put a flea in his ear if he bothers me once more.
    如果他再来打扰的话, 我就要对他不客气了。

  41. I wish I could be a fly on the wall when they discuss my future.
    在他们讨论我的前途时, 我恨不得能偷偷旁观。

  42. He is a fly on the wheel.
    他是个狂妄自大的人。

  43. Cynics believe that finding a good husband these days is a game of chance.
    愤世嫉俗者认为, 现在要找到一个好丈夫是一件碰运气的事情。

  44. Your match is only a game of chance.
    你的比赛只是凭机会而不是凭本领的游戏。

  45. A generation ago genetic codes were certainly unknown.
    遗传密码在上一代确实很少有人知道。

  46. This happened a generation ago.
    这件事发生在30年前。

  47. He thinks the legacy is a gift from the Gods.
    他认为这笔遗产是天赐之物。

  48. Both students have made a good few experiments on electricity.
    这两个学生都做了不少电学实验。

  49. The little girl knows a good many folk songs by heart.
    那个小姑娘记得好多民歌。

  50. You mustn’t waste a grain of rice.
    你不能浪费一粒米。

  51. There is not a grain of common sense in what he has said.
    他说的话中一点常识都没有。

  52. A great many houses were knocked down by the earthquake.
    许多房子在地震中塌了。

  53. Miners wore a helmet as a guard against falling rocks.
    矿工头戴钢盔, 防护落下的岩石。

  54. We find a happy medium between working too hard and not working at all.
    我们在劳累地工作和不工作之间找到一个折中办法。

  55. It is a hard nut for him to crack.
    这对他而言是一个难题。

  56. He’s a hard nut to crack.
    他是个很难说服的人。

  57. The higher officials knew there was a hen on.
    高级官员们知道这里面有阴谋。

  58. The product’s name became a household word.
    这个产品的名字已家喻户晓。

  59. Our gardener is a jack of all trades; he can do carpentering, decorating, a bit of plumbing, and so on.
    我们的园丁是一个多面手, 他会一点木工活、装潢、会修理水管, 还会干一些其他的工作。

  60. The Government’s decision is a real kick in the teeth for the unions.
    政府的决定是对工会的重大打击。

  61. He had a kind of feeling that she would phone him.
    他有一种预感, 她会打电话给他。

  62. He felt a kind of compunction.
    他感到几分内疚。

  63. Her marriage to John was a leap in the dark.
    她与约翰结婚是贸然行动。

  64. Why waste valuable teaching time trying to knock in a list of facts, if the children aren’t interested?
    既然孩子们对罗列的事实不感兴趣, 为什么要浪费宝贵的教学时间强行塞给他们呢?

  65. That book is a load of rubbish.
    那本书尽是些污言秽语。

  66. I can give you a ride if you don’t mind climbing on this load of boxes.
    如果你不怕麻烦爬到这一大堆箱子的上面, 我可以让你搭车。

  67. When I heard they’d arrived safely, it was a great load off my mind.
    当我听到他们已安全到达时, 心里才如释重负

  68. It’s been a long haul but at last this dictionary is published.
    经过千辛万苦这部字典才终于得以问世。

  69. I thanked him with a lump in my throat.
    我哽咽着向他道谢。

  70. I couldn’t account for the lump in my throat as I told him the news.
    当我告诉他那个消息时, 不知为什么哽咽起来。

  71. You can trust him; he is a man of his word.
    你可以信任他, 他是个守信用的人。

  72. The book sold for a matter of five dollars.
    这本书售价过去是五美元左右。

  73. This job will only take a matter of minutes.
    这件事只要几分钟就会做好。

  74. It is a matter of fact, not a matter of opinion.
    这是一个事实问题, 而不是一个看法不同的问题。

  75. They wouldn’t ask for help unless it were a matter of life and death.
    除非是生死攸关的事情, 否则他们不会请求别人帮助。

  76. He told the telephone operator that his call was a matter of life and death.
    他告诉接线员, 说他的电话是生死攸关的重要事情。

  77. Whether she’s clever or not is a matter of opinion.
    对于她是否聪明大家看法不同。

  78. Most of the sports critics predict that the West Indias will win the match, but that’s a matter of opinion and I still think England has a good chance.
    大多数体育评论家预言, 西印度群岛将赢得这场比赛的胜利, 但各人有各人的看法, 我始终认为英格兰队会获胜。

  79. It’s a matter of record that there were ten bankruptcies in the town last year.
    去年这个城市有十家破产是事实。

  80. He regarded his marriage merely as a means to an end.
    他仅把结婚当作达到目的的手段。

  81. The old man was a mine of information about the history of the village.
    那位老人是村史资料的知识宝库。

  82. It will take us a month of Sundays to finish the task.
    完成这个任务花了我们很长时间。

  83. It seemed to her that she had not heard from him for a month of Sundays.
    她好像很长时间没有收到他的来信了。

  84. They have to cope with a mountain of problems.
    他们得应付成堆的问题。

  85. A mountain of dirty clothes is to be washed.
    有成堆的脏衣服要洗。

  86. Trying to sell overcoats in midsummer is a real mug’s game.
    大夏天推销大衣, 真是白费力气。

  87. I missed the deadline again last week; I suppose that is another nail in my coffin.
    上星期我又误了最后期限, 我想那是另一个促使我完蛋的错误。

  88. Is war a necessary evil in this world?
    战争是这个世界上人们不愿见其发生但又无法避免的灾祸吗?

  89. That long holiday has given me a new lease of life.
    那个长假使我重新变得生气勃勃。

  90. A nod’s as good as a wink, their political rights must be safeguarded.
    不用多说, 他们的政治权益必须得到保证。

  91. A nod’s as good as a wink, she was sacked for incompetence.
    不用多说, 她因不称职而被解雇。

  92. A number of new products have been successfully trial-produced.
    许多新产品已试制成功。

  93. A great number of problems have arisen.
    出现了许多问题。

  94. A large number of people were present.
    很多人出席了。

  95. The speaker is really telling a pack of lies to the audience.
    讲话人简直在向听众撒谎。

  96. As a friend he is not bad, but as an employer, he is a pain in the neck.
    作为朋友他不坏, 但作为雇主, 他是个讨厌的人。

  97. There is a pretty portable pair of steps in one corner of the room.
    屋角放着一架小巧玲珑的折梯。

  98. A part of the textbooks have arrived.
    一小部分教科书已经运到了。

  99. Lack of money was a large part of the problem.
    资金不足是主要问题。

  100. She deserves a pat on the back for all the hard work she’s done.
    她辛勤努力值得赞扬。