推薦一本英語(yǔ)詞典
今天要推薦的這本英語(yǔ)詞典名為"牛津英語(yǔ)習(xí)語(yǔ)詞典"(英漢雙解版/外語(yǔ)教學(xué)與研究出版社/牛津大學(xué)出版社/
2005.5)為什么要擁有這本詞典,它好在哪里呢?我想只用一句話就可以高度概括:經(jīng)常熟讀,記憶甚至背誦這本
詞典中的習(xí)語(yǔ)句子,并在合適的場(chǎng)合,合適的時(shí)間不斷地練習(xí)和運(yùn)用,你的英語(yǔ)一定會(huì)變得更地道,更舒暢和更親
切.它就像某種神奇的覆面霜,擦臉油,本來(lái)你可能是繃著臉說(shuō)英語(yǔ)來(lái)著,等經(jīng)常用上它以后,你的干澀,緊頓的英
語(yǔ)就會(huì)變得舒展?jié)櫥饋?lái)了.這本詞典的前言有三位真正懂英語(yǔ)學(xué)習(xí)的智者的簡(jiǎn)介,請(qǐng)大家一定好好閱讀并思索.
以下是我從該詞典目錄A到Z各摘取的一個(gè)例子,先饗讀者:
Achilles (an/sb's Achilles heel)
e.g. The opposition realized they had found the Prime Minister's Achilles' heel.
bane (the bane of sb's life/existence)
e.g. That car is always breaking down, it is the bane of my life.
cahoots (be in cahoots with sb)
e.g. Some people believe that the company directors are in cahoots with the government.
damsel (a damsel in distress)
e.g. When I got a flat tyre, I had to wait for my boyfriend, like a true damsel in distress.
eleventh (the eleventh hour)
e.g. Our pianist had fallen ill, and then, at the eleventh hour, when we thought we'd have to
cancel the performance, Jill offered to replace him.
flaunt (if you've, got it, flaunt it)
e.g. Don't worry about what other people think, if you've, got it, flaunt it.
gnash (gnash your teeth)
e.g. He will be gnashing his teeth, when he hears that we lost the contract.
hatchet (a hatchet job on sb/sth)
e.g. The press did a hatchet job on her last movie.
inch (every inch a)
e.g. She was every inch a leader.
jot (not one/a jot)
e.g. There is not a jot of truth in the story.
knit (knit your brows)
e.g. She knitted her brows, trying to figure it out.
lark (be up /rise with the lark)
e.g. She was up with the lark this morning.
mettle (prove your mettle)
e.g. When the boss comes round, I want you all to show your mettle.
nelly (not on your nelly)
e.g. you wish to borrow my car? not on your nelly.
one-track (have a one-track mind)
e.g. James will aways bring sex in a conversation, he's got a one-track mind.
pants (bore the pants off sb)
e.g. He was clearly boring the pants off his audience.
quandary (in a quandary)
e.g. She is in a quandary about which of the jobs to accept.
rage (all the rage)
e.g. Short hair is all the rage at the moment.
seed (run to seed)
e.g. I was surprised when I saw her.She was really run to seed in the last few months.
tandem (in tandem with sb/sth)
e.g. She runs the business in tandem with her husband.
undertone (in undertone)
e.g. "I must leave," she said in un undertone.
verge (on the verge of)
e.g. She was on the verge of tears.
wagon (go on the wagon)
e.g. My brother goes on the wagon for a month after Christmas every year.
yank (yank sb's chain)
e.g. are you just yanking my chain? or serious?
Z (catch some Z's)
e.g. I headed home to catch some Z's before night out.
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