【参与有奖】每天5分钟，两个惯用语

speed_eriko

Sentence-making 1/11
1 avail oneself of
I availed myself of this opportunity.
2of/to little/no avail
Speeches and protests were of no avail.

firehole705

2009/01/12

be available to
A free service is available to all students.
一项免费服务向所有学生开放。

explore every avenue
He wants to explore every avenue towards peace in the area.
他想寻求各种途径以求得该地区的和平。

speed_eriko

Sentence-making 1/12
1 available
The swimming pool is available only in summer.
2 explore every avenue
We explored every avenue but could not find a good solution.

minori1979jp

◆aversion
●pet aversion = somebody/something specially disliked最不喜欢的人[事]
★Spiders are my pet aversion.
我最讨厌蜘蛛。

◆awakening
●rude awakening = sudden unpleasant discovery猛然意识到事情不妙
★We had an enjoyable time at the theatre, but then to find my car had been stolen came as a rude awakening.
我们在剧场里度过了愉快的时光，但后来发现我的汽车被窃时，才猛然意识到事情不妙。

speed_eriko

Sentence-making  1/13
1 pet aversion
Housework is his pet aversion.
2 rude awakening
I had a rude awakening when I found myself on the verge of bankruptcy.

minori1979jp

◆award
●award a prize to somebody = give a prize to somebody esp. for the merit as the result of an official decision授奖与某人
★William Faulkner was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature when he was fifty-three.
威廉•福克纳53岁获诺贝尔文学奖。

◆away
●do away with = dispose of, abolish, or kill去除；废除；弄死
★We decided to do away with our old cooker and buy a new one.
我们决定扔掉旧的厨灶，买一个新的。

★Did you hear about Elizabeth? She tried to do away with herself.
你听人说起过伊丽莎白吗？她想自杀。

minori1979jp

●get away with = do without being discovered or, if discovered, without being punished侥幸做成•••而未被发现，被发现为受责备[惩罚]
★I parked my car on a double yellow line for nearly an hour but got away with it.
我把汽车停在双黄线上将近一个小时，但是幸亏未被发现。

◆axe
●have an axe to grind = pursue a personal and private aim(often leading to a biased point of view)有个人打算，另有企图
★It was unlike him to agree so readily, I suspect he’s got some axe to grind.
他怎么会如此欣然同意，我怀疑他有个人打算。

[ 本帖最后由 minori1979jp 于 2009-1-15 18:43 编辑 ]

minori1979jp

●to be axed = to lose one’s job<口>被解雇，（人员等）裁减
★I used to work in a supermarket but was axed when the firm had a bad trading year.
我曾在一家超市工作，但有一年生意不景气时，我便被解雇了。

B
◆baby
●babe/baby in arms = somebody who is immature/na&iuml;ve天真幼稚的人
★He believes anything he’s told, just like a babe in arms.
他相信听到的一切事情，简直像个天真幼稚的人。

speed_eriko

Sentence-making 1/14
do away with
They decided to do away with the rule.

Sentence-making 1/15
get away with
Do you think you can get away with it?

Sentence-making 1/16
ax
After several months the project was axed by the government.

minori1979jp

●cry baby = somebody who weeps or complains for the most trivial of cause爱哭的人；爱发牢骚的人
★Don’t be a cry baby. That tiny scratch can hardly hurt at all.
不要一碰就哭，那么一点擦伤根本就不痛。

●left holding the baby = left to take the blame for something<口>干摔不脱的苦差事
★We were taking apples in the orchard when Tony saw the farmer coming, ran away, and left me holding the baby.
我们在果园里摘苹果，这时托尼发现农夫来了，就逃跑了，让我当了替罪羊。

speed_eriko

Sentence-making 1/17
cry baby
Don't be cry baby. You should be a courageous boy.

minori1979jp

throw out the baby with the bath water = lose something that is very useful when getting rid of something that is apparently of no use把洗澡水连同小孩一起倒掉
He lost a brand-new set of spanners when he left the scrap dealer clear out the contents of his garage; it was a case of throwing out the baby with the bath water.
他让废品商把他汽车库里的东西清理出去时，遗失了一套崭新的扳手。这正是一个把洗澡水连同小孩一起倒掉的例子。

wet the baby’s head = celebrate the birth of a baby by having a drink(with the parent)为出生婴儿喝酒庆祝
My brother’s wife has just had a baby and I’m meeting him tonight to wet the baby’s head.
我兄弟的妻子刚刚生了个孩子，今晚我将去看他，为新生儿喝酒庆祝。

minori1979jp

back
at the back of =ultimately responsible作为…背后的原因
There’s something sinister at the back of that series of crimes.
在这一系列罪行背后有险恶的阴谋。

back and forth = from one place to another and back again来回地；反复地
I spend more than three hours a day going back and forth to the office.
我每天上下班途中花3个多小时。

speed_eriko

Sentence-making 1/19
back and forth
The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.

minori1979jp

back-breaking task/work = demanding or exhausting task/work艰苦繁重的任务[工作]
Digging that clay soil is back-breaking work.
挖那粘土是一件艰苦繁重的工作。

back down = give in, relinquish any claim to something让步；放弃（要求、主张、立场、指控等）
He was threatening legal action but he soon backed down when he got that letter from my solicitor.
他正在威胁说要提出法律诉讼，但等他接到我律师的那封信时，他马上就退却了。