英语固定短语：让你的表达丰富多彩

固定短语 中英对照全文翻译Put an end toMeaning: Stop.意思： 结束；制止；使…… 停止Example:I’ve put an end to my husband coming home late every evening. I’ve told him to go. He can go back to his mother’s.例句： 我已经制止了我丈夫每晚晚归的行为。我叫他走，他可以回他妈妈家去。*Go back = return to where you previously were.意思： 返回；回到原处Settle for lessMeaning: Accept something that is not really what you wish for.意思： 将就；退而求其次；勉强接受较差的Example:I went to see a house today. It isn’t as nice as the one I live in now so I have decided not to take it. Why should I settle for less?例句： 我今天去看了一套房子，还不如我现在住的，所以我决定不租。我为什么要将就呢？So to speakMeaning:This is a figurative expression which emphasizes the fact that you do not mean something in the literal sense. Often it is used with irony and sarcasm.意思： 可以说；可谓；打个比方（比喻用法，非字面意思）Example:There’s a mouse in the house, so to speak. All the chocolate biscuits seem to disappear.(This is figurative because really there is no mouse. Here we mean that someone in the house is acting (behaving) in the same way as a mouse by sneaking food. “Sneak” means to do something in a hidden way.)例句： 可以说，家里有只 “小老鼠”，所有巧克力饼干都不见了。（这是比喻，其实没有老鼠，是指家里有人像老鼠一样偷偷吃东西。）Guest to host: “This food is delicious. Who cooked it?”客人对主人： 这菜太好吃了，谁做的？Host to Guest: (Pointing to her husband) “the chef so to speak.”(Her husband is not really a chef)主人对客人： （指着丈夫）可以说，是这位 “大厨” 做的。A similar expression is: “as it were”.相近表达： as it were（可以说）Stand a chanceMeaning:If someone stands a chance, it means they have a possibility. If a person doesn’t stand a chance, then it means the opposite. He/she has no possibility.意思： 有希望；有可能；有机会Examples:You don’t stand a chance of winning the beauty contest. You’ve put on too much weight.例句： 你没希望赢得选美比赛了，你体重增加太多了。Person A: “Do you think I stand a chance of getting the job I’m going for today?”A： 你觉得我今天去面试有希望得到这份工作吗？Person B: “Yes, I really think you do. You’ve got the right qualifications.”B： 有，我觉得你肯定有，你完全符合条件。*Put on weight = become fatter.意思： 体重增加；长胖Take advantage ofMeaning:Take the opportunity to use something or someone for your own personal profit/ gain/also for negative selfish motives.意思： 利用；占…… 便宜Example:I took advantage of the fact that the supermarket was selling three chickens for the price of two. I bought nine therefore three were free.例句： 我利用了超市买二送一的活动，买了九只鸡，相当于三只免费。She takes advantage of her boyfriend’s kind heart. She lets him pay for everything.例句： 她利用男朋友的心软，什么都让他付钱。There is no such thing as / there is such a thing asMeaning: It does not exist / it exists.意思： 没有…… 这回事 / 有…… 这种东西Example:Some say there is no such thing as darkness. There is such a thing as absence of light.例句： 有人说，根本没有黑暗这回事，有的只是光线的缺失。To some extentMeaning: Up to a certain degree/point. (Partially)意思： 在某种程度上；有点；部分地Example:I agree with you to some extent.例句： 我在某种程度上同意你的看法。To tell you the truthMeaning: Give your honest opinion.意思： 说实话；老实说Example:To tell you the truth I would rather not go out tonight.例句： 说实话，我今晚不想出去。To be honest with youMeaning:“To be honest with you” has the same meaning as “to tell you the truth”. To say what you honestly think.意思： 老实说；说实话（和 to tell you the truth 同义）Example:To be honest with you, I don’t really like Jean’s husband.例句： 老实说，我不太喜欢琼的丈夫。