英语地道表达(部分)

Fit in 合得来，适应

Hey, Nicole! How are you fitting in with the team?

嘿，Nicole！你在团队还适应吗？

Find sb’s feet 某人已适应新环境

I only recently joined the firm so I’m still finding my feet.

我最近才加入这家公司，所以还在适应过程中。

Birds of a feather 一类人

They are birds of a feather.

他们志趣相投。

Birds of a feather flock together.

物以类聚，人以群分。

Throw one’s weight around某人指手画脚，滥用权力

She likes to throw her weight around. It makes her feel important.

她喜欢指手画脚，这让她觉得自己很重要。

I feel the same way (as you do).

我也有同感。

Have you talked this out with her?

你和她聊过吗？

Brush sb off 不理睬某人，打发某人

Yeah, but she just brushed me off.

有啊，但她根本不理我。

Give sb the cold shoulder 故意冷落某人，有意怠慢某人

I tried to be pleasant to her but she gave me the cold shoulder.

我努力想讨好她，可她反倒故意冷落我。

Give sb the runaround 搪塞某人，打发某人

I’m tring to get a new visa, but the embassy staff keep giving me the runaround.我想要办理新签证，但是使馆人员老是推诿不给我办。

Make sense 有道理

Whim 突发的念头，一时的兴致on a whim 心血来潮，一时冲动

We booked the holiday on a whim.

我们一冲动就预定了假日游。

The students work individually, then pool/share their ideas in groups of six.

学生先分头工作，然后六人一组交流心得。

How are things looking/going? 进展如何？

How are things looking for us in terms of sales this month, Edward.

我们这个月的销售情况怎么样，Edward？

We’ve all seen better days.

大不如前了。

Be on the slide 走下坡路

The economy is on the slide. = the economy is getting worse.

经济日益衰退。

You are just the man I need to see.

我正要找你呢？

Is now a good time for us to have a sit-down?

我们现在可以坐下来谈谈吗？

Keen observation = how observant of you.

你真有眼力劲。

Go about doing sth 着手做某事

I’m not quite sure exactly how to go about telling you this, so please prepare your self.

我还没想好要怎么和你说这个消息，所以你得做好心理准备。

Not/never in one’s wildest dreams 某人做梦也没想到

Never in my wildest dreams did I think we could win.

我做梦也没想到我们会赢。

Um…How can I put this?

嗯……怎么说呢？

How could this happen?

怎么会这样？

Don’t spare me any of the gory details.

给我详细讲讲。

I’m at my wits’ end now.

现在我已经黔驴技穷了。

Not be beyond the wit of sb 对某人来说不难

It’s surely not beyond the wit of you to come up with a solution.

你要想个解决办法肯定是不难的。

Drop the ball 犯错，处理不当

You can’t trust John to do the job right. He’s always dropping the ball.

你不要相信约翰能把这份工作做好。他总是犯错。

Nip sth in the bud 把某事消灭在萌芽状态/对某事防患于未然

We have to nip this problem in the bud.

我们得防患于未然。

Put up=stand 忍受某事/某物/某人

Your elder brother is so moody. I don’t know why you put up with him.

你哥哥太喜怒无常了。我不知道你为什么要忍受他。

Keep/leave one’s options open 某人保留选择余地/暂不作出决定

I’m keeping all my options open for the moment.

目前我暂时不做任何决定。

Put one’s cards on the table 某人（把想法和意图）和盘托出

What l’d like us to do is to put our cards on the table and discuss the situation in a rational manner.

我希望我们能够把事情摊开来，理智地讨论这个情况。

Hash out 充分讨论某事（以达成协议或决定）

You two hash out the details of the presentation.

你们俩一起商量一下报告细节。

We don’t stand on ceremony too much here. 我们这里不太讲究客套。

Don’t stand on ceremony with me. 别跟我讲客套。

I handed her my letter of resignation without ceremony.

我毫不客气地向她递交了辞职信。

Take over the reins 接过权力

He will officially take over the reins in a few weeks.

几个星期以后他将正式接手掌权。

The person in charge/the man at the wheel/the head of… 负责人

The head boy/girl 学校男生/女生代表

Head=head up 领导/主管

I was asked to head up the technical team.

我被要求领导技术小组。

The floor 议员席，全体与会者

The floor is pretty much open to anyone who has issues to raise.

会议席对任何提问者都持开放的态度。

We will now take any questions from the floor.

现在我们将接受会众席上的任何提问。

Have the floor 发言，有发言权

Silence, please, the manager has the floor.

请安静，经理要发言了。

Take the floor 开始发言

The chairman will take the floor.

主席将会发言。

Get (sth) into gear （使）…开始工作，进入有效工作状态

I know you said you would take out the trash, but get into gear and do it already!

我知道你说过你会把垃圾拿出去，但是现在就开始行动吧！

Set the tone (for/of sth) （为某事物）确定基调

Opening remarks are important since they set the tone for the rest of the interview.

开场白很重要，因为它为随后的访谈确定了基调。

Be brief 长话短说

I’ll be brief. A lot of changes are going to happen.

我就长话短说吧。会发生很多变化。

Brief sb on/about sth向某人介绍…情况，给某人…指示

Would you mind briefing me on the agenda for the meeting before I take over the reins tomorrow?

在我明天接管之前，你介意给我简单介绍一下会议议程吗？

The/a pecking order 等级顺序

There is a clearly established pecking order in this office.

这个办公室有明显的等级排序。

Peck sb on the cheek/forehead 匆匆地亲吻某人的面颊/额头

My father pecked me on the cheek.

爸爸匆匆亲吻了一下我的脸颊。

Clean up after sb 替某人收拾残局，解决某人制造的问题

You can’t expect your parents to clean up after you forever.

你不能永远都指望父母给你收拾残局啊。

Pick/take up the slack 接替中断的工作

If she gets a job, I’ll have to take up the slack at home.

如果她找到了工作，我将不得不接替她做家务。

When’s it due? 什么时候截止？It’s due tomorrow. 明天截止。

I was supposed to keep a journal all summer. It’s due today.

我本来应该该写暑假日记的，今天就得交了。

Be due to do sth 预计什么时候做某事

What time is the next bus due?

下一趟公交车什么时候来？

Have a deadline 赶着做某事

Your mother has a deadline.

你妈妈赶着交稿。

Sth is my passion 我非常喜欢某事

Magezines ae my passions, ever since I was a kid.

我从小就很喜欢看杂志。

Know sth inside (and) out 非常了解某物

I know most of your company inside out.

我非常了解贵公司。

Let up 改善，好转，停止

When’s this rain gonna let up?

雨什么时候才停？

Pain won’t let up. 一直痛得很。Will you let up? 你能不说话吗？

But how can I let up now when I am so close?

但我怎能在马上成功时半途而废呢？

Looks like the rain has let up some. You’d best hurry. The break in the weather may not last long.看起来雨好像停了。你最好快点。雨可能不会停太久。

Use up 用光，用完

Well, I was just wondering, you see, I know I’ve used up all my vacation days this year, but my sister is getting married, and the wedding is overseas, and, well…

我是想，是这样，我知道我已经用完了今年的年假，但是我妹妹结婚，婚礼在国外举行，所以……

Come down with sth 患上，染上（尤指小病）

I think I’m coming down with a cold.

我觉得自己感冒了。

Someone has trouble doing sth 某人做某事时，遇到困难或麻烦

I have trouble saying ‘no’ to people’s requests.

我很难拒绝别人的请求。

Give sb pointers on sth 给某人关于…的建议

Jack told me to give you some pointers on taking meeting minutes.

Jack让我给你一些关于做会议记录的建议。

Lay it on me. 和我说说吧。

Read sth from cover to cover把…从头读到尾

I read the magezine from cover to cover.

我把这本杂志从头到尾看了一遍。

A general/rough idea 大致的想法

Can you give me a rough idea of how much the repairs will cost?

你能否告诉我修理费用大约要多少呢？

Have some idea 略知一二

You may have some idea of what happened to her.

对于她发生了什么，你可能略知一二。

Get one’s hands dirty 做体力劳动，体力工作

He’s not frightened of getting his hands dirty.

他不怕体力劳动。

Common practice 惯例，习俗

But as the meeting is taking place, scribbling things down by hand is common practice.但是在会议进行的过程中，手写速记也很常见。

There be no call for sth 没有理由/没必要做某事

There has never been a call for that.

从来没有人要求这样做。

There’s no call for that kind of language!

没必要那样骂人！

You got it! 没错！

Not for a/one minute = not at all 当然不，绝不

I don’t believe you for a minute.

我一点也不相信你。