二十笔实用成语 108

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二十笔实用成语 108

帖子 royl » 周一 5月 30, 2011 4:53 pm

二十笔实用成语 108

01. big rig, a
定义: 大型卡车, 十八轮大货车.
例句: Do you have a commercial driver's license? Have you ever driven a big rig? (你有商用车的驾照吗? 你开过十八轮大货车吗?)

02. big shot, a
定义: 大人物; 有名气有地位有影响力的人.
例句: If she acts like a big shot, it's because she is, because our society made her a big shot, because so many people are looking her up online. (假如她举止像个大人物的话, 那是因为她确实是个大人物, 因为我们社会让她变成大人物, 因为许多人在线上寻查她的资料)

03. big smoke, a
定义: 大城市.
例句: I'm leaving the country to try my luck in the big smoke. (我要离开这个乡下去大城市碰碰运气)

04. big tent party, a
定义: 大帐蓬政党. 吸收各式各样想法的人参与的政党, 不强调某意识型态的政党.
例句: Seems the big tent party isn't all that tolerant. I guess the tent wasn't big enough after all. (看起来这个大帐蓬政党并不是这么富有包容性. 我估计这个帐蓬毕竟还是不够大)

05. big tent, a
定义: 大帐篷; 可以容纳各式各样想法的阵营.
例句: In politics, there is a term known as the "big tent." It is used to represent a diversity of groups that are united under one political party. (在政治上有一个术语叫"大帐篷." 它是用来代表各式各样想法的团体结合在一个政党之下)

06. big time, the
定义: 成功, 窜红, 大规模.
例句: The group performed in small clubs for years before hitting the big time with a record deal. (在他们火速窜红并横扫歌唱界之前, 这个乐团多年来一直在一个小俱乐部演唱)

07. big top, the
定义: 马戏团, 马戏团的大帐篷.
例句: She dreamed of performing under the big top one day. ​​(她曾经梦想有一天能在马戏团的大帐篷之下表演)

08. big wheel, a
定义: 大人物; 有名气有地位有影响力的人.
例句: Bing has been acting like a big wheel since he got promoted. (自从宾升迁之后他一直摆出一副大人物的德性)

09. big/top banana, the
定义: [俚语]首要人物, 首领.
例句: Only the top banana can make a decision of that magnitude. (只有首要人物才有权做出如此重大的决定)

10. bigfoot, the
定义: 大脚野人. (注: 据报导在北美西北部有人目击全身长毛身高六到十五英尺的灵长类动物)
例句: Gary told me he saw bigfoot's tracks in the sand along the Kootenay River. (盖瑞告诉我他在沿着库特内河边沙滩上看见了大脚野人的足迹)

11. bigger than life, be
定义: 比常人要有趣, 令人兴奋或崇高伟大; 壮观的, 气势宏伟的, 英勇的, 壮丽雄伟的.
例句: The characters in most novels seem to be bigger than life. (几乎所有小说里的人物都比常人要有趣, 令人兴奋或崇高伟大)

12. biggest drop since ...
定义: [股市术语](成长率或其他指标)自从...以来最大的下跌.
例句: Today, another biggest drop since the Great Depression... and this time the barometer of economic weakness comes in the form of hotel rates. (今天, 股市又发生了从经济大萧条以来的最大下跌... 而且这次经济疲软的迹象乃是以酒店价格的形式所观测出来)

13. bigheaded, be
定义: 自负的, 自我陶醉的, 自以为了不起的.
例句: The new boss was unpopular, because he was very bigheaded when he told us how successful he was. (这位新老板不受欢迎, 因为当他吹嘘他自己多么成功的时候他真自以为高人一等)

14. big-hearted, be
定义: 度量宽宏的; 仁慈或慷慨的, 慷慨解囊的.
例句: She is a big-hearted lady always thinking of others despite her own handicap. (她是一位仁慈女士, 虽然她自己是个残障人士她总是替他人着想)

15. bigmouthed, be
定义: 大嘴巴, 说话没遮拦的, 说话得罪人的.
例句: Every crowd has a bigmouthed idiot – some guy who yells at the cops. (每个群体中总是有个口无遮拦的笨蛋—居然还有人向警察咆哮)

16. big-sky thinking, a
定义: 全面性的思考, 不受局限的思考, 有大格局的思考.
例句: Yes, we need to make common-sense decisions, but first let's do some big-sky thinking. (是的, 我们需要做出合乎常理的决定, 但我们先要做出有大格局的思考)

17. big-stick policy, a
定义: 大棒子政策. (注: 美国总统罗斯福1903年演讲名言: 手持大棒, 说话轻柔; 你能行遍天下)
例句: The "Big Stick" policy itself grew expensive and the American public had grown tired of stories of Marine abuses, conflict, and corruption. (这个"大棒子"政策本身变成昂贵不堪而且美国民众早已对陆战队虐囚,冲突以及腐败等事件感到厌倦)

18. big-ticket
定义: 高价位的.
例句: Orders to US factories for big-ticket goods, including cars and computers, jumped in July by the largest amount in nine months.) (七月份, 美国工厂接到的包括汽车和电脑等高价位货品订单大幅增加,这是九个月以来最大的订单数量)

19. big-ticket item, a
定义: 一件昂贵的货品.
例句: Doing careful research before purchasing big-ticket items such as electronics, appliances, and automobiles can ensure that an investment lasts for many years. (在购买诸如电子, 家电产品, 和汽车等昂贵货品项目之前你要谨慎地做好研究, 如此才能确保这个投资可以维持许多年)

20. big-time
定义: [形容词]主要的, 大规模的, 声势浩大的.
例句: They're planning to rob five Las Vegas casinos of several million dollars—assuming they can steer clear of the big-time racketeer who's gotten wind of their scheme. (他们正在计划要从五家拉斯维加斯赌场抢劫数百万元—假设他们能够防止最大的勒索集团预先得知他们的图谋)

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