与天气相关的英语短语小总结

 　　1. What's up with him today? He has a face like thunder!

　　他今天怎么了？他看着怒气冲冲的。

　　2. I'm a bit disappointed in John and David. It turned out they were only fair-weather friends.

　　我对约翰和大卫有点失望，原来他们不过是靠不住的酒肉朋友。

　　3. We don't have a snowball's chance of winning that contract!

　　我们根本就没有一点希望能签那份合同。

　　4. Don't worry about those two arguing. it's just a storm in a teacup.

　　不用为他俩的争执担心，他们不过是小题大做罢了。

　　5. The exam was a breeze¹.

　　这次考试真是太容易了。

　　6. We're snowed under at work.

　　我工作忙得不可开交。

　　7. They're blowing hot and cold over this issue. It's impossible to know what they want!

　　他们在这件事情上摇摆不定，根本不可能知道他们到底想要什么！

　　8. He's always working in his garden - come rain or shine.

　　他总在花园里干活，风雨无阻。

　　9. It's going to get very busy on Thursday. Today and tomorrow are just the lull² before the storm.

　　我们周四会很忙的，今天和明天只是暴风雨来临之前暂时的宁静。

　　10. I don't want to spend this extra money. I'll save it up for a rainy day.

　　我不想把这些额外收入花掉，我打算存起来以备不时之需。

　　11. I'm going to see which way the wind blows before asking her about a raise.

　　我打算先观察一下形势，然后再提加薪的事。

　　12. You'll steal her thunder if you wear that dress tonight!

　　如果你今晚穿那条裙子，你会抢了她的风头的！

　　13. I'm feeling a bit under the weather at the moment.

　　我觉得不太舒服。

　　14. This recession³ is quite serious and it's becoming difficult to weather the storm.

　　这次经济衰退很严重，很难扛过去啊！

1 breeze   

n.微风；轻而易举的事；vi.来去匆匆，急速走

参考例句：

• A little breeze is blowing in from the window.微风从窗户里吹进来。
• The clouds are pale and a light breeze is blowing.云淡风轻。

2 lull   

v.使安静，使入睡，缓和，哄骗；n.暂停，间歇

参考例句：

• The drug put Simpson in a lull for thirty minutes.药物使辛普森安静了30分钟。
• Ground fighting flared up again after a two-week lull.经过两个星期的平静之后，地面战又突然爆发了。

3 recession   

n.（工商业的）衷退（期），萧条（期）

参考例句：

• Manufacturing fell sharply under the impact of the recession.受到经济萧条的影响，制造业急剧衰退。
• A rise in interest rates plunged Britain deeper into recession.利率的提高导致英国经济更加萧条。