校园英语迷你惯用语（3）

11. 缩写表达方式一览表.

英美人士在会话中,常使用缩写的词语,以使会话更为生动.

以下是一些使用频率较高的缩写词句,以供参考.

when's ---- when is; he's ---- he is/ he has;

kinda ---- kind of; it's been ---- it has been;

what're ---- what are; what'll ---- what will;

that'll ---- that will; I'd ---- I would/ I had;

It'd (be) ---- It would (be); wanna ---- want to;

gonna ---- going to; I've gotta ---- I have got to;

C'mon ---- Come on; shoulda ---- should have;

'cause ---- because; a lotta ---- a lot of;

12. I feel relief when I see the questions.

看完题目后方下心.

What a relief! 是(多么令人感到欣慰/放心!)的意思.

13. I rack¹ my brain trying to remember the answer.

绞尽脑汁想答案.

rack one's brain 是"绞尽脑汁".

也顺便记下 on the rack, 意思是"非常痛苦".

14. I throw in the towel. 我认输了.

throw in the towel 是"承认败北", 源自拳击比赛时的做法.

也可以说 I give up.

15. I hope there're a lot of decent² guys in that club.

我希望那个社团多数是正派的人.

decent是"得体的,体面的"之意. decent guys 通常是指"正派的人".

指"容貌英俊的男孩",可以用 good/decent-looking guys.

目前一般所谓的"三高",指的就是 a tall, high-income, and

well-educated man "高个子,高收入,高学历."

1 rack   

n.挂架，搁架；vt.折磨；使紧张，使努力

参考例句：

• He went over and took his jacket from the coat rack.到衣架上取外套。
• The old house soon went to rack and ruin.这所旧房子很快就毁坏了。

2 decent   

adj.象样的，不错的，体面的，正派的，恰当的

参考例句：

• We want to raise our children to be decent men and women.我们盼望把孩子们培养成优秀人才。
• There isn't even a decent table in this room.这屋里连张像样的桌子也没有。