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托福听力: 必备习语100个完整收录

2016-08-30编辑: 环球教育来自: 环球教育整理

  托福听力中经常会出现一些习语,掌握这些习语对于托福听力水平的提高十分有帮助。本文小编为大家整理了100个托福听力必备习语,现分享给大家,希望能给大家带来帮助。

  1. flying colors → success, victory

  2. little by little → gradually

  3. call off → cancel

  4. come into → receive, especially after another’s death

  5. put off → postpone

  6. stop by → make a brief visit on one’s way elsewhere

  7. tie up → hinder

  8. be out for → trying to get

  9. fill in for → take another’s place

  10. turn down →① refuse or reject ② reduce the loudness of

  11. go off → begin to ring

  12. cut down → lesson; reduce; limit

  13. come up with → produce; supply

  14. make it →① achieve a specific goal ② succeed in general

  15. catch one’s eye → attract one’s attention

  16. care for →① like; value ② look after; take care of

  17. head and shoulders above → much better

  18. catch on → become popular

  19. on the whole → in general

  20. fill sb. in → tell what sb. should know

  21. in a nutshell → in a few words

  22. from top to bottom → completely; entirely

  23. take the plunge → enter with sudden decision upon an unfamiliar course of action

  24. on the tip of one’s tongue → unable to be recalled

  25. cheer up → feel happy; stop being sad or discouraged; become hopeful

  26. hold off → postpone; delay

  27. on cloud nine → a state of perfect happiness

  28. back out → withdraw from an undertaking

  29. grin and bear it → be as cheerful as possible in pain or trouble; do sth. without complaining

  30. turn out to be → come to be; prove

  31. bite off more than one can chew → attempt sth. that exceeds one’s ability

  32. in the air → uncertain

  33. get hold off → find a person so you can speak with him

  34. learn the ropes → acquire thorough or special knowledge of a job

  35. tear oneself away from → depart with great reluctance; force oneself to leave

  36. tie up → engage or occupy completely

  37. leave well(enough)alone → don’t try to improve what is already satisfactory

  38. touch on → mention a subject briefly or casually

  39. see to it → take care; take the responsibility make sure

  40. give away → give as a present

  41. get along with → live or work in harmony with

  42. account for → explain

  43. out of print → no longer available for purchase from the publisher

  44. send out → distribute

  45. in no time → in a very brief time almost at once

  46. before long → soon; without much delay

  47. play by ear →① play an instrument without using written music; ② handle a matter without adequate preparation preparation or guidance

  48. wear and tear → loss or damage caused by use

  49. come what may → no matter what happens

  50. drop by → make a short or unplanned visit

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