大学英语四级听力60个必考习语详解

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awfully nervous 相当紧张；awfully cold 相当冷；awfully sorry 十分抱歉

Tom looks awfully nervous. 汤姆看上去相当紧张。

I am awfully sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you. 十分抱歉。我不想伤害你的。 7、be bound to 肯定，注定

The movie starts in 5 minutes and there's bound to be a long line. 电影还有5分钟就开始了，现在那里肯定排着长队。 8、be tired of

厌烦。当一个人感到厌烦的时候，也是最容易lose one's temper(生气)的时候。

I'm tired of movies about romantic stories. 我已经彻底厌烦了电影中的浪漫故事。 9、be worn out

①. 筋疲力尽，这个表示不太正式，多用于口语。

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I'm usually worn out at the end of the day. 在一天快结束时我时常觉得很累。 ②. 破旧不堪。

My soles were worn out after a long time trip. 经过长时间的旅行，我的鞋底已经破旧不堪。 10、better

①. 'd better 最好是

I'd better read one of the articles for the class. 我最好还是为上课读篇文章准备一下。

I think you'd better find another partner. 我想你最好还是另找一个搭档吧。 ②. make it better 让……更好

I'd rewrite the last two paragraphs to make it better. 我已经重写了最后两段以使它更好。 ③. be better 更好些

I told you it would be better for you if you took fewer courses during the first semester. 我告诉过你如果你在第一个学期少选一些课程会比较好一些。

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11、bill

①. 账单，买单。

I will pay the bill this time because last time you did it. 这次我来买单，因为上次是你。 ②. 提案。

We all passed the bill on yesterday's board meeting. 在昨天的董事会上我们全票经过该提案。 ③. 纸币。

Here's a 10-dollar bill. Give me two tickets for tonight's show please. 这是一张10美元的纸币，请给我两张今晚演出的票，谢谢。 12、book

①. 书。本意，简单名词。

②. 预定，订购。 be booked up 被预定空了；booking office 售票处

All the morning flights have been booked up. 所有明早的飞机票都预定光了。 13、briefing

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①. 简介。会议之前，总要有一个项目叫做Give a briefing.

Mrs. Lung's briefing seems to go on forever. Lung女士的简报似乎没完没了。 ②. news / press briefing 新闻发布会 14、change

①. 改变，更改。这是该词的基本意思，看两个例子回顾一下。

I'd love to see a different type of movie for a change. 我想换换口味，看场不同类型的电影。 I'll have to get my ticket changed. 我必须得更改我的票。

②. 零钱。这是在口语中经常使用的意思。 Two tickets and here's a dollar forty cents change. 这是两张票以及一美元四十美分的找零。 Jane, do you have some change? I have to make a call on the pay phone. 简，你有零钱吗？我想在公用电话亭打个电话。 15、check

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①. 检查。基本意思。check our baggage 检查行李

Could you check for me who borrowed it? 你能帮我查查是谁借走了吗？

Did you check the power plug and press the play button? 你是否检查了电源插头并按了播放键了呢？ ②. 登机台。check-in counter

Is this the check-in counter for Flight 914 to Los Angeles? 这是飞往洛杉矶的914号航班的登机台吗？

③. 询问。check on it 问问看

Maybe I should call to check on it. 可能我应该打个电话问问看。 ④. 支票。

Sign the check. 签这张支票。 16、copy

①. 一本，一份。a copy of 口语中经常使用。 I'd like to buy a copy of Professor Franklin's book On American Culture. 我想买本富兰克林教授写的关于美国文化的书。