高考英语中的成语俗语翻译
高考英语中的成语俗语翻译
一、短语：
1. 一臂之力:
lend sb a helping hand
2. 一点一滴:
every little bit
3. 一刻千金:
every minute is precious
4. 一目了然:
be clear at a glance
5. 一视同仁:
treat sb. equally
6. 一无所知:
know nothing about
7. 一心一意:
heart and soul
8.一举两得。kill two birds with one stone
9. 三番五次: again and again/ repeatedly
10. 三三两两:
in twos and threes
11. 三心二意:
be of two minds
12.四面八方:
be from all directions
13.四通八达:
extend in all directions
14.五颜六色:
colorful/ of various colour
15.十全十美:
be perfect in every way
16.不厌其烦: take great pains/ be patient
17.不分胜负:
come out even
18.不甘落后:
be unwilling to lag behind
19.不可思议: unimaginably
20.不速之客: uninvited (unexpected) guest
21.不言而喻:
it goes without saying that
22.不由自主:
can’t help doing sth
23.不足为奇:
not at all surprising
24.不知不觉: unconsciously
25.毫不在意:
don’t / doesn ’t care at all
26.举世闻名
be world famous
27.名不符实:
unworthy of one ’s name
28.名不虚传
deserve one’s name
29.井然有序
be in good order
30.跃跃欲试
be eager to have a try
31.全面发展develop in an all-round way
32.安然无漾
be safe and sound
33.半途而废
give up halfway
34.义不容辞
one’s duty to do sth
35.全力以赴go all out for/ spare no efforts to do sth
36.千方百计try every possible means to do sth
37.持之以恒persevere in (doing) sth
38.家喻户晓widely known/ known to all
39.默默无闻unknown to the public
40.树立榜样set a good example for/to sb
41.理所当然
naturally/of course
42.数以万计
tens of thousands of
43.世世代代from generation to generation
44.心不在焉absent-minded
45.梦想成真come true/ become a reality
46.迫在眉睫
extremely urgent
47.刻不容缓
be of great urgency
48.无时无刻
all the time
49.无所事事
have nothing to do
50.毫不犹豫
without hesitation
51.迫不及待
can’t wait to do sth
52.举足轻重
occupy a decisive position
53.井井有条
be in good order
54.生气勃勃/充满活力。
be lively / full of life/ vivid/ energetic 二、句子：
1.我身无分文。
I h a ve no money. / I ’m broken.
2.你的脸色真不好。
You look pale.
3.我感到钻心地疼。
I have a sharp pain.
4.你好像不太舒服。
You don ’t look well.
5.这本书真让我神魂颠倒。
The book really turns me on. / I ’m crazy about the book. /I have strong feelings for the book.
55.别装腔作势。
Don’t play hard to get. / Don ’t play games. /Don ’t pretend you do
want me.
56.你是世界上独一无二的人。
There will never be another you. / You are very unique.
57.他交际很广。
He knows a lot of people.
58.他真让人捉摸不透。
He is very strange.
59.他一无是处。
He’s good for nothing.
60.我喜欢独处。
I like being alone.
61.他这个人比较随和。
He is carefree. / He likes to take it easy.
62.让我们言归正传。
Let ’s get back to the subject / point.
63.我们必须同心同德。
We have to work together. We have to cooperate with each other.
We must function as one mind and one body. / We must be a team.
64.你别半途而废。
You should finish what you start. / Don ’t leave things half done.
65.你要再三小心。
You can ’t be too careful.
66.你要三思而行。
Make your decision after you give it a lot of thought. / Think it over
carefully before you decide./Think twice before you do it.
67.人要自知自明。
Don’t attempt more than you are capable of.
68.我们别操之过急。
Let ’s not jump the gun. / Let ’s not b e L t e o t o’h a s s n t y o.t rush into things.
69.人无完人。
Nobody’s perfect.
70.前功尽弃。
All that for nothing.
/It was all for nothing.
71.你自作自受。
You asked for it.
72.你有什么需要帮助的尽管说。
If you need any help, let me know.
24 我有急事。
I ’m in a hurry.
25 这个念头总是萦绕着我。
I can ’t get rid of the idea. / I can ’t get the idea out of my mind. / T
idea haunts.
6.我不把他的话当真。
I don ’t take him too seriously. / I don atte’n t i t o p n a t y o m w u h c a h t
he says.
73.这件事好的难以让人相信。
The thing is too good to believe.
74.他们总是兴高采烈的。
They are always light-hearted/ cheerful.
75.我有点头晕目眩。
I feel dizzy.
76.我们时时刻刻都想着你。
we think of you night and day. / we think of you constantly. / You have won our hearts.
77.我不能为你破例。
I can ’t make an exception for you.
78.光阴似箭。
Time flies.
79.这个故事未完待续。
The story is to be continued.
80.据我所知，他是本场比赛当之无愧的冠军。(worthy)
As far as I know , he is a worthy winner of the match.
81.方便和合理的价格已经使去连锁店购物成了我们的主要选
择。（make）
The convenience and reasonable prices have made shopping in chain stores become our main choice.
82.对他们来说，“失败是成功之母，”而他们总是尽其所能在失
败中找到机会（opportunity）
To them, “Failure is the mother of success ”, and
they always try their best to find opportunities in failure.
83.我到底说了什么或是做了什么，你老是对我吹毛求疵.（that）
What on earth/at last have I said or done (so) that you ’re alway
finding my faults.
84.今天晴天万里，阳光灿烂，我们何不趁此驱车去公园逛逛？
（take）
It is fine and sunny today, why not take the opportunity to drive to
the park for a walk?
85.本学期他学习刻苦，进步显著，这是大家有目共睹的。
（obvious）
It is obvious to everyone that he has worked hard and had made
great progress this term.
86.虽然他深知抽烟有害健康，然而他对我们要他戒烟的忠告却
一直自若罔闻。（ a deaf ear）
Although he is fully aware of the great harm of smoking, he has always turn a deaf ear to our advice.
87.我们必须不惜一切代价防止像非典、禽流感（birdflu ）等高
发性传染性疾病的（spread）
We must spare no expense to prevent such highly dangerous infectures diseases as SARs and bird flu is spread.
88.大家兴奋不已的是，我们对最终赢得了这次比赛。（joy）
To our great joy, our team won the match in the end.
89.这个姑娘虽然不识乐谱，但歌却唱得非常好。（though）
The girl can sing very well though she can ’t read music.
90.我没有意识到我的一席话得罪了上司。（offend）
I don ’t realize that what I (had) said (had) offended the boss.
91.那个男孩看书过目不忘。（Never）
Never will the boy forget what he has read only once.
92.为了拯救那些禽流感患者，医生们日夜工作，废寝忘食。
（suffer）
In order to save those who suffered from birdflue, the doctors
worked day and night, forgetting/ neglecting their meals and sleep.
93.如果你不能牢记“不劳无获”这句谚语，那么你将一事无成。
（achieve）
If you can ’t remember the proverb “No pains, no gains ”, you will
achieve nothing in life
94.裁判无可选择，只能判他犯规。（no alternative but）
The referee had no alternative but to lay a foul on him.
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爱屋及乌Love me, love my dog. 百闻不如一见Seeing is believing. 比上不足，比下有余"worse off than some, better off than many; to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst 笨鸟先飞A slow sparrow should make an early start. 不眠之夜white night 不以物喜，不以己悲not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses 不遗余力spare no effort; go all out; do one‘s best 不打不成交"No discord, no concord. 拆东墙补西墙rob Peter to pay Paul 辞旧迎新bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new 大事化小，小事化了try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all 大开眼界open one‘s eyes; broaden one‘s horizon; be an eye-opener 国泰民安The country flourishes and people live in peace 过犹不及going too far is as bad as not going far enough; beyond is as wrong as falling short; too much is as bad as too little 功夫不负有心人Everything comes to him who waits. 好了伤疤忘了疼once on shore, one prays no more 好事不出门，恶事传千里Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide. 和气生财Harmony brings wealth 活到老，学到老One is never too old to learn. 既往不咎let bygones be bygones 金无足赤,人无完人Gold can‘t be pure and man can‘t be perfect.
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