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1、Authentic American English阴沉丧气的人Debbie downer 阳光向上的性格sunny personality及时行乐to eat, drink and be merry旅行攻略travel tips, 旅游陷阱tourist trap, 旋风旅行whirlwind tour.励志节目inspirational show, 深受打击crushed, 形容有人选择错误，有眼无珠Its their loss 形容一个人能说会道，用silver tongue; 说空话pay lip service; 说一套，做一套talk the talk, but not walk

2、the walk. 短板weak point, 或者 shortcoming; 扬长避短stick to your strengths； 不合适，不合群是 a poor fit. 冷幽默是dry humor; 荤段子off-color jokes; 单口相声演员是standup comedian. 保质期是shelf life; 过了保质期可以用 past-date;高级货叫做top shelf product, 便宜货叫做bottom shelf product!换位思考叫做 put oneself in someone elses shoes;善解人意可以用 considerate;感同身

3、受，叫做 strike a chord! 表示地道，用authentic; 会吃的食客，老饕，是foodie; 大吃大喝是to pig out; “眼大肚子小”则是eyes are bigger than stomach. 闺蜜是best friend forever, 也就是BFF, 关系很铁可以用 tight;亦敌亦友，叫做frenemy;爱恨交加是 a love-hate relationship! 因为厌恶或者吃惊而无语，用speechless; 因为不耐烦或不相信而翻白眼是roll ones eyes; 某些好事让人大吃一惊用blow someone away. 摆臭脸是mean m

4、ug someone; 恨恨瞪别人是give someone an evil eye; 睁大眼睛卖萌装可怜是give someone those puppy-dog eyes.美容觉叫做 beauty sleep;补觉可以说 catch up on some Zs, 或者get some shut-eye;辗转反侧，叫做 toss and turn. 坊间传言可以说Word on the street is.;道听途说可以说 I heard it through the grapevine;大家心照不宣地不挑名消息来源，可以说 A little bird told me.大众情人叫做 lady

5、 killer;形容某人难伺候可以用 high-maintenance;配不上，叫做 out of someones league!夜猫子叫做 night owl；.睡觉可以说 hit the hay；睡得沉的人是 a sound sleeper, 觉轻的人则是 a light sleeper! 开夜车，通宵学习工作，叫 pull an all-nighter; 考试前的突击复习叫 cram session;开卷考试是 open-book test;考试考砸了用动词 bomb, 不及格则用 flunk! 形容对家长严重依赖的孩子，男孩可以用 mamas boy, 乖乖女可以叫 daddys l

6、ittle girl;过分关心孩子的直升机父母是 helicopter parents管教严厉的母亲，叫 tiger mom! 崩溃可以用 to freak out;走投无路，无计可施是 at the end of someones rope;如履薄冰是 on thin ice. 异地恋是long-distance relationship；.形容男人质朴老实，可以用blue-collar kind of guy；亲切可爱的邻家女孩是the girl next door. To make eyes at someone 是冲某人抛媚眼；.pickup line 是和女孩儿搭讪时所说的话；to

7、hit it off是一见如故。炒作叫 a publicity stunt;票房叫 box office形容吹嘘过头，可以用 overhyped抢风头是steal someones thunder.短暂出名可以说15 minutes of fame ;趋炎附势叫ride on someones coattails! 剧透是a spoiler; 出乎意料的故事情节是 a plot twist；电影或电视结尾时的悬念cliffhanger. 大片儿是blockbuster; 众星云集的是 star-studded；催人泪下的哭片则是 tearjerker. 形容一件东西抢手说something s

8、ells like hotcakes, 或者 something is flying off the shelf.为买东西通宵露营，叫camp out;科技发烧友是tech-head. 必备单品叫做：must-have;买一送一，可以说: buy one get one free;换季大甩卖，叫做end of season sale. 酒后驾车是drunk driving; 警察示意路边停车是pull someone over; 倒霉，运气差，是have a tough break; party结束后专门负责开车送大家回家的人是the designated driver. 团购是group b

9、uying花招，噱头是gimmick;价格战是price war.形容某人小心眼，用 petty;记仇则是hold a grudge against someone;不计较了，可以说 get over it; 形容衣着暴露，可以用scantily clad, 或者 show too much skin;穿得正式、抢眼，是dressed to kill;西服裙是pencil skirt! 使某人抓狂叫 push sb. over the edge;警告说这是最后一次，可以讲 thats the final straw；处境相同，叫 in the same boat. 头脑风暴叫做：brainst

10、orm;集思广义，可以说: put ones heads together;创造性思维，叫think outside the box. 哪有那么好的事是 its too good to be true;隐含的附加条件是 catch, as in Whats the catch?挂羊头卖狗肉是 false advertising;忽悠是 bamboozle! 形容路痴可以说：somebody has no sense of direction;对一个地方了如直掌，是 know somewhere like the back of ones hand; 也可以说 know every nook a

11、nd cranny of a place. 跑龙套的/群众演员是extra 或者walk-on.大腕儿是 big shot.替身是 stunt-double. 电灯泡叫做：the third wheel;如胶似漆的情侣 ，可以说 love birds;天生一对是，a match made in heaven. 软柿子可以说 push-over，也可以叫 cowardly lion.欺负人是 bully.别烦我是 leave me alone. 直觉叫 hunch 或 gut feeling；瞎猜叫 take a wild guess；有根据的推测是 an educated guess! 形容某

12、人两面派是two-faced;背后害人的人是back stabber;形容看人准，可以说 someone is a good judge of character. 修饰身材叫 figure flattering；节食叫go on a diet，地狱式节食是a crash diet；暴饮暴食是binge eating. 菜鸟叫 newbie;指点某人是 to give somebody a few pointers;教初学者做某事可以说 to show someone the ropes! 办公室里的权力斗争是 office politics；拍某的马屁是 suck up to someone

13、；偏心是play favorites. 小三叫 mistress 或者 the other woman;破坏别人家庭的人是 home wrecker;耍心计是 to scheme! 纠结，拿不定主意可以说 Im torn. 或是 Im on the fence;两害相权取其轻是 the lesser of two evils.恍然大悟是 It suddenly dawned on me. 月光族的生活方式叫 live from paycheck to paycheck;非常昂贵可以说 break the bank；刷爆信用卡，叫 max out somebodys credit card. 放

14、我一马是let someone off the hook；形容轻而易举是 hands down；翘课是play hooky！宰人是rip-off, 当动词是rip someone off;形容价格高可以说 something gives me sticker shock形容质量低劣可以用shoddy. 顺口叫 to roll right off the tongue拗口的东西则是 a tongue twister打磕巴，吃螺丝，叫 to trip over ones own tongue。火爆脾气是have a short fuse;口头教训别人是 give someone a piece o

15、f my mind, 或者tell someone off别往心里去是Dont take it personally. 抠门可以说 tightfisted, 小气鬼则是 cheapskate大手大脚花钱的人是 spendthrift拜金女是 gold digger. 来电可以用chemistry 或者sparks和某人交往是to see someone爱情是盲目的，说Love is blind. 对某人产生好感，to develop a crush on someone；女孩子的真命天子， Mr. Right;灵魂伴侣，soul mate。闲聊八卦，或者传流言蜚语，都可以用gossip八卦媒体

16、是tabloid狗仔队，是复数名词 paparazzi! 派对上的不速之客是party crasher白吃白喝的人是freeloader凑和睡一晚，可以说 crash here for the night.让人扫兴的人或事是a wet blanket, 或者a party pooper；派对的灵魂人物，开心果, 是 the life of the party.潜规则”在美语里叫 unspoken rules;说比赛结果内定，可以说 rigged；幕后操纵，叫 pull the strings from behind the scenes. 甄选，海选”在美语里叫open audition；过关

17、，被选上了，是 make the cut；被刷下去了，就是 get eliminated.看热闹的人叫rubberneck；堵车可以说bumper-to-bumper；连环车祸是pileup, 人脉在美语里就是 connection；，形容人脉广用 well-connected；社交技巧， 是 networking skills! 普通人”在美语里叫 an average Joe；还可以说 just another face in the crowd； 不同寻常则叫 stand out from the crowd! to become famous overnight，一夜成名； to be

18、 an instant hit, 火速窜红； to catapult to fame， 就是“一炮而红”! 注重打扮的“花美男”是 metrosexual men；紧跟流行时尚是 be up-to-date on the hottest fashion；领导时尚的潮人叫 trend setter! 赘肉”在美语里叫 extra meat on the bones;形容腰上的赘肉，可以说 spare tire;腰间肥肉的另外一种说法是 love handles. 宅男宅女叫 homebody, 或者 shut-in;一天到晚坐在沙发上看电视的人叫 couch potato;说脑子要发霉了，就是Y

19、our brain will rot! 人气叫 popularity;过气、过时的人或物是 a has-been;东山再起是 a comeback. 让人别慌的三种说法Dont have a cow或Chill out或Take a chill pill. 形容特别忙可以说，Im up to my neck in work，工作堆到脖子了；Ive got my hands full, 两手都占着呢；I have a lot on my plate，盘子里堆得满满的。哎呀! 我得赶紧走人了，Ive got a million things to do! “爽约，没来”，可以说 no-show;放

20、别人鸽子，可以说 stand someone up;“相亲”可以说 blind date! 公司里跑腿打杂的小弟小妹叫 go-for；跑腿是 run errands for others；消磨时间，但是没意义的工作是 busy work. ，扫货叫go on a shopping spree；烧包叫money is burning a hole in ones pocket；光看不买是window shopping! 吓死了是 scared to death；吓得毛发倒立是 to make ones hair stand on end；吓得浑身冰凉是 to make ones blood run cold. 情侣分手是 break up；劈腿，对伴侣不忠，是 cheat on someone；说俩人一刀两断叫 cut their ties! “啤酒肚”叫 beer belly, 或者 keg；六块腹肌，叫 six-pack abs；仰卧起坐叫 sit-up， 爆冷门叫 upset,重音在前面;赛前被看好的一方叫 favorite，赛前不被看好的一方叫 underdog. 山寨版的假名牌是knockoff; 山寨明星脸是lookalike; 山寨的艺术作品是spoof。