VOA流行美语笔记1-300 Popular American Note.pdfVIP

Popular American 破猫家的乖兔兔 Lesson 1~10 bummed / bummed out 不高兴,烦恼 失望的,沮丧的,郁闷 bum 无家可归的人，无业游民，寄生虫，乞讨，劣质的，疼痛的 ① If I got turned down for a date I’d be bummed. ② I’m bummed out that summer vacation is over. chill / chill out（在安静的地方）休息,放松，玩 chill 变冷，恐吓，扫兴，冷漠，屈从，沮丧的 ① I’m ready to chill for the rest of the morning. ② I like to chill out at the café with a book sometimes. to ditch 表示要离开某人因为你不想和他在一起了;表示要离开一个不想再来的地方 ditch 沟，渠；摆脱，抛弃 ① It’s too noisy. Let’s ditch this place. ② I have to ditch you now. to hit the spot 感到过瘾,觉得痛快,恰到好处 spot 斑点，污点；地点，观光胜地 That food really hit the spot. big gun 大人物,对决策有重大影响的人;也可用于体育方面 gun 枪，炮 ① I’ve got a meeting with the big guns this afternoon. boss ② In soccer, the stars of a team are the big guns. to quarterback (主要用于商业上)主持会议或总管项目 quarterback 四分卫；疯狂美式足球 ① The project leader quarterbacked the meeting. ② Someone quarterbacked the meeting at the law firm. broke 没钱了 一文不名的,没现金,居间人 break 打断，中断，打碎，间隙 Ok, ok, I’m not broke. We can go see the show. lame 无聊,没有意思;不合适 跛的,残废的;差劲的 tame温顺的 ① Saturday morning classes are lame! ② But don’t give me any lame excuses next time I want to do something! shot 是指什么东西坏了或人体的某个部位受伤了 射击,镜头,投篮,铅球 ① My computer / knee is shot. ② I don’t want our whole day to be shot. damage 为某样东西或某个交易付的钱 损害,损坏;伤害,毁坏 ① The damage for renting the car is pretty bad / not bad. ② When you pay for dinner at a restaurant, you can ask: What’s the damage? drag 没劲,没意思;枯燥 拖,拉;障碍;磨蹭 ① I hate going to the museum on such a nice day, it’s such a drag. ② I can’t imagine you would like someone who is a drag. Popular American 破猫家的乖兔兔 trip 与众不同,别出心裁含褒义 旅行;绊倒;错误,过失/吸毒以后产生的幻觉 ① Actually, I really enjoyed the photography exhibit. I thought it was a trip. ② I really like his outfit, so I would call him a trip. to choke 糟糕,失败 噎;填塞;窒息;哽咽 ① I choked on a test last week. ② I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke. money 保持水平,非常棒(可用于所有好的东西或人) 钱,货币;财富,财产;收入 ① Yao Min