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Iam_zhcn

英语中有很多叠声词（组）、复合词或词组前后发音相近，读起来朗朗上口、富有音乐感。
　　

1. Tit for tat                                    针锋相对
2. Tweedledum and tweedledee    半斤八两

3. Hotch-potch                               大杂烩　

4. hum and haw    表示犹豫或支吾的嗯嗯呃呃声
5. Shilly-shally       犹犹豫豫　

6. Dillydally            磨磨蹭蹭

7. cling-clang                              叮当作响，铿锵声

8. rat-tat, rat-a-rat, rat-tat -tat   （敲门的）砰砰声
9. Flip-flop                                  啪嗒啪嗒地响（动）

10. Zigzag           弯弯曲曲
11. Criss-cross    纵横交错

12. Higgledy-piggledy    乱七八糟
13. Helter-skelter           慌慌张张

14. Chit-chat       闲谈

15. Tittle-tattle    嚼舌头，搬弄是非
　　

16. Walkie-talkie    步话机
17. Job-hop           跳槽

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live倒过来就是evil，star从后往前读正好是rats。英语中有不少这样的单词，堪称翻然成趣。

wyd2008

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谢谢老师~~

God-fearer

学习了，谢谢！

Iam_zhcn

1. tit for tat (informal) 一报还一报，以眼还眼

    the routine tit for tat when countries expel each other's envoys

    国家相互驱逐对方使节这种惯常的报复行动

2. tweedledum and tweedledee    半斤八两

3. hotch-potch (BrE) [AmE usually hodgepodge /informal ] 大杂烩，杂乱无章的一堆东西　

    a hotchpotch of ideas  东拼西凑的想法

4. hum and haw (BrE) AmE hem and haw (informal) (说话时) 犹豫不决，支支吾吾，吞吞吐吐

5. shilly-shally (informal/ disapproving) 浪费时间；(作决定时) 犹豫不决，踌躇

    Stop shilly-shallying and make up your mind.  别犹豫了，拿主意吧。

　

6. dillydally (old-fashioned/informal )  (由于对某事犹豫不决而) 浪费时间，犹犹豫豫

    Don't dilly-dally, just get on with it!  别磨磨蹭蹭的，继续做吧！

7. cling-clang    clang  丁当 (或铿锵)作响，使丁当(或铿锵作响)

    Bells were clanging in the tower.  塔楼上的钟当当地敲响了。

    The gates clanged shut.  大门咣的一声合上了。

    The trams clanged their way along the streets.  有轨电车哐啷哐啷沿街驶过。

8. rat-tat/ rat-a-rat/ rat-tat -tat （敲击声，尤指敲门声）吧哒，哒哒

9. flip-flop AmE also thong  (通常用橡胶制的)平底人字拖鞋

    (informal, especially AmE) 改变观点，(尤指) 转持相反观点

    a pair of flip- flops  一双人字拖鞋

    The vice-president was accused of flip-flopping on several major issues.

    副总统受到谴责，说他在几个重大问题上出尔反尔。   

10. zigzag  锯齿形线条(或形状)，之字形；a. (only before noun)  v. 曲折前进

      The path descended the hill in a series of zigzags.  小路呈连续的之字形顺着山坡蜿蜒而下。

      a zigzag line/ pattern  弯弯曲曲的线条/ 形状

      a zigzag path along the cliff  沿悬崖而下的之字形小路

      The narrow path zigzags up the cliff.  狭窄的小路曲曲折折地通向悬崖。

      The path zigzagged down the hillside.  小路沿着山坡弯弯曲曲而下。

11. criss-cross a. (usually before noun) 十字交叉的，纵横交错的；v. 构成十字形(或交叉) 图案；n.

      trees planted in a criss-cross pattern  纵横交错种植的树木

      the crisscross of scars on his back  他背上纵横交错的刀疤

      The city is criss-crossed with canals.  这座城市里运河纵横交错。
      The flyovers crisscross the city above the congested streets.  立交桥纵横交错于城市拥挤的街道上方。

12. higgledy-piggledy  (informal)  杂乱无章，混乱

      Files were strewn higgledy-piggledy over the floor.  文件乱七八糟地扔了一地。

      a higgledy-piggledy collection of houses  一片错落杂乱的房屋  

13. helter-skelter  (BrE)  (游乐场的) 螺旋滑梯；

  

      a. (only before noun) 忙乱的，仓促的  ad. 慌慌张张地，手忙脚乱地

      a helter-skelter dash  to meet the deadline    最后期限到来前的匆忙赶工

      He ran off helter-skelter down the slope.  他慌慌张张地逃下山坡。

14. chit-chat (informal) 闲聊，聊天，闲谈

      boring social chit-chat  乏味的社交套话

15. tittle-tattle  (informal/ disapproving)  (关于别人的) 闲聊，闲言碎语　　

16. walkie-talkie  (informal)  步话机，无线电对讲机

17. job-hop   跳槽

      hop, step, and jump/ a hop, skip and a jump  (informal) 三级跳远

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1. are n. 公亩=100平方米
    era n. 时代、年代、纪元

2. bin n. (BrE) 垃圾箱、垃圾桶；
              (有盖) 大容器、箱、柜，大贮藏箱
          vt. (BrE, informal) 扔掉、丢弃

    nib n. 钢笔尖

3. but conj.  但是、然而、尽管如此；不过
          prep. 除了、除……之外
          adv.  只能、仅仅、刚刚；(AmE/ spoken) 非常，极其(用于加强语气)
          n. (usually pl.)  借口、推辞

    tub n.  盆、桶、缸；
               (盛食物的)小钵；(塑料或纸的) 饭盒、食品盒
              一钵(一盆)的容量

               (AmE) =bath 浴缸
               (humorous) 行驶缓慢的旧船、老爷车
               (AmE/ informal) 矮胖子

4. deer n. 鹿
    reed n. 芦苇；
                簧舌，簧片(用金属或塑料制成，用于双簧管、单簧管等吹奏乐器)

5. door n. 门，门口，门边；住户、人家
    rood n. (常指基督教教堂中的)耶稣受难像十字架，苦像

6. doom n. (不可避免的) 死亡、毁灭、厄运、劫数
              vt.  使…在劫难逃；注定…失败(或遭殃、死亡等)

    mood n. 情绪、心情、心境、心态；气氛、氛围；
                  (动词的) 语气

7. deem vt. (formal) 认为、视为、相信
    meed n.(古) 报酬、奖赏、赏与

8. dot n.  点、小点、小圆点
          vt. (在字母上方、字母或单词旁边) 加点；
              星罗棋布于，遍满；布满，点缀

    tod n. (old-fashioned/ BrE, informal) 独自、单独
              狐、机灵的人、狐皮

9. evil a. 恶毒的、邪恶的；有害的、道德败坏的；恶魔的、罪恶的；
              讨厌的、令人作呕的、使人不舒服的

          n. (formal) 邪恶、罪恶、恶行
              (usually pl.) 邪恶之事、祸害、灾祸

    live v. 住、居住；生存、活着；
              (以某种方式) 生活、过日子

          a. (usually before noun) 活的；
              现场直播的、实况转播的；现场演出的

           adv. 在现场直播、在现场表演(或录制)

10. God n. 上帝  
      god n. (某些宗教中主宰某个领域的)神、男神；
                 被过分重视(崇拜) 的人(物)

      dog n. 狗、犬
             vt. 困扰、折磨、纠缠；
                  跟踪、尾随

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Iam_zhcn

1. When she left the firm, it was the end of an era.
   
译：她离开公司后，后来的情况就大不一样了。

    In the Victorian era such behaviour was socially  unacceptable.

译：在维多利亚时代，这种行为是不为社会所接受的。


2. a rubbish bin  垃圾箱  a bread bin  面包箱

    Throw it in the bin  把它扔到垃圾箱里去。

    Do you need to keep these letters or shall we bin them?

译：你需要保存这些信件吗？还是干脆把它们扔掉？

    "What should I do with this letter?" "Just bin it!"

译：“这封信我该怎么处理？”“扔掉就是了。”

Note：
his/her nibs (old-fashioned)  上司，要人，自以为了不起的人

His nibs has wine with his meal — we get water.

译：那位大人物吃饭有酒喝，我们只有水。

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Iam_zhcn

1. We had no alternative but to fire him.

译：我们别无选择，只得解雇了他。

There‘s no doubt but that Evans is guilty.

译：毫无疑问，埃文斯是有罪的。

But for these interruptions the meeting would have finished half an hour ago.

译：要不是几次中断，会议半小时前就开完了。


2. He might agree. But then again he might have a completely different opinion.

译：他可能同意，但也可能会意见完全相反。

She speaks very good Italian. But then she did live in Rome for a year.

译：她的意大利语讲得很流利。不过她毕竟在罗马生活过一年。


We could ask John to help again, but then I don't want to bother him.

译：我们是可以再求约翰帮忙，不过我不想麻烦他。

Apparently Dinah hasn't been to work all week, but then she always was unreliable, wasn't she?

译：戴娜好像一周都没来上班，不过她一向都靠不住，对吗？


3. What could he do but forgive her?

译：他不原谅她又能怎么办？

I could not but admire her.

译：我不由得对她产生了敬慕之情。


4. We've had nothing but trouble with this car.

译：我们这辆车净出毛病。

This car's been nothing but trouble.

译：这辆汽车除了添麻烦，什么用处也没有。

Those receptionists are anything but helpful.

译：那些接待人员一点也不帮忙。


5. Who but Rosa could think of something like that？

译：除了罗莎，谁会想得到那种事？

Everyone was there but him.

译：除他之外，大家都在。


6. I came last but one in the race.

译：我赛跑得了第二名。

Take the first turning but one.

译：在第二个拐弯处转弯。

Pauline and Derek live in the next house but one.

译：波林和德里克住的房子和我们的隔着一座。


7. I don't think we'll manage it. Still, we can but try.

译：我想我们应付不了这事，但不妨试试。

You can but try.

译：你只能试试看。

there were a lot of famous people there: Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts, to name but two.

译：那里有很多名人，只提两个名字吧，有汤姆.汉克斯和朱莉娅.罗伯茨。


8. Go there but fast.

译：去吧，可是要快呀。

They're rich, but I mean rich.

译： 他们有钱，我是说很有钱。


9. No buts, you are going to school today！

译：没什么可以辩解的，你今天必须上学！

"Let us have no buts, "he said firmly."You are coming."

译：“别找借口了。”他坚定地说，“你得来。”

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中国宁

太棒啦！太有用啦！谢谢老师

Iam_zhcn

1. There were tubs of flowers on the balcony.

译：阳台上有一盆盆的花。

There were roses in tubs on the balcony.

译：在阳台上的大盆里种有玫瑰花。


2. a tub of margarine    一盒人造黄油

We ate a whole tub of ice-cream.

译：我们吃了整整一盒冰淇淋。


3. They found her lying in the tub.

译：他们发现她躺在浴缸里。

Their children are all tubs.

译：他们的孩子全都是矮胖子。


4. a herd of red deer    一群赤鹿

    a deer park    鹿苑


5. reed beds    芦苇荡

    reedy river banks    芦苇丛生的河岸


6. The edge of the lake was fringed with reeds.

译：湖边长满了芦苇。

Reeds grew in clumps all along the river bank.

译：沿着河岸长着一丛丛的芦苇。

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1. Could you open the door for me?

译：请你帮我开门好吗？

Close the door behind you, please!

译：请随手关门。

The door closed behind him.

译：他一出门，门就关上了。


2. Knock on the door and see if they're home.

译：敲一下门看他们在不在家。

Don't forget to lock the office door.

译：别忘了把办公室的们锁上。


3. Marc appeared through a door at the far end of the room.

译：马克从房间另一端的门口出现。

Is the front door open?

译：前门是开着的吗？

Nathan got stuck in the revolving doors!

译：内森被卡在旋转门里了。


4. (spoken) She's just arrived — she's just come in the door.

译：她刚到——刚踏进门。

(spoken) He walked out the door.

译：他出门去了。


5. Rick turned around and ran out of the door.

译：里克一转身跑出了门。

I glanced through the open door.

译：我从敞开的门向外望了一眼。


6. There's somebody at the door.

译：门外有人。

"Can I help you?" asked the man at the door.

译：“我能为您效劳吗？”门口的男子问道。


7. Good-bye, Mr Carter. My secretary will show you to the door.

译：再见，卡特先生。我的秘书会送您到门口。

I'm warning you, if he gets drunk I'll show him the door.

译：我警告你，如果他喝醉了，我就撵他走。


8. the family that lives three doors up from us

译：与我们相隔三户的那户人家。

The Rigbys live two doors down from us.

译：里格比家住的地方和我们家隔两个门。

Our other branch is just a few doors down the road.

译：我们的另一家分店沿路过几个门面就到了。


9. She was careful not to close the door on the possibility  of further talks.

译：她十分注意不让进一步谈判的大门关上。

The meeting took place behind closed doors.

译：会议是秘密举行的。


10. The journey takes about an hour, door to door.

译：从这里到那里的路程大约要花一个小时。

My commute takes forty minutes, door to door.

译：从我家到工作的地方需要40分钟。

Joe sold vacuum cleaners door to door for years.

译：乔多年来一直挨家挨户推销吸尘器。


11. an open door policy for immigration

译：对移民的开放政策。

The agreement will open the door to increased international trade.

译：此协议将会提供增长国际贸易的机会。

I think your new job will really open doors for you.

译：我认为你的新工作确实会为你提供机会。


12. You're opening the door to trouble by hitchhiking.

译：你搭便车会惹麻烦上身的。

Our courses are the door to success in the English.

译：我们的课程是通向掌握英语的成功之路。


13. You should spend more time out of doors in the fresh air.

译： 你应多花点时间在户外透透新鲜空气。

Sasha's accident shut the door on her ballet career.

译：萨莎所遭遇的事故使她的芭蕾生涯永远结束了。

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有趣。。

Iam_zhcn

1. She had a sense of impending doom.

译：她预感到厄运已经逼近。

a terrible sense of impending doom

译：一种末日即将来临的骇人感觉


2. Despite the obvious setbacks, it is not all doom and gloom for the England team.

译：尽管明显进攻受挫，但对英格兰队来说绝非胜利无望。

Thousands of soldiers met their doom on this very field.

译：数以千计的士兵就是在这个战场上丧生的。


3. The prophets of doom who said television would kill off the book were wrong.

译：认为电视会扼杀书籍的悲观预言家们完全错了。

The budget cuts spelled doom for the mining community.

译：缩减预算意味着这个矿区要完结了。


4. The species is doomed to extinction.

译：这一物种注定要灭绝。

Marx's theory was that capitalist economies are eventually doomed to collapse.

译：根据马克思的理论，资本主义的经济体系最终注定会崩溃。


5.  The plan was doomed to failure.

译： 这个计划注定要失败。

The marriage seems doomed to failure.

译：这桩婚姻似乎注定会以失败告终。

The marriage was doomed from the start.

译：这桩婚姻从一开始就注定失败。

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Iam_zhcn

1. You're in a good mood this morning！

译：你今天早晨心情不错啊！

She's in a good mood today.

译：她今天心情很好。

He's always in a bad mood.

译：他总是情绪不好。


2.I'd been stuck in the traffic for hours, which put me in a really bad mood.

译：我被困在车流中好几小时，心情都坏透了。

Don't talk to Jean; she's in a filthy mood！

译：别跟吉恩说话，她情绪糟透了。

The kids were in a really silly mood after the party.

译：聚会后那些年轻人感到很失落。


3. His moods change very quickly — one moment he's cheerful and the next he's sunk in despair.

译：他的情绪变化无常——一会儿兴高采烈，一会儿又心灰意冷。

Some addicts suffer violent mood swings if deprived of the drug.

译：一些吸毒成瘾的人一旦没有毒品就会出现情绪的极度波动。


4. I'm just not in the mood for a party tonight.

译：我今晚就是没心情参加聚会。

I don't want to talk about it now. I'm not in the mood.

译：我现在不想谈论此事，我没心情。

She was in the mood for a romantic walk in the woods.

译：她想在树林里浪漫地走一走。


5. He was in no mood for being polite to visitors.

译：他当时没心思以礼待客。

I was in no mood to argue any more.

译：我不想再争论了。

The boss is in no mood for compromise on this point.

译：在这一点上老板不想妥协。


6. I wonder why he's in such a mood today.

译：不知道他为什么今天脾气这么坏。

She's been in a real mood all day.

译：她整天在闹情绪。

She was in one of her moods.

译：她又闹情绪了。


7. It takes a couple of days to get into the holiday mood.

译：进入节日气氛需要两三天的时间。

The mood of the meeting was distinctly pessimistic.

译：这次会议的气氛显然很悲观。

The movie captures the mood of the interwar years perfectly.

译：这部电影恰如其分地捕捉了两次世界大战中间这些年的氛围。


8.The novel captures the mood of postwar France.

译：这部小说抓住了战后法国的心态。

The president had misjudged the mood of the people on this issue.

译：总统在这个问题上错误地判断了公众的心态。

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wyd2008

学习了～～～
谢谢老师～～

Iam_zhcn

1. The evening was deemed a great success.

译：大家认为这次晚会非常成功。

2. She deemed it prudent not to say anything.

译：她认为什么都不说是明智的。

3. They deemed that he was no longer capable of managing the business.

译：他们认为他再没有能力管理这个企业了。


4. They would take any action deemed necessary.

译：他们会采取认为必要的任何行动。

They were told to take whatever action they deemed necessary.

译：他们被告知可以采取任何他们认为必需的行动。

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karlli20

一些看似很简单的句子，实际上最能考验人的英语基础，用此是否地道，准确，表达是否合乎习惯。谢谢张老师

Iam_zhcn

咋是这个表情捏～～

Iam_zhcn

1. There are dots above the letters i and j.

译：字母i 和j上面都有一小点。

Text and graphics are printed at 300 dots per inch.

译：文字和插图按每英尺300个点的密度打印。


2. The plane was just a dot in the sky.

译：飞机当时只是天空中的一个小点。

The helicopters appeared at two black dots on the horizon.

译：直升机像两个小黑点出现在地平线上。


3. Mr Green arrived at six on the dot.

译：格林先生正好在6点钟到达。

Breakfast is served at 8 ont the dot.

译：8点整开早饭。

The taxi showed up on the dot.

译：出租车准时到了。


4. She never dots her i's.

译：她从来不在i上面加点。

Why do you never dot your i's?

译：你为什么从不在字母i上加点呢？


5. Small villages dot the countryside.

译：小村庄星罗棋布于乡间。

The countryside was dotted with samll villages.

译：乡间有星罗棋布的小村庄。

The lake was dotted with sailboats.

译：湖面上星星点点散布着帆船。


6. There are lots of Italian restaurants dotted around London.

译：伦敦到处都有意大利餐馆。

The company now has over 20 stores dotted around the country.

译：该公司现拥有20多家商店遍布全国。


7. Dot your face with the cream.

译：将乳霜搽在脸上。

Dot the cream all over your face.

译：将乳霜均匀地搽在脸上。

Dot some rouge on your cheeks, then blend carefully.

译：往你的脸颊上点些胭脂，然后再仔细抹匀。


8. Well, we haven't dotted the i's and cross the t's, then the contract‘s nearly ready.

译：我们还没有把合同的细节弄好，但已经快拟好了。

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karlli20

原帖由 I'm_zhcn 于 2008-12-3 23:55 发表
咋是这个表情捏～～

这个表情比较喜欢用，呵呵

Iam_zhcn

1. an evil man  恶棍

    an evil grin/ laugh  狞笑，奸笑


2. evil deeds  恶行

    evil spirits/ beings  罪恶的精灵/ 人


3. the evil effects of racism  种族主义的恶劣影响

    the evil effects of materialism  物质主义的恶劣影响


4. the evil of drugs/ alcohol  毒品/ 酒的害处

    the evils of capitalism  资本主义的种种罪恶

    social evils  社会弊端


5. the eternal struggle between good and evil  善与恶永不休止的斗争

   the forces of evil  邪恶势力


6. an evil dictator responsible for the deaths of millions

译：应为几百万人的死亡负责的邪恶独裁者。

An evil glint came into her eye when she picked up the knife.

译：当她拾起刀时，眼中闪过一丝恶毒的光芒。


7. There's an evil smell coming from the drains.

译：排水沟发出难闻的气味。

traditional symbols to ward off the evil eys

译：阻挡邪毒眼光的传统避邪符号。


8. I'd better go and see the dentist — I can't put off the evil hour any longer.

译：我还是去看牙医为好，这倒霉的时刻我再也拖不过去了。

the evil hour when he would have to face his uncle's anger

译：他不得不面对愤怒的叔叔的倒霉时刻


9. You cannot pretend there's no evil in the world.

译：你不能睁着眼睛瞎说世界上没有罪恶。

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