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[托福词汇] 托福听力高分必备 20 个常见词组汇总整理

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托福听力考试中有一些固定的词组常会反复出现,虽然看似简单但其实考生对这些词汇词组并没有掌握彻底,很多时候都是一知半解反而更容易导致扣分。下面小编就为大家汇总整理托福听力备考 20 个常见词组,赶紧来学。

1.anything but
听力原句:

Librarian:Oh, well I guess you might think that. But when I saw it back then it was anything but boring.

语境释义:并不 ; 一点也不

注:近似词组 nothing but 意为 " 只不过是 ", 例如:It's nothing but a joke.

2.in such short notice

Student:Hi, thanks for seeing me in such short notice.

语境释义:如此仓促

3.in person

Manager: Right, the choir. It ’ s nice to finally meet you in person. So, you are having problems with...

语境释义:亲自,当面

4.high-end

Pro: Ok, basically they have to offer things that most people can find anywhere else, you know quality, that means better exercise equipment,high-end stuff, and classes-exercise classes may be aerobics.

语境释义:高端的

5.drive … home

Therefore, it ’ s best to be a non-conformist – to do your own thing, not worrying about what other people think. That ’ s an important point. He really drives this argument home throughout the essay.

语境释义:把 ( 论点、问题等 ) 讲得透彻、明白

6.goof off

Student: I went off to the stack and found some really good material for my part, but when I got back to our table, they were just goofing off and talking. So I went and got materials for their sections as well.

语境释义:游手好闲,混日子

7.go down the drain

Student: I know, but I didn ’ t want to risk the project going down the drain.

语境释义:前功尽弃,付诸东流

8.start from scratch

Student: But we ’ ve got all the sources and it ’ s due next week. We don ’ t have time to start from scratch.

语境释义:从头开始

9.come down to

It ’ s been shaped by constraints over vast stretches of time, all of which comes down to the fact that the best foraging strategy for beavers isn ’ t the one that yields the most food or wood.

语境释义:归结为

10.open spot

I am afraid we don ’ t have any openings at lunch time. A lot of students want to work then, so it is really rare for us to have an open spot at that time of day.

语境释义:职位空缺

11.not necessarily

听力原句 1:

Well, design doesn't necessarily include things like sculptures or decorative walkways or … or even eye catching window displays, you know art.

听力原句 2:

Professor:That ’ s another possible reason although it doesn ’ t necessarily explain other behaviors such as eating, drinking or sleeping."

语境释义:不一定,未必 ( 不是 " 不需要 " 或者 " 不必要 " 的意思 ! )

12.be at odds with

They try to fit in with the rest of the world even though it ’ s at odds with their beliefs and their identities.

语境释义:与…相违背、相冲突

注:在听力中该短语会有连读,要多听。

13.lesser-known

Employee:You are lucky to have professor who includes the lesser-known writer like her on the syllabus, you know, not the usual authors we ’ ve all read.

语境释义:不知名的

14.pros and cons

I mean no one really thinks that, say a bee goes through weighing the pros and cons of pollinating this flower or that flower.

语境释义:权衡利弊,仔细斟酌

15.in a different light

Student: I mean... Being a waiter, I get to see a lot of the professors, like in a different light, we joke around a little you know. In the classroom, they always have to be pretty formal, but …

语境释义:从不同的角度,从另外一面

16.low key

Pro: Oh, that's very thoughtful of you, Eric, but it will be low key, nothing flashy. That's not her style.

语境释义:低调的,不张扬的

17.common denominator

There are variations on this model of course, but the common denominators are always an idea of creating a shopping space that will get people to shop in the city without needing their cars.

语境释义:共同点,共性

注意:denominator 本意为 " 分母 "

18.tongue in cheek

But if you took away all the DNA that codes for genes, you still have maybe 70% of the DNA left over. That ’ s the so-called JUNK DNA. Though the word junk is used sort of tongue in cheek.

语境释义:半开玩笑地

19.pull them from thin air

To begin, how do we create fictional characters? We don ’ t just pull them from thin air, do we? I mean we don ’ t create them out of nothing.

语境释义:凭空捏造

20.touch base

Advisor: Hi, Steven I schedule this appointment, cause it has been a while since we touched base.

语境释义:联系,进行接触


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