那些你所不知道的常用托福口語(yǔ)俚語(yǔ)

zero in on 瞄準(zhǔn);集中精力于

例句：Once you have identified suspicious traffic, you can then start to add specifications on the command line to zero in on the detail of the traffic.
一旦您識(shí)別出了可疑流量，您就可以開(kāi)始在命令行上添加參數(shù)以便關(guān)注于流量細(xì)節(jié)

Gentleman’s agreement 君子協(xié)議

例句："What we have seen over the past couple years is, you might think of it as a kind of a gentleman's agreement not to discuss Iraq, " he said.
格倫說(shuō)：“過(guò)去兩三年的情況看起來(lái)好像是一種君子協(xié)定，就是大家同意不討論伊拉克問(wèn)題

Walk on air 興高采烈

例句：Some students seem to walk on air after they succeed in passing the entrance examination of college.
一些學(xué)生在考入大學(xué)后似乎有些忘乎所以了。

At an awkward age 即將成年

例句：Tom was very easy to bring up and never seemed to have an awkward age at all.
湯姆是一個(gè)很容易帶大的孩子，他好像從來(lái)就沒(méi)有 成年前的那種彷徨。

Autumn of somebody’s life 在垂暮之年

例句：It's amazing that somebody can still contribute to society even in the autumn of his life.
令人驚異的是，有人在垂暮之年還能夠?yàn)樯鐣?huì)作貢獻(xiàn)。

Paint the lily 多此一舉

例句：Comment upon this would be to paint the lily.
對(duì)此發(fā)表評(píng)論無(wú)異于畫(huà)蛇添足。

Lay at somebody’s door 歸咎于某人

例句：Don't lay the blame at my door; you spilled food on the carpet too!
不要只責(zé)怪我;你也把食物打翻在地毯上呀!

Wall-to-wall 無(wú)處不在的; 似無(wú)處不在的

例句：Within minutes, the presidential salvo is wall-to-wall on the wire services and TV news. Then the Internet.
幾分鐘之內(nèi)，總統(tǒng)保留態(tài)度的看法就被各大新聞通訊社和電視新聞臺(tái)鋪天蓋地地作了報(bào)道，接著上了互聯(lián)網(wǎng)。

To Put on the dog 擺闊、裝門(mén)面

例句：But what I like about him was that he never put on the dog to show off his money.
但是我喜歡他的一點(diǎn)的是他從來(lái)不亂花錢(qián)來(lái)炫耀他的富有。

On the side 作為兼職

例句：He's a teacher but he does some journalism on the side.
他是教師,可還兼職做一些新聞工作.

Get into the swing of thing 積極投入某事

例句：It took time to get into the swing of things.
熟悉情況需要一些時(shí)間.