托福聽力：常用美國本土化聽力詞匯匯總

托福聽力常見美國本土化詞匯100個：托福聽力不同于高考聽力。托福聽力更強調(diào)口語性，所用的詞匯和短語有很強的美國本土性。在聽力中一些詞語不像我們常常在課本里見到的詞語，所以積累一些本土的詞匯和短語有助于聽懂托福聽力。以下是100個在托福聽力考試中經(jīng)常出現(xiàn)的托福聽力詞匯：

1. a big shot = an important person 大腕兒，大亨

2. a breath of fresh air 使人耳目一新的人

3. Achilles’ heel 致命弱點;個性的瑕疵

4. be all ears 洗耳恭聽

5. be all eyes 目不轉(zhuǎn)睛

6. a wet blanket 討人嫌的人

7. chip in = contribute money　捐獻(xiàn)，集資

8. sell like hot cakes = sell very well or very quickly 暢銷

9. get butterflies in one’s stomach = get nervous 緊張不安

10. two thumbs up 舉雙手贊成

11. be the apple of one’s eye = be very precious to sb. 非常珍貴

12. pull one’ s leg = tease someone 開某人玩笑

13. break one’ s back 辛勤工作

14. twenty-four seven = 24 hours a day, 7 days a week = all the time 永遠(yuǎn)，一直

15. go for a song = be sold very cheaply 賤賣

16. bucket down = rain very heavily 瓢潑大雨

17. backroom boys 幕后英雄

18. below the mark = not measure up 不夠水平，不合格

19. beyond compare 絕佳的，最棒的

20. break even 不賠不賺

21. by the book 照章辦事

22. cast a cloud over 潑冷水，是蒙上陰影

23. castles in the sky / air 空中樓閣

24. as clear as a bell 非常清楚

25. clear the air 消除誤會

26. come to terms 達(dá)成

27. shed crocodile tears 假裝哭泣，假慈悲

28. cut corners 走捷徑

29. do’s and don’ts 行為規(guī)范

30. face the music 面對現(xiàn)實

31. fair and square 正大光明的

32. first things first 先說重要的

33. forgive and forget 盡釋前嫌;握手言和

34. get the ball rolling 使蓬勃發(fā)展

35. a knockout 引人注目

36. a man of few words 沉默寡言的人

37. a rainy day 不如意的日子

38. all thumbs 笨手笨腳的;一竅不通的

39. ants in one's pants (skirt) 坐立不安

40. as mod as sb. 與某人一樣時髦

41. at one's finger's tips 了如指掌

42. at sixes and sevens 混亂的

43. backseat driver 指手劃腳的人

44. bite one's head off 大發(fā)脾氣

45. black sheep 不孝子女

46. blow one's top 怒發(fā)沖冠

47. break one's neck 痛打一頓;拼命做某事

48. break the ice 打破僵局;打破沉默

49. bring down the house 掌聲雷動

50. burn a hole in one's pocket 花錢如流水

51. buy your story 相信你的話

52. call it a day 今天到此為止

53. Capital idea 好主意

54. cold fish 冷酷無情的人

55. dark horse 黑馬;冷門

56. daylight robbery 價錢貴到離譜

57. dear Jones letter 絕交信

58. dirty dog 卑鄙小人

59. eat one's words 承認(rèn)錯誤

60. every Tom, Dick and Harry 張三李四

61. flat tire 沒精打采

62. from A to Z 從頭到尾

63. go on the horse 快一點吧

64. God knows 天曉得

65. gone with the wind 隨風(fēng)而逝

66. good for nothing 毫無用處的

67. Great minds think alike! 英雄所見略同。

68. happy go lucky 樂天派

69. have a big mouth 話多的人

70. have it both ways 權(quán)衡兩方面

71. have time off 休假

72. have words with sb. 口角

73. hit of the show 表演中最精彩的一幕

74. hit the high spots 達(dá)到高水準(zhǔn)

75. hit the sack 睡覺

76. hold one's tongue 保持沉默

77. I.O.U = I owe you 我欠你;借據(jù)

78. in hot water 遇到麻煩

79. in the hole 遇到經(jīng)濟(jì)困難

80. in the long run 從長遠(yuǎn)來看;終究

81. in the soap 遇到麻煩

82. keep one's head 鎮(zhèn)定

83. keep one's shirt on 不動手打架

84. keep punching 繼續(xù)努力

85. kick off 開始干某事

86. kill two birds with one stone 一石二鳥

87. knock it off 別再講下去了

88. Knock on wood. 說話禁忌;趕緊討個吉利.

89. let the cat out of the bag 泄漏秘密

90. let nature take its course 順其自然

91. like a cat on hot bricks 熱鍋上的螞蟻

92. like a turtle on its back 對事情束手無策

93. lousy clichés 陳詞濫調(diào)

94. make a hit 出風(fēng)頭

95. make my mouth water 使我垂涎

96. master key 萬能鑰匙;關(guān)鍵

97. neck and neck 不分上下

98. need other's shoulder 希望得到某人的安慰

99. no sweat 沒問題;不用冒汗

100.No money, no honey. 沒有錢,哪有愛情

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