主题：易错口语短语

在图书馆发现的一本书，翻了下，还不错。

作者的原意是容易理解错误的短语，其实我发现，有好多里面的内容是平时大家不曾用过的，或者根本就不知道的。

我把里面的内容按我的理解挑选和再加工了下，并加入我的理解的点评，贴到这个版块不为争眼球，不过是几个懂得学习的朋友，大家一起交流交流，等完全结束后会整理成一个文件。算是在这无聊的季节里做点正经事吧。

俺也不是专业学英语的，弄这个只是兴趣而已，所以不是什么深奥的东东，只是从简单中学习。

书按字母顺序排，我也照作者愿意写。其中有些是大家都知道的，但是个人水平不一样，我还是扩大点范围，多写点。所以来看的人只要挑自己不会的就可以了。

 

a fat chance 可能性很小（大家可能觉得fat在这儿，容易想到可能性大，其实是小哦，千万不要记错。）

 

Lily is pretty and popular, you'll have a fat chance of getting a date with her.

Tracy点评：Lily大美人啊，你要跟她约会机会不大。（意思大家都明白，我就不再多余弄个翻译，换个方式写注释）

 

Fat chance he has of making money!

机会等于零。（Tracy点评：这个是把这短语放在开头的用法）

 

 

 

a/one hell of a +n.可怕，糟糕

 

My room is in a hell of a mess.

我房里乱得一蹋糊涂。

 

There's one hell of a lot of traffic during rush hour in Beijing.

交通拥挤不堪。

 

注：这个短语还有另外一种比较不常见的意思，指出色的

例：He's a hell of a singer.

（Tracy点评：个人感觉跟平常汉语里要说一个人很厉害，有时会说：你真TMD强啊，用法差不多。）

boss around  差遣

Stop bossing me around!

（Tracy点评：我们常常会遇到这样的人，上司或是朋友，烦个没完没了，老爱让人做东做西的，这时候表达不满这话很有用的噢）

 

broaden out 拓宽，变胖

They have broadened out the avenue in the park.

Our company is trying to broaden out its business.

The view of the student is broadening out.

He's quite thin when I last saw him, but he has broadened out a lot.

(Tracy点评：前三句是拓宽的意思，后一句是变胖，其实可以理解为一件事或人，体积，视野，范围等方面变宽，变大。这样就能整体把握这短语的意思，不用死记了。）

 

by nature 天性，本质

By nature, I have to do research before I start a project.

Sally is proud by nature.

(Tracy点评：天生傲慢，当然在不同的场合有不同的含意，如果用这话来夸一个人，就是把他/她生来骄傲，这里指骄傲好的一面，意思同：长城是中国的骄傲）

 

chafing dish

这个没特别的意思，只是大家可能不知道指什么，猜猜看是什么东西，哈哈，火锅啦。到冬天了，大家去吃的时候想想，哦，有个叫Tracy的发了个帖子，里面就有火锅是怎么说的，记住喽。

Thanks a lot.

I've learnt them by heart.

Short-charged/ over-charged   少找/多找

You’ve short-charged/ over-charged me one yuan.

(Tracy 点评：这个大家以后遇到这样的问题，就可以这么说了。而且老外数学不好，老出问题。)

Check out  付账

Could we have our bill now, plz? We’re leaving.

We’d like to make the payment.

We’d like to settle our account.

（Tracy点评：赠送几个付账的例句）

Chip in 分摊，插嘴

Everybody chipped in to buy the manager a gold watch when he retired.

We all chipped in with our suggestions.

(Tracy点评：这个主要是短语的意思可能不太清楚，大家如果平常交流中能用一下，加分不少哦) 

 

Come in for 受到，遭受

I’m afraid they come in for a lot of abuse for some people.

(Tracy 点评：遭受到某些人的虐待，这里的介词是for)

 

Come up with= let’s have it. 说出

She came up with some funny ideas.

You never know what that child will come up with next.

Tom knew something was wrong. “Let’s have it,” he said, “what is the matter” 说吧，出什么事了

--- What’s the true fact, then? Come up with it, plz!

--- I always sing out of tune, you see.

(Tracy 点评：这几个例句都是常用的，come up with 可能大家比较熟，而let’s have it 不常用，下次见到或听到就应该明白意思啦。Sing out of tune, 唱歌走调，很形象的说法，下次去K歌记得说哦。)

 

 

Come up to够到

He’s getting big, and comes up to my shoulder now.

(Tracy 点评：说一个人够到你的肩膀怎么说呢：come up to my shoulder!)

？没了？继续啊。。没过瘾呢

明天继续吧，楼主打字也打得辛苦呢，你就天天来看看呗

                 

Come by 造访，获得

Plz come by whenever you have time.

How did you come by this painting?

I don’t know how Lily came by such an idea.

(Tracy 点评：第一个是造访的意思，后两个指获得。第一句是常用的寒暄句，会常用到的。)

Count on  指望

You can’t count on this system.

Dear me 天哪！

(Tracy 点评：电影里常听到的)

 

Die away 变弱

The echoes died away. 回声变弱了。

The sound of the car died away in the distance.

The noise died away, I was alone again.

Draw up 草拟/写

The dying old man drew up a will.

拟了份遗嘱。

 

Easy does it. 别慌，小心/轻/慢点

~. Don’t bump the door with the edge of the table.

~. The roads are slick with ice.

Exchange of amenities 寒暄

After an exchange of amenities with the group leader, ... 

Fake up 仿造，编造 

The painting was beautifully faked up.

He faked up the whole thing--- none of it was true.

楼主天天打书，真是辛苦了 顶！

 

Fasten/ unfasten the seat belt 系好/解开安全带

---how can I fasten the seat belt?

--- Just slip the belt into the buckle and pull tight.

带子穿进带扣，拉紧。

(Tracy 点评：大家以后坐车知道怎么跟老外讲这个了吧，很生活的用语，很有用。)

Feel sorry for= take pity on

（Tracy 点评：后面一个短语的意思大家可能不太知道，而且介词是on)

 

For all that 虽然

Tom was strong; for all that he was so small.

(Tracy 点评：这个短语也可以单独使用的，例： for all that, we finished the task in time.)

Free-for-all 混乱

---it’s a free-for-all in the stores during the Christmas holidays.

--- All merchandise sells like hot cakes. But some stores jack up the price.

(Tracy 点评：sell like hot cakes销售很快，这个hot cake在老米卖得很快的，jack up the price抬高价格。)

--- There are many people who have sticky fingers.

(Tracy 点评：have sticky fingers 手脚不干净，手指老粘到东西上去，粘了就不放下了，很形象吧。)