英语口语、习惯语、经典语录5000句(70)

英语口语、习惯语、经典语录5000句(70)

691. My daughter blows me a kiss. 女儿抛给了我一个飞吻。He blew a kiss to the crowd and said his good-byes. 他向人群抛了个飞吻、向他们告别。 

692. You need to keep your instincts under wraps. 你要克制住冲动。（比较前面的653句，keep at bay ）The financial details of the case have been kept firmly under wraps. 这单生意的财务细节绝不向外人透露（仍旧处在保密中）。The identity of the buyer is still under wraps. 买家身份仍旧是个迷。

693. You should keep your temper at check. 你得控制住不要发脾气。

694. A surprise witness proved to be the wild card at the trial. 在审判中，证人的突然出现确实让大家都始料不及。wild card:出其不意的一招。One wild card is to propose to her in front of the whole class. 当着全班的面向她求婚，这会是最厉害的一招。

695. Jack is always egging me on to drive faster.杰克老是怂恿我开快车。egg on 促使，唆使，加剧。 Seemingly quiet, Margo actually eggs on Donald to quarrel with his staff. Margo看起来一言不发，但他实际上在唆使Donald与员工们干仗。People are upset with the bad roads, egged on by soaring food prices.大家对路况本来就厌恶了，现在食品价格飞涨更是让人不安。要注意的是，这里的egg与鸡蛋无关，此词的来源是从“eggja”衍生来的，意思是“edge”,所以“edge on”与“egg on”是同义词，但是egg on更流行一点。

696.    He tossed himself into this pro-democracy movement that is gaining slowly thousands of adherents.他不知不觉中投入到了民主运动的行列，现在民运正在慢慢成长，获得了成千上万的积极投入者。toss oneself into 不知不觉投入。另见toss about。

697. He carved out a successful career.他事业有成。carve out 获取。She carved out a reputation for herself as a high-powered lawyer. 她在律师行作风泼辣，因此建立了知名度。

698. We tried to get faster approval from the town and ran into a stone wall. 我们竭力想要市政府快点批准我们的计划，但只是陷入僵局。For Allan, learning a foreign language amounted to running into a brick wall. 对Allen而言，学习一门外语意味着要克服巨大的困难。run into a wall, run into a stone wall or run into a brick wall意思都一样，都是“碰壁，遇阻”。

699. Laoyang, you are at work now.  You should be working hard, not cruising the dating sites. 老杨，你现在在工作，就得好好工作，拜托不要在那些婚介网站上跑来跑去好不好？cruise 巡航，游览。He cruised to the victory. 他一路顺利，直到最后胜利。cruise是个很有用的词，现在很多汽车里都有cruise的装置，“自动巡航”。You can set on the cruise, and relax. 你可以调到自动巡航，然后就高枕无忧了。cruise missile 巡航导弹。That dude has built a cruise missile in his own garage, on a budget of just US$5,000.那个老兄在自己家的车库了花了不过5000美元就造出了一枚巡航导弹。

670. Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.James 1:12 忍受试探的人是有福的，因为他经过试验以後，必得生命的冠冕；这是主应许给那些爱他之人的。