1 crash vi. 睡觉 (推荐使用在sleep话题,home话题等)
Can I crash at your place on Saturday night? 星期六晚上我能在你家过夜吗?
I crashed out on the sofa this afternoon. 今天下午我在沙发上睡着了。
You gonna crash on the couch?你要在沙发上睡?(来自老友记第一季,第一集)
2 end up doing /end up in a state 最终..... (推荐使用在事件类话题,如丢失重要的东西,一件开心的事等)
If you don't know what you want, you might end up getting something you don't want. 如果你不知道自己想要什么,你可能会到头来得到自己不想要的东西。
Every time they went dancing they ended up in a bad mood. 每次他们去跳舞,到头来总是扫兴而归。
If any of you end up being entrepreneur, which I hope you will be, what do you have in storefor yourself, and what does that journey look like? 如果你们当中任何一个人成了企业家,这也是我希望你们做到的,你自己会有什么样的储备,那样的一段旅程又将是什么样的?
If no one helps him he may end up being a beggar.
如果没有人帮助他,他最终可能会成为一个乞丐。
3 live off 靠...生活 (推荐使用在a good parent ,family, friend,job等话题)
You can't live off your parents your whole life. 你不能一辈子靠你爸生活。(来自老友记第一季,第一集)
It has no banking or industry to speak of, and about two-fifths of the population live off thegovernment. 而且缺乏值得称道的银行和工业,五分之二人口的生活依赖于政府补贴。
We live off food from the land and sea here. 我们依靠这里的陆地和海洋中出产的食物为生。
4 upbeat 乐观的 (推荐使用在music,friend,teacher,a good parent 等话题)
Yet you're surprisingly upbeat. 而且你还这么高兴。(来自老友记第一季,第一集)
Put some upbeat music on.
可以放一些乐观的音乐。
5 on a roll 做的很顺,超常发挥,运气好 (推荐使用在study,改变计划,看过的运动比赛等话题)
While you're on a roll, if you feel like you gotta make a Western omelet or something...你现在刚好做得很顺,有没有想做个蛋饼之类的东西。(来自老友记第一季,第一集)
GameSalad, the iOS game creation software, has beenon a rollsince it first launched in2009.
iOS游戏开发软件GameSalad自从2009年发布以来发展一直顺风顺水。
Apple ison a roll, with new models of products in the pipeline.
在新的产品模式的不断推出下,苹果获得了连续的成功
6 catch on理解,明白 (推荐使用在数学课,teacher,study等话题)
I should've caught on when she went to the dentist four and five times a week.
当她一个礼拜见四、五次牙医的时候我就该知道了(来自老友记第一季,第一集)
The girl was surprised, "Would you mind repeating what you said,I didn't quite catch on."
女孩很惊讶:“您再重复一遍好吗? 我没听太明白。”
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