美國口語俚語

　　美國俚語佔據著美國人日常談話常用詞彙的十分之一。下面小編為大家整理了，歡迎大家閱讀。

　　摘抄

　　clock in 打卡

　　Don't forget to clock in,otherwise you won't get paid

　　別忘了打卡，否則領不到錢。

　　come on to 對...輕薄;吃豆腐

　　Tanya slapped Bill after he came on to her.

　　Tanya在Bill對她輕薄之後打了他一巴掌。

　　come easily 易如反掌

　　Languages come easily to some people

　　語言學習對有些人來說易如反掌。

　　don't have a cow別大驚小怪

　　Don't have a cow! I'll pay for the damages

　　別大驚小怪的!我會賠償損失的。

　　push around 欺騙

　　Don't try to push me around!

　　別想耍我!

　　keep one's shirt on保持冷靜

　　Keep your shirt onHe didn't mean to offend youThat's just the way he talks

　　保持冷靜。那只是他說話的慣常方式，他並非有意要冒犯你。

　　cool it冷靜一點

　　Cool itYou are making me mad

　　冷靜一點。你快把我逼瘋了。

　　joy ride兜風

　　Let's go for a joy ride

　　讓我們去兜兜風。

　　rap說唱樂

　　Do you like rap music? I have trouble understanding the words

　　你喜歡說唱音樂嗎?我聽不太懂其中的歌詞。

　　red-letter day大日子

　　This is a red-letter day for SusanShe made her first sale to a very important client

　　今天是susan的大日子。她和一個非常重要的客戶做成了第一筆生意。

　　go up in smoke成為泡影

　　Peter’s vacation plans went up in smoke when a crisis arose in the office

　　辦公室出了問題，peter的假期泡湯了。

　　hit the road上路

　　We should probably hit the roadIt’s going to take us two hours to get home

　　我們可能該上路了吧?到家的兩個小時呢!

　　推薦

　　shape up表現良好，乖

　　You’d better shape up if you want to stay on

　　如果你還想留下來的話最好乖一點兒。

　　scare the * out of someone嚇死某人了

　　Don’t sneak up behind me like thatYou scared the * out of me

　　不要那樣從後面突然嚇我。你嚇死我了。

　　pull strings運用關係 ***源於“拉木偶的線”***

　　He pulled some strings and managed to get us front row seats for the concert

　　他運用關係替我們拿到音樂會前排的位子。

　　come again 再說一遍

　　Come again? I didn't quite understand what you said

　　再說一遍好嗎?你剛說的話我不明白。

　　come clean 全盤托出，招供

　　The criminal decided to come clean

　　罪犯決定供出事實。

　　spring for 請客

　　Let me spring for dinner

　　我來請客吃飯吧。

　　spill the beans 洩漏祕密

　　Don't spill the beansIt's supposed to be a secret

　　別說漏了嘴，這可是個祕密哦!

　　stick in the mud 保守的人

　　Cathy is such a stick in the mudShe never wants to try anything new

　　Cathy真保守，她從不想嘗試新事物。

　　john廁所

　　I have to go to the johnWait for me in the car

　　我要去廁所。在車裡等我一下。

　　keep in line管束

　　He needs to be kept in lineHe's too wild

　　他太野了，要好好管束一下。

　　精選

　　jump the gun草率行事

　　Don't jump the gunWe have to be patient for a while

　　不要草率行事。我們應該耐心等一會兒。

　　jump to conclusion妄下結論

　　Don't jump to conclusionWe have to figure it out first

　　不要妄下結論，先把事情搞清楚。

　　lemon次

　　This car is a real lemonIt has broken down four times

　　這輛車真次，已經壞了四次了!