英语专业八级翻译词汇

第一篇形形色色的人1.一根筋儿onetrack-minded别跟他较劲了。他一根筋,你还不知道?Stopreasoningwithhim.Don‟tyouknowheisonetrack-minded?2.出众的人alulu要说漂亮,我们公司新来的秘书可算是个相貌出众的女孩子了。Talkingaboutbeingpretty,ourcompany‟snewsecretaryisindeedalulu.3.两面派two-faced我知道怎样对付两面派,而且一眼就能看出谁是一贯两面讨好的人。Iknowhowtohandletwo-facedpeopleandcaneventellatthefirstglancewhoareinthehabitofrunningwiththehareandhuntingwiththehounds.(注:runwiththehareandhuntwiththehounds指人两面讨好,不得罪任何一方的做法。4.傻大个儿alummox听说那个傻大个儿把他们公司的买卖搞得一团糟。Itissaidthatthelummoxhaslouseduptheircompany‟swholebusiness.5.收破烂儿的人aragman那些收破烂儿的人走街串户,有时也能挣不少钱。Thoseragmengoingfromdoortodoorsometimesmayalsoearnquiteahandsomesumofmoney.6.乡巴佬ahayseed她说她决不会嫁给一个乡巴佬,不管他多有钱。Sheinsistedthatshewouldnotmarryherselfofftoahayseed,nomatterhowrichhewas.7.不三不四的人riff-raffs老张的家里总来些不三不四的人,可想而知老张不是什么好东西。Therearealwaysriff-raffshangingaroundinLaoZhang‟shome,whichgivesyouthefeelingthatLaoZhangisnotagoodguy.8.受气包儿doormat她天生就是个受气包儿,什么事都不敢说个不字She‟sborndoormat,afraidofgoingagainstanything.9.面无表情的人adeadpan和那些面无表情的人在一起工作真让人憋气。Youfeelchokedtoworkwiththosedeadpans.10.扫帚星ajinx有人说那个女人是个扫帚星,谁跟她结婚谁倒霉。She‟ssaidtobeajinx,whowouldbringbadlucktowhoevershemarries第二篇能力与智慧(上1.海量haveahollowleg你像灌醉他?他可是海量,从来没有醉过。Wanttodrinkhimunderthetable?Well…youcanneverdo.Hegotahollowleg,youknow.2.略胜一筹beanotchabove论油画,张先生比刘先生画得好。但是,谈到水彩画,刘先生可就比张先生略胜一筹了。Inoilpainting,Mr.ZhangpaintsbetterthanMr.Li.Butwhenitcomestowatercolors,Mr.LiuappearstobeanotchaboveMr.Zhang.3.有头脑beabrain他可是个有头脑德人,决不会相信你的那一套。He‟sabrain,whowouldn‟tbefooledintobelievingyourbabbling.4.很能干tohavealotontheball我知道李明很能干,但我怀疑他是否真的愿意到我们这儿来工作。IknowLiMinghasalotontheball.ButI‟mnotsureifhelikestoworkhere.5.有名无实apoorapology你刚才提到的那个作家不过是个有名无实的人。他的作品太没意思了。Themanyou‟vejustmentionedisbutapoorapologyforawriter.Hiswritingsaretedious.6.绞尽脑汁torackone‟sbrain他已经绞尽脑汁了,可是仍未找到问题的答案。Hehadrackedhisbrain,buthadn‟tbeenabletoworkouttheanswertotheproblem.7.没骨气havenoguts.真没想到小高那么没骨气,竟然嫁给了坑害过她父亲的人。I‟msurprisedtolearnthatXiaoGaohadmarriedthemanwhohadoncedoneherfatherin.Sherallyhasnoguts.8.真了不起reallysomething他真了不起,竟然一个人对付了那么多的对手。Heoverwhelmedsomanyofhisopponentsalone.He‟sreallysomething.9.昙花一现aflashinthepan那个歌星也只是昙花一现,出了几张唱片就销声匿迹了。Thatsingerwasonlyaflashinthepan.Hedisappearedintotheairafterhavingmadeoneortworecords.10.寡不敌众beoutnumbered她很勇敢,但终因寡不敌众,被那帮人打晕过去Thegirlwasbraveenough,butasbeingoutnumbered,shewasfinallyknockedintothemiddleofnextweekbythegang.11.单枪匹马playalonehand在投资时,他总喜欢单枪匹马的去干Wheninvestinginabusiness,healwayslikestoplayalonehand.12.出师不利getoffonethewrongfoot他的主意不错,可一开始就出师不利。Hisideawasgood,buthegotoffonthewrongfootwhenhestarteddoingit.13.口才thegiftofgab我几乎没见过像莉莉这样有口才的女孩子。SeldomhaveImetagirlwho‟shadsuchagiftofgablikeLeeLee‟s.14.还嫩点儿stillwetbehindtheears想陷害我?你还嫩点儿Attempttodomein?Youarestillwetbehindtheears.(bewetbehindtheears的字面意思是“像刚生下来的婴儿一样,耳朵后的根毛还是湿的那15.糊涂虫anitwit你真是个糊涂虫,怎么能当他的面讲他女朋友的坏话那?You‟rearealnitwit.Whyshouldyoubadmouthhisgirlfriendinhisface?16.饭量小eatlikeabird她的饭量特别小,有一小块面包就足够了。Sheeatslikeabird.Asmallpieceofbreadwillbeenoughforher.17.痛失良机Letsomethingslipthroughone‟sfingers你真蠢!这样一个发大财的机会千载难逢,你怎能眼睁睁的让他跑掉那?Youcan‟tbemorestupid!Howcouldyouletsuchagoldenopportunitytomakebigmoneyslipthroughyourfingers?Itwasanopportunitythatcomesonceinabluemoon.18.抓住机会jumpatthechance这样的好机会,你应该抓住Youshouldhavejumpatsuchagoodchance.19.嘴硬neversayuncle那个孩子的嘴特别硬,打死他都不肯认错Thatboyneversaysuncle.Hewouldn‟tadmithe‟swrongforthelifeofhim.20.有门道havethemeansof在挣钱方面,张先生可有门道了Mr.Zhanghasalwayshadthemeansofmakingmoney21.找到窍门getthehangof我已经找到学习英语动词的窍门了。I‟venowgotthehangoflearningEnglishverbs.22.占上风gaintheupperhand比赛一开始,我们队占上风。可到最后却失利了Atthebeginningofthegameourteamgainedtheupperhand.Butbyandby,welostourstrength.23.有资格beinaposition.你没有资格对他那样讲话,他是那儿的老板You‟renotinapositiontotalktohimlikethat;He‟sthebossthere.24.恭维话blarney只有傻瓜才会相信你的花言巧语。Onlyafoolwillbelieveyourblarney.25.上圈套risetoabait赵先生又上了那帮人的圈套了Mr.Zhaoagainrosetothebaitsetbytheguys.26.头脑有点不正常haveafewbuttonsmissing能说那种话的人头脑肯定有点不正常。Anyonewhosaysthatmusthaveafewbuttonsmissing.27.见机行事playtothescore到那儿,你要见机行事,千万不要由性子来。Whenyouaretherewiththem,playtothescore.Neveractonimpulse.28.唆使putsomebodyupto肯定有人唆使他去干那件事Theremustbesomeonewhohadputhimuptothat.29.心有余而力不足Thespiritiswilling,butthefleshisweek.不是他不愿意帮你,而是他心有余而力不足30.轰动全世界settheworldonfire他吹嘘果找到这个问题的答案,其成果就会轰动全世界Heboastedthatifhecouldfindthesolutiontotheproblem,theresultofitwouldsettheworldonfire.31.盲从followlikesheep她们根本不知道什么是时尚,只不过是在盲从而已Theyactuallyknownothingaboutwhatfashionis.They‟reonlyfollowingotherslikesheep.32.听其自然letthingsslide事到如今,我们也只好听其自然了Withthingsassuch,we‟llhavetoletthingsslide.第三篇脾气和性格第一节1.偷懒耍滑头goof-off小王总是偷懒耍滑头。上班时不是去打电话就是跑到医务室去看病。XiaoWang‟salwaysgoofing-off----eithermakingphonecallsorgoingtotheclinictoseedoctorsduringofficehours.2.大动肝火beupinarms由于公司最近几个月销售业绩不佳,老板正在大动肝火Thebossisupinarmsaboutthecompany‟spoorsalesrecordinthepastfewmonths.3.保持冷静keepcool即使在十分气愤的情况下她也能保持冷静Shecankeepcoolevenunderheavypressureofanger.4.说话兜圈子beataboutthebush5.心怀叵测haveanaxtogrind她总是心怀叵测,对她说的话你得多留神。Shealwayshasanaxtogrind.Youshouldtakewhatevershesayswithapinchofsalt.6.心数不正nothaveone‟sheartintherightplace他的心数不正,动不动就在别人的背后捅刀子。Hedoesn‟thavehisheartintherightplace.Hewouldfindeveryopportunitytostabinthebackofothers.7.背后捅刀子stabintheback我万万没想到张某会在背后捅我一刀。我过去太信任她了。Iwastakenabackanddidn‟tthinkZhangwouldstabmeintheback.Iplacedtoomuchtrustinher.8.说某人的坏话badmouthsomebody我从来没说过任何人的坏话。I‟veneverbadmouthedanyone.9.傻笑grinlikeaCheshirecat她真是个傻帽,时常无缘无故的就傻笑起来。She‟sarealnitwit.ShewouldnowandthenburstoutgrinninglikeaCheshirecarfornoreasonatall.(Cheshire是英国的郡名:柴郡。据说此地有一种猫,常常会无缘无故地咧开嘴对主人笑。后来人们便以此来形容傻笑地的人10.厚着脸皮去干havethegalltodo你怎么能厚着脸皮去抱怨说别人不勤快?Howcanyouhavethegalltocomplaintaboutotherpeople‟sbeinglazy?11.大献殷勤danceattendance小李在老板面前可会献殷勤了。Xiaoliissogoodatdancingattendanceonherboss.12.血口喷人smitewiththetongue千万别得罪她,她经常血口喷人。Takecarenottooffendher.Shealwayssmiteswiththetongue.13.假惺惺的说speakwithone‟stongueinone‟scheek我特别讨厌她。她说话总是假惺惺地。Ifeelsickofher.Shealwaysspeakswithhertongueinhercheek.14.这山望着那山高Thegrassisalwaysgreenerontheotherhill.人都是这山望着那山高,对自己的状况没有满意的时候。Almostallpeopleseethatthegrassisgreenerontheotherhill.Theyneverfeelsatisfiedwithwhatthey‟vealreadygot.15.上瘾getintoone‟sblood说来也怪,很多不好的事往往会使人上瘾。It‟sastoundinglyfunnythatmanyharmfulthingsusuallygetintoourblood.16.特别爱生气bequicktotakeoffense17.发牢骚beef他坐在那里什么事也不干,总是发牢骚,真烦死人。I‟mreallyboredstiffwithhissittingtheredoingnothingbutbeefing.18.等不及了champatthebit咱们快点吧,孩子们都等不及了。Let‟sshaketheleg.Thekidsarechampingatthebit.19.点头哈腰bowandscrape从她在老板前点头哈腰地那个模样,你就知道她是个什么人了。Fromthewayshe‟sbowingandscrapinginfrontoftheboss,you‟llknowwhatsortofpersonsheis.20.疯疯癫癫gogaga对他的话不要太在意了,他总是疯疯癫癫的。Don‟ttakewhathesayssoseriously.He‟salwaysgoinggaga.21.说话不算数gobackonone‟swords他那个人说话从不算数,我们可不能依靠他。Wecannotaccountonhim.Healwaysgoesbackonhiswords.22.废话连篇beatone‟sgums谁喜欢坐在那里听你的废话连篇?Whowouldenjoysittingtherelisteningtoyourbeatingyourgums?23.恩将仇报bitethehandthatfeedsone你难道不知道她是个恩将仇报的人?Don‟tyouknowshe‟stheonethatwouldbitethehandthatfeedsher?24.不忍心nothavethehearttodo如果我是你,我可不忍心把孩子们就在家里没人照看IfIwereyou,Iwouldn‟thavethehearttoleavethekidsathomeuncaredfor.25.勤快aneagerbeaver他特别勤快,从来没有闲着的时候。He‟saneagerbeaver,neverstayingidle.26.太不象话了Theideaofsomebody‟sdoing你太不象话了,竟然骂自己的母亲Theideaofyourcallingyourmumdamned!27.懒透了bebone-idle她懒透的了,连自己的袜子都不洗。She‟sbone-idle.She‟seventiredofwashingherownsocks.28.好客keepopenhouse我们的邻居特别好客Ourneighborkeepsopenhouse.29.待客周到keepagoodhouse.Shekeepsagoodhouseandalwaysmakesherguestsfeelcontentandsatisfied.30.正直beontheupandup她是个正直的姑娘,因此我相信她不会干出那种事。She‟salwaysbeenontheupandupandIdon‟tthinkshewouldhavedonesuchathing31.偷鸡摸狗beonthesly我们这儿的人都知道他是个爱偷鸡摸狗的人Everyonearoundhereknowsthathe‟samanonthesly.32.与……不合beatoddswith不要把他们两个分在一个组里,他俩不合Don‟tputtheminthesamegroup.Thetwoofthemareatoddswitheachother.33.巴结buddyup她可会巴结当官的了。She‟ssogoodatbuddinguptoshoesinauthorities34.装傻playpossum我知道你当时只不过是装傻而已Iknowyouwereonlyplayingpossum.35.省吃俭用pinchandscrape她一向省吃俭用,从未浪费过一分钱She‟salwaysbeenpinchingandscrapingwithouteverwastingasinglecent.36.花言巧语doasnowjob他花言巧语的哄骗那个女孩,说自己是某个部长的儿子。Hedidasnowjobonthegirlbysayingthatheisthesonofaminister.37.哪壶不开提哪壶touchthetenderspot你真是哪壶不开提哪壶。她就怕别人提起第三者插足的话题Youwereplaintouchingthetenderspot.Shewasmostsensitivetothetopicof“thethirdperson”,whocutinbetweenacouple.38.脚踩两条船servetwomasters我可不想脚踩两条船,也不乐意两面讨好。Idon‟twanttoservetwomasersatthesametimenordoIliketorunwiththehareandhuntwiththehounds.39.吃醋bejealous40.不当一回事assoondo…aslookat…他根本就不把得罪人当回事Hewouldjustassoonoffendotherpeopleaslookatthem41.说到做到betheequalofone‟swords他说到做到,从不食言He‟stheequalofhiswords,nevergoingbackonthem.42.不依不饶takeofftheglovesto你不必对他如此的不依不饶Youdon‟tneedtotakeoffyourglovestohimlikethat.43.贪吃gluttonous我从来没有见过像他那样贪吃的人I‟venevermetamanasgluttonousashim.44.很乖asgoodasgold他的小女儿很乖,从不像别的孩子那样不听话。Hislittledaughterisasgoodasgold.She‟sneverbeenasrebelliousasotherchildren.45.十分嫉妒begreenwithenvy王先生的成功使得周围很多人都嫉妒Mr.Wang‟ssuccesshasmademanypeoplearoundhimgreenwithenvy.46.满口脏话swearlikeatrooper那个家伙的嘴特别脏,整天满口脏话骂骂咧咧的。Thatguyhasafoulmouth.Healwaysswearslikeatrooper.47.神经过敏thin-skinned我看这些人都有点神经过敏Inmyeyesthey‟reallsortofthin-skinned.48.性子过急betooquickonthetrigger要不是因为你的性子过急,你也不至于失去那笔买卖Ifyouwerenottooquickonthetriggeryouwouldn‟thavelostthedeal.49.撒娇playthewoman她可会在男人面前撒娇了。She…ssogoodatplayingthewomanbeforemen.50.占人便宜loadthediceagainst你最好别和她打交道,她总爱占别人的便宜You‟dbetternottogetinvolvedwithher.shealwaysloadsthediceagainstothers.51.为自己捞油水beonthetake近几年来,很多官员都在为自己捞油水。有谁会把国家的利益当回事哪?Inrecentyearsmanyofficialsarereadilyonthetake.Whowouldgivemuchheedtotheinterestofthecountry?1.犹豫不定beoftwominds我打算买辆汽车,可心里一直犹豫不定,不知道买那个牌子的好。I‟mthinkingofbuyingacar,butI‟mstilloftwominds.IcanhardlydecideastowhichbrandIshouldtake.2.心事重重somethingweighsheavilyonone‟smind老板这几天沉默寡言,看起来好像是心事重重的Thebossisquitedownthesedays.Heseemstohavesomethingweighingheavilyonhismind.3.埋头苦干keepone‟snosetothegrindstone这年头,只会埋头苦干的人是挣不了大钱的Theseyearsthosewho‟rekeepingtheirnosetothegrindstonecan‟tmakebundles.4.心凉了半截coolone‟sardor莉莉深深爱上了公司的老板并打算嫁给他,但是当她听说他玩弄过几个女孩子之后,她的心都凉了半截。Lilywasheadoverheelsinlovewiththeircompany‟sbossandwasthinkingofmarryinghim,butthenewsthathehadtakenseveralgirlsforaridecooledherardor.5.使人大为激动makeone’sspinetingle小李答应与他结婚使他大为激动XiaoLi’spromisetomarryhimmadehisspinetingle.6.怀恨在心bearsomebodyagrudge千万别得罪他，他会对你怀恨在心的Takecarenottooffendhim,orhe’llbearyouagrudge.7.感到四肢无力feelwobblyandrough.8.受冷落feelleftout在这样的场合上，谁愿意受到冷落那？Whowouldliketofeelleftoutatsuchafunction?9.不容易nocinch.我是挣了钱，但这钱挣得太不容易了IknowI’vemadesomemoney,butitwasnocinchtogetit.10．为难beinapickle我真的很为难，我本应该给他买件皮衣，可我没有那么多的钱I’mreallyinapickle.I’msupposedtobuyhimafurcoat,but