大学英语四级考试：100个常用的英文短语(12)

      85>.in the long run 终究；毕竟
      句子：
      1.it pays in the long run to buy goods of high quality.
      毕竟购买质料好的东西才合算。
      2.you will find that,in the long run,jane will turn out to be your best
      friend.
      经过一段时日后，你将发现简才是你最好的朋友。
      3.in the long run,this material will better than the other.
      这个料子最好将会证明比其他的耐用。
      4.in the long run,it always pays to the diligent.
      到头来努力终究是值得的。
      5.the more goods produces in bulk in the long run,the cheaper the price
      is.
      货物大量生产，结果价格必定低廉。

      86>.hard of hearing 听力欠佳
      句子：
      1.would you please speak louder?i'm hard of hearing.
      你可以讲大声一点吗？我耳朵不大好。
      2.after the serious stroke,edison BECame hard of hearing through all his
      life.
      爱迪生受了严重的一击后，终其一生都听力欠佳。
      3.are you hard of hearing,david?
      大卫，你耳朵不太好吗？
      4.he is a little hard of hearing.
      他有点聋。
      5.because she was deaf in one ear,she was hard of hearing.
      因为她有一只耳朵聋了，所以听力不佳。

      87>.all at once 突然
      句子：
      1.all at once it rained cats and dogs.
      突然下起倾盆大雨．
      2.all at once it rushed from the dark borizon toward the ship       with a
      frightening speed.
      突然它以惊人的速度从黑色的地平线冲向船只．
      3.all at once the sky BECame dark and it started to rain.
      突然天色变暗，开始下起雨来．
      4.she cried her heart out all at once for the death of her pet.
      她的宠物死了，她突然放声大哭起来．
      5.all at once the horse bolted, and the rider fell off.
      那匹马突然狂奔，所以骑士就摔了下来．

      88>.off and on 偶尔；断断续续地
      句子：
      1.during the spring, it rains off and on here.
      在春季，这里断断续续地下雨．
      2.mike has been working here off and on for five years.
      迈克已断断续续地在这儿工作了5年．
      3.she comes here off and on to see my father.
      她偶尔来这儿探望我父亲．
      4.they don’t go there often, just off and on.
      他们不常去那里，只是偶尔去．
      5.it has been raining off and on since noon.
      从中午起就断断续续下着雨．

      89.>once and for all 断然地；坚决地；仅此一次
      句子：
      1.i　must tell you once and for all that i won’t marry you.
      我必须坚定地告诉你，我不会嫁给你。
      2.i told him once and for all that i wouldn’t go out with him any more .
      我坚决得告诉他，不再和他出去了。
      3.once and for all, i told him i wouldn’t do it.
      我断然地跟他说我不愿做这件事。
      4.i will answer your question for once and for all.
      我回答你的问题仅此一次。
      5.jane told mark,once and for all,not to bother her any more.
      简坚决地告诉马克不要再来打扰她。

      90>.out of 相反；反面
      句子：
      1.he has been out of work for a long time.
      他已经失业很久了。
      2.i’m afraid that we are out of gas.
      恐怕我们的汽油已经用完了。
      3.the piano is out of tune.
      这架钢琴的音不准。
      4.this telephone is out of order.
      这电话坏了。
      5.all my clothes are out of date.
      我所有的衣服都已过时。