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考研英语考慌了你吗?

来源:华课网校  [2017年5月8日]  【

  又是一年夏热时,看着考研书,吃着考研餐。终于,有同学说,老天,我又“方”了。看着大家这么辛苦,跨考教育高老师和大家来分享一下关于“方”了一些地道的英文表达。

  1. Square 方形(最简单的)

  短语:to be a square peg in a round hole

  方形的钉子插在圆形的孔里,指格格不入

  例句: His appearance here is like a square peg in a round hole.

  他在这里出现,显得有些格格不入。

  那square还有其他很美的意思如:

  be there, or be square(一定要来,不见不散)-----通常是一种玩笑性质的施压,像是说,晚上party要来哦,谁不来谁是孙子。

  call sth square/square accounts(双方扯平、互不相欠)

  例句: He deliberately insulted me but I'll square accounts with him one day.

  他故意侮辱我,但总有一天我会跟他算账的。

  3)to be fair and square公平对待每个人

  例句:I ask no odds, I just want you to be fair and square.

  我不要求特殊照顾,我只要求您公正。

  4)to look someone square in the eye看着某人的眼睛,表示坦诚

  例句: He sat me down, looked me square in the eye and said, "I love you." 他拉我着坐下,看着我的眼睛说,我爱你。

  5)on the square诚实公正地、正大光明地

  例句: We just want this trail on the square.

  我们只希望这场审判能够正大光明地进行。

  6)out of square不一致;不协调

  例句:Both reports are from supposedly reliable sources, but they are out of square.

  两份报道按说来源都可靠,但两者却有出入。

  7)a square answer坦诚的答案

  例句:He offered us a square answer.

  他给了我们一个坦诚的答案。

  8)to square away校正或摆好;整顿就绪

  例句: He is trying to get all his legal troubles squared away as soon as possible.

  他努力把所有法律上的麻烦搞定。

  9)a square deal公平交易

  例句: The workers were offered a square deal of a 40-hour week and guaranteed overtime.

  工人们得到了每周40小时和保证支付加班费的公正待遇。

  10)to square off摆好架势准备战斗或比赛

  例句: French soldiers squared off with a gunman at a road checkpoint.

  在一个公路检查站法国士兵摆开阵势,准备迎战一名持枪者。

  11)to square up解决或妥协,也指勇敢地与某人或某事对峙

  例:1: I have something to square up with you.

  我有点事要和你商谈解决一下。

  例句2: The world's most prestigious insurance company was last night squaring up to take on MPs who have accused it of being riddled with corruption.

  世界上最负盛名的保险公司昨晚作出回应,要和那些指责其腐败泛滥的议员们较量一番。

  12)to square one’s shoulders挺起肩膀、胸膛,可指这一动作,也可比喻准备迎接挑战。

  例句: You need to square your shoulders for the subsequent task.

  为了接下来的任务,你要做好准备。

  13)to attempt to square the circle做不可能的事

  例句: It is easier to square the circle than to get round a mathematician.从数学家面前混过去比“化圆为方”还难。

  14)to square something with someone与某人就某事协调或达成一致

  例句: I squared it with Dan, who said it was all right so long as I was back next Monday morning.我征得了丹的同意,他说只要我下周一早上能回来就行。

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