and连接的英语习语简介
在英语中,有许多介词或时间/地点副词由and连接而形成英语习语,你知道它们的意思吗?下面作简要介绍:
1. by and large:大体上,总的看来
例:I cannot totally take your point,but by and large I think yours is reasonable.
2. down and out:穷困潦倒,孤苦无助
例:People should lend him a helpful hand;he's really down and out.
3. far and away:毋庸置疑
Tom is far and away the best lecturer in our department.
4. high and dry:被抛弃的,处于痛苦之中的。
George took all the money away and left his companions high and dry,with nothing to buy the tickets.
5. high and low:到处
I looked high and low for my pen,but I couldn't find it anywhere.
6. ins and outs:错综复杂事物的因果
After careful investigation, he got to know the ins and outs of the accident.
7. on and off:间断地
It rained on and off all day long.
8. on the up and up:坦率,诚实
How can we know whether a person is on the up and up by his appearance!
9. out and about:户外活动
Mr Smith recovers quickly,and he'll be out and about very soon.
10. out and out:完全地,彻底地
What I said is an out and out truth.
11. over and over:多次地,重复地
The foreigner repeated what he said over and over,but I still couldn't understand him.
12. through and through:完全地,充分地
You can trust him,for he's honest through and through.
13. up and about:病愈
I'm much better now,I've been up and about for almost a week.
14. ups and downs:盛衰,浮沉
Life is hard. There are a lot of ups and downs in one's life.
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