minimum
最低限度，最小数（量）
例句：
We must try our best to reduce the damage to a minumum.
我们必须尽力把损失减小到最低限度。
Rob Peter to pay Paul
借东还西；拆东墙补西墙
   
例句：
Trying to study a lesson for one class during another class is like robbing Peter to pay Paul.
在一节课中读另一节课的功课等于是拆东墙补西墙。
Have I made

disapproval
不赞成，不许可，不同意
例句：
He spoke with disapproval of her behaviour.
他很不赞同地谈起她的行为。
brown off
生气，厌烦
例句：
Most of the audience was browned off before the performance ended and wanted their money back.
在演出结束之前，很多观众就已经看得不耐烦了并要求退款。
How can you be so sure?
你怎么能如此确定？ 

disapprove (v.)
不赞成，反对 
例句：
They disapproved strongly of my proposal.
他们强烈反对我的提议。
go ape
神魂颠倒的，发疯
 
例句：
Mr. Brown went ape and shouted happily as soon as he learned that he got the first prize.
得知自己中了头奖，布朗先生高兴得大喊大叫，都要发疯了。
I mean what I said.
我是认真的，不是说着玩儿的.
对话：

affect
影响
例句：
Water pollution affects water quality.
水的污染影响水质。
out of breath
上气不接下气
 
例句：
When he dashed back, he was already out of breath.
当他急速跑回来时，他已经是上气不接下气了。
Don't sweat it.
别紧张。
对话：
A: The car broke down and the repair shop is ten milesaway. What should we

influence(v.)
影响，对……有作用 
例句：
Don't let me influence your decision.
不要让我影响你的决定。
sell like hot cakes
卖得特别快；畅销
   
例句：
I hear this book sells like hot cakes.
我听说现在这本书很畅销。
It's no trouble at all.
一点儿也不麻烦。   
对话：
A: Sorry to have troubled yo

occupation
职业，工作
例句：
He is a merchant by occupation.
他的职业是经商。
have one's hands full
很忙，应接不暇
例句：
Three emergency cases came into the hospital at the same time and the doctors really had their hands full.
三个急诊病人被同时送到医院，医生们真是应接不暇。
See you around.
再见。 
对话：
A:

career
职业，事业，前途   
例句：
It is not easy to choose a career.
选择职业并非易事。
have a blind spot
不愿或不能看到的缺点
 
例句：
Every mother has a blind spot about her child.
每个母亲在她孩子的身上总有觉察不出的缺点。
You can't be serious.
你不是认真的吧。   
对话：
A: I will marry Mike

assurance
自信，确信   
例句：
They were waiting with assurance for me to discover the truth for myself.
他们自信的等待我自己发现事实的真相。
bang for the buck
合算，划算
 
例句：
You paid only one thousand dollars for that car? That was really bang for the buck.
那部车你才花了一千美元？简直太划算了。
I can see your p

assure(v.)
使确信 
例句：
John assured me that he was an excellent cook.
约翰要我确信他是个很高明的厨师。
the apple of one's eye
某人的掌上明珠
例句：
Mary, as the youngest daughter, is the apple of her parents' eye.
作为家中最小的孩子，玛丽是她父母的掌上明珠。
I con't catch your meaning
我不懂你的意思 
对话：
A: I

ascribe（v.）
归因于，归咎于
例句：
He ascribed his failure to ill-health.
他把失败归咎于健康不佳。
cut class
逃学
   
例句：
Naughty boys always cut class.
淘气的男孩子总是逃学。
I don't know what is wrong with me.
我不知道怎么搞的。 
对话：
A: Do you know that you hurt her by saying that?
B: I kn

adequate
足够的，充分的     
例句：
For the use of beginners, the book is adequate.
对初学者来说，这本书就足够了。
acquaint oneself with...
使自己熟悉
例句：
Since the day when she arrived in the United States, she had always given much heed to acquainting herself with the local culture and the America

adapt
适应，适合   
例句：
When he moved to France, the children adapted easily to living in new place.
自移居法国以后，他的孩子们很容易的就适应了新地方的生活。
give air to
说出……，倾诉
 
例句：
She had few opportunities to give air to her comments on the management.
她很少有机会对管理上的问题发表自己的看法。
Can you lend m

absent-mined
心不在焉的 
例句：
The absent-minded professor put salt in his coffee and sugar on his egg.
那位心不在焉的教授把盐放进了咖啡而把糖加进鸡蛋里。
turn one's back on / upon...
背弃……， 抛弃……
 
例句：
One should never turn his back on his home country.
一个人永远也不能背弃自己的祖国。
Nothings the matter.
一切正常，没问题

credit
称颂   
例句：
His behavior is much to his credit.
他的行为很值得称颂。
sweep something under the carpet
掩盖某事；无视某事
 
例句：
I would put it above the table instead of shoving my objection under the carpet.
我愿意把我的反对意见摆在桌面上来而不愿意把它压在心里。
What is it like there?
那儿怎么样？ 

repeat (v.)
重复，重说   
例句：
He repeated several times that he would help you.
他重复说了好几遍他要帮助你。
make a case for
提出充分的理由
例句：
You need to make a case for your suggestions before you can get them approved.
在你的建议得到批准之前，你必须提出充分的理由。
Just let it be.
就这样吧