19年托福听力考试备考：常见惯用语3

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14.let alone：更不必说;不打扰

Paraphrase: to say nothing of…

TPO: T22L2 – Astronomy

we know the Sun’s current rate of mass loss, but if we assume that this rate has been steady over the last four billion years, the young Sun wouldn’t have been massive enough to have warmed Earth, let alone Mars, not enough to have caused liquid water.

我们知道太阳现在质量在衰减，如果我们假设太阳质量衰减的速度是恒定的，那么经过40亿年，太阳将不再有足够的质量给地球提供热量，更不用说火星了，这些热量都不够形成液态水。

15.off the hook：摆脱困境;脱身

Paraphrase: avoid sth.

TPO: T15C2 – Student & Biology Professor

And that's supposed to be a quiet environment? Not exactly. My brother and parents try to keep it down when I am studying, but the phone pretty much rings off the hook, so ...

本该是一个很安静的环境吧?事实却不是这样，在我学习的时候都爸爸和哥哥放低声音，但是电话却响个不停。

16.pros and cons：利弊

Paraphrase: advantages & disadvantages

TPO: The question is how. I mean no one really thinks that, say a bee goes through weighing thepros and cons of pollinating this flower or that flower.

问题在于怎样做到的。没有人会认为蜜蜂给花朵授粉的时候会去权衡一下这朵花和那朵花的利弊。

17.put two and two together：根据事实推理

Paraphrase: reach acorrect conclusion from the evidence; making inference

TPO: T3L4 – Astronomy

Sohe put two and two together, and decided there was an element in the sun that hadn’t been discovered here on the earth yet.

所以他根据现有情况推断，太阳里有一种元素是我们至今都没有发现的。

18.rule of thumb：经验法则

Paraphrase: approximately

TPO: T2C1 – Student & Professor

.. like your parents. That’s usually my rule of thumb: would my parents understand this?

例如你的父母。按我的经验我会问一句，我的父母能理解吗?

19.spot on：完全正确

Paraphrase: exactly right

TPO:T29L4 – Structural Engineering

There’sa reason I mentioned that figure of 36,000 kilometers. That’s about how high an object would have to be orbiting straight up from the equator to constantly remain directly above the exact same spot on the rotating planet Earth.

就像我刚提到的，36000公里是近地同步卫星的最 低轨道高度。

20.take for granted：认为…理所当然

Paraphrase: assume sth.Is real for sure

TPO: T24L3 – Archeology

Today we take for granted that there horizontal bands of plant communities.

今天我们认为植物带的水平分布是理所当然的。

21.tall order：离谱的要求，苛求

Paraphrase: hard to achieve or fulfill

TPO: T5C2 – Student & Professor

It's still a pretty tall order, and we will be moving right along, so you will really need to stay on top of it.

这始终是个苛刻的要求，我们要一直保持前进，你就必须保持在巅峰状态。

22.tongue in cheek：不是认真的，虚情假意的

Paraphrase:not seriously

TPO:T12L1 – Biology

That's the so-called JUNK DNA. Though the word junk is used sort of tongue in cheek.

这就是所谓的“无用DNA”，不过junk一词在这里有点嘲弄的意思。

以上就是今天整理的听力惯用语，如果大家能够完整地掌握这些短语，相信会对你们的成绩大有裨益。小编建议同学们尽早掌握，顺利获得听力部分的能力和分数提升。19年已经结束了三场考试，接下来类似具体托福考试时间等资讯，坦途网托福考试频道还有很多，想要的赶紧来吧！