托福听力：习惯用语总结（二）

上一篇小编为大家总结了是个托福听力考试习惯用语，下面再为大家介绍五个地道的英语。

11.heavenly body：天体

Paraphrase: planet

TPO: T18L1 – Astronomy

That's because of their belief at the time that the heavenly bodies, the Sun,Moon,Stars and Planets, were perfect, without any flaws or blemishes.

这是因为他们坚信所有的行星，太阳，月亮等等，都是完美无瑕的。

12.high and low：到处

Paraphrase:everywhere

TPO: T5C1 – Student & Counselor at the University Counseling Center

And it so happened that the cellist graduated last year. They’ve been searching high and low for a replacement, someone with experience.

大提琴手去年毕业了，他们到处寻找有经验的接班人。

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13.how come：为什么，怎么会

Paraphrase: disbelief or surprise

TPO:T26L3 – Astronomy

I mean, how come Halley’s is still there? After four and a half billion years. How could it be?

我意思是，经过了45亿年哈雷彗星怎么还在那，怎么可能?

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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 aloneMars, 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。

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