复合形式: it | IT | information technology |
make it through v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | (persevere to the end) | 渡过难关,坚持到底
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| If you try hard enough, you can make it through! |
make it up to [sb] v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | informal (make amends) | 弥补所受的伤害等 mí bǔ suǒ shòu de shāng hài děng |
| George wanted to make it up to Andrea for being so bad-tempered towards her earlier. |
make the best of it v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | informal (cope) | (在不利情况下)尽力而为 zài bú lì qíng kuàng xià jìn lì ér wéi |
| The weather wasn't ideal for a day by the sea, but we decided to make the best of it. |
make the most of it v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | (take advantage) | (在不利情况下)尽力而为 zài bú lì qíng kuàng xià jìn lì ér wéi |
| You only get one chance, so make the most of it. |
mix it up v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | slang (argue, fight) | 打起来,扭打起来
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| | 争执起来,争吵起来
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| The hockey teams really mixed it up last night; some of the boys went home with fewer teeth. |
mix it up v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | US, slang (actively compete) | 加把劲 jiā bǎ jìn |
| | 更积极地竞争
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| Our basketball team isn't doing very well; I wish they would mix it up a little. |
mix it up v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | informal (vary things) | 没有提供翻译
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| The band like to mix it up a bit to keep things interesting. |
mix it up with [sb] v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | US, slang (argue, fight) | 与…大打出手,与…扭打在一起
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| | 与…争执不休
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| John really mixed it up with Joe; now both of them are in the hospital. |
it's no use doing [sth] v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | (it is pointless) | 没有帮助的 méi yǒu bāng zhù de |
| | 没有用的 méi yǒu yòng de |
| | 没有用的 méi yǒu yòng de |
| It's no use calling out his name, he can't hear you any more. |
not as it seems adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (deceptive) | 并不是表面这样的 bìng bú shì biǎo miàn zhè yàng de |
| The situation is not as it seems. |
on the face of it exprexpression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own." | figurative (superficially) | 表面上 biǎo miàn shàng |
| On the face of it, he's a great candidate, but have you checked out his references yet? |
out of it adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (unable to think clearly) | 迷糊的 mí hú de |
| | 糊涂的 hú tú de |
| | 昏头的
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| Cal was having trouble answering basic questions in math class today--he's really out of it. |
overdo it v | informal (do [sth] to excess) (非正式用语) | 做得过火 zuò dé guò huǒ |
patch things up, patch it up (with [sb]) v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | informal, figurative (be reconciled) | 讲和 jiǎng hé |
| | 修好 xiū hǎo |
| My friend and I had a fight, but we've patched things up now. |
pick it up v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | informal (move, work, etc., at a faster rate) | 动作快点
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| | 快些做
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pig it v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | US, informal (live like a pig) | 像猪一样住在脏乱差的环境里
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| | 住在猪圈一样的地方
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| Colin is pigging it in his apartment. |
play it by ear v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | figurative (improvise) (没有预定计划) | 即席决定,临时再做打算
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| What will we do tomorrow? Let's play it by ear. |
play safe, play it safe v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | informal (avoid taking risks) | 小心行事 xiǎo xīn xíng shì |
| | 不要冒险 bú yào mào xiǎn |
| The gymnast considered attempting the flip, but decided to play it safe and stick with the routine she knew well. |
Post-it note, post-it note, Post-it, Post-it note nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | ® (adhesive notepaper) | 便利贴
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| I left a Post-it note on the fridge door, reminding Anna to buy some milk. |
put a brave face on it, put a brave face on, put on a brave face v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | informal (endure [sth]) | 装出一副若无其事的样子
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| | 假装勇敢
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| Let's put on a brave face and get on with it. |
put it about v | UK, slang (have sex with many people) (俚语) | (在性行为方面)乱交,乱搞男女关系
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| I hear Tracy's been putting it about with the entire football team! |
put it on v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | informal (show pretend behavior) | 假装 jiǎ zhuāng |
| | 做样子
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备注: Commonly used in continuous tenses. |
| The footballer fell to the ground clutching his leg, but the referee could see he was putting it on; he wasn't really injured. |
put your foot in it v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | UK, informal, figurative (make an embarrassing blunder) | 说错话 shuō cuò huà |
| | 犯错 fàn cuò |
rolling in it adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | slang (extremely rich) (俚语) | 非常有钱的,财源滚滚的
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| He won the lottery last year and now he's rolling in it. |
rough it v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | (live primitively) | 因陋就简地生活
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see to it, see to it that v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | informal (ensure, make sure) | 处理,办理
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| (后接that从句) | 务必,保证做到
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| See to it that you're home by midnight, or you'll be grounded. |
settle it v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | (resolve or agree on [sth]) | 决定了 jué dìng le |
| | 定下来 dìng xià lái |
| We're going to settle it right here right now. |
shrug it off v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | informal, figurative (pay little regard) | 不在乎 bú zài hu |
| | 不屑一顾 bú xiè yí gù |
| If you receive an insult from someone who doesn't really know you, it's best to shrug it off. |
shut it down v | (business, etc.: force it to close) | 迫使其停产 pò shǐ qí tíng chǎn |
| | 将其关闭 jiāng qí guān bì |
| For lack of sales he had to shut it down. |
shut it down viintransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived." | (computer, etc.: switch it off) | 关闭电脑 guān bì diàn nǎo |
| Be sure to shut it down before you leave the office. |
sit it out viintransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived." | informal (endure [sth]) (非正式用语) | 一直坐到…结束,一直等到…过去
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| You're just going to have to sit it out, no matter how much you dislike it. |
sit it out viintransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived." | US, informal (not participate) (非正式用语) | 坐在一边不参与 zuò zài yì biān bù cān yù |
| I'm tired so I'm going to sit this dance out. |
sleep on it vtr phrasal insepphrasal verb, transitive, inseparable: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning, not divisible--for example,"go with" [=combine nicely]: "Those red shoes don't go with my dress." NOT [S]"Those red shoes don't go my dress with."[/S] | figurative (not decide until next morning) | 把…留待第二天再来解决
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| Don't give me an answer now; sleep on it and tell me tomorrow. |
slum it v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | informal (go somewhere below your status) | 贵人临贱地
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| | 屈尊到低于自己身份地位的地方
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| The lord of the manor was slumming it with the locals in the pub again. |
snap out of it v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | slang (return quickly to normal) | 迅速恢复过来
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| | 重新振作起来
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| The teacher caught James daydreaming, but he soon snapped out of it. |
snap out of [sth] v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | slang (quickly end, stop [sth]) | 快速停止
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| | 迅速停止
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so be it interjinterjection: Exclamation--for example, "Oh no!" "Wow!" | (expressing acceptance, resignation) | 那就这样吧
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| If you want to be stubborn and not see sense, well, so be it. |
spit it out! interjinterjection: Exclamation--for example, "Oh no!" "Wow!" | slang (say it) (俚语) | 说吧,说出来吧,尽管说
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| How on earth did you get that black eye? Come on, spit it out! |
Stow it! interjinterjection: Exclamation--for example, "Oh no!" "Wow!" | slang (stop talking) | 住嘴 zhù zuǐ |
| | 停 tíng |
| | 打住 dǎ zhù |
suck it up v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | slang, figurative (resign yourself to [sth]) | 忍着
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| | 忍着点
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| I know you don't want to sit next to her, but you'll just have to suck it up and try to make conversation! |
sweat it out v | informal, figurative (wait tensely) | 没有提供翻译
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| There was nothing to do but sweat it out till the jury returned with its verdict. |
take it v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | informal (endure) | 理解,认为
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| | 默默忍受,逆来顺受
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| | 同意 tóng yì |
| The pain was so great I couldn't take it any more. |
take it, take it that v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | (with clause: understand, believe) | 认为 rèn wéi |
| I take it that the minister will be resigning after this embarrassing incident. |
take it easy v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | informal (relax) | 放松点,沉住气
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| | 放松,休息
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| Bruce loves to take it easy when he's at the cabin on the lake. Retirement is the time to take it easy. |
take it out on [sb/sth] v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | informal (inflict bad mood on [sb]) | 拿…出气 ná … chū qì |
| Don't take it out on me just because you've had a bad day. |
tell it like it is v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | informal (be honest and direct) | 如实道来 rú shí dào lái |
| | 实话实说 shí huà shí shuō |
| Okay, I'll tell it like it is, but I don't think you'll like it. |
That's a wrap, It's a wrap! interjinterjection: Exclamation--for example, "Oh no!" "Wow!" | figurative, slang (the job is finished) | 完成 wán chéng |
| | 收工 shōu gōng |
| | 完工 wán gōng |
| "That's a wrap," the boss announced, at the end of the project. |
that's how it goes sometimes interjinterjection: Exclamation--for example, "Oh no!" "Wow!" | informal (expressing philosophical acceptance) (非正式用语) | 有时候事情就是这样。 yǒu shí hòu shì qíng jiù shì zhè yàng |
| I didn't get the job, but that's how it goes sometimes. I know it isn't fair but that's just how it goes sometimes. |
that's it interjinterjection: Exclamation--for example, "Oh no!" "Wow!" | informal (that is correct) | 就这样,完了
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| | 正是这样,正是这个问题
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| That's it! - that piece is the center of the jigsaw puzzle. |
that's it interjinterjection: Exclamation--for example, "Oh no!" "Wow!" | informal (I've had enough) | 就这样,完了
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| | 正是这样,正是这个问题
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| That's it! - all this noise has got to stop! That's it, you're fired: clear out your desk and leave! |
that's just it interjinterjection: Exclamation--for example, "Oh no!" "Wow!" | informal (that is precisely the issue) (非正式用语) | 说的就是这件事。 shuō de jiù shì zhè jiàn shì |
| That's just it. We don't agree so we'll never arrive at a solution. |
There's no help for it. exprexpression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own." | (there is no remedy) | 没有办法
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| | 毫无办法
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| There's no help for it. We'll have to sell the house. |
think it over v | (consider, deliberate) | 仔细思考 zǐ xì sī kǎo |
| | 思索 sī suǒ |
| I'll think it over and let you know my decision. |
this is it exprexpression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own." | (here is the awaited thing) | 终于来了
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| | 这就是了
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| This is it. I see my suitcase in the luggage carousel at last. |
this is it exprexpression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own." | (this is the end) | 就是这样 jiù shì zhè yàng |
| This is it; it's my last day in England. |
To whom it may concern exprexpression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own." | formal, written (salutation in a letter) (信件) | 敬启者
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| (信件) | 致有关人士,给有关人士
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watch it! interjinterjection: Exclamation--for example, "Oh no!" "Wow!" | informal (expressing a threat) | 当心!留神! dāng xīn !liú shén ! |
| Watch it! If you come round here one more time, I'll call the police! |
watch it! interjinterjection: Exclamation--for example, "Oh no!" "Wow!" | informal (be careful!) | 当心!留神! dāng xīn !liú shén ! |
| Watch it! - the pavement's really icy today and you might slip. |
way of putting it nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | informal (turn of phrase, wording) | 表达方式 biǎo dá fāng shì |
| That's a funny way of putting it. It's not what I thought you meant. |
what does it matter? interjinterjection: Exclamation--for example, "Oh no!" "Wow!" | (I don't care) | 有什么关系呢? yǒu shén me guān xì ne ? |
| So you're earning more than me – what does it matter? |
when it comes to [sth] exprexpression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own." | (with regard to) | 说到,谈到
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| I love to read, but I have trouble when it comes to studying science. |
| 我喜欢读书,不过一说到科学课我就不行了。 |
whether it be [sth] or [sth] exprexpression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own." | (if it is [sth] or [sth]) | 无论是...还是...
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| | 不管是...还是...
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| Whether it be raining or boiling hot, we're still going to the lake. |
who would have thought it?, who would have thought? interjinterjection: Exclamation--for example, "Oh no!" "Wow!" | (expressing surprise) | 谁能想得到呢? shuí néng xiǎng dé dào ne ? |
| Wow, that's really interesting – who would've thought? |
with it, with-it adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | slang (alert) | 警醒的,清醒的
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| | 机灵的 jī líng de |
| Brian was tired and didn't feel with it. |
with it, with-it adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | slang (in on the latest fads, ideas) | 时髦的 shí máo de |
| | 前卫的 qián wèi de |
work it out viintransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived." | informal (deduce [sth]) (非正式用语) | 推理出,推断出
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| I'm not going to tell you the solution: you must work it out for yourself. |
work it out viintransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived." | informal (make a calculation) (非正式用语) | 算出 suàn chū |
| I can't work out how many should be left. |
worth it adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | informal (worthwhile) (非正式用语) | 值得的 zhí dé de |
| I was going to go to the shops but I decided it wasn't worth it in the end. |
You can bet on it! interjinterjection: Exclamation--for example, "Oh no!" "Wow!" | informal (that is certain) | 肯定 kěn dìng |
| | 毫无疑问 háo wú yí wèn |
| Whatever the government does will cost us money -- you can bet on it! |
zip it, zip your lip v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | figurative, slang (maintain secrecy) | 别说出去
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| Zip it - I don't want everyone knowing our business. |