2017托福考試聽力常見語句

　　1.all over the place：亂七八糟的;到處都是

　　Paraphrase: completely disorganized or confused

　　TPO: T13L2 – Ecology

　　Yeah,well, there used to be beavers all over the place, something like 200 million beavers, just in the continental United States.

　　這里曾經(jīng)到處都是海貍，大概有200萬只生活在美洲大陸上。

　　2.all the rag：風(fēng)靡一時

　　Paraphrase: popular or fashionable at the moment

　　TPO: T30L4 – Music History

　　Before long, Hawaiian steel guitar music was all the rage in the mainland US.

　　不久，夏威夷吉他就在美國本土風(fēng)靡起來。

　　3.at odd：爭執(zhí);不一致

　　Paraphrase: cannot agree or argue with someone

　　TPO: T4L2 – Literature

　　They try to fit in with the rest of the world even though it’s at odds with their beliefs and their identities.

　　他們正努力融入世界，盡管他們和世界其他地方有著不同的身份和信仰。

　　Tips: at odds是爭執(zhí)、不一致的意思，應(yīng)該把它作為一個整體來熟悉和運用。odd可以當(dāng)形容詞,意意思是奇數(shù)的;古怪的;剩余的;臨時的;零散的;也可當(dāng)名詞,意思是：奇數(shù);怪人;奇特的事物;

　　如：Although it sounded odd, this is the only way to describe this behavior.

　　雖然聽起來很奇怪，但是這是描述這一行為的唯一方法。

　　It's not as though, oh, today is odd but maybe tomorrow it will be even.

　　并不是說今天它是奇數(shù)，明天就是偶數(shù)了。

　　而odds 只能當(dāng)名詞,意思是：幾率;勝算;不平等;差別

　　如：Sure, you can raise money but the odds of getting venture capital are high.

　　當(dāng)然了，你可以籌集資金，但是風(fēng)險投資的幾率也是非常高的。

　　4.be that as it may：即使如此，盡管那樣; 話雖如此

　　Paraphrase: even so, even now

　　TPO: T3L3 – Art History

　　But be that as it may, whatever the exact date, whether it's 15,000, 20,000or 30,000 years ago, the Chauvet paintings are from the dawn of art.

　　盡管如此，無論準(zhǔn)確的日期是哪天，哪怕是在15000、20000還是30000年前，肖維巖洞的壁畫都被認為是藝術(shù)的開端。

　　5.do the trick：奏效，成功

　　Paraphrase: go places, make a hit

　　TPO: T19C1 – Student & Professor

　　Yeah,I can see how that might do the trick. But, anyway, what I wanted to ask was, when you started talking about game theory.Well, I know a little bit about it, but I am not clear about its use in biology.

　　是的，我已經(jīng)看到效果了，但是，我還是想問一下，當(dāng)你提到game theory的時候，我是有一定的了解，但是我不知道這個理論是如何運用在生物學(xué)中的。

　　6.down the drain：浪費掉;徒勞;墮落

　　Paraphrase: wasted or produces no results

　　TPO: T4C2 – Student & Professor

　　I know, but I didn’t want to risk the project going down the drain.

　　我知道，但是我不能讓這個項目冒功虧一簣的風(fēng)險。