雅思口语 | English native speakers 也容易说错的5个短语,最后一个你踩坑了吗?

1 出于各种目的和意图

for all intensive and purposes ( ☓)

for all intents and purposes   (√)

For all intents and purposes, the case is closed.  不论从哪点来看,事情到此为止。

2 闪光的并不都是金子;看起来有价值实际上不一定有

All that glitters is not gold. ( ☓)

All that glisters is not gold. (√)

3 某事不符合预期

a damp squid  ( ☓)

a damp squib  (√)

The Copenhagen climate accord may have been a damp squib, but it pushed governmentsa bit further in the right direction. 哥本哈根气候协议也许令人失望,但它推动各国政府向着正确方向稍微迈进了一步。

4 把某事扼杀在摇篮里

nip it in the butt ( ☓)

nip it in the bud  (√)

You must take immediate action and nip it in the bud. 你必须立刻采取行动,防患于未然。

5 刹那之间

one foul swoop ( ☓)

one fell swoop (√)

Not all the authority's problems can be solved at one fell swoop. 问题没那么容易一下子解决。

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