習語集錦【17】

1. Acid test, an:

　　a way of proving whether something is true or not.決定性考騐

　　Example: The joint military exercise is seen as an acid test of the cooperation among the countries concerned.

　　2. Acquaint someone/oneself with something:

　　inform someone of something/make someone familiar with something.使某人認識某事物

　　Examples:

　　（1） We have to acquaint a new worker with the conditions here.

　　（2） As the company's consultant, you must acquaint yourself with its development plans.

　　3. Acquiesce in something:

　　agree to do something; accept something quietly.同意某事；默許

　　Example: After a long time of consideration, the government has finally acquiesced in the open-door policy.

　　4. Be-all and end-all of something, the:

　　the whole of something.某事的全部

　　Example: Learning how to take orders is not the be-all and end-all of good secretarial work. There are more important things to do.

　　5. Be that as it may:

　　even so. 即使如此

　　Example: I know some of you don't like Anna, but be that as it may, you can at least greet her every day.

　　6. Bear a grudge against someone/bear someone a/no grudge:

　　have a/no feeling of anger, dislike, etc. of someone.對某人懷惡意／無惡意

　　Examples:

　　（1） Tony bore a grudge against Aileen because she got the job he wanted.

　　（2） I don't bear anyone a grudge.

　　（3） I bear him no grudge. Why is he so hostile?

　　7. Can't/Couldn't go wrong:

　　sure to make a success of something or not make any mistake.錯不了

　　Example: You know the ways and means, don't you? You just can't go wrong.

　　8. Can't hear oneself think:

　　one is irritated by too much surrounding noise.聽不到自己在想什麽（喻周遭太吵閙）

　　Example: Everyone in the lobby kept talking louder and louder until I couldn't hear myself think.

　　9. Can't help but do something:

　　unable to choose any other course or action.不得不

　　Example: Since there is no taxi in this area, we can't help but walk back home.

　　10. Death is the great leveller:

　　death makes us all equal.“死亡”是偉大的平等主義者

　　Example: As there won't be any distinction between wealth and poverty, greatness and humbleness, etc. among the dead, death is the great leveller.

　　11. Death to someone/something:

　　bad for or fatal to someone/something.

　　對……很不好／致命的

　　Examples:

　　（1） This type of detergent is death to my sensitive skin.

　　（2） Living in such a city is death to hysterical people; it was too noisy there.