美國人常用的口語俚語集錦
美國俚語作為美國社會重要的交流工具之一,蘊含著深刻的文化內涵。下面第一范文網小編整理了美國人常用的口語俚語，歡迎大家閱讀。
美國人常用的口語俚語摘抄
hands-off無為而治，順其自然
He takes a hands-off approach when it comes to raising his children
他用無為而治的方式教養小孩。
gag me with a spoon我快吐了
Gag me with a spoon! Please don’t tell me such disgusting stories any more
我快吐了!請別再說這么惡心的故事了。
get a move on趕快
Get a move on You can’t park your car here
趕快!你不能在這兒停車。
cook up想出
He cooked up a wonderful way to surprise his wife on her birthday
他想出一個在他太太生日時讓她驚喜的妙法。 (呵，女人心中的好丈夫!)
roll with the punches逆來順受
You have to roll with the punches if you want to survive in this business
如果你想在這一行生存下去的話，就得逆來順受。
right off the bat立刻
I was all prepared to put up a fight, but he gave in right off the bat
我正準備和他大打一場，但是他馬上就投降了。
get one’s feet wet參與，開始做
It’s not good to concentrate all your efforts on just writing You should get your feet wet and trying painting or dancing
單單寫作對你不好。你應該涉獵一下繪畫或舞蹈。
get after盯著，責備
Ann’s mother gets after her to hang up her clothes
安的媽媽盯著她，要她把衣服掛好。
pan out成功，奏效
Unfortunately, the deal did not pan out I lost a thousand dollars
這筆生意不幸沒有成功，我損失了，美元。
screw someone over欺負某人
After working in the office for ten years, Alice was fired for no apparent reason How can they screw her over like that?
愛麗斯工作了十年之后，無緣無故被炒魷魚。他們怎么可以這樣欺負她呢?
美國人常用的口語俚語推薦
round up集合
Round everybody up It’s time for our business meeting
叫大家集合，開會時間到了。
put someone up留宿某人
I can put you up for a couple of days My apartment is big enough for two people
你可以在我這里住幾天。我的公寓可以住兩個人。
take care of business負責
Who’s going to take care of business while I am away?
我不在的時候誰負責?
take out on拿…出氣
Don’t take your frustrations out on me
別把氣出在我身上。
hot stuff大人物
He thinks he’s hot stuff But everybody else thinks he’s a jerk
他自以為了不得，但其他人認為他是個傻瓜。
nitty-gritty細節，基本情況
Let’s get down to the nitty-gritty I want to hear what happens next
讓我們來認真了解詳細的情況，我想知道后來發生了什么。
no good很糟
This typewriter is no good Every time I use it, the ribbon falls out
這臺打字機很糟。每次已用，色帶就掉下來。
have someone’s number清楚某人的底細，看穿某人
She dare not do anything to me, I have her number
她不敢對我怎么樣的，因為我對她的底細一清二楚。
hot number新鮮、迷人的人或事務，尤物
Tom thinks Sherry is a hot number
Tom認為Sherry是個尤物。
off the hook逃脫，溜掉，不受罰
I’ll let you off the hook this time, but don’t do that again
這次不罰你，下次不要這樣干了。
美國人常用的口語俚語精選
down to the wire等到最后一刻才開始做事
Peter always waits until the last minute to do his work I could never leave it down to the wire like that
彼得總是等到最后一刻才開始做事。我從不想他那樣等到最后一刻才開始干。
buck抗拒
You can’t buck the system
你無法抗拒整個制度。
blockhead笨蛋
Arnold is a blockhead if I ever saw one
阿諾德是我見過的最笨的人。
blow the lid off揭發(丑聞)
That newspaper story blew the lid off the Senator’s illegal business deals
報紙的報道揭發了參議員的非法勾當。