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英语习语的分类

时间:2022-04-03 理论教育 版权反馈
【摘要】:Time and tide wait for no man.时不待我。Nothing venture,nothing gain.不入虎穴,焉得虎子。Many hands make light work.人多好办事。The proof of the pudding is in the eating.实践方知真情。Time tries all things.时间检验一切。Art is long,life is short.生命短暂,艺术长存。A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.一鸟在手胜过二鸟在林。Speech is silver,silence is gold.雄辩是银,沉默是金。

四、英语习语的分类

1.名词性习语

名词+名词:brain trust(智囊团),sheet anchor(最后的或主要的靠山)

名词+and+名词:flesh and blood(亲人,骨肉),ups and downs(盛衰,沉浮)

名词所有格+名词:a mare’s nest(骗人的东西,混乱),cat’s paw(被人利用的人)

名词+介词+名词:an apple of discord(争端,祸根),a fly in the ointment(美中不足之处)

形容词+名词:a dark horse(竞争中出人意料的获胜者),white elephant(大而无用的东西)

2.动词性习语

动词+副词:go on(继续),come off(成功)

动词+介词:keep after(反复提醒),get at(批评)

动词+副词+介词:sit down under(忍受),move in on(惊动)

动词+名词:make peace(求和),run risks(冒险)

动词+动词:make believe(假装),make do(with)(凑合着用)

动词+形容词:make sure(确保),run short(of)(缺少)

动词+名词+介词:poke one’s nose into(探听,干涉),make a clean breast of(和盘托出)

动词+名词+介词短语:put a spoke in one’s wheels(破坏某人的计划),pull the wool over one’s eyes(蒙蔽某人)

动词+介词短语:play to the gallery(讨好观众,迎合低级趣味),beat about the bush(旁敲侧击)

3.形容词性习语

形容词+and+形容词:cut and dried(已成定局的,呆板的,例行的),fair and square(正大光明的)

形容词(或副词)+介词短语:up to the hammer(第一流的,极好的),wide off the mark(不合适的,不切题)

介词+名词:on call(随叫随到的),out of sorts(不舒服的,不高兴的)

as+形容词+as+名词:as poor as a church mouse(一贫如洗),as slippery as an eel(油滑的,不可靠的)

4.副词性习语

名词+and+名词:tooth and nail(竭尽全力地),heart and soul(全心全意地)

介词+名词:with flying colours(出色地,成功地),in a breeze(轻而易举地)

5.句式习语

Small sorrows speak;great sorrows are silent.

小悲语絮絮,大悲痛无气。

Time and tide wait for no man.

时不待我。

Nothing venture,nothing gain.

不入虎穴,焉得虎子。

Many hands make light work.

人多好办事。

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

实践方知真情。

Time tries all things.

时间检验一切。

Art is long,life is short.

生命短暂,艺术长存。

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

一鸟在手胜过二鸟在林。

Speech is silver,silence is gold.

雄辩是银,沉默是金。

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