英语四级听力必考词汇.doc

英语四级听力

一、必考短语
1、a change of pace 节奏变换
You can’t do these chemistry experiments all day long. You certainly need a change of pace.

2、a far cry from 相距甚远
The published book is far cry from the early manuscript.

3、and how 的确
A: She’s a good dancer.
B: and how.

4、a matter of time 时间问题
It is only a matter of time.

5、a phone call away 一个电话之远，愿意过来帮忙。
If you need my help, do let me know. Just remember I am a phone call away.

6、a while back 不久以前

7、all along 一直
I knew it all along.

8、anything but 绝对不
I was anything but happy about going.

9、account for 解释
How do you account for it?

10、after all 到底
A: I’ve just seen the X-rays and your teeth look just fine,
B: I see. Then there is nothing to worry about after all.

11、allergic to 对……过敏
Oh man! Something in this room is making my eyes itch. I must be allergic to something.
12、at sb’s service 愿为某人服务
I am at your service at any time.

13、around the clock 24小时不停
Martha studied around the clock for
management exam.

14、as far as I know 就我所知

15、at home with 对…很熟悉
She is at home with problems like this.

16、back out
1) 退出
A: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
B: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
2）不履行
She finally backed out of her promise.

17、be cut out for 天生适合
I’m not cut out to be a hero.

18、be absorbed in沉湎于；全神贯注于
She has been absorbed in a horror fiction. I can’t tear her away.

19、be addicted to 对……上瘾
She has been addicted to drugs for years.

20、be attached to 对……有感情
A: I’m amazed that you are still driving that old car of yours. I thought you would have gotten rid of it years ago.
B: It runs well and I’ve actually been quite attached to it.

21、back up
1) 累积
The subway is running behind schedule, and traffic is backed up for blocks. I don’t know if we’ll make the 6:30 show.
2) 支持
I’ll back it up.

22、be bound for 到……地方
The bus is bound for New England.

23、be (feel) myself 找到自我
I’m feeling myself again.

24、be burned up 生气
She was really burned up at the news.

25、be hard up for缺少
I’m hard up for clothes, but I have a lot of books.

26、be head and shoulders above 好许多
In calculus, Joe is head and shoulders above his classmates.

27、be in the dark 蒙在鼓里
A: Do you have any idea what his notice is about?
B: I’m as in the dark as you are.

28、be stuck 卡住了
I can’t get this window open. It’s stuck.

29、 bite off more than one can chew. 贪多嚼不烂
A: I hear you’re taking an advanced physics course this semester.
B: I think I’ve bitten off more than I can chew.

30, break new ground 有了新的突破
His architectural design broke new ground in the field.
31、benefit concert 慈善音乐会
We need to let everyone know about the benefit concert, but we don’t have much money for advertising.

32、busy signal 占线
I’ve been calling David for the past half hour, but I keep getting a busy signal.

33、between you and me 你我之间，保密

34、call for
A）打电话找
Tom just called for you.
B）预报
The forecast calls for heavy rain again tonight. Aren’t you glad we’ll be getting away from this for a week?
C）问
It’s probably in the new part of town.We’ll have to call for directions.

35、call it a day 就此结束
A:I’m really glad our club decides to raise money for the children’s hospital, and most of the people we’ve phoned seemed happy to contribute.
B:Yeah, I agree. Now we’ve gone through all the numbers on our list now, so I guess we can call it a day.

36、cash the check 兑现支票
Have your sister cashed her paycheck?

37、clear off 收拾，整理
It’s about time we clear off the desk.

38、come down (雨，雪)下起来
The heavy rain is coming down, now.

39、come in first in the race 比赛第一名
Not only did Jill come in first in the race but she also had her best running time of the season.

40、come what may 不管怎样
We’ll pick you up tomorrow at eight, come what may.

41、cost somebody an arm and a leg （价格）昂贵
A: Did you see the diamond ring Bill gave to Linda?
B: I sure did. It must have cost him an arm and a leg.

42、cut it out 闭嘴
I told you to cut it out.

43、be cut out for 生来适合做……的
Dr. Hamilton doesn’t feel Larry is cut out for the medical profession.

44、department chair 系主任
I didn’t write that memo to the department chair.

45、dirt cheap 非常便宜
A: You’ve already furnished your apartment?
B: I’ve found some used furniture that was dirt cheap.

46, do with 用…凑合; do without 没有……也行
You can do with your girlfriend.
You can do without your girlfriend

47、 dog tired 特别累
（同义：run down; worn out; out of steam）
I’m dog tired these days. I’m working on seven articles.

48、 down jacket 羽绒服

49、drive somebody up the wall 让某人发疯
（同义：drive somebody out of one’s mind）
The sound of all that raffic is driving me out of my mind.

50、fall back on 依赖
A: Were you able to understand that French novel without any help from the teacher?
B: I did pretty well, but I had to fall back on my dictionary occasionally.

二、常用词汇
1、schedule 时间表
2、skip 跳，略过
3、make sense 讲得通，有意义
4、fall shorts of one's expectation 出乎某人的意料
5、cater to 迎合，款待
6、supervisor 监督者，管理者
7、speak highly of 评价高
8、a million things to do 许多事情要做
9、discount 折扣
10、coundn't have played worse/couldn't agree more
玩得不能再差一点了/不能再多同意一点了
11、I understand the way you feel 我了解你的感受
12、go in one ear and out the other 一个耳朵听另一个耳朵冒出来
13、distractions 分心
14、I wish I could help 但愿我能帮助
15、submit 屈从，忍受
16、staff/stuff 　n.全体职员 vt.为...配备人员/材料
17、register 登记，注册
18、deadline 最后期限
19、benefit 受益
20、Are you kidding 你在开玩笑吗
21、credit 信用，信誉
22、otherwise 否则
23、budget your money 预算开支
24、put in(a lot hours) 花费，支出
25、it's up to you 取决于你，由你决定
26、deserve(honor) 应受，应得，值得
27、maintenance man 维修工
28、stack of papers 很多文件
29、out of the way(remote) 偏僻的, 偏远的, 非凡的, 不合常规的
30、across
1）表方位
Let‘s go to the restaurant across the street and get something to eat.
让我们去街对面的餐馆买些吃的。
2）表动作，穿越。
You must go across the bridge and then turn right.
你必须先过桥，然后再往右拐。

31、age
1）年龄。最一般的表达。
2）衰老。
the aging people = the old people
现代社会出现越来越严重的aging problem(人口老龄化问题)等。

32、all
1）shake all over 浑身颤抖
2）all of a sudden 突然地
All of a sudden, I remembered her name. 我突然想起了她的名字。
3）by all means 一定
I‘ll come by all means.
我一定会来的。
4）all night long 整晚
My present neighbor plays piano all night long.
我现在的邻居整晚都弹钢琴。

33、apply
听力考试中涉及到的与求职相关的短语：
apply for(申请)，这是工作的第一步；既然要申请，必然需要递交letter of application(求职信)，只要你足够confident about yourself，就有可能获得job interview(工作面试)的机会。是否能够give a good impression(留个好印象)给主管，那就得看你个人的造化了。有些工作岗位会require much traveling，(要求经常出差)还有些工作，做不了多久就会希望find a way out(找到出路)。 正所谓城里城外，各有风光。没工作的人想工作，有工作的人又烦工作。

34、as
1）作为，当作。
I am working as his teaching assistant.
我作为他的助教进行工作。
2）as…as 就像…一样
Is that optional course as hard as everybody says?
那个选修课真的就像每个人说的那样难吗?
3）s far as I know 据我所知
As far as I know, whether there‘ll be such a trip is yet to be decided.
据我所知，是否有这么一趟旅行尚未决定。
As far as I know, he works until midnight every day.
据我所知，他每天都工作到半夜。
4）as well 也
If the weather is this hot tomorrow, we may as well give up the idea of playing tennis outside.
如果明天温度还是这么高，我们也可能放弃到户外进行比赛的主意。
5）soon as 一……就，尽快
I will do that for you as soon as I have fixed the machine.
一修好机器我就会尽快为你完成那个工作。

35、awfully非常地，相当地。在口语中用于表程度的比例十分高。
awfully nervous 相当紧张；
Tom looks awfully nervous.
汤姆看上去相当紧张。
awfully cold 相当冷；
awfully sorry 十分抱歉
I am awfully sorry. I didn‘t mean to hurt you. 十分抱歉。我不想伤害你的。

36、be bound to 肯定，注定
The movie starts in 5 minutes and there‘s bound to be a long line.
电影还有5分钟就开始了?现在那里肯定排着长队。

37、be tired of厌烦。当一个人感到厌烦的时候，也是最容易lose one‘s temper(生气)的时候。
I‘m tired of movies about romantic stories. 我已经彻底厌烦了电影中的浪漫故事。

38、 worn out
1）筋疲力尽
I‘m usually worn out at the end of the day. 在一天快结束时我时常觉得很累。
2）破旧不堪。
My soles were worn out after a long time trip.经过长时间的旅行，我的鞋底已经破旧不堪。

39、better
1）d better 最好是
I‘d better read one of the articles for the class. 我最好还是为上课读篇文章准备一下。
I think you‘d better find another partner. 我想你最好还是另找一个搭档吧。
2）ake it better 让……更好
I‘d rewrite the last two paragraphs to make it better. 我已经重写了最后两段以使它更好。
3）be better更好些
I told you it would be better for you if you took fewer courses during the first semester.
我告诉过你如果你在第一个学期少选一些课程会比较好一些。

40、bill
1)账单，买单。
I will pay the bill this time because last time you did it. 这次我来买单，因为上次是你。
2)提案。
We all passed the bill on yesterday‘s board meeting.
在昨天的董事会上我们全票通过该提案。
3)纸币。
Here‘s a 10-dollar bill. Give me two tickets for tonight‘s show please.
这是一张10美元的纸币，请给我两张今晚演出的票，谢谢。
41、book
1)书。
2)预定，订购。
be booked up 被预定空了；
All the morning flights have been booked up.
所有明早的飞机票都预定光了。
booking office 售票处

42、briefing
1)简介。
会议之前，总要有一个项目叫做Give a briefing.
Mrs. Lung‘s briefing seems to go on forever.
Lung女士的简报似乎没完没了。
2)news / press briefing 新闻发布会

43、change
1)改变，更改。
2)零钱。
Two tickets and here‘s a dollar forty cents change. 这是两张票以及一美元四十美分的找零。
Jane, do you have some change? I have to make a call on the pay phone.
Jane，你有零钱吗？我想在公用电话亭打个电话。

44、check
1)检查。
check our baggage 检查行李
Could you check for me who borrowed it? 你能帮我查查是谁借走了吗？
Did you check the power plug and press the play button?
你是否检查了电源插头并按了播放键了呢？
2)登机台。check-in counter
Is this the check-in counter for Flight 914 to Los Angeles?
这是飞往洛杉矶的914号航班的登机台吗？
3)询问。check on it 问问看
Maybe I should call to check on it. 也许我应该打个电话问问看。
4)支票。
Sign the check. 签这张支票。

45、copy
1)一本，一份。a copy of 口语中经常使用。
I‘d like to buy a copy of Professor Franklin‘s book On American Culture.
我想买本富兰克林教授写的关于美国文化的书。

Would you like a copy of professor Smith‘s article?
你想要份史密斯教授的文章吗？
2)复印。

46、count
1)数。
2)指望。count on 依赖
We‘ll have to count on good weather. 我们不得不指望一个好天气。

47、cover
1)封面。
hard cover 精装书，与hard back book同意。另外，每个娱乐杂志的封面都免不了会有一位漂亮时尚的cover figure(封面人物)。

The hard cover is on sale for the same price as the paperback this week in the bookshop.
在书店，这些精装本与平装本价格相同。

2)读完，完成。
I think we‘ve covered everything.我认为我们完成所有事情了。
I just covered a few chapters which interested me most. 我只读完了自己最感兴趣的几章。
48、crossword puzzle 纵横字谜，一种填字游戏。既可以entertain oneself(自我娱乐)，也是一种不错的智力训练。
This is not a game. It‘s only a crossword puzzle that helps increase my vocabulary.
这不是游戏。这只是可以帮助我提高单词量的一种纵横字谜。
49、drama
戏剧。这是一种西方的艺术形式。四级听力中曾经多次出现。其他的艺术形式还有TV play(电视剧)，soap opera(肥皂剧)，concert(音乐会)……
Some people just can‘t seem to appreciate real-life drama.
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