a far cry from: （口）与某事物大不相同Life on a farm is a far cry from what I’ve been used toa sense of belonging:归属感all ears to: 洗耳恭听all ears：(口)倾听Tell me your news; I’m all ears.all out : 竭尽全力The team is going all out to win the championship.around（round）the clock / twenty-four seven: 全天候、毫不疲倦的，不松劲地Surgeons are working round the clock to save his life.as is often the case with: 这是常有的事as the case maybe: 看情况而定There may be an announcement about this tomorrow—or not, as the case may be.as far as…is concerned: 就。
而言The rise in interest rates will be disastrous as far as small firms are concerned.The car is fine as far as the engine is concerned but the bodywork needs a lot of attention. As far as I’m concerned you can do what you like.at short notice: 临时得到通知，在短时间内be crowned with success: 取得成效be crowned as: 被誉为be geared to international standards: 与国际接轨be meant for: 旨在，针对be open to: 对。
持开明态度bear on: 有关These are matters that bear on the welfare of the community.besides the mark: 离题bring home to: 使。
领悟到，认识到bring oneself to: 下决心，奋力bring about: 实现be geared to: 使适合beyond popularity: 不受欢迎的bring forth: 推进，推出by a big margin: 大幅度by a hair’s breath: 极小的差距，一发之差She won by a hair.We escaped by a hair’s breadth.by and large: 大体上，基本上By and large, the company’s been pretty good to me.by degrees: 逐渐地By degrees their friendship grew into love.by/in leaps and bounds: 飞跃地，迅速地，日新月异Her health is improving by leaps and bounds.carry forward: 发扬，继承cheer to: 为。
干杯come to a successful completion: 圆满成功come to terms with: 就。
达成协议；妥协come to terms with her handicap: 安于她自己的困难处境。
You’ll just have to come to terms with the fact that…conform to the norm: 符合标准，规范declare open; declare the commencement of: 宣布。
开幕drink to: 为…干杯drink to sb’s health, happiness, prosperity, etcLet’s drink to the success of your plans.I’ll drink to that! ie I agree.do the trick: 达到效果、获得成功dwell on: 细想;祥述fall back upon/on: 依靠；退守At last we can fall back on candles if the electricity fails.She’s completely homeless—at least I have my parents to fall back on.first and foremost: 首要的He does a bit of writing, but first and foremost he’s a teacher.for all the world: 无论如何(也不)forge ahead: 向前迈进;渐渐赶上高速前进;(在赛跑等运动中)进入领先地位One horse forged ahead, leaving the others behind.fresh from: 刚刚，才刚从…毕业,刚从…来的gain ground: 发展；普及Your campaign is gaining ground.get the better of: 智胜,打败You always get the better of me at chess.His shyness got the better of him, ie He was overcome by shyness.She always gets the better of our quarrels.give full play to: 充分发挥get full/ greater scope to: 给予充分发挥的余地或机会go a good way: (对…)非常有效，(对…)大有帮助go out of one’s way to: 尽全力(去做某事) 特意不怕麻烦做某事The shop assistant went out of his way to find what we needed.go to great lengths to do: 尽全力(去做某事)have a (good) mind to: 想着做某事(口)有(强烈)愿望做某事I’d a good mind to smack him for being so rude!have seen/known better days: 有过更好的日子(对目前情况失望、批评的婉转说法) That coat has seen better days.have the edge on sb.: 胜过某人hold good: 仍然有效The same argument doesn’t hold good in all cases.hold forth on: 对…大加评论He loves holding forth on any subject once he has an audience. honor WTO commitment: 恪守入世诺言I’d like to call your attention here…: 在此我想提醒大家注意identify in very explicit terms: 明确阐述ill at ease: 不自在(put sth.) in a nutshell: 简单地,简而言之To put it in a nutshell, we’re bankrupt.in a timely fashion/ manner: 及时地in an arbitrary fashion: 随意地in an effort to: 努力,尝试…in broad outlines: 概况in compliance with: 顺从依照in conformity with: 和…相适应,和…一致,符合，遵照act in conformity with the rules, law, etcin conformity with your request, instructions, wishes, etcin closing: 最后;在我结束讲话之前in essence: 关键，本质上，其实The two arguments are in essence the same.in depth: 深入地,完全地,彻底地to study a subject in depthan in-depth studyin full swing: 全面展开正起劲;正活跃The party was in full swing when we arrived.in identical fashion: 以相同的模式in my own name: 以我个人的名义in respect of: 关于…至于…The book is admirable in respect of style.price rises in respect of gas and water costsin terms of: 关于；至于在某事物方面；以某说法来表达Think of it in terms of an investment.The figures are expressed in terms of a percentage/ in percentage terms.in real earnest: 认真地in the air: 悬而未决&在流传中的;流行的There’s (a feeling of ) unrest in the air.Our plans are still (up) in the air.in the broad sense: 从广义说in the face of: 面对&不顾某事物We are powerless in the face of such forces.succeed in the face of dangercontinue in the face of criticismin the final analysis: 归根结底in the interest(s) of: 为…的利益;从…利益出发为某事物的缘故In the interest(s) of safety, no smoking is allowed.in the light of: 根据review the proposals in the light of past experiencein the long run: 从长远看;终究；最后In the long run prices are bound to rise.in the main: 大体上These businessmen are in the main honest.in the pursuit of: 追求;奉行in the spirit of: 本着…的精神in the vicinity of : 附近,左右，光景There isn’t a good school in the (immediate) vicinity.in the way of: 在…方面；关于in upmost sincerity: 以最大的诚意individual-oriented/ team-oriented: 个人取向的/ 团队取向的it’s necessary and imperative for…: 很有必要just over the horizon: 刚刚出现,新兴keep a firm grip on: 紧紧抓住keep body and soul together: 勉强维持生活keep pace with the times: 与时惧进live up to the expectation of: 不让…失望；实现…的期望lose no time in: 抓紧make a point of: 强调把…视为,说成必要的make both ends meet: 收支平衡；日子还过得去make concessions: 让步make head or tail of: 弄清楚I can’t make head or tail of these instructions.next to impossible: 几乎不可能no better than to: 几乎等于nothing short of: 完全是;简直可以说是of great assistance to: 对…帮助很大of pioneering significance: 具有开拓性的意义on request: 一经要求Catalogues are available on request.on the premise of: 在…的前提下once for all: 一劳永逸one trial after another: 一次又一次的考验pay tribute to: 感谢；赞颂propose a toast (to): 在发表祝酒词;提议为…干杯proceeding from: 从…出发pull oneself together: 振作起来spare no cost: 不惜一切代价stop at nothing: 不惜一切手段straighten out: 好转,改正，理顺,澄清succeed to: 继承，接着take the side of: 支持take time off from one’s busy schedule: 百忙中抽时间;拨冗光临ten to one: 很可能Ten to one he’ll be late.to one’s credit: 归功于(某人);值得赞扬to one’s heart’s content: 完全满意;尽兴尽致to the effect that: 以便大意为He left a note to the effect that he would not be returning.to the letter: 严格按照字句严密周详地;一丝不苟地carry out an order to the letterkeep to the letter of an agreement, a contract, etcto the minute: 恰好准时The train arrived at 9.05 to the minute.there has been marked progress in: 在…方面成效明显under one’s nose: 公然win the day: 成功,胜利with impunity: 不受惩罚的或伤害You cannot break the law with impunity.with passage of time/ with time: 随着时间的推移with the concerted efforts of: 通过…共同努力with the deepening of: 随着…的深化within a stone’s throw of: 咫尺直遥;在附近yield to: 让步屈服。