Practical English: 精彩习语汇总（35）
1.beef up 增强
例如：
We must beef up the army with new young people.?
我们必须招募年轻的新兵以强化军队。
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2.rock the boat 兴风作浪
例如：
He won't like it if you rock the boat.?
如果你惹是生非，他会不高兴的。
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3.thumbs down 表示不满反对
例如：
After consulting together for an hour, the Committee gave the thumbs down to the young architect's proposals.?
共同商讨一小时后，委员会否定了这位年轻建筑师的提议。
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4.nip in the bud 消灭于萌芽状态
例如：
Guessing his intentions, she had resolved to nip them in the bud.?
她猜到他的用意之后，就决定防患于未然，使之不能实现。
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5.two-face 两面的，两面派的
例如：
How can you trust the words of a two-faced man?
你怎能相信一个伪君子的说话呢？
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6.monkey business 胡闹
例如：
he told the boys to quite their monkey business, or he would call a teacher.
他告诉那些男孩子不要再胡闹，不然他就叫老师。
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7.a piece of one's mind 责备
例句：
Sarah gave her husband a piece of her mind when he came home drunk two nights in a row.
萨拉责骂她先生, 因为他连续两夜喝醉回家。
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8.from A to Z 从头到尾
例句：
The teacher knew his subject from A to Z.?
那位老师对自己的专业了解得很清楚。
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9.take to one's heels 逃之夭夭
例句：
When police arrived, the thieves had already taken to their heels.
当警察赶到时，小偷们已经逃之夭夭了。
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10.ghost writer 代笔人
例句：
As a ghost writer,he earned a lot of money.
他作为代笔人挣了一大笔钱。
