点滴英语天天学第273期:雅思词汇(113)

1. try （something）on for size

释义：To try, use, or consider something in order to make a decision or form an opinion about it. （尝试做……）

例句：The whole point of test driving a car is to try it on for size to see if you feel comfortable in it.

试汽的全部意义在于试一试，看看你在车里感觉得舒服没有。

I replied to his query with many cases. Let him try that on for size.

我用很多事例回答了他的疑问，让他自己去考虑吧。

Let's try the plans on for size.

我们来讨论一下这些方案，看看是否行得通。

2. like a shot

释义：Very quickly and perhaps excitedly. （立刻，马上）

例句： I took off like a shot when I heard that my best friend's plane had finally landed.

当我听到我最好朋友的飞机终于着陆的消息时，我立即就起飞了。

I'd really like to get that job. If I'm offered it, I'll take it like a shot.

我确实想得到那份工作，如果这份工作给我的话，我会立刻乐意接受。

The dog was off like a shot after the rabbit.

狗跑去追兔子。

As soon as he heard the news he was off like a shot.

他一听到这个消息拨腿就跑了。

3. not… by a long shot

释义：Not at all. （一点也不，丝毫没有）

例句：They could not solve the problem by a long shot.

他们根本不可能解决这个问题。

He said to me that he was not short of money by a long short.

他跟我说他一点也不缺钱。

It wasn't as good as his first book - not by a long shot.

这本书不如他的第一本书好——差远了。

We aren't finished cleaning, not by a long shot—we still have the entire downstairs to tackle.

我们还没打扫完，差得远了——我们还有整个楼下要打扫呢。

A: Have you painted your house yet?

他把房子油漆好了吗？

B : I started yesterday, but it's not finished by a long shot.

我昨天才开始，要漆好还早着呢。