托福写作常用短语与例句汇总

　　"given to"= likely to do something(可能会...;动辄....)

　　"He is given to yelling at people when things don't go his way."

　　"ahead of style" 走在流行之前

　　"I don't think Karen is going to wear this dress to the party because usually she is ahead

　　of style."

　　"in the works" = being prepared(正在着手准备)

　　"My new album is still in the works.It will come out in April."

　　"a fiver" = a five-dollar bill(五元超票)

　　"Can you give me change of a fiver? I need five singles (五张一元票),please."

　　"fill out" 填写(表格)

　　“Fill out this form please."

　　"a debt of gratitude" 重重地欠一笔(人情)，无限感激

　　“She has done so much for my family and we owe her a debt of gratitude.”

　　take the blame for " = (就...)认错

　　"I can't take the blame for something I didn't do."

　　"alcohol poisoning" (酒精中毒)

　　"When a large amount of alcohol is consumed in a short period of time,alcohol

　　poisoning can result."

　　out of tune" = out of line,not in agreement or harmony

　　(不和谐/不协调)

　　"His ideas of what we should do about this situation are so out of tune with mine."

　　"compatible with" = (of humans,software etc.)able to coexist

　　(能共处的，可相容的)

　　“I fight with my wife quite often and I don't think we are compatible with each other

　　at all."

　　"Is this system compatible with Windows XP?"

　　"poles apart" 相差十万八千里，相差甚远

　　"Your idea of fun and mine are poles apart!"

        广州托福教育培训学校整理。