英语中固定搭配的学习非常重要，在托福听力中你是否也遇见了不懂的词组呢?这都是训练太少的原故。固定搭配的用法其实并不算少，且有的还会被反复考察。假如大家可以熟练的学会这类固搭，必然会对大家的听力理解有非常大的帮忙。
01
all over the place
一塌糊涂
completely disorganized or confused
●TPO13L2 – Ecology
Yeah,well, there used to be beavers all over the place,something like 200 million beavers, just in the continental United States.
这里过去到处都是海狸，大概有200万只生活在美洲国内上。
02
all the rage
盛行一时
popular or fashionable at the moment
●TPO30L4 – Music History
Before long, Hawaiian steel guitar music was all the rage in the mainland US.
不久，夏威夷吉他就在美国当地盛行起来。
03
at odd
争执;不同
cannot agree or argue with someone
●TPOT4L2 – Literature
They try to fit in with the rest of the world even though it’s at odds with their beliefs and their identities.
他们正努力融入世界，尽管他们和世界其他地方有着不一样的身份和信仰。
04
be that as it may
话虽这样
even so, even now
●TPO3L3 – Art History
But be that as it may, whatever the exact date, whether it's 15,000, 20,000or 30,000 years ago, the Chauvet paintings are from the dawn of art.
尽管这样，无论准确的日期是哪天，就算是在15000、20000还是30000年前，肖维岩洞的壁画都被觉得是艺术的开端。
05
do the trick
奏效;成功
go places, make a hit
●TPO19C1 – Student 徒劳
wasted or produces no results
●TPO4C2 – Student 驾驭
get something under control
●TPO25L4 – Animal Behavior
Apparently,it also contributes to the development of a brain that's flexible, a brain that's quickly able to get a handle on unfamiliar situations.
非常显然，它对大脑灵活、迅速的适应陌生环境有着要紧帮助。
10
heavenly body
天体
planet
●TPO18L1 – Astronomy
That's because of their belief at the time that the heavenly bodies, the Sun,Moon,Stars and Planets, were perfect, without any flaws or blemishes.
这是由于他们坚信所有些行星，太阳，月亮等等，都是完美无瑕的。
11
high and low
到处
everywhere
●TPO5C1–Student 不打扰
to say nothing of…
●TPO22L2 – Astronomy
we know the Sun’s current rate of mass loss, but if we assume that this rate has been steady over the last four billion years, the young Sun wouldn’t have been massive enough to have warmed Earth, let alone Mars, not enough to have caused liquid water.
大家了解太阳目前水平在衰减，假如大家假设太阳水平衰减的速度是恒定的，那样经过40亿年，太阳将不再有足够的水平给地球提供热量，更不需要说火星了，这类热量都不够形成液态水。
14
off the hook
摆脱困境;脱身
avoid sth.
●TPO15C2–Student making inference
●TPO3L4 – Astronomy
So he put two and two together, and decided there was an element in the sun that hadn’t been discovered here on the earth yet.
所以他依据现有状况判断，太阳里有一种元素是大家到今天都没发现的。
17
rule of thumb
经验法则
approximately
●T2C1 – Student & Professor
.. like your parents. That’s usually my rule of thumb: would my parents understand this?
...比如你的爸爸妈妈。按我的经验法则，我会问：我的爸爸妈妈能理解吗?
18
spot on
完全正确
exactly right
●TPO29L4 – Structural Engineering
There’s a reason I mentioned that figure of 36,000 kilometers. That’s about how high an object would have to be orbiting straight up from the equator to constantly remain directly above the exact same spot on the rotating planet Earth.
就像我刚提到的，36000公里是近地同步卫星的最低轨道高度。
19
take for granted
觉得…理所当然
assume sth.Is real for sure
●TPO24L3 – Archeology
Today we take for granted that there horizontal bands of plant communities.
今天大家觉得植物带的水平分布是理所当然的。
20
tall order
不靠谱的需要
hard to achieve or fulfill
●TPO5C2 – Student & Professor
It's still a pretty tall order,and we will be moving right along, so you will really need to stay on TOP of it.
这一直是个苛刻的需要，大家要一直维持前进，你就需要维持在巅峰状况。
21
tongue in cheek
虚情假意的
not seriously
●TPO12L1 – Biology
That's the so-called JUNK DNA. Though the word junk is used sort of tongue in cheek.
这就是所谓的“无用DNA”，不过junk一词在这里有点嘲弄的意思。
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