| 单词 | 老话 |
| 释义 | DEFINITIVE EXAMPLES 权威例句〔OFTEN〕We've discussed this ad nauseam, and I don't see the point of going over the same ground again. 这事我们已经讨论得够多了，我看没有必要再老话重提了。朗文写作活用〔TRUE〕There's some truth in the old belief that carrots are good for the eyesight. 老话说胡萝卜对视力有好处，还有点道理。朗文写作活用〔WORD/PHRASE/SENTENCE〕The more often you play the flute, the better you'll get. Remember the old saying, practice makes perfect. 长笛练得越多就吹得越好，记住这句老话，熟能生巧。朗文写作活用〔adage〕He remembered the old adage "Look before you leap".他想起了那句老话“三思而后行”。剑桥高阶〔aphorism〕When decorating, remember the familiar aphorism, “less is more.” 装修时，记住一句老话：“少即是多。”韦氏高阶〔borrow〕To borrow a phrase (=use what someone else has said), if you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen.我借用一句老话，受不了热就别在厨房呆着。朗文当代〔chestnut〕It's that old chestnut: life imitating art, or art imitating life?还是那个老话题：是生活模仿艺术, 还是艺术模仿生活？外研社新世纪〔cliche〕There is plenty of truth in the cliche that a trouble shared is a trouble halved.“有人分忧，烦恼化小”这句老话说得很有道理。朗文当代〔cliché〕I've learned that the cliché about life not being fair is true.我明白了“生活是不公平的”这句老话没错。外研社新世纪〔coin〕He'd thought the flight would never – to coin a phrase – get off the ground.他以为这趟航班是永远也不会 — 套句老话说 — 离地起飞了。朗文当代〔coin〕It's not, to coin a phrase, rocket science.套句老话说, 这又不比登天难。外研社新世纪〔coin〕The couple lived happily ever after, to coin a phrase.还是那句老话，这对夫妇从此过上了幸福生活。韦氏高阶〔familiarity〕The old adage, 'familiarity breeds contempt', was never more true than when applied to our heroes.“亲不敬, 熟生厌”这句老话, 用在我们的英雄身上再也准确不过了。外研社新世纪〔fleeting〕The old caveat was that pleasures were fleeting, but griefs were not.老话说快乐短暂, 悲伤长驻。外研社新世纪〔ground〕During our interview, we went over some old ground.会晤时我们谈了些老话题。英汉大词典〔heed〕Chris would have been well advised to heed the old saying 'Never bite the hand that feeds you.' 克里斯本应听从那句老话——“千万不要恩将仇报”。柯林斯高阶〔heed〕Chris would have been well advised to heed the old saying 'Never bite the hand that feeds you.'克里斯本应听从那句老话：“千万不要恩将仇报”。外研社新世纪〔hobbyhorse〕Now he's started on his hobbyhorse.这下子他又开始唠叨起那老话题了。英汉大词典〔hobbyhorse〕Vicky was on her hobbyhorse again.维基又在谈她的老话题了。朗文当代〔mantra〕The Treasury Secretary has stuck to his mantra that 'a strong dollar is in America's interest'.财政部长又说了他的那句老话，“美元坚挺对美国有益”。朗文当代〔old chestnut〕I wondered whether there might, after all, be some truth in the old chestnut that one's school days are the happiest of one's life.老话说学生时代是人一生中最幸福的时光，我在想这话是否有些道理。剑桥高阶〔old〕There's an old saying that good fences make good neighbors.有句老话说，好篱笆隔出好邻居。韦氏高阶〔out of〕You know the old saying, “out of sight, out of mind.” If you don't see it, you won't think about it.你也知道那句老话，“眼不见，心不念。”如果你没看到某个东西，就不会去想它。韦氏高阶〔phrase〕Many hands make light work, to coin a phrase.老话说,人多易办事。英汉大词典〔phrase〕You look, to coin a phrase, “in the pink”.你的身体,套句老话说,看来“精爽不衰”啊。英汉大词典〔platitude〕His excuse was the platitude 'boys will be boys.' 他的理由是那句陈腐的老话:“男孩子总归是男孩子”。朗文当代〔refrain〕Can you remember how the refrain goes? 你能记起那句老话是怎么说的吗？牛津搭配〔routine〕Don't give me that brotherly-love routine.别跟我侈谈兄弟般情谊的老话。英汉大词典〔saw〕His grandfather recited the old saw about an apple a day keeping the doctor away.他的祖父说起了那句老话：一天一苹果，医生远离我。韦氏高阶〔saying〕There's some truth in the old saying, “Don't try to run before you can walk.” 这句老话——在学会走路之前别试图奔跑——有一定道理。英汉大词典〔saying〕We also realize the truth of that old saying: Charity begins at home.我们也明白了那句老话的道理：仁爱始于家庭。柯林斯高阶〔saying〕You can't judge a book by its cover, as the old saying goes.有句老话说道，不能以貌取人。朗文当代〔shibboleth〕She repeated the old shibboleth that time heals all wounds.她反复唠叨着一句老话，即时间可治愈一切创伤。韦氏高阶〔sod's law〕We always play better when we are not being recorded—but that's Sod's Law, isn't it? 我们总是不录音的时候演奏得好些，真是应了那句老话，越该做好的时候越做不好，是不是？牛津高阶〔start〕Don't start those old sayings again.别再说那些陈年老话了。英汉大词典〔stock〕They defend themselves with stock phrases, such as 'It was only sex'.他们用“只是性关系罢了”这样的老话来为自己辩解。外研社新世纪〔story〕It's the (same) old story.那是老话[照例会有的事情]。文馨英汉〔sucker〕You fell for that old line? Sucker! 你居然相信那一套骗人的老话？傻瓜！朗文当代〔to coin a phrase〕I was, to coin a phrase, gobsmacked! 套用一句老话，我简直目瞪口呆！剑桥高阶 |
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