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托福听力中有许多考生经常听到的惯用语，假如咱们可以体系完整地把握这些惯用语，关于提升全体理解就会大有裨益。下面辛达代报就为咱们汇总一览22个托福听力中常见的听力惯用语。
1.all over the place：乱七八糟的;处处都是
Paraphrase: completely disorganized or confused
TPO: T13L2 – Ecology
Yeah,well, there used to be beavers all over the place, something like 200 million beavers, just in the continental United States.
这里曾经处处都是海狸，大概有200万只生活在美洲大陆上。
2.all the rag：风行一时
Paraphrase: popular or fashionable at the moment
TPO: T30L4 – 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本土风靡起来。
3.at odd：争执;不一致
Paraphrase: cannot agree or argue with someone
TPO: T4L2 – Literature
They try to fit in with the rest of the world even though it’s at odds with their beliefs and their identities.
他们正努力融入国际，虽然他们和国际其他地方有着不同的身份和崇奉。
Tips: at odds是争执、不一致的意思，应该把它作为一个全体来了解和运用。odd可以当形容词,意意思是奇数的;古怪的;剩余的;临时的;零星的;也可当名词,意思是：奇数;怪人;独特的事物;
如：Although it sounded odd, this is the only way to describe this behavior.
虽然听起来很奇怪，可是这是描述这一行为的仅有方法。
It's not as though, oh, today is odd but maybe tomorrow it will be even.
并不是说今天它是奇数，明天便是偶数了。
而odds 只能当名词,意思是：几率;胜算;不平等;差别
如：Sure, you can raise money but the odds of getting venture capital are high.
当然了，你可以筹集资金，可是危险投资的几率也是十分高的。
4.be that as it may：即使如此，虽然那样; 话虽如此
Paraphrase: even so, even now
TPO: T3L3 – 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.
虽然如此，无论精确的日期是哪天，哪怕是在15000、20000仍是30000年前，肖维溶洞的壁画都被以为是艺术的初步。
5.do the trick：见效，成功
Paraphrase: go places, make a hit
TPO: T19C1 – Student & Professor
Yeah,I can see how that might do the trick. But, anyway, what I wanted to ask was, when you started talking about game theory.Well, I know a little bit about it, but I am not clear about its use in biology.
是的，我现已看到作用了，可是，我仍是想问一下，当你说到game theory的时分，我是有必定的了解，可是我不知道这个理论是怎样运用在生物学中的。
6.down the drain：浪费掉;徒劳;堕落
Paraphrase: wasted or produces no results
TPO: T4C2 – Student & Professor
I know, but I didn’t want to risk the project going down the drain.
我知道，可是我不能让这个项目冒功亏一篑的危险。
7.drop in the bucket：沧海一粟，九牛一毛，杯水车薪
Paraphrase: something is so small that it won't make any noticeable difference.
TPO: T12L4 – Environmental Science
It can generate 194 megawatts of electric power, but that’s just a drop in the bucket.
它能产生194兆瓦的电量，可是也是杯水车薪。
8.for the birds：毫无意义的
Paraphrase: worthless or ridiculous
TPO: T8L1 – Animal Behavior
Studies have been done on the reproductive success rates for the birds in both areas, and the result showed surprisingly that the reproductive success was essentially the same in both areas – the preferred and the second choice habitat.
关于繁殖的成功率的研究结论是毫无价值的，成果令人震惊地标明，繁殖的成功率在首选和第二选择的栖息地中本质上是相同的
9.from scratch：自食其力，从头做起
Paraphrase: from the beginning
TPO: T4C2 – Student & Professor
But we've got all the sources and its due next week. We don’t have time to start from scratch.
可是咱们现已找好各种材料了，截止日期是下周，咱们现已没有时刻重新来过了。
10.get a handle on：控制，把握，驾驭，左右
Paraphrase: get something under control
TPO: T25L4 – 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.
很显然，它对大脑灵活、快速的适应生疏环境有着重要协助。
11.heavenly body：天体
Paraphrase: planet
TPO: T18L1 – 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.
这是因为他们坚信一切的行星，太阳，月亮等等，都是完美无瑕的。
12.high and low：处处
Paraphrase:everywhere
TPO: T5C1 – Student & Counselor at the University Counseling Center
And it so happened that the cellist graduated last year. They’ve been searching high and low for a replacement, someone with experience.
大提琴手上一年毕业了，他们处处寻找有经历的接班人。
13.how come：为什么，怎样会
Paraphrase: disbelief or surprise
TPO:T26L3 – Astronomy
I mean, how come Halley’s is still there? After four and a half billion years. How could it be?
我意思是，经过了45亿年哈雷彗星怎样还在那，怎样可能?
14.let alone：更不必说;不打扰
Paraphrase: to say nothing of…
TPO: T22L2 – 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.
咱们知道太阳现在质量在衰减，假如咱们假定太阳质量衰减的速度是稳定的，那么经过40亿年，太阳将不再有足够的质量给地球提供热量，更不用说火星了，这些热量都不行形成液态水。
15.off the hook：摆脱困境;抽身
Paraphrase: avoid sth.
TPO: T15C2 – Student & Biology Professor
And that's supposed to be a quiet environment? Not exactly. My brother and parents try to keep it down when I am studying, but the phone pretty much rings off the hook, so ...
本该是一个很安静的环境吧?现实却不是这样，在我学习的时分都爸爸和哥哥放低声响，可是电话却响个不断。
16.pros and cons：利害
Paraphrase: advantages & disadvantages
TPO: The question is how. I mean no one really thinks that, say a bee goes through weighing thepros and cons of pollinating this flower or that flower.
问题在于怎样做到的。没有人会以为蜜蜂给花朵授粉的时分会去权衡一下这朵花和那朵花的利害。
17.put two and two together：依据现实推理
Paraphrase: reach acorrect conclusion from the evidence; making inference
TPO: T3L4 – Astronomy
Sohe put two and two together, and decided there was an element in the sun that hadn’t been discovered here on the earth yet.
所以他依据现有情况推断，太阳里有一种元素是咱们至今都没有发现的。
18.rule of thumb：经历法则
Paraphrase: approximately
TPO: T2C1 – Student & Professor
.. like your parents. That’s usually my rule of thumb: would my parents understand this?
例如你的爸爸妈妈。按我的经历我会问一句，我的爸爸妈妈能理解吗?
19.spot on：完全正确
Paraphrase: exactly right
TPO:T29L4 – Structural Engineering
There’sa 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.
就像我刚说到的，36000公里是近地同步卫星的最低轨迹高度。
20.take for granted：以为…理所当然
Paraphrase: assume sth.Is real for sure
TPO: T24L3 – Archeology
Today we take for granted that there horizontal bands of plant communities.
今天咱们以为植物带的水平分布是理所当然的。
21.tall order：离谱的要求，苛求
Paraphrase: hard to achieve or fulfill
TPO: T5C2 – 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.
这始终是个严苛的要求，咱们要一直坚持行进，你就必须坚持在巅峰状态。
22.tongue in cheek：不是认真的，虚情假意的
Paraphrase:not seriously
TPO:T12L1 – Biology
That's the so-called JUNK DNA. Though the word junk is used sort of tongue in cheek.
这便是所谓的“无用DNA”，不过junk一词在这里有点嘲弄的意思。
以上便是辛达代报为咱们汇总整理的托福听力22个常见惯用语，希望各位考生尽早把握，顺利取得听力部分的能力和分数提升。最后辛达代报祝大家考试顺利！