(1) dead beat 1. 筋疲力盡 2. 懶漢；二流子
1. He had worked hard all day long and came back dead beat.
他辛勞了一整天，回來時(shí)已筋疲力盡了。
2. The stranger has proved to be a dead beat.
那陌生人原來是個二流子。
(2) what becomes of（sb./sth.）（某人或某事）情況如何；結(jié)果如何
1. What will become of the children if their parents die?
如果父母親死了，他們的孩子會怎樣呢？
2. What became of the dreams of our youth?
我們年輕時(shí)的夢想如今何在？
(3) get out of bed on the wrong side/get up on the wrong side of the bed 從早晨起來就情緒不好；整天情緒不好；容易生氣
1. Henry got up on the wrong side of the bed and wouldn't eat breakfast.
亨利從早晨起來就不高興，連早飯都不肯吃。
2. I have never lived in a family that so often gets out of bed on the wrong side.
我從來沒有同這樣一個家庭住在一起過，全家人經(jīng)常整天情緒不好。
(4) have a bee in one's bonnet/head (about sth.）頭腦中總是不斷地思考（某件事）；（對某亭）入了迷
1. Our teacher has a bee in his bonnet about our mistakes in grammar.
我們的老師老是沒完沒了地琢磨著我們的語法錯誤。
2. He has the presidential bee in his head.
他想當(dāng)總統(tǒng)想得入了迷。
(5) bees and honey 錢（此習(xí)語為一諧韻俚語，honey和money同韻）
Do you reckon we'd waste good bees and honey on it for nothing?
難道你以為我們會把好端端的錢白白地花在這上面?
(6) beef about (sb./sth.）抱怨；發(fā)牢騷
1. He has never beefed about the amount of work he had to do.
不管他得干多少工作，他從無怨言。
2. What are you beefing about now?
你在發(fā)什么牢騷?
(7) beef up (sth.）加強(qiáng)；加重
The new evidence beefed up their case.
有了新的證據(jù)，他們的理由更充足了。
(8) Beggars can't be choosers.叫花子不能挑肥揀瘦。
I would have preferred a bed, but beggars can't be choosers, so I slept on the sofa.
我本想要張床，但叫花子不能挑肥揀瘦，所以我就睡在沙發(fā)上了。
(9) the beginning of the end 結(jié)局（通常為不利者）的前兆
Defeat in this important battle was the beginning of the end of us.
這場重要戰(zhàn)役的失利是我們敗局已定的前兆。
(10) bring sth. into being/existence 使（某事）產(chǎn)生或存在；創(chuàng)造出（某事）
1. Many new independent countries have been brought into being since World War Ⅱ.
自第二次世界大戰(zhàn)以來，出現(xiàn)了許多新的獨(dú)立國家。
2. A lot of new apparatuses have been brought into existence with the development of science and technology.
隨著科技的發(fā)展，人們創(chuàng)造出許多新的儀器。
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