英語當中有各式各樣的'句型與短語，使得英語的表達方式多彩多樣.若在大腦中熟記一些閃光句子，用到PRTS當中去，那定會給你的作文增色不少，成績也自然就會高。下面是yjbys網小編提供給大家的關於公共英語四級的短語，希望對同學們的寫作有所幫助。
in the same boat 處境都相同
to be sharing the same difficult circumstances, often with others who would normally be competitors
EXAMPLE:
When bad weather discouraged tourists from coming to the popular seacoast resort town, the managers of the different hotels in the town knew they were all in the same boat and decided to work cooperatively with one another.
d to the teeth 全副武裝
equipped with everything one needs for action
EXAMPLE:
The worried company president had full financial statements, sales reports, new product ideas, letters of praise from major customers, and proposals for increased growth when he arrived to make his annual report to the hostile board of directors; he was armed to the teeth.
hit the nail on the head
切中要害，指批評恰到事物的緊要處
to say or to understand the heart of a problem, issue or idea
EXAMPLE:
“The intelligent company president listened carefully to our department’ concern and when he spoke we knew he understood the issues exactly; he really hit the nail on the head.”
go belly-up 事業破產
in business, to collapse; to go out of business (“belly” means stomach, so going belly-up means to turn on your back and float like a dead fish)
EXAMPLE:
My brother’s company went belly-up last month when its revenues were far below its monthly debts, so now he’s looking for a job.
go the extra mile 比別人多做一點點
to make an extra effort in making a deal or providing service (from the Biblical proverb “if someone asks you to walk one mile, walk two miles”)
EXAMPLE:
“In order to provide the best customer service, our computer systems company always went the extra mile and provided free installation and user training at the customer’s worksite.”
give away the farm 血本無歸、損失慘重
to enter a business deal as a seller in which too much is given to the buyer
EXAMPLE:
“The desperate salesman dropped the price of his products to make many deals, but his boss worried that he was giving away the farm.”
get the pink slip 被解僱
to get fired, or to get laid off (traditionally, an official notice of termination was printed on pink paper.
EXAMPLE:
When the XYZ company’s sales fell in half for the second year in row, many of it s employees got the pink slip.
flesh out a proposal 充實提案
to give or to create a more complete description of an idea
EXAMPLE:
“Our company’s president, Mr. Smith, liked the new idea our engineering chief, Ms. Jones, had suggested recently, and he asked her to flesh out her proposal before it was presented to our company’s board of directors.”
deliver the goods 履行諾言
to do well at your job, especially to fulfill high expectations of you
EXAMPLE:
“We were delighted by the young new salesman who made more sales than anyone else in his first week on the job, proving to us that he could really deliver the goods.”
ice bureau 服務局
a business that regularly provides special work for other businesses
EXAMPLE:
For several years before we created a data processing department inside our company we took our accounts to a service bureau that handled most of our computer needs for a monthly fee.
