託福詞彙:顏色不是“顏色”

面對托福考試還有一個難點就是這個英語詞彙往往不是它的原意,而自己怎麼也猜不着正解。比如下面這些顏色英語單詞

託福詞彙:顏色不是“顏色”

1. GREEN:

(0)He is still green to his job.

他對其工作尚無經驗。

(1)Do you see any green in my eye?

你認爲我幼稚可欺嗎?

(2)lf you want to be a successful gardener,ofcourse you’ve gotto have green fingers.

假如你想當個稱職的'園工,那你就得有園藝技能

(3)She is a green hand in teaching English.

在英語教學中,他還是個生手。

(4)Mother gave us the green light to go on the camping trip this summer.

媽媽准許我們今年夏天去野營一次。

(5)He has a green wound in the left breast.

他左胸上有一新傷口。

2. BLUE:

(6)He is proud of his blue blood.

他因出身名門貴族而驕傲。

(7)Things are looking extremely blue.

情況極其不妙。

(8)True blue will never stain.

真金不怕火煉。

(9)She ran and ran until she was blue in the face.

她跑啊跑啊,累得臉色發青精疲力竭。

(10)lt’s once in a blue moon that you get a chance like that.

你得到的是個千載難逢的機會。

(11)He can read like a blue streak.

他看書極快。

(12)The bad news came like a bolt out of the blue.

這消息來得如青天霹靂。

(13)John arrived out of the blue.

約翰突然來了。

(14)A rainy day always gives me the blues.

雨天總是使我心情抑鬱。