小編給大家?guī)砩虅?wù)英語考試常用短語集結(jié)，要報考商務(wù)英語考試，一定要在規(guī)定時間內(nèi)完成報名!

如果你被形容為 take to something like duck to water, 意思就是在你第一次嘗試做某件事情時發(fā)現(xiàn)自己非常上手，做得很棒。

China's Ye Shiwen stormed to gold and set a new world record in the women's 400m medley with a time of 4 minutes 28.43 seconds at the Aquatics Centre. The 16-year-old took a second off Australian defending champion Stephanie Rice's record set at Beijing 2008. American Elizabeth Beisel won silver and China's Li Xuanxu won bronze.

中國游泳小將葉詩文在奧運游泳館里以4分28.43秒的成績奪得女子400米混合泳的金牌并打破世界紀(jì)錄。這位年僅16歲的小姑娘把澳大利亞前奧運冠軍 Stephanie Rice 在2008年北京奧運創(chuàng)下的紀(jì)錄縮短了1秒。美國游泳健將 Elizabeth Beisel 位居第二，另一名中國游泳小將李玄旭獲得銅牌。

例句

He took to golf like a duck to water. He'd never played before but hit a hole in one!

Kate never seemed like the mothering type but when her daughter was born she took to it like a duck to water. She was a real natural!

請注意

另一個短語 a sitting duck 意思是容易成為被攻擊的目標(biāo)。

Example: The soldiers were left exposed on the hill. They really were sitting ducks for the enemy.

在體育比賽里經(jīng)常會聽到 to be under starter's orders 這個短語，意思是待發(fā)起跑令。

例句

The athletes have been waiting for this moment for years. They're under starter's orders. And they're off!

It was only a second or two but the runners seemed to be under starter's orders for hours before the pistol was fired.

請注意

Under arms 意思是出于備戰(zhàn)狀態(tài)中，隨時準(zhǔn)備作戰(zhàn)。

Example: The rebels were under arms and an attack was just a matter of time.

204 nations will be taking part in the London 2012 Olympics with about 10,500 athletes participating in the competition. There will be 302 events in 26 different sports. This is the third time London has hosted the games. The first time was 1908 and the second in 1948.

將有204個國家前來參加2012年倫敦奧運會，參賽的運動員人數(shù)大約為10,500 人。本次的倫敦奧運將有26個賽項，302場比賽。這是倫敦第三次主辦奧運會，第一次為1908年，第二次為1948年。