托福聽力TPO中的固定搭配（1）

　　亂七八糟

　　completely disorganized or confused

　　●TPO13L2 – Ecology

　　Yeah,well, there used to be beavers all over the place, something like 200 million beavers, just in the continental United States.

　　這里曾經(jīng)到處都是海貍，大概有200萬只生活在美洲大陸上。

　　all the rag

　　風靡一時

　　popular or fashionable at the moment

　　●TPO30L4 – Music History

　　Before long, Hawaiian steel guitar music was all the rage in the mainland US.

　　不久，夏威夷吉他就在美國本土風靡起來。

　　at odd

　　爭執(zhí);不一致

　　cannot agree or argue with someone

　　●TPOT4L2 – Literature

　　They try to fit in with the rest of the world even though it’s at odds with their beliefs and their identities.

　　他們正努力融入世界，盡管他們和世界其他地方有著不同的身份和信仰。

　　be that as it may

　　話雖如此

　　even so, even now

　　●TPO3L3 – 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.

　　盡管如此，無論準確的日期是哪天，哪怕是在15000、20000還是30000年前，肖維巖洞的壁畫都被認為是藝術的開端。

　　do the trick

　　奏效;成功

　　go places, make a hit

　　●TPO19C1 – 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，我已經(jīng)看到效果了，但是，我還是想問一下，當你提到game theory的時候，我是有一定的了解，但是我不知道這個理論是如何運用在生物學中的。

　　down the drain

　　浪費掉;徒勞

　　wasted or produces no results

　　●TPO4C2 – Student & Professor

　　I know, but I didn’t want to risk the project going down the drain.

　　我知道，但是我不能讓這個項目冒功虧一簣的風險。

　　drop in the bucket

　　杯水車薪

　　something is so small that it won't make any noticeable difference.

　　●TPO12L4 – Environmental Science

　　It can generate 194 megawatts of electric power, but that’s just a drop in the bucket.

　　它能產(chǎn)生194兆瓦的電量，但是也是杯水車薪。

　　from scratch

　　從頭做起

　　from the beginning

　　●TPO4C2 – Student & Professor

　　But we've got all the sources and its due next week. We don’t have time to start from scratch.

　　但是我們已經(jīng)找好各種資料了，截止日期是下周，我們已經(jīng)沒有時間重新來過了。