蒋健棠英语实用句子(122):Cars can be backed up for miles
In a bad traffic jam, cars can be backed up for miles. 在严重交通堵塞时，车龙可能长达几英里。 back up有支持和援助的意思（看下例），用做被动语态时，back up也有堵塞的意思。 I always back you up. 我总是
蒋健棠英语实用句子(123):He is a slacker
Don't ask him to do anything, he is a slacker. 他是个懒散的人，别叫他去做任何事。 slack做动词时有马虎从事的意思，slacker则表示一个敷衍取巧者，能不做事就不做事的人，这是比较口语的用词。 Don
蒋健棠英语实用句子(124):He had to drop out of the race
He had to drop out of the race because his leg was injured. 因为他的脚受伤了，他不得不退出比赛。 drop out有退出和退学的意思。 He dropped out of school when he was fifteen. 他15岁时退学了。 如果drop out连成一个单
蒋健棠英语实用句子(125):We are in the same boat
We both have no jobs , we are in the same boat . 我们都没工作，大家都有着同一景况。 in the same boat 意思是处境相同，相当于 in the same unpleasant situation ，一般都指不是好的情况。 We both don't have any money
蒋健棠英语实用句子(126):I am hard up this week
I am hard up this week. 这个星期我手头拮据。 hard up表示短缺，明确说明缺什么可在后面加介词for；这词组用在缺钱方面比较多，单独用hard up 也可表达手头拮据。 I lost my job two months ago, I am now ha
蒋健棠英语实用句子(127):I am in the hole
I am in the hole. 我现在经济拮据。 in the hole字面上的意思是指在洞里，实际是表示经济拮据，手头非常紧。 Buying this car put me in the hole. 买这辆车使我非常缺钱用。 Ann is very extravagant, she is always
蒋健棠英语实用句子(128):There is no time like the present
There is no time like the present. 机不可失,时不再来。 there is no time like后面加一个时间，表示没有比...更好的时候了，后面可加to do something,表示没有比...更好的时候去做某事。 There is no time like the
蒋健棠英语实用句子(130):You can buy at our market on credit.
You can buy at our market on credit. 你可在我们的市场里赊购东西。 credit表示信用， on credit表示凭信用。 buy on credit就是赊购；而对应的赊销则是sell on credit。 We sell these products on credit. 我们赊销这些
蒋健棠英语实用句子(133):All our hard work was in vain
All our hard work was in vain. 我们的努力都是白费的。 in vain，徒劳的，白费的。 He didn't die in vain. 他没有白白地死去。 I tried to persuade him but in vain. 我尝试说服他，但没有用。
