在托福听力里，很多同学们会遇到有点抓狂的尴尬局面，明明是自己字面上认识的词汇，但放在一起就不知道是什么意思了......

很多情况会耽误我们反应的时间和做题速度，特别是正确率。但这种固定搭配的使用在托福听力里并不少见。

若我们能掌握好这个部分内容，会对我们拿分更有帮助。

接下来，小编就为大家找到了托福TPO里的常见固定搭配，为大家扫扫盲，欢迎同学们仔细阅读和分享学习哦~

all over the place

乱七八糟

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.

这里曾经到处都是海狸，大概有200万只生活在美洲大陆上。

all the rage

风靡一时

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，夏威夷吉他就在美国本土风靡起来。

at odd

争执,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.

他们正努力融入世界，尽管他们和世界其他地方有着不同的身份和信仰。

be that as it may

话虽如此

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.

尽管如此，无论准确的日期是哪天，哪怕是在15000、20000还是30000年前，肖维岩洞的壁画都被认为是艺术的开端。

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，我已经看到效果了，但是，我还是想问一下，当你提到game theory的时候，我是有一定的了解，但是我不知道这个理论是如何运用在生物学中的。

down the drain

浪费掉,徒劳

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，但是我不能让这个项目冒功亏一篑的风险。

drop in the bucket

杯水车薪

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.

它能产生194兆瓦的电量，但是也是杯水车薪。

from scratch

从头做起

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.

但是我们已经找好各种资料了，截止日期是下周，我们已经没有时间重新来过了。

get a handle on

控制,驾驭

get something under control

TPO25L4 – Animal Behavior

Apparently,it also contributes to the development of a brain that's flexible, a brain that's quickly able to get a handle on unfamiliar situations.

很显然，它对大脑灵活、快速的适应陌生环境有着重要帮助。

heavenly body

天体

planet

TPO18L1 – Astronomy

That's because of their belief at the time that the heavenly bodies, the Sun,Moon,Stars and Planets, were perfect, without any flaws or blemishes.

这是因为他们坚信所有的行星，太阳，月亮等等，都是完美无瑕的。

high and low

到处

everywhere

TPO5C1–Student & Counselor at the University Counseling Center

And it so happened that the cellist graduated last year. They’ve been searching high and low for a replacement, someone with experience.

大提琴手去年毕业了，他们到处寻找有经验的接班人。

how come

为什么，怎么会

disbelief or surprise

TPO26L3 – Astronomy

I mean, how come Halley’s is still there? After four and a half billion years. How could it be?

我意思是，经过了45亿年哈雷彗星怎么还在那，怎么可能?

let alone

更不必说,不打扰

to say nothing of…

TPO22L2 – Astronomy

We know the Sun’s current rate of mass loss, but if we assume that this rate has been steady over the last four billion years, the young Sun wouldn’t have been massive enough to have warmed Earth, let alone Mars, not enough to have caused liquid water.

我们知道太阳现在质量在衰减，如果我们假设太阳质量衰减的速度是恒定的，那么经过40亿年，太阳将不再有足够的质量给地球提供热量，更不用说火星了，这些热量都不够形成液态水。

off the hook

摆脱困境,脱身

avoid sth.

TPO15C2–Student&Biology Professor

And that's supposed to be a quiet environment? Not exactly. My brother and parents try to keep it down when I am studying, but the phone pretty much rings off the hook, so ...

本该是一个很安静的环境吧?事实却不是这样，在我学习的时候都爸爸和哥哥放低声音，但是电话却响个不停。

pros and cons

利弊

advantages & disadvantages

The question is how. I mean no one really thinks that, say a bee goes through weighing the pros and cons of pollinating this flower or that flower.

问题在于怎样做到的。没有人会认为蜜蜂给花朵授粉的时候会去权衡一下这朵花和那朵花的利弊。

put two and two together

根据事实推理

reach a correct conclusion from the evidence; making inference

TPO3L4 – Astronomy

So he put two and two together, and decided there was an element in the sun that hadn’t been discovered here on the earth yet.

所以他根据现有情况推断，太阳里有一种元素是我们至今都没有发现的。

rule of thumb

经验法则

approximately

T2C1 – Student & Professor

...like your parents. That’s usually my rule of thumb: would my parents understand this?

...例如你的父母。按我的经验法则，我会问：我的父母能理解吗?

spot on

完全正确

exactly right

TPO29L4 – Structural Engineering

There’s a reason I mentioned that figure of 36,000 kilometers. That’s about how high an object would have to be orbiting straight up from the equator to constantly remain directly above the exact same spot on the rotating planet Earth.

就像我刚提到的，36000公里是近地同步卫星的最低轨道高度。

take for granted

认为…理所当然

assume sth.Is real for sure

TPO24L3 – Archeology

Today we take for granted that there horizontal bands of plant communities.

今天我们认为植物带的水平分布是理所当然的。

tall order

离谱的要求

hard to achieve or fulfill

TPO5C2 – Student & Professor

It's still a pretty tall order,and we will be moving right along, so you will really need to stay on top of it.

这始终是个苛刻的要求，我们要一直保持前进，你就必须保持在巅峰状态。

tongue in cheek

虚情假意的

not seriously

TPO12L1 – Biology

That's the so-called JUNK DNA. Though the word junk is used sort of tongue in cheek.

这就是所谓的“无用DNA”，不过junk一词在这里有点嘲弄的意思。

看过以上内容是不是深有体会，固定搭配能掌握真的比较重要。而小编为大家展示的也是部分内容，还要考同学们在日常学习备考中多多积累，背诵，才能真正将这个部分拿下来。

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