put up with 忍受;容忍
I don't know how his parents put up with his antics.
我不知道他的父母是如何忍受他的怪異行為.
She could hardly put up with that fellow any longer.
她再也不能忍受那家伙.
look forward to 盼望
They are looking forward to her visit.
他們在期待著她的來訪.
the apple of one's eyes 掌上明珠,心愛的
1.Apple of one's eyes
珍愛之人或物
2.That apple tree yield s plenty of apples.
那棵蘋果樹結出很多蘋果.
3.The lovely cat is the apple of my husband's eye.
這只可愛的貓是我丈夫的寶貝.
4.Roger is the apple of his mother's eye.
羅杰是他母親的寶貝兒.
5.She is the apple of her father's eye.
她是父親的掌上明珠.
6.Her grandson is the apple of her eye.
孫子是她的掌上明珠
7.His youngest daughter is the apple of his eye.
他的小女兒是他的掌上明珠.
8.John's car was the apple of his eye.He was always polishing it.
約翰的汽車是他的珍愛之物,他總是把它擦得亮亮的.
9.Helen is the apple of her father's eye and gets whatever she wants from him.
海倫是他父親的寶貝,因此她從其父處得到她所要的一切.
10.I brought her up like the apple of my eye.
我把她撫養(yǎng)長大,視如掌上明珠.
won't hold water
1.The water won't hold out much longer.
水維持不了多久了.
2.His account of the robbery won't hold water.
他對搶劫案的陳述是不真實的.
3.His explanation doesn't hold water.
他的解釋是不能成立的.
4.His opinion doesn't hold water.
他的說法站不住.
5.Your explanation doesn't hold water.
你的解釋站不住腳.
6.The pail can't hold water any more.
那桶不能再裝水了.
7.Your story just doesn't hold water.
你的故事根本說不通.
8.Her shoes won't hold up; This theory won't hold up.
她的鞋子不能再堅持了；這個理論不能堅持了.
9.to hold water
thatexcusesimplydoesn'tholdwater那個借口根本站不住腳
10.Your theory does not hold water.The witnesses' conflicting stories held no water.
你的理論經不起考驗.證人互相矛盾的證詞站不住腳
go to the dogs v.墮落,毀滅
The man went to the dogs after he started drinking.
那男人自酗酒后便步步走向毀滅.
The man went to the dogs after he started gambling.
那人開始賭博后就墮落了.
The team went to the dogs when its best players got hurt.
幾個得力的運動員一受傷,這個隊就一敗涂地了.
People say that this country has gone to the dogs since the end of the war.
人們說這個國家戰(zhàn)后以來每況愈下.
Our local pub has gone to the dogs since they put in thesnooker tables and video jukeboxes.
我們當地的酒店自從把落袋撞球戲桌子和電視自動電唱機擺進來后就垮了.
Many people think this country's going to the dogs.
很多人都這么想,這個國家敗落了.