托福词汇短语汇总（九）

关键字托福词汇;短语汇总

2015-09-10 来源：新通外语网igo99.cn 作者：新通教育阅读量：手机阅读

导读

词汇的积累对托福考试至关重要，词汇积累的越多，整个备考过程也就会越来越顺风顺水。托福考试中常常涉及各种短语以及固定搭配，很让考生头疼。接下来新通小编为大家重点介绍托福考试中会涉及到的短语，相信对于以后的托福考试一定会有帮助的。

Ask for the moon 异想天开

短语 to ask for the moon 直译是要天上的月亮，实际意思是说某人提出过分的要求，想要得不到的东西或是想做做不到的事儿。
例句
Bob's wife is always asking for the moon. He works hard 12 hours a day for poor pay, but she still expects expensive holidays and clothes.
Don't ask for the moon, Mr Jones. Be reasonable, please.
请注意
短语 to promise the moon to someone 的意思是向某人答应办不到的事儿，也就是汉语里常说的空口许愿。
例句
My husband promised me the moon when we got married: a big mansion, a flashy car and all the diamonds I could wear. But none of it happened!
今日小常识
The Apollo missions between 1969 and 1972 returned over 380kg of rocks from the Moon, which have been used to help us understand its origins and structure.
从1961年到1927年，美国的阿波罗计划从月球上取回了380多公斤的岩石标本。这些带回来的标本对研究月球的起源和构造有很大帮助。