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ZERO（0）
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Zero（to
be a）无可取之处
You're dating
him？He's such a zero！
你要跟他约会？他这人一无所长！
zero in
on someone or
something（to）把注意力集中于某事或某物
In the medical
world, they're zeroing in on a cure for the common
cold.
医学界人士正致力于一般感冒的治疗方法。
ONE（1）
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Go one
better勝过某人
She did well
this year and next year she hopes to go one better.
今年她干得不错,她希望明年更上一层楼。
FROM DAY
ONE 从一开始
He was mean to
me from day one.
他从一开始就对我很刻薄。
One in a
million万里挑一的;杰出的
You're one in a
million.
你可是万里挑一的呀!
Two(2)
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Goody
two shoes装腔作势,假正经的人
She's such a
goody two shoes.
她真是会装腔作势。
Like two
peas in a pod一模一样
Those twins are
like two peas in a pod.
那对双胞胎就像是一个模子里印出来的,长得一模一样。
Three（3）
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Get the
third degree遭到盘问
As soon as I got
home, my mother gave the third degree.
我一回到家，妈妈就对我问这问那的。
Four（4）
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On all
fours叭着，匍匐着
We were crawling
around on all fours.
我们匍匐着四处爬行。
Five(5)
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Gimme
five (=Give me five)击掌庆贺
Give me
five!
咱们击掌相庆吧!
Five by
five状态良好,准备就绪
Everything is
five by five.
一切都好。
Six（6）
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Deep six
someone（to）[黑话]除掉某人
I want you to go
deep six him.
我要你去干掉他。
At sixes
and sevens 乱七八糟，凌乱
I haven't had
time to clear up, so I'm all at sixes and sevens.
我还没空收拾,
所以什么都是乱七八糟的。
Seven(7)
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Seventh
heaven(in)狂喜
It was wonderful
being on vaction for a whole month. I was in
seventh
heaven!
整整放一个月假，真是太好了。我简直是欢喜若狂！
Eight(8)
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Behind
the eight ball处于不利地位
I want to be
honest with the boss, but if I tell him the truth, he
may fire me. I
feel like I'm behind the eight ball on this one.
我是想老老实实的给老板讲，可是又怕告诉他真相之后他会炒了我，我真是进
两难。
Nine(9)
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Cloud
nine(on)兴奋,极其愉快
Ever since she met Tom,
she's been on cloud nine.
自从认识了汤姆,
她感到无比快乐。
Dressed
to the nines盛装打扮
Last year at her party,
everyone was dressed to the nines.
去年在她搞的派对上,大家都作了精心的打扮。
Ten(10)
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Ten(to
be a)第一流,优秀
That girl is beautiful.
She's a real ten!
那女孩很漂亮,简直可以打满分!
Top
ten流行歌曲十佳派行榜
Her song just made top
ten!
她那首歌刚好打入了十佳派行榜!
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