托福听力TPO中的固定搭配（1）

　　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 rag

　　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。