leave sb/sth for dead

leave sb or sth because you think they are dead

1. The girl had been attacked and left for dead. 那个女孩受到攻击后，别人认为她死了就离开了。
2. He’d been left for dead on the battlefield, but later on he turned up at the base hospital.人们以为他已死在战场上了，但后来他却出现在了后方医院。

combine to

结合，联合

1. These companies combined to negotiate a credit agreement with the bank.
2. In order to expand market share, the two competitors have combined to develop a new generation of their product.

in line with

与…一致/相符

1. We must point out that our price is exactly in line with the ruling market.
2. China has adopted many business practices that are in line with the international conventions.

be exposed to

与…接触，受影响

1. People in many developing countries are still exposed to poverty, disease, and war.
2. Young people tend to be more adaptive and receptive because they are exposed to various cultures in the world.

confine to

局限于，限于…范围内

1. Those state-owned companies were traditionally confined to import and export business.
2. It may not be a good idea to confine ourselves to the discussion of this topic alone.

boil down to

压缩到…，缩小到…，简化到…，归结为…

1. Through several revisions, the final agreement has been boiled down to 800 words.
2. What all this boils down to is a simple word called “money”.

on（the）track

在轨道上，不离题，正确

1. The economy has been off the track over the past few months, but it will be back on the right track again soon.
2. We’ll keep the business negotiation on the track so that an agreement can be reached as scheduled.

peg…at

钉在…，限定在…

1. The fiscal deficit for the coming year is pegged at $ 1.5 billion.
2. The labor and management finally agreed to peg the wage increase at 20% through tough bargaining.

ride the wave of

乘着…，凭借…

1. Riding the wave of taxpayer revolt, the politician got re-elected as a senator two years ago.
2. He is really a man riding the wave of popularity in the local area.

a mixed bag

混合体

1. We have a mixed bag of destinations and holidays for you. 我们有不同的出行目的地和度假活动供你挑选。
2. She invited a mixed bag of people to her party. 她邀请了各种人来参加聚会。

go together like peanut butter and jelly

匹配

1. Pretty soon, experts say, cell phones and the Internet will go together like peanut butter and jelly.

go to waste

被浪费掉

1. Don’t let all this good food go to waste.不要让这儿好的食物浪费了。
2. I would not like to see any daughter of mine going to waste as a chorus-girl in a provincial theatre.我可不想眼瞧着我的哪一个女儿在地方剧院做一个合唱队员，白白糟蹋了青春。

critical mass

重要或关键时刻

1. In the 1990s, corporate investment in information technology finally hit critical mass.

like wildfire

很快地

1. Once one child in the school has the infection, it spreads like wildfire.在学校里，一旦一个孩子染上了传染病，这病就会马上传播开来。
2. These stories are spreading like wildfire through the city.这些故事在这座城市很快传播开来。

（to be）（all）to the good

对 … 有利

1. If further improvements can be made, that would be all to the good. 如果能够做进一步的改进，那会很好。
2. The teacher did not see him come in late, which was all to the good. 好在老师没看见他迟到。

sit on a board, committee, etc.

当 … 的成员

1. I'm going to be sitting on the committee for one more year. 我打算在这个委员会再干一年。
2. Mr. Brown sat on the jury at the trial.布朗先生在审判该案件时担任陪审员。

No wonder/It’s no wonder

不奇怪，难怪

1. No wonder they have lost out to the aggressive firms from the newly emerging economies.
2. It is no wonder he got rich overnight. He had made a big fortune from a compensation trade deal.

slam the door in sb’s face

拒绝面见某人或听取某人的意见

1. The workers only asked for a small increase in pay, but the boss just slammed the door in their faces.工人们只是要求工资略有增加，但老板断然拒绝了他们的要求。

keep sth. intact

使…原封不动/未受损失

1. Make sure that goods are kept intact when they arrive at our end.

take a beating

遭受损失；遭受失败

1. Technology stocks of all sizes continued to take a beating.所有的技术股继续受到重创。
2. We took a beating in our last match.我们队在上次比赛中失利了。

wipe out

清除掉；毁灭

1. Nothing could wipe out his bitter memories of the past.没有任何东西能使他把痛苦的过去从记忆中抹去。
2. One bad harvest could wipe out all of a grower's profits for the previous two years.农民如遭遇一年的歉收都可能使他们在前两年挣的钱消失殆尽。

It’s a good bet that …

非常可能

1. I think it's a pretty good bet that he'll get the job. 我认为他很有可能得到这份工作。
2. It's a good bet （that） the government will increase taxes in the coming term.政府在下一个任期内很有可能增税。