托福寫作部分考生的遣詞造句是語言表達能力的直觀體現，而這其中最重要的一個部分就是寫作用詞，一篇好的托福作文絕對不是空洞的華麗辭藻堆砌，而是會獨具匠心地采用適當精妙的地道表達。看膩了尋?！案呒墝懽魈鎿Q詞匯”，我們今天另辟蹊徑，來看一看一些影視作品中出現的比較地道且獨特的表達，各位TOEFLer在托福寫作備考的過程中也可以嘗試應用一下，給自己的托福寫作增加一些不一樣的色彩~
in abeyance
電影或其他政策性事務延期的情況，除了put off 和 postpone 等常用表達外，還可以用到 in abeyance。
1. Aftera recent case of firework explosion, all the preparations for the fireworkdisplay this year are held in abeyance pending official government’s conclusionon the issue.
最近的煙花爆炸事件后，所有新年煙火表演的準備活動都被叫停，等待政府的最后決策。
2.Thepublic were wondering on which ground the president held his trip to the Europe in abeyance.
公眾紛紛揣測主席延遲此次訪問歐洲行程的動機。
3.Currently ,the tablets for cold merely function as a relief, holding the escalation ofsymptoms in abeyance.
當下的感冒藥片僅能起到舒緩效果，延緩感冒癥狀的加重。
4.Anyconstruction generating noise during the College Entrance Examination periodshould be lain in abeyance.
任何產生噪音的工程在高考期間都須暫停。
leave sb. holding the bag/baby
看過霍比特人3的小伙伴們都知道，一開始，矮人王索林被沾染了惡龍邪氣的金幣所迷惑，拒絕參戰，把戰斗的責任留給了他的表兄以及精靈和人類。把重大責任推卸給別人，我們可以用leave sb. holding the baby，美語中也可以說leave sb. holding the bag
1.Whenthe stock market fluctuates, only the private shareholders are left holding the bag.
當股市震蕩時，往往是個人投資者承擔損失。
2.With conflicts between the doctor and the patient provoking, an increasing number ofmedical staff are feeling themselves left holding the baby.
當下醫患沖突一觸即發，越來越多的醫療人員覺得被動承擔著這個責任。
3. Thosewho leave the public holding the baby cannot be elected as a leader.
那些任由群眾承擔責任的人是不能被選為領導的。
4.Scapegoatdescribes someone who is left holding the bag.
替罪羊指的就是那些被動承擔責任的人。
bring / call into play
五軍之戰戰事一觸即發，必須充分利用各軍之力，才能獲得最后的勝利。童鞋們要表達利用，首先想到的是take advantage of，make use of等，試試bring into play，也可以說call into play:
1.Notonly the legislation system but the public awareness should be called into play in terms of environment protection.
就環境保護而言，我們需要利用的不僅是立法體系，還有公眾意識。
2.Tosucceed in study, interest, a prominent source of concentration, shall be brought into play.
要在學習中成功，興趣作為注意力的主要來源，必須被很好地利用起來。
3.An efficient company would rather call into play any approach to promote workefficiency and cooperation than lay off staff to save cost.
一個高效的公司應利用一切方法提高工作效率，促進合作，而不簡單裁員以削減開支。
4.The teacher has brought into play several learning methods to distinguish the groups of students who adjust to the corresponding modes the most.
老師通過利用幾種不同的學習方法來區分不同群體學生最適用的學習方式。
road to Damascus
插個《圣經》故事，據說一名基督徒的迫害者保羅在從耶路撒冷到大馬士革(羅馬帝國敘利亞省會)抓捕基督徒的路上突然被擊倒，眼睛因受比太陽更強的光刺激而暫時失明。此時他聽到了上帝的召喚，于是皈依基督。由此，road to Damascus被用來描述(觀點或信仰的)翻然改變:
1.It has been a road to Damascus moment for the contemporary world, which hassuffered enough from fierce competition, lack of natural resources, and seriousenvironment pollutions.
現代社會飽受競爭激烈、資源匱乏和污染嚴重的桎梏，已到了不得不改變的關頭。
2.Peoplehave been expecting a road to Damascus moment to change the current miserablelife.
民眾一直在期待一個通往大馬士革之路的時間結點，來改變現下苦難的人生。
3.Hisfailure in college entrance examination was the road to Damascus moment in thelife.
他在高考中的失利成為了他人生的轉折點。
4.Everyone would meet his road to Damascus moment when some vital decision has to be made.
每個人都會遇到需要做出重大決定的時期，這就是他人生的轉折點。
it is / these are early days
看了五軍之戰的童鞋們都知道，惡龍史矛革被射死以后故事就結束了嗎?顯然言之尚早哦!為了分得自己的那杯羹，人類和精靈向矮人族宣戰了。言之過早，我們說 it is early days或者these are early days，結果嘛，顯然跟預想的不大一樣哦：
1.Although it’s early days yet, the smooth process before the cooperation between the two nations has cheered up the public.
雖然現在一切還言之尚早，但兩國合作的前期事宜進展順利，使兩國人民都振奮不少。
2.Whether it’s early days or not, the government should not wait till it’s too late toprotect the environment.
無論當下是否言之尚早，政府總不應該推延環境的保護工作，否則為時已晚。
3. Are these really early days to prepare primary school students for college entranceexamination, by means of private tutor and after-class training?
對于小學生而言，以家教和課后輔導的形式提前準備高考，真的是為時過早嗎?
4.Peopleare born equal, but whoever makes a big difference in the later days starts when it’s early time.
人生來平等，但任何在未來不同尋常的人都在一切尚未定論時就開始努力了。
face the music
face the music，面對音樂嗎?顯然不是，這是個面褒實貶的表達，表示接受批評或懲罰。比如左邊的白袍巫師薩如曼，在指環王三部曲中就是個不折不扣的應該face the music的主兒。
1.Responsible leaders will not leave his team members facing the music.
有責任的領導是不會扔下他的隊員獨自承受懲罰的。
2.Even if the president stood in front of the public, facing the music, the rage builtup in the crowds.
即便是主席站到了人群前面對各種批評，還是遏制不住人群中的憤怒。
3.Whoever faces up the music today may simply be a scapegoat rather than the one whocommitted the crime.
無論今天面對懲罰的人是誰，他都可能僅是個替罪羊，真正的罪犯另有其人。
4.Most Chinese pupils have to face the music every time after exam, simply becausethey fall out of the top ten.
大部分中國孩子在每次考試后都要面對懲罰，原因僅僅是他們沒有考到前十名。
gain ground
弓箭手巴德絕對是人類中的佼佼者，他憑借出色的箭法射殺了巨龍史矛革，同時，他在長湖鎮人民的心中也成功地gain ground。我們用gainground來描述更強大，更有效或更成功:
1. The number of people in pursuit of material life has gained ground with increasing momentum.
現下追求物質生活的人越來越多。
2.With foreign brands gaining ground in the Chinese market, in better quality butlower price, the local manufacturers have to reform to survive the international competition.
隨著國外品牌以更優的質量和價格逐漸占據中國市場，本土制造商必須改革以在國際化競爭中存活下來。
3. Distant education has gained ground not only with in the American boundary, but in theremote oriental countries, such as China and India.
遠程教育在美國獲得了成功，在遙遠的東方國家亦是如此，如中國和印度。
4.When electronic books have gained ground in publishing, paper books seem to havelost its status.
當電子書籍在出版業中獲得成功后，紙質書似乎已經失去了其地位。
hackles rise
光看字面：頸毛豎起來，這是動物憤怒的表征。用在人身上，也便是極度憤怒的意思了。擁有眾多女粉絲的精靈王瑟蘭迪爾，比兒子顏值更高，哪怕hackles rise，應該也是傾倒眾生吧:
1. After Malaysia Airline made contradictory claims concerning the missing of MH370, therelatives of the passengers felt their hackles rise.
在聽了馬航針對MH370的失蹤做出的前后矛盾的陳述后，機上乘客的親屬們憤怒了。
2. Japan’sclaim to the dominion over Tiao Yu Island has made all the Chinese’s hackles rise.
日本對釣魚島宣誓主權，這使得全中國人民都憤怒至極。
3.Awise teacher should welcome discussions rather than feel hackles rise when students challenge him.
當學生挑戰他的權威時，明智的老師會鼓勵討論，而非怒氣滿天。
4.According to a recent medical report, those who have their hackles rise frequently tendto suffer from cancer more.
最近的一項醫學報告指出，經常性憤怒的人更易得癌癥。
cut no ice
我們偉大的灰袍巫師甘道夫是正義力量最堅實可靠的朋友。甚至乎，我們以為，無論發生什么事，甘道夫都可以輕松搞定?？上?，在強大的暗黑力量面前，甘道夫那點魔法沒有絲毫作用，cut no ice with the dark power:
1.Distractions,such as TV and computer, cut on ice with the students who are wholly devoted tostudy.
諸如電視、電腦等分散注意力的事物，對于專注于學習的學生而言卻是毫無影響可言。
2.Evidencehas proven current approaches to environment protection have cut on ice.
事實證明當前環境保護的舉措沒有起到任何作用。
3.Teaching is characteristic, and even the most widely adopted education method may cut no ice with certain amount of students.
教學是個性化的，即便是最為廣泛使用的教學方法也可能對一部分學生不起作用。
4.It’s without scientific vision to deny the importance of the cure, which temporarily cuts no ice with the patients.
急于否定那些暫時沒有對病灶起效的治療方法是缺乏科研眼光的做法。
jam tomorrow
美麗的精靈護衛隊長塔瑞爾愛上了矮人奇力，顯然，精靈和矮人的愛情，只能是可望不可及的美夢而已。我們用 jam tomorrow 來描述這種眼高手低的“美好”:
1.Datingback to the old times when the public were frequently fooled by them anipulation of policies, voters nowadays are thus less convinced of the jam tomorrow political candidates create.
過往民眾不斷被政策操縱者所擺布，所以今天的選民們不再輕信候選人描繪的燦爛明天。
2.Inthe contemporary society, an independent and confident woman shall not beeasily persuaded by a jam tomorrow a man boasts.
在現代社會，一個獨立自信的女性不應輕易被男人吹噓的燦爛明天所糊弄。
3.Apromise of jam tomorrow is the pursuit of the students who stay up almost everynight for previews and reviews.
那些學生每天熬夜預習、復習，就是為了掙一個美好的明天。
4.Without diligence, intelligence and social network, a pleasant job with satisfactory pay is merely a promise of jam tomorrow.
沒有勤奮、智慧和人際圈，高薪厚職只是黃粱美夢。
