要想增加托福寫作的邏輯性，增強(qiáng)作文的可讀性，一些短語和短句的運(yùn)用必不可少。下面，小編為大家整理“托福寫作最常用短句匯總”，希望對大家有所幫助。

　　"given to"= likely to do something(可能會(huì)...;動(dòng)輒....)

　　"He is given to yelling at people when things don't go his way."

　　"ahead of style" 走在流行之前

　　"I don't think Karen is going to wear this dress to the party because usually she is ahead of style."

　　"in the works" = being prepared(正在著手準(zhǔn)備)

　　"My new album is still in the works.It will come out in April."

　　"a fiver" = a five-dollar bill(五元超票)

　　"Can you give me change of a fiver? I need five singles (五張一元票),please."

　　"fill out" 填寫(表格)

　　“Fill out this form please."

　　"a debt of gratitude" 重重地欠一筆(人情)，無限感激

　　“She has done so much for my family and we owe her a debt of gratitude.”

　　take the blame for " = (就...)認(rèn)錯(cuò)

　　"I can't take the blame for something I didn't do."

　　"alcohol poisoning" (酒精中毒)

　　"When a large amount of alcohol is consumed in a short period of time,alcohol poisoning can result."

　　out of tune" = out of line,not in agreement or harmony

　　(不和諧/不協(xié)調(diào))

　　"His ideas of what we should do about this situation are so out of tune with mine."

　　"compatible with" = (of humans,software etc.)able to coexist

　　(能共處的，可相容的)

　　“I fight with my wife quite often and I don't think we are compatible with each other at all."

　　"Is this system compatible with Windows XP?"

　　"poles apart" 相差十萬八千里，相差甚遠(yuǎn)

　　"Your idea of fun and mine are poles apart!"

　　"cry happy tears" = cry with joy (高興得流下了眼淚)

　　“Tracy cried happy tears when she heard that she got the job."

　　"burst into tears" = break down in tears (潸然淚下)

　　"My mother burst into tears when the police told her (that) I was arrested."

　　"get through to" = to succeed in making someone lisen

　　or understand (說話管用)

　　"Can you talk your daughter out of dating that man? I can't get through to her."

　　"give sb the benefit of the doubt" = to believe a person

　　is innocent rather than guilty when you are not sure

　　(沒拿到證據(jù)時(shí))不要亂懷疑人

　　"David was the only person who had known where the money on one's hands" = in one's care or responsiblity

　　(責(zé)任落在...肩/手上)