托福
Tuō fú
Pinyin
Definition
托福
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- TOEFL
- Test of English as a Foreign Language
托福
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- (old) thanks to your lucky influence (polite reply to health inquiries)
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一饱眼福
- 1 to feast one's eyes on (idiom)
作威作福
- 1 tyrannical abuse (idiom); riding roughshod over people
傻人有傻福
- 1 fortune favors fools (idiom)
- 2 fool's luck
儿孙自有儿孙福
- 1 younger generations will do all right on their own (idiom)
因祸得福
- 1 to profit from a disaster (idiom); some good comes out of a setback
- 2 It's an ill wind that blows nobody any good.
Sample Sentences
唉,你说我怎么就这么背呢,明明那么努力,幸运女神怎么就不眷顾我一下呢,托福我都考八次了还没通过。真是见鬼了。
Ah, why do you think I'm so unlucky. I clearly work hard, but lady luck doesn't take any care of me. It's the eighth time I've taken the TOEFL test and I still haven't passed it. To hell with it!
他们啊,其实都抱着侥幸心理,以为神不知鬼不觉,哪里会想到这件事居然被央视“爆”出来了呢?再说,替考这条“利益链”存在也不是一天两天了,不仅高考,四六级托福、雅思等等英语等级考试,每年都能抓到不少“枪手”。
These people actually are all leaving it to chance and think they can keep it secret. Never would they think that this would unexpectedly be "burst" open by CCTV. Moreover, this "profit chain" of taking exams for others has not existed for just one or two days. And it is not just at the college entrance exam, but also at English graded tests like CET 4/6 exam, TOEFL, IELTS, etc. that many "stand-in examinees" are caught.
真的。不过,你的GPA不够高,GRE和托福成绩也不算很好。牛校竞争会很惨烈,要想提高成功率,还要再费些功夫。
Really. However, your GPA isn't high enough, and your GRE and TOEFL scores also aren't all that good. The competition at top schools is brutal. If you want to raise your chances of being accepted, you'll need to do some work.
还有GRE和托福,建议你再考几次。反正不管考几次,只看成绩最高的一次。在截止日期前送分就行了。
Then there's the GRE and TOEFL. I recommend you take them again a few times. Nevertheless, no matter how many times you take it, only pay attention to your highest score. Sending the score in before the deadline is enough.
HSK是中国的托福啊!对留学生来说,HSK成绩达到一定标准才能进入中国的大学学习。很多外企也要求员工考到6级或者更高。
HSK is the Chinese TOEFL! For study abroad students, you can only get into a Chinese university if you achieve a certain grade on the test. Many foreign companies also require that their personnel score a level six or higher.