又是一年夏熱時，看著考研書，吃著考研餐。終于，有同學說，老天，我又“方”了�？粗�大家這么辛苦，跨考教育高老師和大家來分享一下關于“方”了一些地道的英文表達。

　　1. Square 方形(最簡單的)

　　短語：to be a square peg in a round hole

　　方形的釘子插在圓形的孔里，指格格不入

　　例句： His appearance here is like a square peg in a round hole.

　　他在這里出現，顯得有些格格不入。

　　那square還有其他很美的意思如：

　　be there, or be square(一定要來，不見不散)-----通常是一種玩笑性質的施壓，像是說，晚上party要來哦，誰不來誰是孫子。

　　call sth square/square accounts(雙方扯平、互不相欠)

　　例句： He deliberately insulted me but I'll square accounts with him one day.

　　他故意侮辱我，但總有一天我會跟他算賬的。

　　3)to be fair and square公平對待每個人

　　例句：I ask no odds, I just want you to be fair and square.

　　我不要求特殊照顧，我只要求您公正。

　　4)to look someone square in the eye看著某人的眼睛，表示坦誠

　　例句： He sat me down, looked me square in the eye and said, "I love you." 他拉我著坐下，看著我的眼睛說，我愛你。

　　5)on the square誠實公正地、正大光明地

　　例句： We just want this trail on the square.

　　我們只希望這場審判能夠正大光明地進行。

　　6)out of square不一致;不協調

　　例句：Both reports are from supposedly reliable sources, but they are out of square.

　　兩份報道按說來源都可靠，但兩者卻有出入。

　　7)a square answer坦誠的答案

　　例句：He offered us a square answer.

　　他給了我們一個坦誠的答案。

　　8)to square away校正或擺好;整頓就緒

　　例句： He is trying to get all his legal troubles squared away as soon as possible.

　　他努力把所有法律上的麻煩搞定。

　　9)a square deal公平交易

　　例句： The workers were offered a square deal of a 40-hour week and guaranteed overtime.

　　工人們得到了每周40小時和保證支付加班費的公正待遇。

　　10)to square off擺好架勢準備戰(zhàn)斗或比賽

　　例句： French soldiers squared off with a gunman at a road checkpoint.

　　在一個公路檢查站法國士兵擺開陣勢，準備迎戰(zhàn)一名持槍者。

　　11)to square up解決或妥協，也指勇敢地與某人或某事對峙

　　例:1： I have something to square up with you.

　　我有點事要和你商談解決一下。

　　例句2： The world's most prestigious insurance company was last night squaring up to take on MPs who have accused it of being riddled with corruption.

　　世界上最負盛名的保險公司昨晚作出回應，要和那些指責其腐敗泛濫的議員們較量一番。

　　12)to square one’s shoulders挺起肩膀、胸膛，可指這一動作，也可比喻準備迎接挑戰(zhàn)。

　　例句： You need to square your shoulders for the subsequent task.

　　為了接下來的任務，你要做好準備。

　　13)to attempt to square the circle做不可能的事

　　例句： It is easier to square the circle than to get round a mathematician.從數學家面前混過去比“化圓為方”還難。

　　14)to square something with someone與某人就某事協調或達成一致

　　例句： I squared it with Dan, who said it was all right so long as I was back next Monday morning.我征得了丹的同意，他說只要我下周一早上能回來就行。