考研英语不仅要掌握先关词汇，还需要具备一定的短语基础，尤其是在翻译考研长难句的过程中，常常会夹杂一些短语把长难句的结构撑起来，那么在翻译长难句时，就需要把短语找出来，这样能帮助我们更好的划分长难句，接下来，跟随新东方老师一起来看一下常考短语吧~括号里是短语对应的英文解释，帮助大家在情境中理解，会理解的更清晰准确~

1. badly-off idm (=having little money and few of the things you need to live)v.贫穷的，缺这少那的

2. be behind bars idm (=in prison)a.蹲监狱，坐牢，被关起来

3. drive/strike a hard bargain idm (=to demand a lot or refuse to give too much when you are making an agreement)v想以低投入获取高回报，使劲杀价

4. because of idm (=used to say who or what causes something to happen or is the reason for something)prep.因为，由于

5. to begin with idm (=at first or used to introduce the first point you want to make)ad.起初，开始;首先，第一

6. on behalf of sb/on sb's behalf idm (=as the representative of sb or instead of them)ad.代表某人或代替某人

7. come into being/be brought into being idm (=to start to exist)v.开始存在，产生，形成

8. be beyond belief idm (=used to emphasize that something is so extreme that it is difficult to believe)a.难以置信的

9. believe in sb/sth phr v (=to be sure that someone or something exists)v.相信(某人或某事物)存在，信

10. at best idm (=used to emphasize that something is not very good, pleasant, honest etc even if you consider it in the best possible way)ad.充其量，至多