2take a leaf out of somebody’s bookIMITATEto copy the way someone else behaves because you want to be like them or be as successful as they are 学某人的样,以某人为榜样
They are committing $3m to research. We could take a leaf out of their book.
他们要投入300万美元搞研究,我们也可以仿效他们。
3turn over a new leafBEHAVEto change the way you behave and become a better person 翻开新的一页;改过自新;重新做人
I see fatherhood as a chance to turn over a new leaf.
我把当父亲看作翻开生命新一页的一个机会。
Examples from the Corpus
turn over a new leaf• Monnett agrees too, so much that he has turned over a new leaf.• There is no indication that Hollywood is turning over a new leaf, free of bloodstains.• I know I've done some bad things in the past, but now I'm turning over a new leaf.• Like all fathers, I see fatherhood as a chance to turn over a new leaf.• After being released from jail, Tonydecided to turn over a new leaf.• Faldo, perhaps above all, will be hoping to turn over a new leaf.• We urge them to turn over a new leaf.
4page 页 [countableC] formalTCN a page of a book 纸页,书页
He slipped the letter between the leaves of his notebook.
leaf• Nigel leafed through a few large-print Agatha Christies but was put off by the noxiousinexplicablestains on the pages.• He leafed through a pile of documents until he found a sheet of paper torn from an exercise book.• But just the simpleact of leafing through and talking about a book can help.• He leafed through his papers, then, with a glance at Sonny, raised his eyebrows expectantly.• I leaf through the pages again that night.