give it one's best shot

(informal)do the best that one can

(非正式)盡力做好

not a shot in one's locker

(Brit.)no money or chances left

(英)身無分文；毫無辦法

a shot across the bows

a shot in the arm

(informal)an encouraging stimulus

(非正式)刺激；鼓舞

the movie was a real shot in the arm for our crew.

對我們?nèi)w隊員來說，這部電影非常鼓舞人心。

a shot in the dark

the movie was a real shot in the arm for our crew.

對我們?nèi)w隊員來說，這部電影非常鼓舞人心。

get (或 be)shot of

(Brit. informal)get (or be) rid of

(英，非正式)除去

(shot through with)suffused with (a particular feature or quality)

充滿

the mist was shot through with orange spokes of light.

薄霧中散射著橙色的光線。

shot to pieces (或 to hell)

(informal)ruined

(非正式)毀壞的

like a shot

Very quickly.

非常快地

shot in the arm【非正式用語】

Something that boosts one's spirits.

興奮劑：讓人精神振奮的東西

shot in the dark【非正式用語】

A wild, unsubstantiated guess.

瞎猜：胡亂的、沒有根據(jù)的猜測

An attempt that has little chance of succeeding.

成功可能性很小的嘗試