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我“方”了!盘点英语里好“方”的习惯表达

2016-05-13 双语君 中国日报网双语新闻

并不只有汉语才会把形状变成“我好方”这类的习语的……(这并不是习语好嘛!)


“方”,square,在英语里的出镜率可是高得惊人呢。


今天,双语君就来盘点一下英语里那些让人“方”了的表述。



Square 方形



to be a square peg in a round hole


方形的钉子插在圆形的孔里,指格格不入


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

他在这里出现,显得有些格格不入。



to go back to square one


 由于受挫或陷入僵局而从头开始


➤ The attempt failed and we had to go back to square one.

尝试失败了,因此我们得重新开始。



be there, or be square


一定要来,不见不散


通常是一种玩笑性质的施压,像是说,晚上party要来哦,谁不来谁是孙子。


➤ There's a bunch of people going to be at John's on Saturday. Be there or be square.

一堆人周六要去约翰家聚会呢,你不能不来哦。



call sth square/

square accounts


双方扯平、互不相欠


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

他故意侮辱我,但总有一天我会跟他算账的。



something doesn’t cut any squares with one


不受某事影响


➤ The quarrel doesn’t cut any squares with him. 

他完全不受这场争吵的影响。



to be fair and square


公平对待每个人


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

我不要求特殊照顾,我只要求您公正。



to look someone square in the eye


看着某人的眼睛,表示坦诚


➤ He sat me down, looked me square in the eye and said, "I love you." 

他拉我着坐下,看着我的眼睛说,我爱你。



on the square


诚实公正地、正大光明地


➤ We just want this trail on the square.

我们只希望这场审判能够正大光明地进行。


out of square


不一致;不协调


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

两份报道按说来源都可靠,但两者却有出入。



a square answer


坦诚的答案


➤ He offered us a square answer

他给了我们一个坦诚的答案。



to square away


校正或摆好;整顿就绪


➤ 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烦搞定。



a square deal


公平交易


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

工人们得到了每周40小时和保证支付加班费的公正待遇。



A square meal


一份完整的、营养丰富的餐食


Three square meals(经常简化为three squares):指早、中、晚传统三餐。


➤ They haven't had a square meal for four or five days.

他们已经四五天没吃上一顿像样的饭了。



to square off


摆好架势准备战斗或比赛


➤ French soldiers squared off with a gunman at a road checkpoint.

在一个公路检查站法国士兵摆开阵势,准备迎战一名持枪者。



to square up

解决或妥协,也指勇敢地与某人或某事对峙


➤ I have something to square up with you.

我有点事要和你商谈解决一下。


➤ 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.

世界上最负盛名的保险公司昨晚作出回应,要和那些指责其腐败泛滥的议员们较量一番。



to square one’s shoulders

挺起肩膀、胸膛,可指这一动作,也可比喻准备迎接挑战。


➤ You need to square your shoulders for the subsequent task.

为了接下来的任务,你要做好准备。



to attempt to square the circle


做不可能的事


➤  It is easier to square the circle than to get round a mathematician.

从数学家面前混过去比“化圆为方”还难。



to square something with someone


与某人就某事协调或达成一致



➤  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,他说只要我下周一早上能回来就行。



(编辑:左卓 赵璠<实习>)


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