5月晨读(下) | 「喝酒一口闷」英文怎么说?
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晨读第六天
01 英文的“马屁精”可以怎么说?
suck-up
sycophant
boot licker
ass kisser
brown noser
apple polisher
You've got a little something on your nose.
02 我真搞不懂为什么
I can't put my finger on sb/sth.
I don't have you number.
我不知道你葫芦里买什么药
03 Just because xx doesn't mean xx
Just because it's your birthday doesn't mean you can be an asshole.
04 和「luck」有关的表达
Luck you ! (语气可甜可酸)
As luck would have it ...真巧/真不巧
I'm down on my luck. 真不走运
Luck is on my side. 运气真好(福星高照)
Don't push your luck. 别得寸进尺
05 有意思的句子摘录
Don't walk behind me, I may not lead;
Don't walk in front of me, I may not folow;
Just walk beside me and be my friend.
Walk in mile in my shoes. See what I see, hear what I hear, feel what I feel, then maybe you'll understand why I do what I do till then don't judge me.
06 「说错话了」用英文可以怎么说?
put one's foot in one's mouth
造句:I put my foot in my mouth again.
(好尴尬)我又说错话了
A closed mouth gathers no foot.
不会讲话就少说话(言多必失)
截图来自@Jessica
趣味拓展:Foot in Mouth Award
07 「那个什么来着」英文怎么说?
whatsit 那个什么来着
whatshername 那个谁来着
whatshisname 那个谁来着
造句:Where is the whatsit? You know, the thing we bought yesterday. 那个东西在哪?就是那个...叫什么来着?就是我们昨天买的那个。
拓展:「it」在口语中还可以指代非常棒的东西,比如 I think the movie is it 我觉得这电影非常不错,Not looking for a job, looking for the it job 找工作别瞎找,要找就找份好工作。
08 「暴跳如雷」英文怎么说?
I got ticked off. 我气炸了
I got worked up.(情绪突然上头) 异常兴奋/十分生气
拓展:「be miffed」v. 生气,恼火
She was slightly miffed at not being invited.
晨读第七天
01 take one's breath away 令人惊叹/窒息
I'd never had my breath taken away so much.
02 「生日快乐」还可以怎么说?
Many happy returns
拓展:
寿星 birthday boy/girl
许愿 make a wish
03 看到「dine」 能想到哪些表达?
diner 小饭馆/进餐者
dine and dash 吃霸王餐
wine and dine 好酒好菜款待
04 「没穿衣服」除了 nude、naked 还可怎么说?
In your birthday suit (like the day you were born)
05 和「整容」有关的词汇
botox injections 肉毒素注射
face lift (面部拉皮)除皱整容
liposuction 吸脂
breast augmentation 丰胸
tummy tuck (抽脂)缩腹
hair transplantation 毛发移植
06 「怀才不遇」英文可以怎么说?
He thought his talent has not been recognized
recognize 作动词有“认可、承认”的意思,例句:He had the insight to recognize their talents 他很有眼力,慧眼识英才。
晨读第八天
01 以「xx的时速驾驶」可以用哪两个动词?
I was doing only 65.
You were going at least 75 in a 55 zone.
这地方限速55但你开到了75.
02 「闭嘴」除了 shut your mouth 还可以怎么说?
Zip it.
Knock it off.
Shut your face.
03 出卖,露出马脚
rat out 出卖
giveaway 露出马脚
That's a dead giveaway. 显而易见的马脚
04 「醉酒驾驶」英文怎么说?
DUI-Driving under the influence
05 「蠢女人」怎么说?
Bimbo (注意这个词很冒犯)
拓展:另一个非常 offensive 的词是「 broad」,类似于中文里的“娘们”。
06 「大吵大闹」
make a fuss
make a scene
场景:两夫妻在马路上吵架,女方一屁股墩坐下在开始闹,男方说 Stop making a scene,赶紧回家,别在这出洋相。
07 内涵语的言外之意
I have a gun, and I know how to use it.
(威胁)
The four man didn't wait for a second threat.
(吓得屁滚尿流)
I don't pay you to think.——TinTin
(不要浪费我时间)
08 xx like mad “拼命地,疯狂地,全力以赴”
I have to run like mad to catch the bus.
为了赶上公交车,我不得不拼命的跑(out of breath form running)
例句:
He was weight training like mad.
他在拼命的进行负重训练。
She's saving like mad because she wants to buy a house. 她想买房,所以在拼命的存钱。
09 可能会念错的音
注意 sergeant 的发音
sergeant /ˈsɑːrdʒənt/
拓展:有人会念错climb,plumber这样的词,如果中招了的话,花两分钟把这图的词都念一遍吧~
截图来自@Eric
10 给人留下xx的印象 come across
She comes across well in interbiews.
她在面试中常给人留下很好的印象。
He came across as a sympathetic person.
他给人留下一种富有同情心的印象。
拓展:strike sb as xx 、come off as xx
你觉得我很浪吗?Do I come off as a slut?
截图来自@Boom Clap
晨读第九天
01 英语委婉语
I don't have all night.
(我可没那么多功夫时间)
I didn't get the best service here.
(那的服务太糟糕了)
He is not the easiest person to get along with.
(他这个人不好相处)
02 (户外)临时演讲台 soapbox
soapboxer 街头演讲者
复习:chatterbox 话痨
03 速成班 crash course
拓展:xx 101 xx 入门课程
drawing 101 绘画基础入门
04 graphic
例句:The descriptions of sexual abuse are graphic. 这些性虐待的描写绘声绘色。
05 piece together 拼凑真相、拼合凑集
把线索、蛛丝马迹拼凑起来
piece clues\evidence together
例句:
他们已经理清了他去世前几天的活动情况。
They've pieced together his movements for the last few days before his death.
医生精心的把碎骨头拼合起来。
Doctors painstakingly pieced together the broken bones.
06 「念错了名字」可以用到哪个动词?
Sorry, I butchered your name.
butcher 在这里作动词
07 和「cake」有关的表达
the cherry/icing on the cake 锦上添花
to go/sell like hot cakes 畅销;xx 卖得很火
can't have one's cake and eat it 鱼和熊掌不可兼得
08 「喝酒一口闷」英文怎么说?
down one's shot in one gulp
down one's shot in one go
down one's shot in one sitting
晨读第十天
01 「dog」丑女,劣质产品
She is a dog. 言下之意,长得很抱歉
复习:bimbo、broad
02 显摆、炫耀、卖弄的人 show-off
You are showing off.
复习:xx is a turn-on/turn-off
引起“性”趣/扫兴之物
03 「只能怪自己」英文可以怎么说?
I only have myself to blame.
拓展:“因为做了xx事情而懊恼不已”
He must be kicking himself for giving the dog that name. 他一定为给狗起了这样一个名字而懊恼不已。
04 形象表达
原句:Gas used to be cheaper than bottled water, now it's more expensive than a latte.
05 我不大喜欢做家务
I'm not very domestic.
我不是那种喜欢待在家里的人
I'm not a very domestic sort of person.