日期:2022-02-15 a busy bee从字面上来看,指的是一只忙碌的蜜蜂,但是bee在这里也不仅仅只蜜蜂哦,用来形容人的时候就是指忙碌的人。 例如: Tom has six projects going at once, what a busy bee! 汤姆同时做六个项目,忙的不可开交! 哈哈,是不是很形象,很生动?... 阅读全文>> 日期:2022-02-15 a dogs dinner字面的意思是一只狗的晚餐,然而其实它表示一团糟、乱七八糟的意思。 据说是因为厨房发生一场灾难,饭菜做得一级难吃,最后只能把做得一团糟的食物丢给狗狗吃。 这样一想是不是还挺有道理的呢? 用的时候,我们可以这样说: The result of the test is li... 阅读全文>> 日期:2022-02-15 put sb/sth to shame的意思是使相形见绌,单说put sb to shame是指使(某人)感到羞愧, Your cooking puts mine to shame. 你做菜的功夫令我自愧不如。 knee-deep的字面意思表示齐膝深的,你想想,走过齐膝深的泥水是不是就有种陷进泥水的感觉,所以说,它的比喻义就... 阅读全文>> 日期:2022-02-15 I need to pick up a few things. 我想买点东西。 What do you need to buy? 你要买什么? Ill get a shopping cart so we dont have to carry everything. 我去拿个购物车,这样就不用什么都拿在手上了。 *shopping cart意思是购物车 Is this on sale? 这个在打折吗... 阅读全文>> 日期:2022-02-15 1. 购买食物和日用品统称do grocery shopping 举个例子: I need to do grocery shopping. 那么有些同学可能会问,Go shopping可以吗? go shopping一般指去买衣服、鞋子等除食物和日用品之外的东西。 2. 去grocery store买回来的东西统称为groceries。 举个例子: You... 阅读全文>> 日期:2022-02-15 May the New Year bring many good things and rich blessings to you and all those you love! 愿新年带给你和你所爱的人许多美好的事物和无尽的祝福! New Years greetings and best wishes! 致新年贺忱与最美好的祝福! Good luck in the year ahead! 恭贺新禧! Happy... 阅读全文>> 日期:2022-02-15 G: Thanks for everything. What a nice party! H: Thank you. Im so glad you could make it. G: Say hello to your friends for me. H: Likewise. Take care! See you later! G: Thanks. Bye! Im so glad you could make it含义为很高兴你能来,likewise本意是同样的... 阅读全文>> 日期:2022-02-15 G1: May I have this dance? G2: Id love to. G1: You are a good dancer. Are you a professional? G2: Just one of my hobbies. You see, dancing is part of my life. It always makes me feel pleased and relieved,like the saying goes: When youre tangled, ta... 阅读全文>> 日期:2022-02-15 G: This is a very nice place. You are such a lucky dog! H: Glad you like it. Come on in! Can I take your coat? G: Sure, thanks. Should I take my shoes off? H: Whatever you prefer. Make yourself at home! G: Thanks! And meet my date Sherlock Homes! H:... 阅读全文>> 日期:2022-02-15 G: Who else is going to be there? H: Im inviting you, my sister, and several friends from work and school. G: Your sister? She is such a party animal. She parties really hard. H: Yeah. So you neednt worry sitting there by yourself. G: Exactly! I rea... 阅读全文>> 日期:2022-02-15 H: Hi, Stella. Hows everything going? G: Quite good. What about you? H: Terrific! You see, John and me have just moved to a new house. We are throwing a house-warming party this evening. Would you like to come? G: Of course Ill come. I wont miss it... 阅读全文>> 日期:2022-02-15 5 The price will go down. 这价钱将会降低。 个人经验,go down跟go up很好用,一个表示下降,一个表示上升。比如作实验时浓度上升,这里的上升你可以说increase,但也可以说,The concentration goes up. 听来是不是也不错? 另外类似的口语讲法,你可以用rise跟drop... 阅读全文>> 日期:2022-02-15 1 Charge or debit? (Credit or debit?) 使用信用卡或是提款卡? Charge (Credit)指的就是一般我们说的信用卡,信用卡使用上很方便,但若是没有收入又没有社会安全卡,是很难申请到信用卡的。而我们的提款卡(ATM卡)就是debit,它会从你的支票户头直接扣钱。一般而言,只要去... 阅读全文>> 日期:2022-02-14 Adornment的意思是装饰品。 Free Dictionary给出了两个解释embellishment, ornamentation,就是抽象意义上的门面或者脸面。 She had managed to instill in her household a European sense of children as graceful adornments to the parents, as opposed to our ugl... 阅读全文>> 日期:2022-02-14 Figure这个词有形体的意思,figure-hugging是紧贴着身体的,贴合身材的,跟中文的贴身在思维方式上很贴近。 Figure-hugging是英式英语的用法,美式英语里常用form-fitting或者formfitting。 还有一个意思相近的词close-fitting,表示非常合身,比如a close-fitting jac... 阅读全文>> 日期:2022-02-14 Cantankerous [kntkrs] 是一个形容词。在生活中,我们常会遇到这样一些人,无论你说什么或者做什么,他们总爱唱反调,这个词说的就是这样的情况。 Collins Online Dictionary给出的解释就是指日常说的杠精。 Someone who is cantankerous is always finding things to... 阅读全文>> 日期:2022-02-14 Online Merriam-Webster上这样解释assert oneself: to speak or act in a manner that compels recognition especially of ones rights. 以某种方式说或者做,以表明自己的权利应该得到承认。 这个用法很难给出一个对应的中文词汇。《英汉大词典》给出的释义是坚持自... 阅读全文>> 日期:2022-02-14 在《柯林斯英语词典》里,对lie in的释义是remain in bed late in the morning,也就是赖床。 这里稍微区分一下赖床和睡懒觉,睡懒觉是早上睡到很晚才醒来,而赖床则指醒来赖在床上不起,睡懒觉的英文表达可以是get up late或sleep in。 另外,sleep late不是睡得晚,... 阅读全文>> 日期:2022-02-09 很多英语小白想表达自己幸福快乐的时候,喜欢用:happy。 其实,形容幸福还有更高级的表达。 seventh heaven,七重天、极乐世界,被认为是幸福和快乐的最高等级。 例:I just love traveling! Whenever I go somewhere new, I feel like I am in seventh heaven. cloud... 阅读全文>> 日期:2022-02-09 当我们感到心情不好的时候,可以用:feel so depressed(压抑的)和miserable(悲惨的)。 down in the mouth形容某人神气沮丧、垂头丧气,非常不高兴。 例:Why so down in the mouth? low这个简单的单词也可以用来形容哀伤和某人精神不振,相当于sad和feel blue,但... 阅读全文>> |
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