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11. Shoot! 说吧!
A: I've got a question for you.
A: 我想请问你一个问题。
B: Shoot!
B: 说吧!
"Shoot!" 除了当“说吧!”外, 很多女孩子也用它来代替 "Shit!", 因为觉得后者听起来不雅。
12. Give it a shot! 试试看!
A: It would be so cool if I can win this contest. I don't think I'm good
enough, though.
A: 要是我可以赢了这项比赛的话会有多好。但我不认为自己够好。
B: Give it a shot! You'll never know.
B: 试试看啊! 没试怎么会知道!
13. Got you! (骗、吓...)到你了吧!
A: My sister just now called and said she's moving in with us.
A: 我姐姐刚刚打电话来, 说她要搬进来跟我们一块儿住。
B: What?
B: 什么!
A: Got you!
A: 上当了吧!
"Get you" 是“(骗、吓、捉弄...)到你了吧!”的意思。
14. no-brainer 不必花脑筋的事物
A: How do you use this program? It looks quite complicated.
A: 你怎么样用这个软件呢? 看起来蛮复杂的。
B: No. Looks can be deceiving. This thing is actually a no-brainer. Let me
show you.
B: 不会! 外表有时是会骗人的。这个东西其实很容易(不必花脑筋的)。我玩给你看!
"Looks can be deceiving." 是“外表有时是会骗人的”的意思。也许你的竞争对方把自己抬高, 表现出很厉害的样子,
你的朋友就可以说"Looks can be deceiving. He may be just a paper tiger."来安慰你。
15. work one's butt off 很努力地(做一件事)
A: I can't believe all my work is gone just like this. I've worked my butt
off on this all day.
A: 我不敢相信我的心血就这样丢掉了!我今天整天辛辛苦苦都在搞这个!
B: What happened? Computer crashed?
B: 怎么啦? 计算机当了吗?
16. push around 驱使(某人)
A. Gary, do you think you can rewrite this paper. I don't really like the
topic.
A: Gary, 你想你是不是可以把这个报告重写一遍。我并不是很喜欢那个主题。
B: Hey, I'm only trying to help you out. You shouldn't be pushing me around
like this.
B: 嘿! 我是在帮你忙耶! 你不应该这样指使我喔!
17. brush off 不理; 默视
A: Have you talked to Mr. Lambert about Ian's obscene speech towards
you?
A: 你跟 Lambert 先生提过 Ian 对你讲的猥亵的话吗?
B: Yes, but he brushed it off as if it were not a big deal to him.
B: 有! 但他轻轻带过(不理), 好象他觉得那并没有什么!
"brush away(aside)" 也是“不理”的意思。如"He brushed aside our
objection."(他无视我们的反对)。
18. boss around 颐指气使
A: Oh! No. I've got assigned to work with Marvin for our group project.
A: 噢! 不! 我被分配跟 Marvin 一起做团体作业。
B: Ooh! I heard that he love to boss people around.
B: 唉呀! 我听说他很爱指使人的。
"boss around" 和 "push around" 都是“指使人”的意思。说一个人爱命令人也可以说"He is very
bossy."。
19. Oh, boy! 乖乖! 唉呀! 真是!
A: Guess what? We first got a flat tire, and now my cell phone is dead.
A: 你猜怎么了? 首先我门的车爆胎了, 现在我的行动电话又没电了。
B: Oh, boy!
B: 唉!
"flat tire" 是“爆胎”的意思。"Oh, boy!"是美国人用的一种感叹表示词句。
20. bound to 必定
A: Dan forgot his map?
A: Dan 忘了带地图了吗?
B: Yep! And he's bound to lose his way.
B: 是的! 他铁定要迷路了。
"bound to" 是必定的意思。 “你死定了!”就可以说 "You're bound to die."。 |
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