英语俚语：too much avoirdupois

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　　too much avoirdupois 太胖了
        　　Jim: I know all that. But I will use his wife’s influence.
        　　Lucy: What do you mean?
        　　Jim: His wife is too much avoirdupois and I will go to her with some
weight-reducing tea(减肥茶)and get a chance(得到机会)to talk about that.
        　　Lucy: You want to bribe(贿赂)his wife? No way(没门)!
        　　Jim: Depends on how you do that.
        　　Lucy: How will you do that?
        　　Jim: I will have a chat with her and talk about women. If she’s in the
mood, I will make a mention of(提一下)that.
        　　注：对此语的理解关键在于avoirdupois一词。这个词来自法语avoir，意思是“有”，相当于英文中的have;pois相当于英文的
weight，du没有实在意义，相当于of的作用。avoirdupois的字面意为“有份量的”，用来形容人或物表示“胖”，too
much表示程度，因此该短语指“太胖了”。