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1.She's a natural crier.
她是个天生爱哭的人。
natural：used to describe behaviour that is part of the character that a
person or an animal was born with 天生的;本能的;与生俱来的
如：Remember that these weaknesses are natural.
记住这些弱点是天生的。
2. He's really a low-down dirty shame.
他真是个不知羞耻的家伙。
low-down dirty shame“不知羞耻的”
*不知羞耻还可以用shameless,to know no shame 等来表达。但如果是要表达出有点蔑视的味道，a low-down dirty
shame更合适。
如： I wouldn't like to have anything to do with a low-down dirty shame like
her.
我可不想和她那样不知羞耻的人有任何来往。
3.He's good-time charlie, feeling no worries and anxieties.
他可是个乐天派，整天无忧无虑的。
good-time charlie
汉语中“乐天派”可以用optimistic来表示，也可以用good-humored。但是上述表达法缺乏口语色彩，而用good-time
Charlie比较合适。
情景模拟：
A：Do you know Tom?
你认识汤姆吗?
B：Yeah. We go long back. What do you think of him?
认识。我们很久之前就认识了。你觉得他怎么样?
A: He's good-time Charlie, feeling no worries and anxieties.
他是个乐天派，整天无忧无虑的。
4.She's said to be a jinx.
有人说她是扫帚星。
我们中国人说的“扫帚星”其实是个比喻，通常指不吉利的人或物。其实“扫帚星”指的是“彗星”。在英语中没有对应的比喻义的翻译，不能译为“comet”，应该是jinx。
例如：I've heard of her. She's said to be a jinx, who would bring bad luck to
whoever she marries.
我听说过她，有人说她是个扫帚星，谁跟她结婚都会倒霉。
5.Lucas has a lot on the ball.
Lucas很能干。
on the ball
有能力的或有效率的：
a teacher who is really on the ball.
能干的老师。
a manager who has a lot on the ball;a student who has nothing on the
ball.
一个很能干的经理;一名什么也不会的学生。
6.He's really a party animal.
他真的是个聚会狂。
party
animal指的是特别喜欢参加聚会的人，也就是聚会狂，他们哪怕一次聚会也不会落下。要注意，这里animal说的可是人哦，并不是把人贬低成了动物。
如：I'd love to invite that party animal to the party. He'd liven up the
mood!
我很喜欢邀请那个派对狂来参加我们的派对。他能使整个气氛热烈起来。
7.You're still wet behind the ears.
你还嫩点儿。
Wet behind the ears如果直译: 耳朵背后是潮的。这个习惯用语流行至今差不多有一个世纪了。它可能来自这样的说法:
小马、小牛刚生下来的时候全身湿漉漉的;别的地方很快会干，但是耳朵背后却还是湿的。所以说某人耳朵背后是潮的，是把这人比作刚生下不久的婴儿了。
换句话说就是他简直像新生儿一般幼稚无知。
如：He was too wet behind the ears to bear such responsibilities.
他太年轻了，不能担此重任。
8.That boy never says uncle.
那个孩子的嘴特别硬。
never says uncle 嘴硬，不服输
如：He never says uncle. He's never heard to admit that he's wrong.
他可是个嘴硬的孩子,从没听他认过错
9. He always likes to play a lone hand.
他喜欢单枪匹马地去干。
play a lone hand〔美国〕独个儿工作[旅行、生活]，不靠别人
如：He's not the sort to enter into partnership.He prefers to play a lone
hand.
他是不喜欢和别人合伙的，他宁愿单干。
10. Tom is the black sheep of his family.
Tom是个败家子。
a black sheep“败家子”此短语源于谚语 There is a black sheep in every
flock.(每群羊里都有一只黑绵羊)
如：Dick is a black sheep, always bringing trouble to his family.
Dick是个败家子，总给家里招惹麻烦。 |
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