-
1
.
Hold on
等一下
(口语中,人们不太用
wait a minute
)如果两人辩论,
吵架,抬杠,你要别人“打住”
,可以说,
hold it right there.
2
.
I hate his
guts.
我最讨厌他。也有说
I hate him
guts. Guts
是肠子,
相当于“恨之入骨”的意思。
He doesn
’
t have
much guts.
他是个胆小
鬼。
ut
feeling
直觉
3
.
Nuts,
< br>果仁,核,为复数时,意为“疯子”
,
He is
nuts
。他有神经病。
He
went
nuts
and
killed
a
guy.
他发疯了,结果杀了一个人。
You
are
driving
me nuts.
你真是要把我逼疯。
a tough nut to
crack,
一项艰巨的任务,
一个难解之题
4
.
How is
everything? (
还好吗?
) I am just
stuck in a rut
, doing the
same things every day. I wish I could
do something different. (
烦
死了
,每天都是干同样的活,我真想换个活法。
) rut
日常的,每天都如
此,
get in
a rut
,日复一日,天天如此
5
.
I have
totally
sold out to your
idea.
我
100
%地赞同你的意
见。类似
的话还有
If
you
are
not
careful
enough,
you
will
buy
into
his
bad
idea.
如果你不小心的话,你就会采纳他的这馊主意。
6
.
I am just
ecstatic about going to visit you soon.
马上要见你,我
高兴死了。
7
.
A dap and dip
打个照面,露下脸就走。
Matt:
Are we going to Jon
’
s
party?
我们去琼的聚会吗?
Darryl: Yeah, but I
don
’
t want to stay long, so
let
’
s make it a dap
and dip.
那就去吧,不过我可不想多呆,顶多就打个照
面就走人。
8
.
I would like
to get a job within couching distance.
我想找个不用
走路就可以上班的工作。
Couching di
stance,
沙发距离,就是坐在沙发上
不起身也能够得着。
这是那种
couch
potato
喜欢做的美梦。
9
.
Yukky
难吃,说这个词时还要做一个难吃的表情。
Where
did
you
get
this
food? It was yukky.
你从哪里弄了这吃的?那么难吃。
10
.
与<
/p>
yukky
相反的词是
yummy
,好吃极了。说这个词时,要不然就把音拖一
下,要不然说它两次,表
示你真的喜欢主人做的这道菜。
11 I cannot
take it any more.
我再也无法忍受了。前面还可以加上一句:
p>
don
’
t push me.
不要再逼我呀。
同样意思的句子还有:
I cannot stand
him any longer.
12
Don
’
t take it out on me!
不要把气出在我身上。
13 You
have my word.
我向你保证(是这样)
。
14 Look, I have got going.
就
这样了,我还得干活呢(还得赶路)
。这是向
人告辞的说法。<
/p>
15 You talk crazy.
你满嘴胡言。相当于
you talk
nonsense
之意。
从语法
p>
上看,将形容词放在动词后不是很正规,但人家都这么说,也就可以将就
了。
16 I
don
’
t mean to cross the
line.
直译是“我不想越界”
。这句话的意思
是,我并不是想管闲事呀,只是随便问问。
“
I
don
’
t mean to cross the
line, is she your new girl friend
?
”
17 Thank you
for .....(the tea, and so on), and everything
else.
谢谢
你的(茶水款待)
,
以及一切。当你向人道谢时,你一下只想起了一件具体
的事,但又接受了不止一项的好处
,就加上一句
and everything
else
,
这样就不会漏谢什么了。
18 I won
’
t take
that crap.
我才不会信那套鬼话。也可以说:
I
won
’
t buy
that
beef.
同样的意思。
19
Calm down.
不要激动好不好?
20
sick
恶心
you
make
me
sick.
你叫我恶心。
People
do
sick
things
to
young
girls nowadays.
现在总有人对小女孩做那些恶心的事。
He is
sick.
如
果你把
sick
一词念得很重,意思就是“他令人恶心。
”如果念得不重,意
思就只是“他病了。
”
所以要小心。
21 You
look concerned. What
’
s on
your mind
你看上去有点心思沉沉,在
担心什么呢?
22
I
’
ve got to quiet down and
get focused.
我该冷静下来,集中注意力。
23 I know he has the
blues
(
He is feeling very
down!
)
, but it
doesn
’
t mean he can vent his
anger on me.
我知道他心情不好,但他也不能
把
气发在我身上呀。
the
blues
心情不好,
If
a
girl
is
sad,
an
ice-cream
cone
can normally chase the blues away.
如果女孩
心情不好的话,给
她一个冰淇淋,她就会转哭为笑了。也可说,
an ice-cream cone can
normally help
shake off the blues.
24
I
’
m up to my neck in
work.
这句话的意思就是
I am quite
busy.
我太忙
了,
这工作把我忙
得晕头转向。
I
have
got
a
pretty
tight
schedule
today.
我今天的日程安排得很紧。
25
Easy!
悠着点;不要性急;轻一点;也可以说:
Go
easy. Go easy on
it(
省
着点用
). Easy-
going,
很容易相处:
She is caring
and easy-going.
26 Crush
原意为
“粉碎”
,现常指“暗恋”
,又常指青涩少年的那种爱,并不稳
定,例如,小女生对老师的爱恋,过一阵就烟消云散。
Pete
r has a crush
on Jenny.
27
Ask somebody out
与人约会,谈恋爱:
He
doesn
’
t have the guts to ask
her out because he is afraid she will
turn him down.
他不敢告诉她
他爱她,因为他
生怕会遭到她的拒绝。类似的有
go out with somebody: I
heard you
’
re
going out with Jane.
我听说了你在与
Jane
谈恋爱。
28 Mr.
Right:
白马王子,
He
’
p>
s gentle, patient, successful, and
MATURE.
I think
He
’
s my Mr. Right!
他温柔体贴,有耐心,成功又成熟。我知
道他就是我的意中人
(
我未来的丈夫非他莫属;也可以说是真命天子)
。
(白
马王子的另一个说法:
prince
charming
)
29 Jack
对朋友
John
说,他刚刚与
Esther
拜拜了,
(
I just broke up with
Esther.
)
John
安慰
Jack
说
,
I
don
’
t
know
what
to
say
to
comfort
you,
but cheer up!
There
’
s plenty of fish in
the sea and you
’
ll find
your soul mate, your perfect match!
30 My relationship with her is already
a history.
我与她的关系早已成历
史了。
31
我们赞扬儿童时最常用的话有:
Isn
’
t
he
cute
He
is
so
cute.
He
is
adorable.
Beautiful
baby!
逗一两岁的小孩时,人们常说:
Peek-a-boo,
I
see
you.
给小孩说再见:
See
you later, alligator!
32 Yes,
这是现在的小学生都会的单词。但是大学英语专业的人有时也搞错,
例如,对于对方
的否定句表示赞同时,很多时候,很多人仍旧会回答
yes
,<
/p>
而不会说
no
。英语中表示同意的词很多
,如果实在无法立马反应过来,不
妨用其他的词。
Absolu
tely,
OK,
you
are
right,
exactly,
certainly,
yep,
aye, just so, sure, right, correct, you
said it. I agree with you,
常用的还有
sweat, you
bet
。或者你可以说:
I hear you.
你说的我明白。
说
no
的词
也有好几个:
nope, I
don
’
t think
so,
等等。
33
有个人说:
A 82 year-old man
married a 28 year-old woman. That is the
most bizarre thing that has ever
happened recently.
(一个
82
岁的
老头娶了
28
岁的
姑娘,这是近来最为离奇的事。
)另一个人蛮有同情心,
他可能
会说:
Well,
age
shouldn
’
t
be
something that
comes in
the
way
of
a
person
’
s marriage.
As
long as
they
love
each
other,
age
is
not
an issue.
(嗯,年龄在婚姻中应该不是障碍,重要的
是他们爱着对方,年
龄不是问题。
)
b
izarre
是一个美国人喜欢用的词,意思是“稀奇古怪,不
正
常
的
”
;<
/p>
That
is
a
bizarre
story.(
这<
/p>
个
故
事
太
荒
唐
。
)
The
nine-head-bird is really
bizarre.
(九头鸟是不可能有的事。
)这是一
句中国俗话,上、下联是什么呢?
comes in the way
of
的意思是“成为
绊脚石”
。
p>
34
有个朋友要我每到一地就给她写几
个字,这英语的表达法可以用“
drop
me
a
line
”
:
Don
’
t forget to drop me a
line when you visit a new place.
我则可以回答:
“
Trust me.
I won
’
t.
I
’
ll keep you posted.
”
(没问
题,
我不会忘记的,
我会随时让你知道我的近况。
)
pos
t
当动词用,
则是
“邮
寄,转递”
,
keep
someone
posted
意思是
keep
in
touch
with
someone,
or
touch
base with someone often
。只是很可惜,现在的中国邮局大部
分都
不办理邮政业务,而是成为银行了,所以信也没法寄。
Dr
op by
的意思是,
顺便访问(没有计划的那种访问。
)
Please
drop
by
sometime
for
a
drink.
- I
dropped by my best friend
’
s
house to see if he was home.
不
要朋友写信,就叫朋友打电话好了:
Give me a buzz. or
Give me a ring.
都可以。
35
上一篇中提到了一个词
soul
ma
te
,
是那种心灵感应的朋友,
也可以
用
heart,
例如说,
sweat
heart
,但这指恋人或关系特别密切的人。
a
heart
to
heart
chat
很诚恳的沟通。
I
tried
to have
a
heart to
heart chat
with
him
on
this issue, but it
didn
’
t work.
我费了一
番力气想与他坦诚沟通,但
没有什么用。
36
他喝醉了。英文有好些说法,很口语化的是:
He is
loaded.
就是
drunk
的<
/p>
意思。
I
talked
to
the
president,
he
was
loaded.
Kissinger
said
about Nixon.
基辛格谈到尼克松时说:
“我跟总统谈话时,他已经喝得烂
醉
。
”
under the influence of alc
ohol
也是喝醉了的意思,但这是个法律
词汇,意思是犯法了
,尤其是在开车时,如果查出了司机是
under the
influence of
alcohol
则可能要坐牢。而
drunk, loaded
虽是醉酒,但不
违法。很书面语的词汇是“
intoxicated, intoxication
”
。写到这里,我
想起了昆明巫家坝机场的一副广告:令人陶醉的地方
--
云南(大意)
,旁边
的英语是
:
Intoxication: Yunnan.
这是典型的
中式英语,外国人看了不
知所云,听上去好像是云南人都是酒鬼一样。正确的英文应该是
:
The
most
attractive place:
Yunnan;
也可以说:
Breathtaking
scenery:Yunnan.
37 He is a little bit
punchy.
如果一个人晚上睡眠不足,早晨起来睡眼惺
忪
的样子,
我们可以说他
punchy.
所以可以接着说:
He
needs
a
cup
of
coffee
to wake up.
一个人看上去云里雾里的样子都是
punchy
,与喝醉酒
貌差不
多。
38
< br>与
load
还有一个相关的口语词:
freeloading,
揩油,滥用别人的慷慨。
My
roommate won
’
t
pay anything for the grocery. I end up feeding him
three meals. I am really fed up with
his freeloading.(
他这样揩我
的油我实在是
受不了。
)
揩油的人就叫“
freel
oader
”
,就是那种喜欢免费
的午
餐的人(
those who enjoy free
lunch
)
。
39
市场上有很多关于学英语诀窍的书,但实际上,学英语就
是一个背单词、与
遗忘作斗争的过程。记忆力好的人总是少数。
I cannot think of these
English words
off hand. One of the effective ways is to brush up
on
grammar rules a little bit everyday.
There is simply no short cut.
Off
hand
,我无法一下子就能想起这些英文单词。
Brush
up
on
常常复习,
short
cut
,
捷径。
学英语最好是每天学一点,
坚持不懈,
集腋成裘:
“
Precept
upon precept, here a little
and there a little, idea by idea,
”
(一
次学个概念,这里学一点,那里学一点,一次接触一个思想)
。或者我们可
以说
A little at
a time, we can eat up an elephant eventually.
(一
次吃一口,我们最终可以把头大象给吞了。
)
It
is
a
big
job,
but
we
can
get
it
done.
这个工作巨大,<
/p>
但我们可以把它做好。
所以不要相信那些
100
天就可以把英语学好的广告。如果有学生或一位网友
10
0
天可以学好英语
的话,那我不就要失业了?
< br>
40
堵塞。看到“堵塞”二字,人们一般会想起“<
/p>
jam
”
,如果是交通堵塞,用
jam
是没错的。但是如果是下水道给堵塞了,最好要用
clog
。
It
is
too
bad,
my
sink
is
clogged
up
again.
“堵塞”还有一个
英文词“
clot
”
:
The
street
was
clotted with traffic.
街上交通阻塞。血栓堵塞:
blood clot
。
“堵
塞”正式的名词是
C
ongestion,
如果吃东西给咽了,则是
choking
(
food
clogging in
the throat.
)
41
Hang
是个常用的单词,几本意思是“挂,吊”
。口语中加
上
in
或者
on
后,
其意思是坚持。
Hang
in
there,
OK?
再在那里坚持一会。
Everybody
hanging
on.
每个人都再坚持一下。
Stay on.
也是“再坚持一会”
All
relationships
go
through
rough
times.
You
just
have
to
hang
in
there.
每种关系都会经历难关,所以你坚持下去就好了。
Just hang on in there. The physical
training is tough but it
’
s
worth
it.
你一定要坚持下去,体育训练难度较大,但这代价是值得付的。
Hang
around
的意思是闲逛。你进商店,老板会问:
What
can
I
do
for
you?
你
则可以回答:
I am just
hanging around.
我只是随便看看。
Most husbands hate hanging around with
their wives in the mall.
It
’
s
so boring!
大部分的先生都不喜欢跟老婆去逛商场,太无聊了。
I don
’
t like to
hang around here after dark.
天黑后我不喜欢在这里逛
了。
He had stupidly hung around
—
just to see what the cops
were doing
—
and
ended up being arrested!
他在这里看热闹实在是笨,他就是
想看看
警察在干什么,结果把自己给弄抓起来了。
Hang up with
是约会的意思。
He is hanging up now
with Jane.
42.
如果有人无所事事,你就可以说:
Get a job.
去做点正事吧。
need to
panic. Don
’
t
panic
不要慌张。
made
your point.
我明白你的观点(意见)了。或者:
I heard you.
are nasty.
你真是可恶。
nasty weather; a nasty
trick
nasty
是个
常用词,表示厌恶。
cool, man.
老兄,多多保重。相当于
Take care.
is a wishful
thinking.
想得美。也可以说是
day
dream
白日梦。
You
are
day dreaming.
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