【看美劇絕望主婦學英語】第七季第17集:活著就該享受生命(雙語組圖)
can't take it anymore
take:accept or undergo, often unwillingly,這里表示不樂意的接受,甚至忍受的意思。比如:
1. As he was hard up he had to take this job.
由于手頭兒緊,他不得不接受這份工作。
2. The responder has just two choices: take what is offered or receive nothing.
回答者只有兩個選擇:接受提議,或一分錢都拿不到。
no offense
no offense:無意冒犯,請勿見怪。是老外在表達自己的真實想法(尤其是對方可能不容易接受、認同的)前十分常用的一個短語:
1. No offense, but your car is a real clunker!
無意冒犯,不過你的車真是又老又舊!
2. Well, no offense, you either let me through or you get me your supervisor.
恕我冒犯,要么你讓我過去要么你叫你們長官過來。
3. How come people always say "No offense" right before they offend you?
怎么人們總要在傷人之前說“無意冒犯”呢?
Let's live
Life is for the living, so let's live.
嗯~讓我們謹記這句話吧,人生苦短啊~
get through
go through:經(jīng)受,多指不愉快甚至痛苦的經(jīng)歷,比如:
1. Christ, I can't go through all that crap again.
基督,我不能再經(jīng)受所有那些垃圾了。
2. I feel we can't go through another of those terrible times.
我感到我們不可能再經(jīng)受住一個可怕的精神崩潰時期。
3. When you join the Army, you have to go through the mill, as the training is very severe.
如果你參軍,你就得經(jīng)受磨煉,因為訓練是非常嚴格的。
in one's right mind
in one's right mind:精神正常,神志清醒
例:
1. John couldn't have been in his right mind when he struck his wife.
約翰打老婆時,精神不可能是正常的。
2. No one in their right mind would dump a bottle of water on a laptop.
沒有任何心智正常的人會傾倒在筆記本電腦上一瓶水。
yes and no
yes and no:是也不是,很難說。無糾結,不人生。。
1. Is suffering really necessary. Yes and no.
受苦真的是必要的嗎?是,也不是。
2. - Can you do this?
??? -Yes and no. Yes, I just left college and no, I don't have any working experience.
可以說有也可以說沒有。我才從學校畢業(yè),還沒有工作經(jīng)驗。
delicate
delicate:棘手,難處理的
例:
1. If they handle this delicate management task, they could well deserve a promotion.
如果他能完成這個棘手的管理任務,那么他理應得到晉升。
2. If these trends continue, it would put the authorities in a delicate position of facing rising inflation but a slowing economy.
如果這些趨勢持續(xù)下去,中國政府就有可能面臨通脹加劇而經(jīng)濟放緩的棘手局面。
stand in one's way
stand in way:阻攔,阻擋
例:
1. Job losses stand in the way of housing recovery in America too.
在美國,失業(yè)問題也是房市復蘇的攔路虎。
2. I do hope this undesirable incident will not stand in the way of our future business.
我希望這件不愉快的事情不會影響咱們今后的貿易。
a generous salary
a generous salary:more than adequate,generous除了常用的慷慨大方之義,還有充裕、豐厚的意思:
generous benefit policies:豐厚的福利政策
generous provisions for Christmas:供圣誕節(jié)享受的豐盛食物
generous pensions:豐厚的養(yǎng)老金
generous heath system:完善的保健體系
generous welfare:完善的福利
make my day
make my day:讓我開心
例:
1. This joke is too funny. You make my day.
這個笑話太有意思了!你讓我一整天都很開心。
2. Well, I know what would make my day. Let's go out to have brunch?
我知道怎樣會讓我整天都快活起來。我們何不去外頭餐廳吃早午餐呢?