關(guān)于動物的趣味俚語表達~
作者:Summer.
2021-11-10 05:00
1. Monkey business – silly, mischievous or deceitful behaviour; stupid or time-wasting activity
1.胡鬧,惡作劇-愚蠢、惡作劇或欺騙行為;愚蠢或浪費時間的活動
– Our accountant has been fired as there was some monkey business with the books.
–我們的會計被解雇了,因為他做了一些與賬本有關(guān)的蠢事。
– Are you still fiddling about with those old tools? Stop the monkey business and get some new ones.
你還在擺弄那些舊工具嗎?別再胡鬧了,買些新的吧。
2. Rat race – an exhausting and repetitive routine, a hectic struggle for success
2.瘋狂競爭——一種令人精疲力竭、重復(fù)性的日?;顒樱粓鰹槌晒Χち业亩窢?。
– I’m so tired of the rat race. I’d love to retire and move to the country.
–我厭倦了這場激烈的競爭。我想退休后搬到鄉(xiāng)下去。
– She started to work from home as she couldn’t stand the rat race at the office.
–她開始在家工作,因為她無法忍受辦公室里的激烈競爭。
3. Cat burglar – a stealthy burglar who climbs into buildings, usually through upper windows, skylights, etc.
三.飛賊——一種潛入建筑物的竊賊,通常通過上部窗戶、天窗等進入建筑物。
– Grandfather’s old telescope has disappeared from the loft. It must have been a cat burglar that took it.
–祖父的舊望遠鏡從閣樓上消失了。一定是一個飛賊拿走了它。
– The inspector was surprised by the exploits of a cat burglar who only stole from upper floors and attics.
–探長對一個只從樓上和閣樓偷東西的飛賊的行為感到驚訝。
4. Top dog – the most important person in a group, somebody with the dominant position or highest authority
4.頭號人物——一個群體中最重要的人,具有主導(dǎo)地位或最高權(quán)威的人。
– I don’t want to be the top dog at our company, I just do my job as well as I can.
–我不想成為我們公司的佼佼者,我只是盡我所能做好我的工作。
– Peter is the top dog at English in our class.
彼得是我們班英語最好的學(xué)生。
5. Cash cow – a dependable source of income; a product or service that makes money
5.搖錢樹——可靠的收入來源;賺錢的產(chǎn)品或服務(wù)
– Our company’s cash cow is the sales department, which makes enough income to finance the developers.
–我們公司的搖錢樹是銷售部,它的收入足以為開發(fā)商提供資金。
– The publisher saw the new bestseller as a cash cow.
——出版商把這本新暢銷書看作是搖錢樹。
6. Eager beaver – an enthusiastic hard worker; someone very excited to start a task
6.干活特別賣力的人——一個熱心的辛勤工作的人;一個非常興奮地開始一項任務(wù)的人。
– The new secretary is an eager beaver. Although she comes to work at seven every day, she’s the last to leave in the evening.
新秘書是個熱心的人。雖然她每天七點來上班,但她是晚上最后一個離開的人。
– Don’t be an eager beaver, we have plenty of time to do this job.
–不要做一個熱心的海貍,我們有足夠的時間來做這項工作。
7. Road hog – a dangerous or inconsiderate driver, someone who drives carelessly and selfishly
7.路霸——一個危險或不體貼的司機,一個粗心大意、自私駕駛的人
– Sorry that we’re so slow, but there is no way to overtake that road hog in front of us.
–對不起,我們太慢了,但是我們前面的那個路霸沒法追上。
– A road hog nearly ran me over at the crossing as he failed to stop at the sign.
–一個路霸在這個十字路口靠近我,他并沒有看信號燈停車。
8. Black sheep – an undesirable member of a group, a disliked person, somebody who causes shame or embarrassment due to deviation
8.害群之馬——一個不受歡迎的群體成員,一個不受歡迎的人,一個因偏離而導(dǎo)致羞恥或?qū)擂蔚娜恕?/div>
– Don’t be surprised that he doesn’t want to take over father’s business, he’s always been the black sheep of the family.
別驚訝他不想接管父親的生意,他一直是家里的敗家子。
– They called me the black sheep as I didn’t want to go to the pub and play billiards with them.
他們叫我“害群之馬”,因為我不想去酒吧和他們打臺球。
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