詞組講解
1. strike a bargain ** 成交,達成協(xié)議
解 習語;詞義溯源:達成[交易、協(xié)議(bargain)]
例 Unable to strike a bargain, we ended the negotiation without a deal.
2. strike 〔hit〕 a happy medium ** 采取折中的辦法
解 習語;詞義溯源:達成[折中(happy medium)]
例 Mary likes the blue dress while Jane likes the green one, so I strike a happy medium and decide to buy a blue-green one.
3. strike a match ** 劃火柴
解 習語;詞義溯源:劃[火柴(match)]
例 Somebody struck a match and the entire room exploded simultaneously.
4. strike 〔hit〕 a sour note ** 表現(xiàn)得令人不愉快
解 〈口〉習語;詞義溯源:彈奏[令人不愉快的(sour)][音符(note)]
例 Economic indicators released today by the government struck a sour note on Wall Street. The market dropped 124 points.
5. strike it rich ** 找到豐富的礦藏;走運;發(fā)橫財
解 〈口〉習語;詞義溯源:偶然發(fā)現(xiàn)[昂貴的、貴重的(rich)]東西
例 Strike it rich today! Play the California State Lottery and win big, big money!
6. strike one's fancy ** 使某人喜歡;引起某人的興趣
解 習語;詞義溯源:引起某人的[喜愛(fancy)]
例 A small toy boat struck my fancy, so I stopped in and bought it.
7. strike out *** 【棒球】三擊不中出局;失敗
解 〈俚〉短語動詞;詞義溯源:棒球選手在三次擊球失敗后出局
例 After getting two hits earlier in the game, Sanchez struck out in the 9th inning.
I tried to persuade him, but I'm afraid I struck out.
8. strike out at sb. or sth. *** 攻擊或擊打
解 短語動詞;詞義溯源:[對(at)]某人或某物用力擊打
例 One of the snakes struck out at the zoo keeper, biting his left hand.
9. strike sb. funny ** 讓某人覺得可笑
解 習語;詞義溯源:給某人留下[可笑的(funny)]印象
例 It struck me funny that all the lights were on but nobody was home.
10. strike up *** 開始(談話、演出、相識等)
解 短語動詞;詞義溯源:[向上(up)]敲
例 I hate talking with strangers, so I pretended to be asleep before the man seated next to me on the plane could strike up a conversation.
Lisa's the kind of person who can strike up a friendship with anyone.
11. strike while the iron is hot ** 趁熱打鐵,抓住機會
解 習語;詞義溯源:在[鐵(iron)][熱的(hot)]時候擊打
例 With the two software giants engaged in a price war, I thought it a good idea to strike while the iron was hot and bought the X86SX for just $1200.
參考譯文
1. 由于無法達成協(xié)議,我們結束了磋商,沒有成交。
2. 瑪麗喜歡藍色的裙子,而簡喜歡綠色的,所以我采取了一個折中的辦法,買了條藍綠色的裙子。
3. 有人劃了一根火柴,整個房間就爆炸了。
4. 今天政府公布的經濟指數(shù)讓華爾街的情況不太樂觀。股市下跌了124點。
5. 希望今天走運!買張加州彩票,然后贏一大筆錢!
6. 一只小玩具船很讓我喜歡,所以我停下來,進去買了它。
7. 在比賽開始的時候打出兩個安打之后,桑切斯在第九局三擊不中出局。
我試圖說服他,但是恐怕我失敗了。
8. 其中一條蛇猛然攻擊動物園管理員,咬了他的左手。
9. 家里所有的燈都亮著,但是沒人在家,這讓我覺得很搞笑。
10. 我不喜歡跟陌生人說話,所以在飛機上,不等坐在我旁邊的那個人找我搭訕,我就假裝睡著了。
莉薩是那種可以跟任何人交朋友的人。
11. 趁著兩大軟件巨頭打價格戰(zhàn),我想應該把握時機,僅用1200美元買下X86SX。