今天要說一個很有趣的英文表達:追到車子的狗,最近大家都很喜歡用“狗”作文章是不是?“單身狗”這樣的詞我們已經(jīng)再熟悉不過了,今天就來好好聊聊“追到車子的狗”這個表達。
【新詞】
dog that caught the car 追到車子的狗
n. A person who has reached their goal but doesn't know what to do next.
追到車子的狗其實指的是達到了自己的目標,卻不知道下一步怎么做的那些人。
【例子】
1.They won the election. However, they are like the dog that caught the car.
他們贏得了大選,可是對下一步卻很茫然。
2.We are concerned what Lisa will do next. She is like the dog that caught the car after the final examination.
我們很想知道麗莎下一步該怎么做。在期末考試后,她對下一步怎么做很茫然。
【擴展學習】
其實表示茫然,一無所知的意思,還有很多表達方式,如:
in the dark
We were kept completely in the dark about his plan to sell the company.
對他計劃將公司出售一事,我們一直蒙在鼓里。
at a loss
The question was so unexpected that, for a moment, arthur was at a loss how to reply to it.
問題如此出人意料,以致阿瑟一時不知怎樣回答才好。
absently
He read the letter absently.
他茫然地讀著這封信。
vague
His thought was too vague to be described.
他的思路混混沌沌,難以理清。
absent-minded
The absent-minded boy is always losing his books.
這個心不在焉的男孩老是丟書。
all at sea
I am all at sea in the adolescent stage of my life.
剛剛成長起來的我陷入了迷茫之中。