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31. Hell

burn in hell 咒人下地獄

catch hell for 為某事挨罵,被痛打

hell 地獄,苦難的處境;糟了!

hellhole 苦難的處境

hellacious 極好的;特壞的;好大威力的

hell on… 對……有害

hell,no (yes) 絕不,死不;絕對要,一定是

hellish 如地獄般的,令人憎惡討厭的,可怕的

hell of a(helluva) 非常討厭的;非常出色的,格外著名的

from hell 艱難的;不可輕視的,引人注目的,有實力的;格外的,異常(特指負面),壞的,特差的;令人憎惡的;好的,惹人喜歡的

all hell broke loose 天下大亂

all over hell(’s half acre) 到處

a snowball’s chance in hell 不可能的事,一點機會都沒有

charge hell with a bucket of water 采取極端的辦法

come hell or high water 無論有多大的困難、障礙或麻煩

for the hell of it 只為了瞎鬧,純粹為了鬧著玩

full of hell 放縱地玩,無限制地嬉戲

give someone hell 臭罵一頓,痛打一頓

go to hell 該死,去你的;每況愈下

go through hell(and back) 經(jīng)歷極大的痛苦

hell and gone 離得遠遠地

hell-bent(on,upon,for,to) 毅然,斷然,不顧一切

hell-bent for leather 疾速地

hell hath no fury like a woman scorned 被侮辱的女人報復心重

hell on wheels 難以應付的,難以控制的;驚人的,有闖勁的,不怕阻礙的,不罷休的

hell to pay 必然有可怕的或麻煩的后果

hell’s bells 惱人,氣人;表示疑心;鹵莽地,輕率地,急躁地;大威力地,高速地

hope to hell 迫切希望

I’ll see you in hell first 誓死絕不妥協(xié)

in hell他媽的 (強化語氣)

no way in hell 絕對不可能

like a bat out of hell 飛快地,火速地

like hell… 罔顧死活地,猛烈地,拚命地;根本沒,當然不,絕未

feel like hell 極感內(nèi)疚,痛心;渾身不舒服(尤指喝酒過多后)

look like hell 不三不四,不成體統(tǒng),邋遢,不像樣

no(t)(a)chance in hell 根本不可能

oh,hell! 糟了!

raise hell 大吵大鬧

rot in hell 咒人下地獄

 sure as hell 必定,一定,絕對

 the hell(with)… 算了,該死,他媽的

the hell with that noise 見你的大頭鬼!

the hell of it is… 最令人困惱的是,最令人驚訝的或出其不意的是……

till hell freezes over 直到永遠

to hell 沒落,墮落,荒廢,每況愈下

to hell with (it, someone) 算了,該死,他媽的

what(how,when,where,who,why) the hell 到底什么 (到底怎么,到底何時,到底哪兒,到底是誰,到底為何)是……,究竟什么 (究竟怎樣,究竟何時,究竟哪兒,究竟是誰,究竟為何)是……

 what the hell! 隨便吧!(出于無奈);真想不到!

Hell一字由來已久,使用極為廣泛,其合成語與短語詞匯也極為豐富。Hell一字字典中僅有名詞的功能,但是它的合成語與短語卻表現(xiàn)了各種特性,如名詞、動詞、形容詞、副詞、驚嘆詞等。Hell本身、其合成語及短語多在表達“煩躁”、“生氣”、“不耐煩”以及加強句子的語氣,用來罵人的無幾,多為咒事。

我們先就名詞來說:Hell 在句中仍保持名詞本質(zhì)的,如War is hell.(戰(zhàn)爭可怕。)They raised hell.(他們大吵大鬧。)它的合成語是名詞的,如hell-raiser (狂徒)。

再就Hell 的形容詞功能來說,它的合成語hellacious(極好的),hellish (令人厭惡的),hell-bent (斷然的);其所組成的形容詞短語就更多了,如from hell (艱難的),no chance in hell (根本不可能的),hell on…(對……有害的)。

再談它的合成語或短語當副詞用的可能就太多了,如 to hell (迫切地),through hell (經(jīng)歷大磨練地),like hell (拼命地),the hell(絕不;究竟)。 Hell短語當動詞的,如catch hell for (為某事受罰),The typhoon played hell with our island.(臺風蹂躪本島)。最后 hell用當驚嘆詞方面,如What the hell!(隨便吧!)Oh,hell!(糟了!)等,以下例句很多,將分類說明。因 hell 的有關(guān)字匯已被社會大眾及媒體廣泛使用,故不能不知,但因其意義仍不免粗俗,仕人淑女仍勸避諱。

Hell及其合成語——用以罵人,咒事

1. burn (rot) in hell 咒人下十八層地獄

A. Fernandina Beach, Fla1.—A handful of abortion opponents demonstrated yesterday at the funeral of a doctor gunned down outside a women’s clinic.“May2 he rot in hell,” one protester said.

(Newsday,8/4/94)

佛州佛南丁納海灘市訊——昨日一小撮反墮胎分子在一位醫(yī)生葬禮前示威。該醫(yī)生在一家婦女衛(wèi)生所外飲彈斃命。一抗議分子說:“但愿他下十八層地獄。”

注:

1.Fla.即Florida(佛羅里達州)的簡寫。

2. May… 但愿……祈求好事或咒人壞事時用的情態(tài)助動詞,放于句首。

A. He1 recalls many a late-night conversation2 with high school3 friends on the question of what price they would pay for their determination to question authority…. “we had this warning4 that to question authority meant to burn in hell,” Hayden says. “Was free speech really worth that?”

(L.A.Times,Home Ed.,2/23/97)

他回憶與高中同學多次深刻討論為對抗權(quán)力愿付出何等代價的問題……海登說:“有個訓示,說是對權(quán)威質(zhì)疑要下十八層地獄,言論自由該得如此下場嗎?”

注:

1. He,Hayden 海登,一度是女明星簡·芳達(Jane Fonda)之夫,倆人于60年代公開示威抗議美國參與越戰(zhàn)。

2. many后隨名詞是復數(shù),many a 后隨名詞是單數(shù),但意義相同。

3. recalls…high school 指1950年代海登念天主教會高中時。

4. this warning 指教師的訓示,謂不得反抗權(quán)威。

2. catch hell 挨罵,被痛打

A. I always catch hell for poor grades.

我每次考不好,總是挨罵挨揍。

B. My parents aren’t like that.

我爸媽不會這樣。

A. She caught hell because she was late.

她遲到挨罵。

3. give someone hell 臭罵一頓,痛打一頓; 打敗,征服

A. Confession time:at the age of 13, l was avidly watching a crap game in the stairwell of Joan of Arc Junior High in Manhattan when a monitor1 caught us. Penalty:no diploma or handshake from the principal at graduation. Ma gave me hell.

(N.Y.Times,6/8/98)

輪到我認錯:十三歲我念曼哈頓圣女貞德初中時,在樓梯口旁觀擲骰子賭局時就被廊監(jiān)抓到。處罰是:畢業(yè)典禮上校長不給證書,也沒跟我握手。媽臭罵了我一頓。

注:

1. monitor 輪派在學校走廊維持秩序的學生。

A. Few American politicians can hide from scandals.

美國政客能夠躲過丑聞者很少。

B. The press inevitably exposes them and gives them hell.

新聞界必定使之曝光,并炮轟之。

A. In the first two games,the Reds sure gave’em hell.

頭兩場比賽紅隊徹底征服客隊。

B. But the Blacks came back to win the rest-of-five series.

可是黑隊后來居上,余三場均報捷。

4. go to hell 該死,去你的!

A. The boss isn’t even going to talk about giving us any raises this year.

今年加不加薪,老板連提都不愿意提。

B. Well,he can go to hell then,for all I care.

哼!他去死我也不管。

A. The Cuyahoga River1 once caught fire and burned.

開雅侯加河曾起火燃燒過。

B. Go to hell.You don’t expect me to believe that,do you?

去你的!你以為我會相信嗎?

注:

1. Cuyahoga River 經(jīng)美國俄亥俄州克里夫蘭市流入伊利湖。

5. the hell with it, to hell with it, to hell with… 算了,去你 (他)的!

A. You have a 10 o’clock meeting with your supplier in Kaohsiung.

您十點鐘在高雄跟供應商有約。

B. The hell with it.I won’t be able to make my flight anyway.

算了,反正,我趕不上那班飛機了.

A. …as the political posturing1 over the Yankees2 escalates,I can imagine Steinbrenner3 saying to hell with it,taking his ball4 and going to his Tampa5 base for good6.

(N.Y.Post,5/12/98)

……當政客對洋基隊越爭越烈時,我看司丹布倫納就會說一聲算了,帶球掉頭回他家鄉(xiāng)灘巴市基地,永不回來。

注:

1. political posturing 政治性的裝模作樣。指紐約市等地方政客為替 Yankees隊蓋新球場而爭論不休。

2. Yankees 紐約洋基職業(yè)棒球隊。

3. Steinbrenner 洋基隊大東主司丹布倫納。

4. taking his ball 喻連根拔起帶球隊離開紐約。

5. Tampa 位于邁阿密西北約三百公里,是司氏老家。

6. for good 永遠地,是副詞短語。

A. I’ve got mine. To hell with you!

我的已經(jīng)拿到了,去見你的大頭鬼吧!

B. So what?

有什么了不起?

A. It took me three years to write an epic romance novel,but I can’t get publishers to take notice!

我耗時三年,撰寫長篇愛情浪漫小說,卻得不到出版商的青睞。

B. Those are passé1. What they want now are fast-paced thrillzers. You’d better start all over again!

那種已過時了,現(xiàn)在他們要的是快節(jié)奏的煽情驚險之作。你還是從頭來過吧!

A. The hell with that noise! There’s no way I’d do that.

我才不信這個邪!不會從頭再來的!

注:

1. passé 原為法文,喻“老式的”,“過時的”。

Hell 當名詞——地獄、苦難處境

1. hell 地獄

A. Pay a man enough and he’ll walk barefoot into hell.

(Gargoyles(1994)影片中的對白)

有錢能使鬼推磨(錢拿夠了的人,什么事都肯做)。

A. Do bad people go to hell?

壞人下不下地獄?

B. Tough question.

這個問題不好回答。

A. “He told me1 I’m going to hell today,last semester and the semester before,” he sald. “He said that I have long hair therefore,I’m a faggott [sic]2 and I’m going to hell.”

(德大阿靈頓分校The Shorthorn校刊,2/16/98)

他說:“他上上個學期曾說,上個學期也說,今天又說,說我今天要下地獄”,“他說因為我留長頭發(fā),所以我有斷袖之癖,因此,我將會下地獄。”

注:

1. me 該校學生與記者訪談時說有一位傳教師對他下咒語之事。

2. faggott 男同性戀者的貶稱,正式拼法為faggot;[sic]指原文如此,用在所說明文字之后。

A. For this officer, as for countless other homosexuals in the military,“Don’t Ask. Don’t Tell1” is hell.

(N.Y Times Magazine,6/28/98,cover)

對這位軍官和軍中無數(shù)其他同性戀者來說,“不聞不問”一樣是件苦事。

注:

1. Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell 指克林頓總統(tǒng)提出對軍中同性戀者的政策。美國軍隊歷來排斥同性戀者的規(guī)定被認為違反美國憲法第一修正案后,三軍為之嘩然,克林頓終提出此一權(quán)宜措施。

2. hellhhole 苦難之境域,人間地獄

A. Some would describe Iwo Jima1 as a hellhole during the Second World War.

有人將二次大戰(zhàn)期間的硫磺島喻為人間地獄。

B. That’s what my grandfather said. He fought there.

我祖父就這么說。他在那里打過仗。

注:

1. Iwo Jima 硫磺島,為西太平洋一島嶼,二戰(zhàn)期間美日軍隊在此島血戰(zhàn),美軍陣亡達七千余人。

3. go through hell(go through hell and back) 經(jīng)歷極大的苦難

A. Every man…every man has to go through hell to teach paradise.

(Cape Fear(1991)影片中的對白)

每個人……每一個人想進天堂都必須經(jīng)歷極大的苦難。

A. Marines go through hell here in basic training.

海軍陸戰(zhàn)隊在此基地受訓吃盡苦頭。

B. They come out1 better soldiers for it.

因此得以生鐵煉成鋼。

注:

1. come out (vi+adv.) 成為,變成,后跟主語補足語(subjective com-plement),可以是名詞或形容詞,有時還因需要用地點副詞或狀態(tài)副詞作補語。

A. Everybody here1 wants the same thing,peace of mind. But to get it,you have to go through hell and back2. And,of course,the line3.

(N.Y.Times,4/7/98)

這里每個人所要求的都一樣,安心。不過為了這個,卻要受苦受難,當然啰,也要大排長龍。

注:

1. here 指紐約市聯(lián)邦移民局大門外。

2. go through… 忍受,走過。喻“任風吹、雨打、日曬”等排隊之受苦狀及內(nèi)心焦慮。

3. the line 移民局門前大排長龍,等待解決移民問題的外邦人群。

4. hell to pay 后果堪虞

A. If you don’t finish the report,and the boss sees you skating1, you’ll have hell to pay.

你報告不做好,老板看到你偷懶的話,你的麻煩可就大啰!

B. I’m not sweating it,2 so why should you?

你何必緊張?我都不怕!

注:

1. skating 借“溜冰”喻“偷懶”。skating是現(xiàn)在分詞,作賓語you的補語,強調(diào)動作正進行中。

2. sweating 緊張時會“出汗”。又Don’t sweat it (別緊張,別擔心),與Don’t worry about it等同義。

A. Suarez1:Juan2,our last caller3 talked about consequences. And a lot of the kids involved in programs like yours seem to have committed the acts they’ve committed without very much of a thought that there were consequences,that there were people on the other side of the weapon,on the other side of the transaction who—you know4, whose lives have been altered5 by this encounter,and that there was hell to pay for what they did.

(National Public Radio節(jié)目transcript,4/15/98)

斯瓦瑞茲:胡安兄,剛才打電話來的人談因果報應。參加像你這種再教育計劃的孩子犯罪時,很多對后果不考慮,也不想想兇器瞄準的及罪行的受害者也是人,這個、這個——他們的人生會因為這次的遭遇而改變,而且做了壞事將受到嚴刑峻罰。

注:

1. Ray Suarez 該電臺預防少年犯罪節(jié)目的主持人。

2. Juan Sanchez 德州美西南重點再教育計劃Southwest Key創(chuàng)始人。 Juan西語,音“胡安”,男士名。

3. caller 節(jié)目間來電(call in)的聽眾。

4. you know 說話時的插句,與中文“這個……這個”同義。

5. lives have been altered 喻因挨槍挨打而成殘廢或死亡。

5. to hell 沒落,荒廢,破壞,破碎,完蛋

A. Your deck1 is going to hell,Hank.

漢克,你的涼臺每況愈下。

B. I know. One of these days I’ll get around to2 fixing it up3.

知道了,改天會抽空把它修一修。

注:

1. deck 美國獨家住宅后院每有落地木造涼臺,供乘涼及烤肉用,經(jīng)風吹雨打,日久損壞。

2. get around to 找時間去……,到時候會……,抽空去……“to”是介詞,后跟名詞類詞匯,包括動名詞。I’ll get around to it tomorrow.(我明天來處理它)

3. fixing it up (vt.+adv.) 修好……是及物動詞短語,此處放介詞后是動名詞。

A. My brakes are shot to hell.

我汽車的煞車器全損壞了。

B. Get them replaced,A.S.A.P.1

越快換新越好。

注:

1. A.S.A.P. as soon as possible的縮寫,是副詞短語。

A. That used car he bought sure went to hell in a hurry1.

他買的那輛二手車很快就壞掉了。

B. So,did he buy a new car,then?

那么,他換了一輛新車沒有?

注:

1. in a hurry 很快地、迅速地、匆忙地,否定時用in no hurry,均是成語,可當副詞,也可當形容詞,如I am in no hurry to buy a new car.(不急于買新車。)

A. City services went to hell during his administration.

他當市長任內(nèi)公共事務日趨沒落。

6. hell on… 不利于……,對……有妨害

A. Streets in Manhattan are the pits1.

曼哈頓的道路差勁。

B. I’ll say.All those pot holes are hell on shocks2.

說的是。那么多坑洞,對避震器有莫大的折損。

注:

1. the pits(復數(shù))原意“坑坑洞洞”,現(xiàn)已成習用語,指“糟透了(the worst)”或“一塌糊涂”。

2. shocks是shock absorbers的簡稱,指汽車的避震器。

A. Toby loves attending rock concerts. How about you?

杜彼喜歡去聽搖滾樂,你呢?

B. Not me. The loud music is hell on the ears.

我可不,那高分貝的音樂聲響震耳欲聾。

Hell 當驚嘆詞——獨立使用

1. hell 媽的,這個……,誰知道

A. What if your car battery died three times?

假如說你汽車電瓶連三次息電,你怎么辦?

B. Hell,I’d change the brand.

我他媽的,就會換個廠牌。

A. What’s that noise downstairs?

樓下是什么聲音?

B. Hell,I don’t know. Could be the cat.

誰知道嘛,可能是貓叫吧!

2. hell,no(yes)! 絕不,死不;(說的是!)

A. (Basketball player)Coach,can I play tonight?

(籃球隊隊員)教練,晚上我能上場嗎?

B. Hell, no! Not with your wrist still injured1!

絕對不行!你手腕還沒痊愈。

注:

1.這不是完整的句子,injured用來形容wrist,就是它的補語(comple-ment),因為在介詞如with之后,不能用謂語動詞(predicate verb),但可用現(xiàn)在分詞或過去分詞,或用形容詞、地點或狀態(tài)副詞。

A. Give me that gun.(Takes the gun)Hell yes,I meant it1.

(Con Air(1997)電影中的對白)

槍支給我拿來,(把槍搶過來)媽的,聽見了沒?

注:

1. I mean it 我說真的。(強調(diào)自己的意志)

3. Oh,hell! 糟了!

A. Did you bring the report?

報告帶來了沒有?

B. Oh,Hell! Forgot all about it!

糟了!全給忘了!

4. hell and gone 神都遺棄的(godforsaken);如荒郊野外的,偏遠的

A. He took Bob and Phil prisoners,then drove to some hell and gone airstrip nobody ever heard of.

他押勃伯和費爾為人質(zhì)后,駕車到無人聽過的偏僻小機場。

B. Did you ever find them?

后來他們兩個找到了沒有?

5. hell’s bells 惱人,氣人,表懷疑;魯莽地,輕率地,急躁地,大威力地,高速地

A. Hell’s bells! That sure was a tough exam!

媽的!那個考試真難啊!

B. Knowing you,you probably aced it1.

我太了解你,你大概考了甲等。

注:

1. Ace 可當動詞,名詞。當及物動詞后跟it喻“這門考了甲等”。當名詞,作pull或get的賓語,如pulled an ace考了個甲等。

A. Tony told me he broke up with Melinda.

東尼告訴我,他與美林達已告吹了。

B. Hell’s bells!He’s told me that a dozen times already.

鬼才相信!他已跟我講過十幾遍了。

A. I can’t buy any tickets to the final game tonight.

今晚總決賽的票,我買不到。

B. Hell’s bells,man,you think you’re the only one who can’t?

怪啦,大家還不都是一樣!

A. Dad,I’m quitting school and am going to get married.

爸,我要輟學去結(jié)婚。

B. Don’t jump hell’s bells into such important decisions.Let’s talk it over first.

茲事體大,可別輕率,咱倆先好好談一談吧!

A. The hurricane came ripping1 hell’s bells up2 the East coast3.

颶風北上兇猛襲擊了東海岸。

B. Left three dead, scores injured, and inflicted millions in property damage.

造成三人死亡,數(shù)十人受傷,財產(chǎn)損失幾百萬美元。

注:

1. came ripping 前來肆虐。came是不及物動詞表現(xiàn)linking verb的功能,ripping是現(xiàn)在分詞作主語補足語,喻“來勢洶洶”,兩個動詞同時動作。go也有此特性,如He went whistling.(他吹著口哨走開了。)

2. rip+up (vt+adv.)此up是副詞,用來加強“肆虐”威勢。

3.美國颶風多發(fā)源于南大西洋,通常北上襲擊佛羅里達州等東海岸地區(qū)。

6. Like hell… 你的頭!根本沒有!

A. (Heard that his son got into trouble and will soon be arrested by the police)I haven’t seen you at all these past couple of days.

(獲悉兒子出了事,將被警方逮捕,而對他說)這幾天沒見到你半個人影。

B. Been busy1…

我很忙……

A. Like hell! You’ve gotten yourself into trouble, haven’t you?

忙你的頭!你已惹禍上身,是不是?

注:

1. Been busy 在口語化中可以這樣簡化,在正式文字中不可,要寫成I have been busy…

A. I beat you fair and square1!

我正正當當?shù)刳A你!

B. Like hell! You cheated.I saw you!

根本沒有嘛!你耍詐,我看到的!

注:

1. fair and square (俗語)光明正大地,在此是副詞短語,描寫beat的方式或全句。

7. what the hell!Oh what the hell! 隨便吧!(出于無奈地同意、順從、接受);what the hell?!怎么回事?(遇出其不意的壞事時的訝異)

A. We’ve decided on Vietnamese food tonight. You coming1?

今晚我們決定上越南館子吃飯,要不要一道去?

B. Oh,what the hell.I guess it’s as good as any.

隨便吧!還不是都一樣。

注:

1. You coming?是Are you coming with us?之簡略,口語中用之。

A. Here.Plug this in. It should work.

來把這東西插上電,應該可以運轉(zhuǎn)。

B. What the hell1?! Nothing happened!

咦!沒有轉(zhuǎn)啊!

注:

1. What the hell?! 咦!怎么啦?(表示不解之意)。完整的句子應該是What the hell is it?

Hell 的有關(guān)詞匯——加強語氣功能

1. hellacious 極……,特……,好的;不好的;具威力或暴力性的,大的

A. The Jazz1 have had their butts kicked2 before, suffering3 a hellacious 86-64 defeat in the second round against the Spurs4.

(N.Y.Post,6/8/98)

爵士隊曾被痛宰,季后二輪晉級賽與馬刺隊對抗時,爵士一敗涂地,以64-86稱臣。

注:

1. Jazz 指駐猶他州爵士職業(yè)籃球隊。此句Jazz指其隊員,為多數(shù)名詞,故用have。

2. butts 指屁股(buttocks),Kicked用過去分詞,屁股被踢之意,引喻“被宰”。

3. suffering 遭受,用的是現(xiàn)在分詞,是“…and suffered…”的簡化,連接詞要消去。

4. Spurs 指駐德州的馬刺職業(yè)籃球隊。

A. Saturday’s Nor’easterner1 produced a hellacious downpour.

星期六刮的東北暴風雨,帶來一場豪雨。

B. Flooded2 my basement with a foot of water.

我地下室進水深達一尺。

注:

1. Nor’easterner 指美國東北沿海刮起的大暴風雨。Nor’的拼音仿美東北人的英語發(fā)音。

2. Flooded 用一個過去式或現(xiàn)在式主動動詞開句而省去主語,只在口語中適用,于正式書寫文字則不妥。

A. They fought some hellacious1 battles during the Second World War.

他們在二次大戰(zhàn)期間的戰(zhàn)役有些相當慘烈。

B. Some of the worst ones were in the Pacific Theater2.

最最慘烈的有些發(fā)生在太平洋戰(zhàn)區(qū)。

注:

1. hellacious 此處具intense(猛烈的)之意,為形容詞。

2. Theater 戰(zhàn)區(qū)。此處與Pacific組合當專有名詞短語,故T要大寫。

A. He’s got some hellacious moves under the basket.

他籃下的動作真絕。

B. If only I had half his talent!

但愿我的球技能有他的一半就好。

2. hellish 如地獄般;令人憎惡討厭的,可怕的

A. An aborion is a hellish ordeal for some women.

對某些婦女,墮胎是個可怕的考驗。

B. Especially for those who have been violated.

尤其是那些被奸污的婦女。

3. as hell 極度地,相當?shù)模^對的

A. My sister gets depressed as hell when she talks about her divorce.

談及離婚事,妹妹極為郁郁寡歡。

B. Mine gets depressed as hell because she can’t find a boyfriend.

我的妹妹卻因找不到男友而十分泄氣。

A. Because he1 was bright as hell and wanted everyone to know it, he rubbed some people the wrong way2.

(N.Y.Times Book Review,6/7/98)

他聰明絕頂,自負得很,因此觸怒了一些人。

注:

1. He 指當年念大學時兼任參議員副助理的克林頓(Bill Clinton)。

2. rub the wrong way 以“反方向摩擦”,喻“觸怒” 。另有Therein lies the rub(問題就在那里),There’s the rub(癥結(jié)在于……)。

A. I’m mad as hell,and I’m not going to take it any more.

(Network Screenplay(1976)電影中的對白)

我氣得要死,再也受不了啦。

A. Failure is not an option gentlemen; we’ve never lost an American in space,we’re sure as hell not going to lose one on my watch1!

(Apollo 13(1995)電影中的對白)

各位:只許成功,不許失??;在太空中,一個美國人都未犧牲過,在我的領(lǐng)導之下,絕對亦復如斯。

注:

1. on my watch 在我的領(lǐng)導之下,在我的監(jiān)督之下,當副詞短語。

A. It’s really snowing hard. Are we still going to go to town?

雪下得很大,我們還要進城嗎?

B. Sure as hell not in this weather.

這種天氣,才不出去哩。

4. like hell “拼命地”,是強化動作的副詞短語;隨feel like后當主語補足語,是形容詞短語,意為“極感內(nèi)疚的,甚是痛心的,太邋遢的,不像樣的,情況不好的”

A. (At a rock concert) The music’s really loud!

(搖滾樂會上)音樂好吵啊!

B. You have to shout like hell just to be heard!

得喊好大聲,才能聽得見講話!

A. They fought like hell,but lost the game.

他們拼命賽球,結(jié)果還是輸了。

B. It’s not about winning or losing. It’s about how you play the game1.

勝敗乃兵家常事,表現(xiàn)運動家精神最為重要。

注:

1. how you play the game 是名詞從句,是唯一可以放在介詞(此句為about)后面的句型。

A. He felt like hell after hitting his girlfriend, and quickly apologized.

他打女朋友后極感內(nèi)疚,連忙向她道歉。

A. The coach felt like hell after his team was eliminated.

球隊被淘汰后,教練甚感痛心。

A. After a wild night out,he woke up the next morning feeling1 like hell.

一晚喝酒狂歡,次日早晨頭疼得要命。

注:

1. woke…he felt的簡約,須消除連接詞,而like hell是配feeling的補語,是形容詞性質(zhì)。

A. You look like hell1 in those clothes. Go and change!

你穿著太邋遢,快去換衣服吧!

注:

1. 在look后的like hell是形容詞短語,作主語補足語。

A. She looks like hell in that dress.

穿那件衣服使她喪盡體面。

A. You look like hell. Is something the matter?

你臉色很不好,有什么不對勁嗎?

5. than hell 極度地,相當?shù)?/strong>

A. It’s hotter than hell in here1.

房間好熱呀。

B. Then why don’t you turn on the A/C2 or open the windows?

那么何不開冷氣或打開窗戶呢?

注:

1. in here 此處here是名詞,故可前有介詞,但獨立的here,there皆當副詞用。

2. A/C 即air conditioning,air conditioner的縮寫。

6. a hell of a(=helluva) 非常討厭的、差的;非常出色的,格外著名的,非常大的,非常多的

A. I had a hell of a hard time trying to reach you last week.Where’d you go?

上周想要跟你聯(lián)絡真費勁。你去哪里啦?

B. On a cross-island hike.

去橫貫公路徒步旅行。

A. That’s a hell of an example.

所舉的例子太差啦!

B. Let me give another one,then.

那么,讓我另舉一個吧。

A. I1 am very happy for David Wells2,he’s a hell of a pitcher. He just dominated the game3.

(N.Y.Post,5/18/98)

我替維爾斯高興,他是非常出色的投手,他簡直左右了全場比賽。

注:

1. I 為明尼蘇達雙城職業(yè)棒球隊(Minnesota Twins)經(jīng)理凱利(Kelly)。

2. Wells 是紐約洋基職業(yè)棒球隊投手。

3. the game 指洋基隊對抗明州雙城隊時,以完美賽局(perfect game)收場,客隊九局上下二十七人無安打,無保送一壘,無失誤,客隊掛零敗北。

A. …USG1 must have realized that there was one hell of a market for his product2…

(N.Y.Times,5/24/98)

美國石膏公司一定曉得他的產(chǎn)品有龐大的市場。

注:

1. USG 即U.S.Gypsum,生產(chǎn)建材的美國石膏公司。

2. he 指與USG簽產(chǎn)銷合同的發(fā)明家傅立(Jerry Free)。

his product 連結(jié)石膏壁板角的新種器件(a new device for joining pieces of wallboards)。

A. He lost a helluva1 lot of money playing the slots.

他玩吃角子老虎輸?shù)粢淮蠊P錢。

B. That’s the plight of most gamblers.

這是多數(shù)賭客的苦經(jīng)。

注:

1. a“hell of a” 說快時便成了“helluva”。

7. from hell (為學生口語)艱難的,不可輕忽的;引人注目的;有效的;格外的,異常的(尤指負面);壞的,差的,令人憎惡的;好的,惹人喜歡的

A. That was an English final exam from hell.

那個英文期末考太深太難。

A. He owns a black hot rod1 from hell.

他擁有一部引人注目的黑色改裝跑車。

注:

1. hot rod 舊車改裝,減輕使之加速。

A. Cookie’s1 Wings2 From Hell3

(摘錄自網(wǎng)絡)

庫吉辣味雞翅膀烹調(diào)法

注:

1. Cookie 男士名(昵稱)。本句為食譜上之標題。

2. Wings 指雞翅膀,美國人吃油炸雞翅膀,沾蜂蜜混芥末醬、辣椒醬、蕃茄醬等,不用醬油。

3. From Hell 此處含又辣又好吃之意,是形容詞,或稱限定詞(deter miner),此處是放在后面來形容Wings。形容名詞,應放在前面或后面全視習慣用法。

A. The rudiments from hell are “diabolical” evolutions of standard rudimems.1 They are designed to be awkward2,difficult or impossible….

(摘錄自網(wǎng)絡)

有效基本打鼓法是由基本打鼓法巨變而成,是不順手,難練,甚至無法練成……

注:

1.此例句是形容Terry’s “Melodic Drumming and the Ostinato”巧妙打鼓法錄影帶。文中又用you won’t be disappointed!(絕不會失望!)It’s amazing!(很驚奇!)等語贊賞之。

2. awkward 指其鼓槌的操作法不順手(打來很別扭)之意。

A. How’d you do in Organic Chemistry last semester?

上學期有機化學考得怎么樣?

B. I flunked,just like most of the others.We had this T/A1 from hell.

跟多數(shù)同學一樣不及格。教我們的那個助教很差勁。

注:

1. T/A 即teaching assistant(助教)的縮寫。

A. A lot of people I know won’t buy songs by certain rap1 artists.

我認識的人中有很多拒不買某些說唱歌手的歌。

B. I can see why.Their so-called “songs” are lyrics from hell.

這也難怪!他們的所謂“歌曲”有令人憎惡的歌詞。

注:

1. Rap 指曾在美國一度流行的說唱。

A. The doctor was shot by an AK-47,which left a large hole in his thigh.

醫(yī)生被AK-47機槍射傷,他大腿上留下一個大傷口。

B. An AK-47! Now,that’s a weapon from hell.

AK-47的確是威力強大的武器呀!

A. She gives you that smile from hell.

她獻出的微笑令人如癡如醉。

8. hope to hell 但愿,謝天謝地

A. The weather report predicts heavy thunderstorms in the Rockies this weekend.

氣象報告預測,本周末洛基山脈將有大雷陣雨。

B. Hope to hell it doesn’t rain.We’ve spent weeks planning this climb!

真希望不會下雨,我們已花了好幾個禮拜安排這次爬山活動。

9. the hell 除了強化語氣外,也表示“情急、煩躁、生氣、不耐煩;半信半疑、輕視”

A. I’m going out on a date with my girlfriend.

我出去赴女朋友的約會。

B. The hell you are! Not on the night before your finals!

你敢!明天你期末考,不準出去!

A. There isn’t much we can do about it now.

現(xiàn)在事情幾乎到了無能為力的地步。

B. The hell there isn’t!

誰說不是?

A. Where’s his place?

他住哪兒?

B. Way the hell over on the other side of town.

就在市區(qū)那邊。

A. Dozens of residents were poised to flee their homes Sunday after a wildfire ravaged more than 700 acres in remote southwestern Douglas County….“We were there about three minutes when they blew the hurricane whistle,which means get the hell out of there,” said Alex Willard,16,of the Trumbull Volunteer Fire Department.

(Rocky Mountain News,5/18/98)

周日在道格拉斯郡西北偏僻地區(qū),野火燒毀700畝土地后,數(shù)十個居民離家逃避……德侖陂鄉(xiāng)志愿消防隊十六歲隊員維拉德說:“我們來到現(xiàn)場約三分鐘后,他們就拉暴風警報——意思是要大家火速撤離現(xiàn)場。”

A. “It’s strange, but as a coach I think after about the fifth week, sixth week2,I began to really know… what3(the players) respond to,” he said, smiling. “And it’s just two things: Having your back to the wall,and kicking the hell and beating4 the hell and working the hell out of them during the week5.”

(St. Louis Post-Dispatch,10/26/97)

他莞爾說:“說來奇怪,不過,我當教練到第五、第六周后就開始真正體會到……(球員對我練兵法)的反應。用兩個辦法就好:其一,練習背水一戰(zhàn);其二,自周一到周五連吼帶逼,叫他們勤奮操練。”

注:

1.密蘇里大學的橄欖球隊教練談他的操兵法。

2. fifth week… 大專橄欖球賽季長十四周。

3. what 指操兵法(what methods of training)。

4. kicking,beating 借“拳打腳踢”喻“連吼帶逼”。

5. during the week 周一到周五練球,周末比賽。

A. I ask him1 what he thinks about Clinton.

我問他,對克林頓的看法如何?

B. I don’t want to dwell on Clinton’s move to the right2…and I could dwell the hell out of it.I can only think Clinton wants to maintain his popularity…

(N.Y.Times Magazine,5/10/98)

[他答說]我不愿詳談克林頓向右靠這事……這事本可以講個沒完沒了,我只能推測克林頓想要保持選民對他的擁戴。

注:

1.該報女記者專訪忠于民主黨籍的美國電影明星Warren Beatty。

2. move to the right 指民主黨籍的克林頓施政卻采用了共和黨的右傾政策。

10. how the hell(到底怎么樣……?),what the hell(到底是什么……?),when the hell(到底是何時……?),where the hell(到底何處……?),who the hell(到底是誰……?), why the hell(到底為什么……?);the hell與以下諸詞同義: in hell,in the hell,in hell’s name,均為“到底……怎樣”之義,皆在加強語氣

A. I want to buy a gun.

我想買支槍。

B. Just how the bloody1 hell are you going to get one? They’re banned here.

此地禁槍,你到底怎樣能弄到一支呢?

注:

1. bloody 本作“血淋淋”解,但在此處為形容詞,加強the hell語氣,the bloody hell作“真?zhèn)€地”解,加How后成了“到底怎么樣……?”解。

A. Henry! Long time no see! How the hell are you1?

亨利!很久沒見!你可真好嗎?

B. Fine,thanks,and yourself?

很好,多謝,您呢?

注:

1.這樣的俗話通常只對有深交者說的。

A. What are the Latin1 names for the two bones of the forearm?

前臂兩個骨頭的學名是什么?

B. How the hell should I know? I didn’t study anatomy.

我怎么會曉得?我又沒學過解剖學。

注:

1. Latin names 身體部位的名稱皆以拉丁文命名,故稱之為“學名”。

A. What the hell’s going on1 between you two?

你倆之間到底是個什么關(guān)系?

B. Nothing,dad.We’re just friends,that’s all.

爸,沒有什么,我們只是普通朋友而已。

A. Then why lock your bedroom door?

那么,何必鎖上臥室門呢?

注:

1. What’s going on+around.at,between或for等介詞短語,通常喻“事情、舉止、行為、關(guān)系”之不好或不正當者,如What’s going on around here?(這里到底發(fā)生什么事?在搞什么鬼?)What’s going on at his place?(他家到底發(fā)生什么事?)How long has this been going on for?(這件事情到底有多久了?)

2. Then why lock…door? 是Then why did you lock…door?的省略。

A. When the hell were they supposed to get here? It’s six already!

現(xiàn)在都已經(jīng)六點了,他們到底幾點會到?

B. They said five.They must’ve gotten caught in traffic.

說是五點到,大概塞車吧。

A. Where in hell’s name have you been for the past two days?

這兩天你到底跑去哪里了?

B. I went mountain climbing1 with friends.

跟朋友爬山去了。

注:

1. go+V-ing 此結(jié)構(gòu)多用于運動及購物,如 Go swimming,go shoping;用在其他方面則有責備與禁止之意,如Don’t go shouting around.(不要亂吼!)

A. You keep calling me every night.Who the hell are you?

你每天晚上打電話給我,你到底是誰呀?

A. Who the hell are you to tell me what to do?

你是什么人敢對我發(fā)號施令?

A. Why in the hell do we have to do it your way?

為何要采用你的辦法去做呢?

B. Is there a better way?

還有更好的辦法嗎?

11. the hell of it is 最令人困惱的是,最令人驚訝的,或出其不意的是……

A. We’d like to fly to Vegas for the computer exhibition.

我們想飛去賭城,參觀電腦展售會。

B. Me,too. The hell of it is finding a hotel room. They’re booked solid!

我也想,最令人困惱的是找不到旅館住,房間全都訂光了。

Hell 的其他有關(guān)短語及格言

1. all hell broke loose 天下大亂

A. …With the javanese,you don’t see the violence coming until it happens1, …Once this politeness and deference and controlled demeanor collapse2, then all hell break loose.

(N.Y.Times,5/9/98)

……對爪哇人來說,非到暴亂臨頭無法知道暴亂將會發(fā)生。他們的禮貌,順從的性格,泰然的儀表全部瓦解時,才會天下大亂。

注:

1.一外籍人類學家談論當時印尼社會不安情形。

2. politeness,deference,controlled demeanor 該專家說印尼人,平時待人客氣,順從,不輕易表露情緒。

2. all over hell’s half acre 到處

A. The pent-up demand to drive downtown snapped Sunday, unleashing a torrent of cars that brought Olympic traffic to a crawl and caused backups that officials said prevented crowds from getting to events on time. “It’s backed up all over hell’s half-acre,” said Joe Stapleton of the Georgia Department of Transportation.

(The Atlanta constitution,Metro Edition,7/29/96)

周日想開車進城看奧運會的人太多,車輛如水庫放水般涌進來,使道路堵住,車輛如同蝸牛。據(jù)官方說,車子塞得群眾都無法過馬路,不能及時到場。喬治亞交通部的斯代普頓說:“到處塞車。”

A. Well,right about now,I’m travelling quite a bit with my film “Shaft of Light”, It’s being shown at festivals all over hell’s half acre,and I’m going when I can.

(摘錄自網(wǎng)絡)

那么,我最近常上路放映自制影片《一道光線》。該片在各地影展放映,我一有空就去。

3. a snowball’s chance in hell 不可能的事,一點機會都沒有

A. I1 work with 5342 guys,and every damned one of them has a great idea for a park in his district…. I get so tired of hearing the phrase ‘national treasure.’ There is not one snowball in hell’s chance of the park service getting more money.

(U.S.News & World Report,6/19/95)

我工作接觸五百三十四個家伙,每個人對他們所代表的行政區(qū)內(nèi)公園都打主意……反復聽到“國寶級”一語,都已經(jīng)厭煩,國家公園管理局多得到一點經(jīng)費是不可能的。

注:

1.美國眾議院國家公園管理局委員會小組主席暨猶他州共和黨的議員抱怨太多人爭取經(jīng)費,維護歷史性公園,僧多粥少,經(jīng)費難有著落。

2. 534 guys 美國眾議院各州代表總數(shù)。

A. I know l have a snowball’s chance in hell of having the winning $10 million number….

(USA Today,1/28/94)

我知道贏得頭獎千萬美元彩票號碼的機會渺茫得很。

注:

撰文者于接到上面印有“頭獎在望”字樣的出版家大摸彩(Publisher’s Clearing House Sweepstakes)通知單后所說的話。

A. This bill doesn’t stand a snowball’s chance in hell of passing.

本提案不可能通過。

4. charge hell with a bucket of water 采取極端措施,賣命地 (支持等)

A. The election1 was ill-fated2 by the fact that few Americans were committed to Mr. Clinton,McCurdy,…or any other Democrat to the point where they would charge hell with a bucket of water to save them. Blacks, to young, Hispanics3 and just ordinary people did not vote in meaningful numbers.

(Indianapolis Recorder,12/24/94)

由于投靠克林頓及麥氏等民主黨候選人的選民,甚少愿意賣命地支持候選人,所以選舉注定失敗。凡黑人、年輕人、住美西語系人士,甚至一般老百姓,其投票率皆低得無法舉足輕重。

注:

1. The election 指1994年美國中期選舉(選州長、眾參議員等,有別于每隔四年——1996年,2000年……選總統(tǒng)、副總統(tǒng)的“大選”)。

2. ill-fated 注定失敗。當時,克林頓及民主黨居于政治弱勢。

3. Hispanics 泛指住在美國的西班牙語系人士,亦即來自中南美洲及加勒比海地區(qū)之西裔。

5. come hell or high water 無論有多大的困難、障礙、麻煩

A. The challenge facing Canada’s Liberal govemment is unpleasant. To whittle away the debt, it must chop the government’s fiscal deficit, which ran to $28 billion, or 5.2% of GDP, this fiscal year Finance Minister Martin promises to cut that figure to 3%of GDP over the next two years…. “It’s a target we’ll meet,come hell or high water,” Martin said….

(Time International,1/23/95)

加拿大自由黨政府面對煩人的挑戰(zhàn),要砍除國庫赤字,得削減本會計年度占國民總產(chǎn)值5.2%,高達$280億的財政赤字。財政部部長馬丁答應今后兩年內(nèi)將該5.2%降至3%……馬丁說:“無論有多大的困難,一定要達到目標……”

6. for the hell of it 只是瞎鬧,純粹為了鬧著玩的

A. I don’t swear for the hell of it. Language is a poor enough means of communication.We’ve got to use all the words we’ve got.Besides,there are damn few words anybody understands.

(Inherit the Wind(1960)影片中的對白)

我并不為了鬧著玩而說粗話,作為溝通工具,語言已嫌不足,我們掌握的詞匯得統(tǒng)統(tǒng)搬出來用,再說,每個人所懂的字數(shù)少之又少。

7. full of hell 放蕩不羈的,不受拘束的

A. Out of uniform,just flapping his jaw1,he2 can be equally hard to handle3. “He’s full of hell,with a lust for living” is how his agent,Bob Woolf, puts it.

(People Magazine,2/1/88)

卸下戰(zhàn)袍的他,信口開河時一樣難以應付。他的代理沃爾夫這樣說:“他放縱,對生命有欲望。”

注:

1. flapping his jaw 信口開河,口不擇言。

2.文中指的是華盛頓紅人職業(yè)橄欖球隊隊員Dexter Manley。

3. equally hard to handle 一樣難以應付,喻披掛上陣的他,也一樣猖狂。

8. hell hath no fury like a woman scorned 被侮辱的女人報復心重

A. …there are some women who will use this strange twist of the laws1 to suit their own purposes.We should be aware that hell hath2 no fury like a woman scorned and if a woman feels slighted or overlooked3,there are those among them who will resort to chicanery to get their points across and those women are not above telling outright lies4 in order to achieve their purpose.

(L.A. Sentinel, 7/12/95)

……有些女人為了達到自己的目的會利用該被扭曲的法律。我們應該曉得,被侮辱的女人報復心重,某些女人只要有被冷落或被疏忽的感受,就會??拷妻q,甚至公然撒謊來達到目的。

注:

1. strange twist of the laws 根據(jù)美國法律,俟證據(jù)確鑿之后方可判定有罪,但某些性騷擾案反開倒車,不分青紅皂白,男方屢屢敗訴,認為此法條已被扭曲。

2. hath(古英語)has。

3. slighted or overlooked 有的女士們婉拒男主管所獻的殷勤而被男方打入冷宮后,會產(chǎn)生對加薪與升遷絕緣的感覺。

4. not above telling outright lies 會公然說謊。above+V-ing是不屑做……之事,V-ing是動名詞。

A. …here’s a nice, successful woman1 who was abused by her exhusband and is having trouble with the new man in her life being honest…. But when she decides to take matters into her own hands, the moment anybody decides to be the judge, jury and executioner, you’ve really decided to go into a dark area2. It’s the age-old story that hell hath no fury like a woman scorned。

(The Atlanta Journal and Constitution, 5/5/96)

……[我演]一個事業(yè)成功的良家婦女,被前夫欺負,同時也為新歡的不老實所困擾……不過,當她決定自行處理這些問題時,一旦任何人想要對付她,該角色實際上進入了黑暗面。正如一句古諺所說:被侮辱的女人報復心重。

注:

1. woman 指41歲黑人女星Lynn Whitfield在一部A Thin Line Between Love & Hate(1996)電影中,談她扮演一個被欺負、被遺棄的婦人的故事。

2. dark area 借“黑區(qū)”喻“由良家婦女演變?yōu)閳髲托闹氐臐妺D”。

9. hell on wheels 難以應付的,難以控制的;驚人的;有沖勁的,不罷休的

A. As the track1 moved deeper and deeper into the wilderness2,towns called“hells on wheels” sprang up practically overnight to accommodate the laborers. Usually a single main street with a general store and a string of saloons,these towns flourished for short spurts then closed down as soon as the track pushed on.

(The Transcontinental Railroad(Elish,1993)第六章)

鐵道伸入荒野內(nèi)陸,“新興市鎮(zhèn)”如雨后春筍般茁起。這些地方通常有一條街道,一家雜貨店,連串的酒吧,是為了筑路工人而興起的。鐵道鋪好后,接著如曇花一現(xiàn),人走了,樓也空了。

注:

1. track 指美國聯(lián)合太平洋鐵路公司(Union Pacific Railroad)當年的鐵道。

2. wilderness 指荒僻待開發(fā)的西部,當時美國鐵道建筑是由東而西。

A. Some skate solo, others in packs-either way, they are hell on wheels. They should be banned from resorts, where vacationers want relaxation,not a roller derby.1

(Hotel & Motel Management,9/18/95)

溜輪冰者無論單獨的,或是成群的,都難以應付。度假勝地應杜絕他們,旅客想望休閑,不愿受到騷擾。

注:

1. roller derby 美國在1940至1950年代流行在橢圓形木板跑道上溜輪冰,十分喧嘩,成群的選手爭先恐后地來參加比賽。

A. Beginning in the sixth grade Gund1 attended Groton2, an American version of an English boarding school. He played football and hockey, rowed in the four-man crew3 and was, one classmate remembers, “hell on wheels.” He was one of those disciplinary problems,but in a good way. Why were you late for class? I was just fishing, lost track of time4. Things like that.

(Sports Illustrated, 1/12/98)

根德自小學六年級開始就讀葛羅頓,那是一所仿照英制的寄宿學校,在那兒打橄欖球,打冰球,劃八槳賽船。一位同學回憶說,他有勁,不罷休。他紀律上是個問題學生,不過是善意的,諸如問他“為何上課遲到”?“我去釣魚,把時間給忘了”如此而已。

注:

1. Gordon Gund 是位盲人,乃美國克里夫騎士職業(yè)籃球隊(Cleve and Cavaliers)的東家。

2. Groton 美國麻省一私立寄宿學校,美國小羅斯??偨y(tǒng)(FDR)曾在此就讀。

3. four-man crew 四人隊伍,每人操兩只槳,英語行話叫“eightoar”。

4. lose track of time track是“痕跡、軌道、聯(lián)系”,意謂“與時間失去聯(lián)系”。

5. Things like that 就是這樣一回事??谡Z省去動詞。

10. I’ll see you in hell first 誓死絕不妥協(xié)

A. …the same arrogance1 was present at Standard Oil2. Instead of giving canned quotes,3 though, Standard Oil executives were eloquent. When asked to compromise, one said, “I’ll see you in hell first.”

(PC Week,6/1/98)

……標準石油公司一樣也擺過架子,不過,該公司官員對外不用陳腔濫調(diào)。被問及愿否妥協(xié)時,一官員說:“誓死絕不妥協(xié)。”

注:

1. arrogance 擺架子,妄自尊大。

2. Standard Oil 即美國Exxon石油公司前身。Standard Oil Co. of Ohio于1870年由洛克菲勒(John D. Rockefeller)創(chuàng)立,隨后在他州亦設(shè) Standard Oil分公司,成立托拉斯。1911年最高法院引反托拉斯法 (Sherman Act of 1890), 判定Standard Oil有壟斷市場之嫌,勒令其改組(reorganize)成若干大小企業(yè)。

3. canned quotes 借“罐裝引言”喻“備好的發(fā)言”,也可作canned responses,有陳腔濫調(diào)之譏。

11. Like a bat out of hell 飛快地,火速地

A. The bank robbers drove by like a bat out of hell, with the cops chasing1 close behind.

銀行搶劫犯疾駛而過,警方在后緊緊追趕。

注:

1. with the cops chasing…chasing是現(xiàn)在分詞,在介詞短語中做 cops的主動性補語。如是被動語意時,就用過去分詞,如with two cops wounded….(有兩位警員受傷)。

12. no chance in hell, not a chance in hell 一點機會都沒有,絕不可能

A. The foot ball flew 10 feet over the receiver’s head and he had no chance in Hell of catching it.

橄欖球以十尺的差距飛過接球員的頭上,他根本沒法抓到。

A. Will Twin Peaks1 be a hit? Not a chance in hell.

(Entertainment Weekly,4/6/90)

雙峰劇會一炮而紅嗎?絕不可能。

注:

1. Twin Peaks 《雙峰》指美國黃金檔新推出的電視肥皂劇,評論家以 boring(乏味的),pretentious(造作的)等字眼譴斥之。

A. “We just played terrible,” said U-M1 head softball coach Carol Hutchins. “We’ve beaten teams this year playing poorly, and today our luck ran out2. If we commit five errors3,we don’t have a chance in hell of beating anybody.”

(State News via U-Wire, 4/15/98)

密歇根大學壘球總教練哈琴絲說:“我們表現(xiàn)得太差。今年來,我們打敗一些衰隊,可是今天氣數(shù)已盡,犯了五次失誤,要贏任何球隊是不可能的。”

注:

1. U-M 全名University of Michigan(密歇根州立大學),于1817年成立。

2. our luck ran out 走霉運,氣數(shù)已盡。

3. five errors 五次失誤,終敗給客隊。

13. no way in hell 根本不可能,絕對不行!

A. Most people divide the opposite sex into two categories:“In A Flash”and“No way in hell.”

(N.Y Post, 4/29-5/5/98)

多數(shù)人將異性分成“一見鐘情”型和“不敢領(lǐng)教”型兩類。

A. So I decided,Who was l kidding? No Way in hell I was going to make par from there. Eight or nine maybe,but not par. So I took my bogey,and I was happy with it.—Tiger woods

(Sports Illustrated,1/2/98)

泰格·伍茲說:所以我當時在想,我騙不了自己,打自該落點,標準桿數(shù)是絕對得不到的,也許打個八桿九桿,可是達標準桿數(shù)不可能,終于超過標準桿一桿,也就謝天謝地啦。

14. raise hell 大吵大鬧

A. “Many people thought the public would raise hell about cutting programs,” says Sharp. Instead, they are convinced that better services can be delivered for fewer dollars.

(US. News & World Report,3/9/92)

沙普說:“很多人誤以為削減福利將引起公憤”。其實,他們相信,減少開支一樣能夠提供較優(yōu)的福利。

注:

1. John Sharp 當時任美國德克薩斯州政府會計檢察官(State Comptroller)。

15. till hell freezes over 直到永遠

A. Bob Edwards,Host:Pat Buchanan1 may be far behind in the delegate count,but he remains enthusiastic about his candidacy. In a rally in Orlando,F(xiàn)lorida,last night,Buchanan electrified his supporters, promising he wasn’t about to give up.

主持人愛德華茲:布坎南的地方代表人數(shù)雖落后一大截,但他對候選人仍然熱衷。昨晚在佛羅里達州奧蘭多市一個集會上,他毫不氣餒,使得支持他的人士氣高昂。

B. Pat Buchanan,Presidential Candidate2: We’re going to fight until Hell freezes over, and then we’re going to fight on the ice.3

(National Public Radio Morning Edition transcript, 3/7/96)

總統(tǒng)候選人布坎南說:我們將一直奮戰(zhàn)到底,而且我們一定戰(zhàn)勝。

注:

1. Buchanan 布坎南,1996年美國共和黨籍總統(tǒng)候選人。

2. Host,Presidential Candidate 屬標題英文,故字首大寫。

3. on(the)ice 成功在望。描寫fight狀況。

16. till hell won’t hate it 到大家受不了時

A. We1 debate till hell won’t have it the intricacies of our “exit strategy2”.

(Newsweek,11/30/98)

我們辯論“撤軍策略”的細節(jié),直到大家受不了啦。

注:

1. we,our 指美國政府。

2. exit strategy 指美軍自伊拉克周圍地區(qū)的撤離策略。

Hell 當名詞合成語字首,也可做形容詞或副詞合成語

1. hell-raiser 當名詞合成語——狂徒、發(fā)酒瘋者

A. She has also,during various periods of her life,dated Elvis Presley, gone to jail as a political activist1 and belonged to the American Indian movement that occupied Alcatraz2 in the late 1960s. By her own definition, Hashi-Hanta3, now 53, was a hell-raiser in her youth,….

(L.A. Times,Ventura County Edition,5/25/96)

53歲的哈希-漢妲,她與貓王有過約會,因搞政治活動而坐牢,于1960年代晚期參與印第安人占領(lǐng)鵜鶘島運動。她自認年輕時是個狂徒。

注:

1. political activist 為達到某種政治目的而示威抗議的人。

2. Alcatraz (西班牙語:鵜鶘島),舊金山海灣之一島嶼。

3. Hashi-Hanta 是美國Choctaw部落的印第安女子。

2. hell-bent 當形容詞短語——一味……到底的

A. A vengeful co-worker1 tape-records a young intern2 telling a tale of sex and perjury about a serial liar who happens to be president. This gets probed by a hellbent independent counsel3 who isn’t independent at all, but depends heavily on a group of hellbent clinton haters.

(The Arizona Republic,1/24/98)

[白宮]一位報復心重的[女]同事偷錄了年輕[女]實習生同事的電話,扯到一段性丑聞及一連串偽證,此人正是(克林頓)總統(tǒng)。此事被表面上獨立,而實則依傍一群厭惡克林頓的人士,并不獨立的法律顧問在調(diào)查中。

注:

1. vengeful co-worker 報復心重的同事。指美國總統(tǒng)緋聞案女主角萊溫斯基(Monica Lewinsky)的同事崔卜(Linda Tripp)。Lewinsky在電話上透露她與克林頓總統(tǒng)親熱之事,Tripp偷錄她的談話。

2. young intern 年輕的實習生,即Monica Lewinsky。

3. independent counsel 獨立的法律顧問,指Kenneth Starr。

A. New Orleans—For a man hell-bent about physical play1, New Orleans Saints2 head coach Mike Ditka turned downright cerebral in his thoughts about his team Sunday morning.

(New Orleans The Sun Herald Online, 4/27/98)

新奧爾良訊——新奧爾良圣徒職業(yè)橄欖球隊總教練狄特卡,一味標榜硬碰硬打法的他,周日晨間談到他球隊時,大發(fā)宏論。

注:

1. physical play 指不動腦只蠻橫撲殺,講求硬碰硬的打法。

2. Saints 美國新奧爾良圣徒職業(yè)橄欖球隊。

A. You’re Scud, the coolest robot assassin to ever be dispensed from2 a vending machine—a coin operated killer hellbent on customer satisfaction.

(SegaSoft 公司網(wǎng)址,5/12/98)

你的名字叫“斯卡得”,是有投幣游樂器以來最酷的殺手機器人——一味使顧客滿足的投幣式殺手游樂器。

注:

1.此系電腦游樂軟件新產(chǎn)品介紹,Scud借伊拉克的飛彈為游樂器名。

2. be dispensed from… 得以免除……

A. As if any of us in the transportation business needed additional evidence that a significant portion of the populace is hell-bent to destroy themselves1 without regard to who they may have to carry across the river Styx2 with them, a new study3 is out on air bags.

(摘錄自網(wǎng)絡)

新的[汽車]氣囊研究報告出爐。難道我們交通界人士還需要更多資料證明相當多人一味罔顧自己性命,也不在乎是誰在跟著一起死嗎?

注:

1. themselves,they 指汽車駕駛?cè)恕?/p>

2. river Styx 借希臘神話“地獄之河”喻“不顧性命駕車”之行為不但會撞死自己,而且會殃及無辜。

3. new study 維吉尼亞州立大學在研究汽車安全氣囊利用率的新報告中指出:許多人購裝氣囊后,駕車時反而冒更大的險。

A. The USDA2 and politicians seem hell-bent on destroying the alternative3 food system which we have so laboriossly built up over the last 30 years.

(In Season 季刊(1997)的網(wǎng)址)

美國農(nóng)業(yè)部及政客們似乎一味想糟蹋我們?nèi)陙砼λ⒌募兪澄铮郛a(chǎn)銷]系統(tǒng)。

注:

1. 文中純食品運動(Pure Food Campaign)全國理事長昆敏斯(National Director Cummins)擔心小農(nóng)產(chǎn)銷的有機農(nóng)產(chǎn)品,萬一農(nóng)業(yè)部放寬有機農(nóng)產(chǎn)品的定義后,大型農(nóng)場會大規(guī)模生產(chǎn),將會占領(lǐng)小農(nóng)的市場。

2. USDA United States Department of Agriculture(美國聯(lián)邦政府農(nóng)業(yè)部),1862年成立,1889年被升為內(nèi)閣部會。

3. alternative 借二中擇一喻有機食物(即天然栽培的,未施化肥的,亦未噴殺蟲劑的食物)。

3. hell-bent 當副詞合成語——一味……,立即

A. Our1 thermostat,…applies an all nothing form of control. when the temperature drops too low,the furnace comes on,hell bent, to heat up the place. When it gets too hot, the air conditioner’s unleashed, flat out2, to chill out3 the environs.

(摘錄自網(wǎng)絡)

一般計溫表……是不開就關(guān)型。天氣溫度下降太低時,暖氣爐立即打開,室內(nèi)變得暖烘烘的,天氣溫度太高時,冷氣機便會打開,四周又呈現(xiàn)涼爽起來。

注:

1. Our 指一般用的,以別于專用的。

2. flat out 以最快速,如drive a car flat out以最快速度駕車,ran flat out toward the finish line沖向終點,均為副詞短語。

3. chill out… 使……涼爽下來,是及物動詞短語。

4. hell-bent-for-leather 當形容詞短語——一味魯莽,如脫韁野馬般

A. They didn’t call Joe Theismann1 “Joe the Throw” for nothing. He could launch the football a mile2, and like any good quarterback,able to talk a mile3 when the game was over. “He had the stereotype quarterback personality,” recalled teammate Peter Martin. “He was a young,cocky, hell-bent-for-leather sort of guy.

(摘錄自網(wǎng)絡)

以“擲球王”的綽號稱呼泰斯曼實不為過,他球一擲能飛老遠,球賽結(jié)束后,他與其他好的四分衛(wèi)一樣,也滔滔不絕,大放厥詞。隊友馬丁回憶說:“他的個性與一般四分衛(wèi)如出一轍,他是個年輕、自大、似脫韁野馬般的那種人。”

注:

1. Joe Theismann 自1971-1973擔任多倫多冒險者職業(yè)橄欖球隊(Toronto Argonauts)的四分衛(wèi)(quarterback)。

2. launch a mile 借“發(fā)射”喻“擲球”;借“一英里”喻“老遠距離”。

3. talk a mile 以“談一英里”喻“滔滔不絕”。

5. hell-bent-for-leather 當副詞短語——疾速地

A. Shit,outwitted by a mere freshman1. You2 pull out onto the road,hellbent for leather and the early morning tourney.

(摘錄自網(wǎng)絡)

媽的,被一個新生耍了,只好開車上路,疾速地駛往晨間比賽。

注:

1. 文中內(nèi)容是一個高年級學生竟被一個新生所騙,說比賽取消了。

2. You 以第二人稱代名詞來喻自己,中文也有這種語法,如“門票太貴了,我只好回來,誰叫你沒有錢的”。


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