迷你對(duì)話:
A:Jenny, what's wrong with you? Why do you keep weeping like that?
Jenny,你怎么啦?你為什么一直這樣哭泣。
B:Mary told me that she had seen you with John last night. I got to know the fact that you are playing the field.
Mary說(shuō)她昨天看到你跟Joan約會(huì),我終于知道你是個(gè)花心大蘿卜了。
A:Honey,cross my heart, I'v never looked at another woman since the first day I set my eyes on you! Believe me, that's the truth.
寶貝兒,我向你發(fā)誓,自從見(jiàn)到你以后,我就在沒(méi)有對(duì)別的女人多看過(guò)一樣,這可是千真萬(wàn)確的呀。
地道表達(dá):
cross one's heart
解詞釋義:
改習(xí)語(yǔ)也可以寫(xiě)成cross one's heart and hope to die。Cross本來(lái)指的是雙手合十的樣子。該習(xí)語(yǔ)形容人發(fā)自內(nèi)心的祈禱,表示說(shuō)的是真話,可翻譯為:詛咒,發(fā)誓。
詞海拾貝:
1.be wrong with:有問(wèn)題,有毛筆
Eg.I can't quite lay my finger on what's wrong with the engine.
我不能確切地說(shuō)出引擎的毛病。
Eg.There' s something wrong with my eyes — I can' t see properly.
我眼睛有毛病了——看不清楚了.
Eg.All the mothers in the ward seemed to have something wrong with them.
整個(gè)病房里做媽媽的似乎都有點(diǎn)問(wèn)題。
Eg.There' s something wrong with this color scheme but I can' t quite pin it down.
這種顏色搭配不太合適, 可是我也說(shuō)不清楚怎么不合適.
2.keep doing:一直做某事
Eg.If I don't nip it in the bud, he'll keep doing it.
如果我不防患于未然,他會(huì)繼續(xù)干這種事的。
Eg.If I keep watching so much TV, I'll turn into a zombie.
假如我繼續(xù)看這么多電視節(jié)目,我會(huì)變成行尸走肉。
Eg.You'll have to keep working hard to stay ahead of the others.
要領(lǐng)先于其他人,你就必須不斷努力工作。
Eg.After another year you will have very good English skills, as long as you keep working at it.
只要你堅(jiān)持練習(xí),一年后你的英語(yǔ)就相當(dāng)不錯(cuò)了。
3. like that:這樣
Eg.Be nicer to him. You shouldn't mess around with him like that.
對(duì)他好些, 你不該對(duì)他這樣隨便.
Eg.I don't like people who go around bleating out things like that.
我不喜歡跑來(lái)跑去講那種蠢話的人。
Eg.Does he have enough dexterity to cope with a job like that?
他是否靈活到能應(yīng)付那樣的工作?
Eg. Don't you have any hobbies, like stamp collecting or things like that?
你有什么愛(ài)好嗎?像集郵之類的愛(ài)好?
3.play the field:不專一,三心二意
Eg.But we're in college now. You can play the field and meet lots of new college girls.
但我們現(xiàn)在上大學(xué)了。你可以腳踏多條船,認(rèn)識(shí)更多新的大學(xué)美眉。
Eg.You'll never get Mark to go steady with you. He likes to play the field.
你跟馬克的關(guān)系永遠(yuǎn)也穩(wěn)定不下來(lái)。他喜歡廣交女朋友。
4.set eyes on sb:看見(jiàn),見(jiàn)到
Eg.Get out of my sight, you wretch ! I never want to set eyes on you again.
滾開(kāi),你這個(gè)混蛋!我永遠(yuǎn)不要再看見(jiàn)你。
Eg. Iknew he wasn't trustworthy the minute I set eyes on him!
我第一眼就看出他不是一個(gè)值得信賴的人!
Eg.This is the first time I've set eyes on such a ravishing beauty.
天下真有這樣標(biāo)致的人物,我今兒才算見(jiàn)了!
Eg.As soon as I set eyes on him, I recognized hit as an old schoolmate.
我一眼看到他就認(rèn)出他是個(gè)老同學(xué)。
5.look at:看
Eg.Don' t look at the dark side of things.
不要以悲觀的態(tài)度觀察事物。
Eg.Any way you look at it, we're on the losing side.
不管你怎么看,我們是吃虧了。
Eg.I look at this problem from a different viewpoint.
我從不同的觀點(diǎn)來(lái)看這個(gè)問(wèn)題。
Eg.It was even more pleasing to look at in the morning light.
它在早晨的光線下看起來(lái)更悅目。