迷你對話:
A: Between you and me and the post, Tom will promoted to be a division director.
這些話就在我們私下里說說,Tom快要提升為處長了。
B: Really? He came here just a few year ago.
真的嗎?他來這兒不過幾年。
A: Yeah, he has some important relation with above. In some way, he works very hard.
對呀,他和上面有些關(guān)系。再說,他工作也很努力。
B: He’s a lucky man in a word.
總之一句話,他是個幸運的人。
地道表達(dá):
between you and me:你知我知,私下里說
解詞釋義:
這個隱喻用以形容夫妻之間的床頭私語?,F(xiàn)在轉(zhuǎn)義指某些話要守秘密,不得外傳。此語也可以做between ourselves。
支持范例:
Eg. It's between you and me, or I'll have to sack you.
保守秘密,否則我不得不開除你。
Eg. It's only between you and me and the gatepost. I hear that the manager is on very familiar terms with that girl
我只私下跟你隨便說說,聽說經(jīng)理跟那個女孩兒的關(guān)系可不一般。
Eg. Between you and me, Howard is a stick.
咱倆私下說說,霍華德是個呆頭呆腦的人。
Eg. Between you and me he's rather dishonest.
這話只跟你說,不要外傳,我看他相當(dāng)不老實。
詞海拾貝:
1. have relation with:和......有關(guān)系
Eg. Personal genre have an inseparable relation with local cultures.
個人唱腔流派地域文化有著密不可分的關(guān)系。
Eg. The trend of the latest fashion design have no relation with which color is out or which style is in the fashion.
最新的時尚設(shè)計潮流與什么顏色過時或什么風(fēng)格入時根本沒有關(guān)系。
2. in a word:總而言之
Eg. In a word, practice is far more important than book knowledge.
一句話,實踐遠(yuǎn)比書本知識重要。
Eg. In a word, Sophia was in love with him to distraction.
簡單一句話,蘇菲亞愛他愛得神魂顛倒了。
Eg. In a word, George had thrown the great cast. He was going to be married.
總而言之,喬治不顧一切,準(zhǔn)備結(jié)婚了。
Eg. In a word, we should solve this problem ourselves.
一句話,我們應(yīng)該自己來解決那個問題。