英語(yǔ)口語(yǔ)練習(xí)小對(duì)話 第198期:抱有一線希望

迷你對(duì)話：
A: He hopes against hope that he can get married with Maggie.
他還懷有一絲希望看能都和Maggie結(jié)婚。
B: He must be bananas.
他是個(gè)神經(jīng)病。
A: Don’t say so! Everyone knows that he loves Maggie very much.
別那么說(shuō)他，誰(shuí)都知道他太愛(ài)Maggie了。
地道表達(dá)：
hope against hope
解詞釋義：
hope的本義是“希望”，短語(yǔ)中第一個(gè)hope是動(dòng)詞，第二個(gè)hope是名詞，從字面上看，其意為“希望反對(duì)希望”，意思即“明知無(wú)用卻仍抱有幻想”，即：抱有一線希望，明知無(wú)用仍妄想。
支持范例：
Eg. The mother was hoping against hope that her dying son would be better.
母親對(duì)病危的兒子病情好轉(zhuǎn)仍懷著一線希望。
Eg. He hopes against hope that the doctor have is wrong about his illness.
他還抱著一線希望,但愿醫(yī)生錯(cuò)診了。
Eg. He hopes against hope that no one would know the open secret.
他癡心妄想，但愿誰(shuí)也不會(huì)知道這個(gè)公開(kāi)的秘密。
Eg. She was hoping against hope that Jack would still be her friend.
她希望杰克還是她的好朋友。
詞海拾貝：
go banana ：發(fā)瘋;發(fā)怒;傻里傻氣
Eg. He seemed to go banana to see my sister.
他發(fā)瘋似的愛(ài)著我妹妹。
Eg. I must bare my heart to someone,or I shall go banana.
我必須找個(gè)人說(shuō)說(shuō)心里話,不然,我會(huì)發(fā)瘋的。