英語口語練習小對話 第548期:與他人相比處于劣勢

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　　迷你對話

　　A: Mom, I got short end of the stick.

　　媽媽，這是在是我遇到最最糟的情況了。

　　B: I think you must study harder next semester, don’t give up.

　　我下學期一定要更加努力學習，不會泄氣的。

　　地道表達

　　get the short end of the stick

　　1. 解詞釋義

　　Get the short end of the stick的字面意思是“得到了棍子短的那一頭”，比喻為“覺得和他人相比，你受到了特別不好的待遇，受到了不好情況的影響”。其英文解釋為：to suffer the bad effects of a situation，tofeel that you are being treated particularly badly in comparison with other people。這個習語來源于拔河，輸?shù)哪欠轿兆〉睦K子是短的那頭。

　　2. 拓展例句

　　e.g. How come she gets the promotion and I get nothing? I always get the short end of thestick.

　　怎么她升了職而我卻什么也沒有得到呢?我總是受人誤解。

　　e.g. Again they get the short end of the stick because the terms of trade are against them.

　　他們又吃了一次虧，因為貿易條款對他們不利。

　　Ps：give up的意思是“放棄，認輸”。例如：

　　After a fruitless morning sitting at his desk he had given up. 他在書桌前徒勞地坐了一上午之后便放棄了。