迷你對(duì)話(huà)
A: Some of my colleagues look down upon me, because I am considered to be a man without my own standpoint.
我的一些同事瞧不起我,因?yàn)槲冶徽J(rèn)為是一個(gè)沒(méi)有自己立場(chǎng)的人。
B: You should change yourself right now. Stick to your guns!
你應(yīng)該從現(xiàn)在開(kāi)始就改變自己,堅(jiān)持自己的立場(chǎng)!
地道表達(dá)
stick to one’s guns
1. 解詞釋義
Stick的意思是“堅(jiān)持”,短語(yǔ)stick to的意思是“堅(jiān)持做某事”。Stick to one’s guns的字面意思是“堅(jiān)持拿著自己的搶”,比喻為“堅(jiān)持立場(chǎng)”。
2. 拓展例句
e.g. Pumpkin, I hear that some of the students at your school are fooling around with drugs. But I hope, young woman, that you stick to your guns and keep saying no!
小鬼,我聽(tīng)說(shuō)你們學(xué)校的學(xué)生里有吸毒的現(xiàn)象。我希望你堅(jiān)持正道,堅(jiān)決抵制這種惡習(xí)!
e.g. I have to admire the ladies who fifty years ago worked so hard to get women the right to vote. People laughed at them at first but they stuck to their guns and got the congress to pass the 19th Amendment back in 1920.
我很欽佩以前那些女士們,她們五十年前努力為婦女爭(zhēng)取選舉權(quán)。開(kāi)始,許多人都笑話(huà)她們。但是,她們堅(jiān)定不移,最后在1920年終于促使國(guó)會(huì)通過(guò)了美國(guó)憲法的第十九項(xiàng)修正案。
3. 視野拓展
stick to something:堅(jiān)持做某事
e.g. Lionel, you just tell the cops what you saw; stick to your story.
萊昂內(nèi)爾,你就把自己看到的告訴警察,實(shí)話(huà)實(shí)說(shuō)。
e.g. Remember, stick to the issues and don't take it personally.
記住,就事論事,不要把問(wèn)題個(gè)人化。
Ps 1:look down upon sb.的意思是“蔑視某人,瞧不起某人,看不起某人”等意思。例如:
e.g. We must not look down upon those who have lagged behind.
我們不應(yīng)該瞧不起后進(jìn)的人。
e.g. People usually look down upon social climbers.
人們通常瞧不起社會(huì)上那些攀龍附鳳的人。
Ps 2:right now是表示時(shí)間的副詞性短語(yǔ),意思是“馬上,現(xiàn)在”。例如:
e.g. I'll lay odds that Dean is at your office right now.
我敢打賭迪安現(xiàn)在就在你辦公室。
e.g. Right now the poor old devil's drinking himself silly.
這會(huì)兒那可憐的老家伙又喝得糊里糊涂的了。
Ps 3:standpoint的意思是“立場(chǎng),看法,觀點(diǎn),看問(wèn)題的角度”。對(duì)話(huà)中“without one’s won standpoint”的意思是“沒(méi)有主見(jiàn)”。例如:from the standpoint of the customer的意思是“從顧客的角度來(lái)說(shuō)”。再如:
He believes that from a military standpoint, the situation is under control.
他認(rèn)為從軍事角度來(lái)看,局勢(shì)已得到控制。
Ps 4:consider是考慮的意思,注意它的結(jié)構(gòu),它后面可以接2個(gè)名次,即:consider sb. sb.,第二個(gè)sb.是做第一個(gè)sb.的賓語(yǔ)補(bǔ)足語(yǔ)。實(shí)際上,它的用法是consider sb. as sb,這里省略了解詞as。例如:
He will be considered a weak leader.
他會(huì)被認(rèn)為是個(gè)軟弱無(wú)能的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人。