英語(yǔ)口語(yǔ)練習(xí)小對(duì)話 第873期:終成泡影,付諸東流

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　　A: You must have had a good time in thecountryside, I think.

　　我想你在鄉(xiāng)下一定玩得很開心。

　　B: We didn’t go there.

　　我們沒(méi)去那里。

　　A: Why?

　　為什么?

　　B: Because of bad weather, our travel plans came to nothing.

　　因?yàn)樘鞖獠缓茫覀兊挠?jì)劃不了了之了。

　　第二：地道表達(dá)

　　come to nothing

　　1. 解詞釋義

　　Come to nothing從字面上解釋就是“最后什么都沒(méi)了”，意即為：終于失敗，終于落空，終成泡影等意思。

　　2. 拓展范例

　　e.g. Jim's holiday plans came to nothing because he didn't have enough money.

　　吉姆的假日計(jì)劃沒(méi)有實(shí)現(xiàn)，因?yàn)樗麤](méi)有足夠的錢。

　　e.g. Their experiments came to nothing in the end.

　　他們的實(shí)驗(yàn)以失敗告終。

　　e.g. The government did its best, but the efforts came to nothing for the government washarried by many things.

　　政府也的確作了最大的努力，但沒(méi)有收到任何效果，因?yàn)檎龅降睦щy實(shí)在太多了!

　　e.g. All their efforts came to nothing.

　　他們所有的努力都付之東流了。

　　第三：詞海拾貝

　　1. because of：因?yàn)?/p>

　　e.g. He was not a particularly good shot because ofhis eyesight.

　　他視力不好，算不上是一個(gè)出色的射手。

　　e.g. The man was known to the police because ofprevious convictions.

　　因?yàn)橛蟹缸锴翱疲靷兌颊J(rèn)識(shí)這個(gè)人。

　　2. have a good time：玩得愉快

　　e.g. Compared to people living only a few generations ago, we have greater opportunities tohave a good time.

　　比起上幾輩人，我們有更多機(jī)會(huì)享受生活。

　　e.g. I'd buy a house for myself, and a new car, and I'd have a good time.

　　我會(huì)為自己買一套房子, 一輛新車, 我會(huì)過(guò)上好日子。