时间:2019-01-14 作者:英语课 分类:美国习惯用语


英语课

对于电台广播来说,没有任何东西比字更重要的了。无线电广播最重要的工具是由一个一个字组成的讲话。今天我们就要给大家讲解两个由字这个字组成的习惯用语。字在英文里就是:word。在英文里,由word这个字组成的习惯用语有的很有趣,有的可以把字给吃了。这跟中文里的“食言”很相似。


我们在这次节目里要讲的第一个习惯用语就是这个意思。请大家先听一遍这个习惯用语是怎么说的。To eat one's words. 请大家注意,这里的words是多数。To eat one's words当然不是真正地把字给吃了。To eat one's words作为习惯用语,它的意思就是:食言,说了话,或做了保证不能实现。也就是一个人说了话不算数。有的时候,to eat one's words可能会使自己很窘。比如说,一个人问朋友借钱,说好了一个礼拜以后还。但是,一个礼拜过了,他以为能收到的钱结果没有到,他只好去对那朋友说:


例句-1: Michael, I'm really embarrassed 1 that I have to eat my own words. The money I expected to receive last week didn't arrive. But I'm sure it's in the mail so l can pay you back before Saturday.


这个人说:麦克,这回我不得不自食其言了。我真是感到非常难为情。我估计上个星期能收到一笔钱,但是没有到。不过,我肯定是在邮寄的路上。所以星期六之前我会把钱还给你的。


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下面这个例子讲的是一个令人快乐的事情,虽然有人不得不承认错误。这是一个丈夫在说话:


例句2: When we got married my younger brother predicted 2 it would never last, that we weren't the right type for each other. But he's certainly had to eat his words and admit he was wrong.


这个人说:我们结婚的时候,我的弟弟说,我们的婚姻长不了,因为他说我们夫妇两不相配。但是,他现在不得不收回他讲的话,承认自己是错的了。


在上面我们举的两个例子里,说了话而不能兑现的人都能承认自己的错误。但是,在现实生活中也有些不负责任的人经常说了话不算数。还有的是故意讲一些话来欺骗别人,事后就不承认。这些也都能用to eat one's words来形容。


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我们再来讲一个以word这个字为主的习惯用语。From the word go. From the word go的意思是:一开始或者是马上、立即。这个习惯用语是出于赛跑。比如说,有一群孩子站成一排,准备赛跑。他们请站在旁边的一个人叫口令,让他们起跑。这个人就会给他们三个口令:Take your marks! Get set!Go!


这三个口令就是:各就各位! 预备!跑! Go就是开始跑。这也就是我们要讲的这个习惯用语的意思。我们来举一个例子。这是一个老年人在回忆他和他太太第一次见面时的情景。他说:


例句3: The first time we met I knew this was the only one I wanted to marry. Yes, sir, it was love from the word go. And, you know, we've been happy together almost fifty years.


这个人说:我们第一次见面的时候,我就知道我要结婚就唯独是她。是的,先生,我们从一开始就互相爱上了。你知道,我们非常快乐地在一起共同生活了将近五十年。


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有关美满的婚姻的故事会使每个人高兴和羡慕。但是,有些脑子清醒的人也可以避免产生麻烦。下面就是一个人在说他自己的经历。


例句4: When Mary and I met, I was dazzled 3. But I learned 4 right away we had nothing in common. I knew from the word go it wouldn't work no matter how beautiful she was.


这个人说:当我跟玛丽见面的时候,我顿时被她的美丽所迷住。但是,我发现我们没有什么共同之处。所以,一开始我就知道我们的关系是不行的,不管她有多漂亮。

 



adj.尴尬的,不好意思的
  • He was very embarrassed to hear people speak so highly of him.他听见别人这样夸他,感到很难为情。
  • He is somewhat embarrassed.他稍微有点窘迫。
预言,预测,预示( predict的过去式和过去分词 )
  • He praised the union's aims but predicted its early demise. 他赞扬协会的目标,但预期这一协会很快会消亡。
  • She delivered exactly when the doctor predicted she would. 她恰好在医生所说的预产期分娩了。
a.眩惑的,目眩的
  • He was momentarily dazzled by the strong sunlight. 强烈的阳光使他一时睁不开眼。
  • hopeful young actors and actresses dazzled by the glamour of Hollywood 为好莱坞的魅力神魂颠倒、怀抱希望的年轻演员
adj.有学问的,博学的;learn的过去式和过去分词
  • He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
  • In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里,他被视为有学问的人。
学英语单词
.str
accidental sampling
alingap
almond-butter
ammb
approach sequence
auto-answer modem acoustic coupler
Azilal
bar-hop
be sick
bear with sb
beauty school
benchtop
boiler fan turbine
business-style
cephaline gregarine
charged powder
checking number
Cleistogenes caespitosa
complex shear compliance
construers
convergence field
cookie-cutter
cross-switch
crossbar alignment network
drag stress
electromicrograph
enamel label
exploration stage
family suite
fast ion bombardment
felsheimer
folliculitis keloidalis nuchae
forking out
George, David Lloyd
goniometrical
grass skiing
grip coat
Hammarnäs
HKEY-LOCAL-MACHINE
homocyclic ring
hydraena plurifurcata
in slow-motion
jerry-builts
Kargbo
konkel
kryolite
Lady with the Lamp
lambren
launder screen
life kiss
luggis
marco polo bridge
memories with special architectures
MRW
much of a muchness
Mycetia bracteata
obstetrician
open space in woodland
optical eye level finder
photo printing
playablest
Portesham
positive air pressure control
pressure multipier
procavia capenses
pseudomonodaceaes
puddins
regression
repinement
rubbery copolymer
run-off peak
rural ecology
saibou
selective hydrotreatment
semi-synthetic sand mix
SF
sitafloxacin
sliver streak
smead
spaghetti and meatballss
spicular tubes
ST_chance-and-possibility_certainty
standard of luminous intensity
strength of flood interval
Strowger two-motion switch
sung brocade
superstimulates
tachometric relay
taipeis
take sth at face value
tangent bend
thermal acoustic oscillation
to a lesser extent
trouble coefficient
untwitted
Vejby
vortex lift
voting result
YKW
zenix
Zernicke