时间:2018-12-16 作者:英语课 分类:美国习惯用语


英语课

   今天我们要给大家介绍的一个习惯用语是:to make no bones。Bones就是骨头。To make no bones就是毫不掩饰,直率地表示自己的意见。要是一个女孩和一个长期失业,没有收入的人相爱,而且还准备结婚,那你说作父母的是不是应该把自己的看法坦率地告诉女儿呢?I think the parents should make no bones about their position 1. 对,父母应该把他们的看法对她说清楚。


  不管女儿爱听不爱听,父母有责任告诉她,因为这涉及她的一生。下面我们再来举一个例子。这是一个人在说他对提级加薪的态度。
  例句-1:Look, I'm not going 2 to be one of the people who act 3 like they're not interested 4 in the new position. I make no bones about it - I want the promotion 5. I know I'm the best man for the job.
  这个人说:我不会像有的人那样做得好像对那个新的职位并不感兴趣。我的态度很明确,我希望能够得到提升,我知道我担任这个工作最合适。
  这个人说话倒是很直率,可是有人可能会认为他过于自负,太傲慢,这样反而会影响他的晋升。 让我们再来听听刚才那段话。
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  Make no bones...没有骨头?难道跟鱼有关系?To make no bones这个习惯用语跟坦率又有什么关系呢? 其实,to make no bone和鱼没有直接关系,但是跟食物,特别是和汤有关,因为汤里一般都没有骨头等杂物,喝起来很通畅,也可以说是直接了当。
  这个习惯用语在15世纪中叶就出现了,可现在还很流行。我们来听听下面这个例句。这是儿子在父亲的葬礼上讲的话。
  例句-2:I'll make no bones about it - he was 6 a difficult man, an opinionated, unforgiving man, but we loved him all the same. And in his own 7, grumpy way, he loved all of us.
  这个人说:坦率地讲,我父亲是一个很难相处的人,他很固执,对别人也不宽容,但是我们还是爱他。尽管他脾气不好,经常吵吵闹闹,但是他也以他自己的方式爱我们每一个人。
  在美国,孩子和父母的关系由于种种原因也会出现各种问题。这个儿子能从父亲的不少缺点中感受到他的爱,这是很可贵的。

1 position
n.位置,职位;状态,立场;vt.安置,决定...的位置
  • He is the only possible man for the position.他是担任该职务的惟一合适人选。
  • You don't understand what a difficult position I'm in.你不会明白我的处境多么困难。
2 going
n.去,离去,地面(或道路)的状况,工作情况;(复数形式)goings: 行为;adj.进行中的,流行的,现存的
  • We're going to listen to a report this afternoon. 今天下午我们要去听报告。
  • He hates leaving the office and going on holiday.他不愿离开办公室去度假。
3 act
n.行为,行动,法案;v.行动,扮演,下判决
  • Welcome to watch my act.欢迎观看我的表演
  • Think well before you act.三思而后行
4 interested
adj.感兴趣的;拥有权益的;有成见的v.使…感兴趣(interest的过去分词)
  • to be interested in wildlife conservation 对野生动物保护感兴趣
  • I told him I wasn't interested, but he wasn't deterred. 我已告诉他我不感兴趣,可他却不罢休。
5 promotion
n.提升,晋级;促销,宣传
  • The teacher conferred with the principal about Dick's promotion.教师与校长商谈了迪克的升级问题。
  • The clerk was given a promotion and an increase in salary.那个职员升了级,加了薪。
6 was
v.(is,am的过去式)是,在
  • He said he was right.他说他是正确的。
  • He was cold and hungry.他又冷又饿。
7 own
v.拥有,持有;adj.(属于)自己的,特有的
  • I need my own space.我需要自己的空间。
  • Everything I own is yours.我所有的一切都是你的。
学英语单词
a ramallosa
aesthetic injury level
Aghlabite
alternate key
anthoney
antibiotic-resistant
avena fatus
azimidobenzene
Bacterium fusiformis
batted
batten board
be embedded
Beale Air Force Base
blomquist
bookkeeping of bank
brophy
bull-market
cardinal power
Charles Camille Saint-Saens
churchillianas
circum-Pacific belt
compensation program
cruzior
curve-fitting
desinence
distinctive quality
draw the temper
ecac
encluding
error matrix
es saff (as saff)
farbs
fenretinide
final version
fish-pox
fived
flat-braided cord
flocculating mechanism
forerank
function-distributed system
gelson
get hitched with
gland expansion joint
grants in aid
grrittiness
in communion with
internal clocking
intrinsic curve
Kerensky
knavery
lac waxes
lakelore
lamphole
law of moments
long-period oscillation damping
madreporic canal
marine onlap
mechanical process
molested
movable working fit
neutral waters
nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosophate
non-linear potentiometer
oak apples
organoids
paipoint
para-monochlorophenol
parameter string
phase depending on rectification
phonarteriographic
phygasia ornata
porthlevens
potential soil productivity
Pseudaletia unipuncta
pulsed radioactive source
PurgylPhenolphtaleinum
re-configurations
REA,R.E.A
reading accelerator
research of investment feasibility
richard j. robertss
rubber bullet
scimone
sibley tents
signature data processing system
single-intradermal tuberculin test
sound level meter data
spyship
symmetrical lighting fitting
temperature entropy chart
the jacksons
thrash about
transition metal element
tridermic tumors
trust fall
uncultivable
unreverend
urgent priority
Vitry-en-Artois
well-remembered
wind-down
Xarardheere