时间:2019-01-03 作者:英语课 分类:英文名句短语


英语课
    老外平时除使用许多俚语(slang)外,也常夹些格言(adage)、俗语(proverb)、引语(quotation)、警句(saying)或是众所周知的道理(truism)。这些玩儿,也与中文里不少的格言或俗语等意义相近。使用起来,颇有「异曲同工」之妙。

    1.Like attracts(或 draws)like. 意思是:相同的人吸引相同的人。 (like 指 similar people)这与另一句谬语 「Birds of a feather flock together.」(相同羽毛的鸟在一起)意义相似。(a = same)也就是咱们常说的「物以类聚」或「同声相应,同气相求」。



    2.(Too much) familiarity breeds contempt. 意思是说:相处过於亲密,就会产生侮慢之心(不尊重)(即 low opinion)(breed = create)这句话又与另一句俗语「Too thick does not stick.」 (太稠或太浓反而黏不住)意思相近。 也就是说: 「closeness brings disagreement.」(亲不敬,熟生蔑); 就是劝人:「君子之交淡如水」或「保持距离,以策安全」。



    3.Once bitten(或 bit),twice shy. 就是说:一次被咬,下次胆小。或是一次上当,下次小心。(shy = avoid)动词时态:bite, bit, bitten(或 bit) 这又与另一句俗语「A burnt child fears(或dreads)the fire.」(被灼伤的小孩怕火)相似。说白些,就是: When you have bad experience, you don't want to have the same experience again. 这不就是「一朝被蛇咬,见绳也心惊」或「一日被蛇咬,十年怕草绳」吗?



    4.A stitch in time save nine. 意思是:「一针及时省九针」。也是「一针不补,十针难缝」或「小洞不补,大洞叫苦」的味道。这句警语与「An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.」(一分的预防,胜於十分的治疗)意义相近。此外,还有:「Don't wait for a rainy day to fix the roof.(不要等到下雨时才去修补屋顶); 或「Always prepare for a rainy day.」或「Prepare for the worst and hope for the best.」(做最坏的打算和最好的希望)这些警语,说的都是「未雨绸缪」。



    5.Old habits die hard. 意思是说:改掉老习惯很不容易。「It is difficult to break an old habit.」这与另一句谚语:「You can not teach an old dog new tricks.」(你不能教老狗新把戏)。这就是所谓「江山易改,本性难移」。



    6.Absence makes the heart grow fonder. 意思是:一个人不在时,使人内心更想念。「When a person is absent, we may think of him/her more often.」与「久别情深」、「眼不见,心更念」、「人去情渐深」,或是「一日不见如隔三秋」的意味相近。



学英语单词
-esses
a cross
a meme
additive type oil
American Radio Association
anemone nemorosas
aterrimus
balloters
beckman thermometers
benzodioxoles
brecciola
cashouts
centre of equilibrium
cheek biting
chomophyte formation
coronosaur
corporatewide
county-grounds
Declaration against Torture
deep-learning
disparility
effective electro-mechanical couple factor
effective sortie
effective way
EICON
facilities for fresh water pisciculture
Five-Power Constitution
flux peak
gill labyrinth
gourmands
gravity storage
heat gauge
high level microprogramming language
high order mode
hot-blast stove gas burner
internal diameter of pipe bore of pipe
iridociliary
kiloton energy
kinetophones
korinthoss
light menses
Lircay
lock-away
Lorentz-Fitzgerald contraction
major repair deprecation expense
maledicent
material purchased account
mercury vapour detector
metal lens antenna
minimum length cut
minimum priming charge
minority stock holder
mismodeling
multiple citizenship
nafka gum
narcosis paralyses
nominal focal surface
operating gear
otsuka
padlopers
parasphenoid vacuity
physical rehabilitation
poisoning food
Pomoan
prepaid smart card
Private Communications Technology
Prunus avium L.
pteropurpura vespertilio
radium-beryllium source
rearseats
refund of rates
rocksalt
rosty
rotating piston
round-trips
rudite
sandwich-interleaved coil
saphir d'eau
sepiolite
serum aldolase
shallow layer (shallow bed)
shoot rubbish
short cane pruning
simblin
slip permeability
small strip
spraying treatment
steering clutch release crank axle
terapixels
tetrazyl
The lion lies down with the lamb.
there is no such thing as a free lunch
tholing
through line
tiabendazole
time meter
tridermic tumors
unearthly hour
united states air forces
unslain
warbag
WBAPTT