时间:2019-01-04 作者:英语课 分类:美国习惯用语


英语课

rain or shine


rainy day


每个人对下雨的反应都不同。在发生旱灾的地方,农民天天盼望着下雨。可是,正在野外聚餐的人,下雨使他们感到很扫兴。然而,有的活动不管天气如何都照常进行,这在中文里就是:风雨无阻。美国人的说法是:rain or shine。


Rain or shine简单地说就是:不管下雨或出太阳,一切照常进行。请听下面这个例子:


例句-1: There is one big difference between baseball and football in America. If it's a rainy day, we don't play baseball. But teams play football rain or shine. In fact, I've seen football games played in a snowstorm 1.


这句话的意思是:在美国,垒球和橄榄球有一个很大的区别。要是天下雨,我们就不打垒球。可是,橄榄球却是风雨无阻的。我还见过大雪天比赛橄榄球的呢。


但是,rain or shine实际上还包含更广的意思。Rain or shine还可以解释为:不管在什么情况下。比如说,一个年轻人离开了家到世界各地去周游,好久没回家了。他对朋友说:


例句-2: I haven't seen mother and dad and the rest of the family for ten years, but I still know I can count on them rain or shine.


他说:我已经有十年没见到我的父母和其他家人了。但是,我知道不管在什么情况下,我肯定会得到他们的帮助的。"换句话说也就是,不管他干什么,不管他是穷是富,他家里的人都会关心他、帮助他的。


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下面我们再来讲一个和rain这个字有关的常用语:rainy day。Rainy day作为一个俗语,它的意思是:今后可能需要钱的时候,也就是准备一些钱,以防万一。下面是一个劳动妇女在说话:


例句-3: Every week when I get my paycheck, I always try to put fifty dollars in my savings 3 account 4 for a rainy day. Who knows--I might lose my job someday or get sick and not be able to work!


她说:每星期我拿到工资以后,我总是想办法存五十美元到银行里去,以防万一。谁知道呀,也许哪一天我失业了,或者生病不能工作了。


下面这句话对每个人来说可能都是金玉良言:


例句-4: When you're twenty-five years old, sometimes it's hard to worry about rainy days off in the future. But if you're smart, you'll start saving 2 for rainy days because rainy days come to us all.


这句话的中文意思是:当你只有二十五岁的时候,你恐怕很难为将来的需要担心。但是,要是你很聪明的话,你就会为将来遇到的困难而开始攒钱,因为每个人都会有困难的时候。


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以上我们讲了两个和雨,也就是rain这个字有关的习惯用语。它们是:rain or shine和rainy days。Rain or shine的意思是:不管下雨或出太阳,一切照常进行。



n.雪暴,暴风雪
  • After several weeks of travel,snowstorm hit us first.我们旅行了几个星期,初次碰上了暴风雪。
  • A severe snowstorm blocked up railroads.一场暴风雪使铁路中断。
n.节省,节约;[pl.]储蓄金,存款
  • Energy saving is term strategic policy of our country.节约能源是我国长期的战略国策。
  • Old-fashioned housewives were usually very saving.旧时的家庭主妇通常都很节俭。
n.存款,储蓄
  • I can't afford the vacation,for it would eat up my savings.我度不起假,那样会把我的积蓄用光的。
  • By this time he had used up all his savings.到这时,他的存款已全部用完。
n.叙述;帐目;帐户
  • She left out an important item in her account.她的账目漏掉了一个重要的项目。
  • He has made several withdrawals from his bank account.他从银行账户上提了几次款。
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