时间:2018-12-01 作者:英语课 分类:美国习惯用语


英语课

   我阿姨去年开了一个蛋糕店。现在她生意越做越好,她还正在准备开个分店。这使得很多甜品业同行感到奇怪,他们都因为经济不振而收入下降。而我阿姨的蛋糕店生意蒸蒸日上,与他们的情况正相反。这也让我想到一句习惯用语,那就是:fly in the face of.


  这个词组里的词都很简单,不过连起来跟飞或者脸都没有关系,而是“完全相反,截然不同”的意思。
  像上面的例子中,甜品业普遍业绩不好,可是我阿姨的蛋糕店却蒸蒸日上。It appears to fly in the face of what's typical in the industry.
  我们祝她好运!在下面的例子里,我们要讲讲教育领域的一些改革。你肯定认为现在高科技教育占了主导地位,咱们来听听下面这些学校的做法有什么不同:
  例句-1:Most American schools have been increasing spending on high technologies. That meant more computer-assisted learning 1 in the classroom. Yet a small minority of institutes are focusing on traditional learning. They believe it's much better for the students. It's unclear if they're right. But it certainly flies in the face of what most schools are emphasizing 2.
  这段话是说: 大多数美国学校现在都在高科技上投资。这就意味着课堂里出现更多电脑技术的支持。但是也有一小部分学校坚持传统教育。他们认为这样更有利于学生。现在还不清楚他们是否正确,不过很显然,他们的做法跟大多数学校背道而驰。
  我的一个朋友Jenny也是这样。现在很多人都通过Facebook,微博和Twitter这类社交网站联络沟通,可我朋友Jenny坚持不用这些社交平台,她认为面对面的沟通才是最好的, it flies in the face of what most people do these days. 这与眼下大多数人的做法都截然不同。
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  不知道我们的听众是不是体育迷,我本人就挺爱看美式橄榄球,总觉得是一种不同的文化体验。
  下面这个例子里就讲到了一个名叫Tim的球员,我们来听听看:
  例句-2:Tim is one of a few football players who isn't shy about his religious beliefs. Before every game, in front of huge television audiences, he kneels 3 in prayer on the field. He knows not everyone approves. Still, he doesn't regret flying in the face of how athletes are expected to behave.
  这段话是说:Tim是少数敢于表明自己宗教信仰的球员之一。每场比赛开始前,当着电视观众的面,他都会跪在赛场上祈祷。他知道并不是每个人都赞成他的做法。他并不取悦社会对运动员的一些期待,他也丝毫不后悔。
  我觉得每个人的宗教信仰都是他的自由。就像最近很火的Jeremy Lin,林书豪,他也对自己的宗教信仰毫不掩饰。
  我有一个同性恋朋友,she's very open about her sex orientation 4, this flies in the face of some traditional views. 她很公开自己的性取向,这与很多保守的观点大相径庭。

1 learning
n.学问,学识,学习;动词learn的现在分词
  • When you are learning to ride a bicycle,you often fall off.初学骑自行车时,常会从车上掉下来。
  • Learning languages isn't just a matter of remembering words.学习语言不仅仅是记些单词的事。
2 emphasizing
强调( emphasize的现在分词 ); 加强语气; 重读; 使突出
  • The importance of electron spin in shaping atomic structure is worth emphasizing. 电子自旋在形成原子结构方面的重要性是值得强调的。
  • A point worth emphasizing is that hydrostatic equilibrium is fulfilled with great accuracy in stellar atmosphere. 值得强调指出,在恒星大气中,流体静力平衡是非常精确地成立的。
3 kneels
v.跪( kneel的第三人称单数 )
  • The feeble man feels an ache on his heels and knees when he kneels on the steel steering wheel. 当虚弱男子跪在钢舵轮上时他的脚跟和双膝感到疼痛。 来自辞典例句
  • It is found that he kneels down outside the door when I open the room door. 当我打开房门时发现他跪在门外。 来自辞典例句
4 orientation
n.方向,目标;熟悉,适应,情况介绍
  • Children need some orientation when they go to school.小孩子上学时需要适应。
  • The traveller found his orientation with the aid of a good map.旅行者借助一幅好地图得知自己的方向。
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absorber coupling
actuator
ADC, A/D converter
additional post
aladan
amphoric resonance
Anemone demissa
aplosyenite
audience rating
biomass liquefaction
blunt nosed body
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color television
craythorne
crucible steel moldboard
cyclone separation
damaged Thoroughfare and Conception Vessels
data construction
degw
dinoseb
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fascisti
finished product
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Franklin Institute
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half solid floor
heating resistance
height of high tide
hexacontane
hexahydro-salicylic acid
hornotine
hot-driven rivet
houda
interrogative sentences
Introdouche
lapilli mound
library-user
lobular glomerulonephritis
long list
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marbofloxacin
maritane
methylcholanthrenes
net of canals and ditches
new political economy of development
nitrification inhibitor
patrollers
Peltovuoma
peve
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pressure and vacuum release valve
pyrotechnian
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record of cash disbursement
renner
right circular cylinder coordinate
rough board
Rowell.
safety communications equipment
self-consciously
Senekjie's medium
serenader
shoot craps
sideways extrusion
sing the praises of sb
single-length normalization
sinoradimella costata
snail-shell
Solvay, Ernest
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spatial noise
strata mucosum membranae tympani
t head bolt
tax on slaughtering animals
Tazlina Glacier
tenomyoplasty
third-degree relatives
thymus glands
trimoxamine
turuq
uncurably
under no obligation
univorous
unmanned rocket
unsuit
upper Ordovician series
urts
UTRR (University of Teheran Research Reactor)
vajazzles
vibration and shock
view-finder
viewing prism
vincis
wee-weed
well-penned
xerosis of conjunctiva
zanthoxyli pericarpium