时间:2019-01-07 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两个以break这个字为主的习惯用语。Break这个字有许多意思。它可以当做动词用,主要的意思是:打破,或用力把什么东西一分成二。Break也可以当做名词。我们今天要讲的第一个常用语就是把break用做名词的。 Give me a break! Give me a break是非常口语的说法。在不同的场合有不同的解释。Give me a break可以解释为:你得了吧!!或者是:你算了吧!我们来举一个例子。下面是一个人在跟他的朋友争论:


例句1: You really think Jennifer is the prettiest girl in our class? Give me a break! There're several girls in our class who are better looking then she is. To my mind, Lisa is tops. She not only has looks; she also has brains.


这个人说:你真的认为詹尼弗是我们班上最漂亮的女生?你算了吧!我们班上有好几个女生都比她好看。在我的心目中,利萨比谁都强。她不仅漂亮,而且脑子还很聪敏。


在这句话里,give me a break 是表示不同意别人的意见。


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下面我们再来给大家举一个例子。在这个例句里,give me a break的意思又不同了!这是一个哥哥在对他的小弟弟讲话。


例句2: Look, kid, I'm working on a term paper that's due 1 tomorrow. I promise to play the video game with you after dinner, OK? Come on, give me a break so I can finish this!


这个哥哥说:喂,小鬼,我正在写一份明天要交的学术报告。我保证吃完晚饭后就跟你一起玩电子游戏,行不行?得啦,你别烦我啦!让我把报告写完吧。


这个小弟弟肯定是缠着哥哥不放,影响哥哥做功课了。我们刚才已经说过,give me a break在不同情况下可以有不同的解释。以上讲的只是其中的两种解释。


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我们再来给大家讲一个跟break这个字有关的习惯用语。To break even. 在give me a break当中,break是当做一个名词,to break even, 很明显,break在这里就是用做动词了。Even在这里的意思就是:对等的。To break even这个说法在商业界用的比较多。意思是:在做了一段生意以后,比如说,做了一年生意以后,你手里的钱跟你刚开始做生意时有的钱一样多。换句话说,也就是在这一年时间里,你的开支跟你的收入一样。下面是一个饭店老板,他的饭店已经开了两年了,他在说他的收益和损失。


例句3: Our first year was pretty tough. In fact, we lost money. This second year I think we'll break even. And now that we are getting more customers, next year we expect to make a healthy profit.


这位老板说:饭店开张后的第一年,对我们来说是很困难的。事实上,我们还亏了钱。今年是第二年,我想我们能做到收支平衡。现在我们顾客越来越多,我想明年我们能够获得很多利润。


美国的饭店各式各样,但是它们都面临很激烈的竞争。没有能力在竞争中生存下来的就只能被淘汰。即便是生意很兴隆的饭店,工作也很辛苦,每天都要工作十几个小时。人们说他们赚了钱,可是没有时间去花钱。


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手头有点钱的美国人一向都很喜欢买股票来行投资。《华盛顿邮报》曾经登过一篇报导,说一个政府雇员如何把平时省下来的钱买股票投资,结果成了百万富翁。下面这个例子就是一个人在说他的投资情况。


例句4: Soon after I bought some stocks 3 early last year, the stock 2 prices went down so much that I lost half of my money. Fortunately, I didn't sell them. With the market going up since this year, I've now reached the point where I break even.


这人说:去年年初我买了一些股票后不久,股票价格下跌了好多;我的钱损失了一半。幸好我没有抛出。今年股票价格不断上升,我现在已经到了不亏本的水平。



n.应得物;adj.预定的,应付的,到期的,应有的
  • I received nothing except what was due to me.除了我应得的东西,我并未接受任何东西。
  • The rocket is due to lift off at noon on Friday.火箭定于星期五中午发射。
n.存货,储备;树干;血统;股份;家畜;adj.存货的;平凡的,惯用的;股票的;畜牧的;vt.进货,采购;储存;供给;vi.出新芽;进货
  • The shop takes stock every week on Friday mornings.这家商店每星期五早晨盘点存货。
  • Experts have forecast an upturn in the stock market.专家已预测股票市场价格有上升趋势。
n.(树木等的)干( stock的名词复数 );公债;家系;家族
  • The manager wants to clear off the old stocks in the warehouse. 经理想把仓库里积压的存货处理掉。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • They want to unload the stocks on the market. 他们想把股票在市场上抛售掉。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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