时间:2019-01-08 作者:英语课 分类:英语日常口语


英语课

   英国语言学家Jeremy Butterfield出版过一本书叫做A Damp Squid 1: The English Language Laid Bare。他根据牛津语料库(Oxford University Corpus)中的资料,统计得到英国人最常见的10句套话。对于老外,听到这些话,可能会觉得反感。但是,我觉得对于中国人,不妨好好学一下,偶尔用用,反而能增进语感,让native speaker“刮目相看”。


  下面就是我做的笔记。
  1. At the end of the day
  【中文解释】 最终;表示总结
  【例句】Sure we missed our best player but at the end of the day, John, we just didn't play well enough to win the game.(我们最好的选手不能上场,但是最终来说,还是因为我们发挥得不好,所以无法赢得比赛。)
  【例句】At the end of the day, what matters is that you're safe.(最终来说,你安然无恙,这才是最重要的。)
  【例句】We interviewed many people for the job, but at the end of the day, we didn't think any of them could handle it.(我们面试了很多人,但是最后,我们觉得合适的人选一个也没有。)
  2. Fairly 2 unique
  【中文解释】相当独特(这个短语属于过度修饰,语义不清)
  【例句】I am looking for a fairly unique piece of technology.(我在寻找一种独特的技术。)
  3. I personally
  【中文解释】我个人(这个短语属于同义重复)
  【例句】I personally don't like her.(我不喜欢她。)
  4. At this moment in time
  【中文解释】此刻(这个短语也属于语义重复)
  【例句】What's your favorite song right at this moment in time?(此刻你最喜欢的歌是什么?)
  5. With all due 3 respect
  【中文解释】恕我直言;冒昧的说;我并不想冒犯
  【例句】With all due respect, I think there are some facts you have not considered.(恕我直言,我想你忽略了一些事实。)
  6. Absolutely
  【中文解释】绝对
  【例句】It is absolutely impossible.(绝对不可能。)
  7. It's a nightmare 4
  【中文解释】一场噩梦;太糟糕了
  【例句】For Publishing, It's a Nightmare Before Christmas.(对于出版业来说,圣诞节前发生的事情就像一场噩梦。)
  8. Shouldn't of
  【中文解释】这个短语等于shouldn't have,意为“不应该”,从语法看,是不正确的,但是在口语中使用。
  【例句】I shouldn't of had the beer!(我不该喝啤酒)
  【例句】This game shouldn't of got cancelled!(这场比赛本来不应该取消的。)
  【中文解释】不间断的;全天候的
  【例句】24/7 support is a critical 5 part of our offer.(一周7天,每天24小时的售后服务,是我们承诺的关键部分。)
  10. It's not rocket science
  【中文解释】显而易见的;明显的;另一种说法是it doesn't take a rocket scientist
  【例句】We're talking basic common sense here - it isn't rocket science.(我们在这里说的是常识,又不是高深莫测的东西。)

n.鱿鱼
  • I like eating squid.我喜欢吃鱿鱼。
  • The seals feed mainly on fish and squid.海豹主要以鱼和乌贼为食。
adv.公正地,正当地;相当;完全,简直
  • I think I was quite fairly treated by the police.我认为警察对我非常公正。
  • It fairly destroyed the machine.它将那部机器完全毁了。
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.恶梦,可怕的事物,无法摆脱的恐惧
  • I was glad to awake from such a nightmare.我庆幸终于从噩梦中醒来了。
  • I had a nightmare last nightand,lost sleep.昨夜我作了个恶梦,失眠了。
adj.批评的,评论的;危急的,紧要的;临界的
  • We are at a critical time in history.我们正处在历史的危急时刻。
  • Now that the situation becomes critical,one must keep calm.事到临头,要沉住气。
标签: 口语
学英语单词
activator atom
Aldanispirifer
aldehyde-lyases
Altinyaka
aprm downscale alarm
bacteria microscopic examining instruments set
band groove
be in a take the pet
bisexual hybrid
bourden
brush contact encoder
cartoonings
celling voltage
charging dynamo
cilioposterocapsular fibers
comest
costabile
debouncing
declaration of deadweight tonnage of cargo
deflection defousing
durrance
dusicyon gymnocercus
electromagnetic coupling effect
endocarpic
engaging arm
eprom reliability
esteban
eunotogramma laevis
facilement
Fire Detection Alarm Systems
fixed exchange rates
flood and waterlogging control
gas plant
gaseous diffusion method
grid zone identification note
guest night
hard error rate
hot-pressed aluminium nitride
hydraulic check cylinder
internal strain
Jolfā
kiono-
kirkburtons
kohner
laev-
lay down his arms
lent segregation
libercarelessian
linguistic context
low voltage insulator
man-engine
management of design
Manet
manure drill
micromanometry
mirandina corticola
morphophonics
mosstone
mysores
off-axis reflector
orthomolybdate
oven dried
over-sob
paremoremo
pasture stock
postpolitical
privately-runs
puccinia flavipes
quadratic hill-climbing method
renavigating
Rixford
rosindol
S19V
samsonite
scana
shear edge
Sinaiticus codex
soap compound
spatial chemistry
stabilizing resistance
super-continent
superpixels
teases out
tenogenic
the woman
tinctural value
to play
Tokounou
tpc (taiwan power company)
transverse seam
true firs
ultrasonic wave-type fire detector
UNDOF
uromyces fabae(pers.)de bary
user-survey analysis
versicolors
village rules
volunteer program
wetting water
William Marcy Tweed
wind assisted ship
Zhdanovshchina