时间:2019-01-08 作者:英语课 分类:美国俚语


英语课

   小时候老师就教育我们要诚实,长大了才发现世界上没有人不说谎,只是谎话大小不同。损人利己和损人不利己的撒谎都会被人唾骂。无伤大雅、不伤害别人的小小谎言还可以勉强接受。今天我们要来学的就是这种“无伤大雅的小谎言”的表达:fib和white lie。


  Johnny tells everybody he got an A for every subject last term. I'm afraid he's telling a fib - I happen to know he got at least one B, but he's too embarrassed 1 to admit 2 it.
  Johnny告诉大家自己上学期门门功课都得了A,恐怕他撒了个小谎,我碰巧知道他至少有一个B。他只是不好意思承认。
  Johnny虽然得了一个B,但是他还可以算是个优秀生。他撒谎也许是因为别人对他期望过高,认为他样样都该得A,再说他的谎话也不会损害他人。这样看来fib是无关紧要的小谎。
  Fib是无伤大雅的小谎,有一种fib的动机甚至更容易被理解,是出于礼貌或者为了不伤害他人的感情。这种清白无辜的谎言就称为 white lie。 White lie是动机善良的谎话。换句话说,虽然没说实话,但是至少有理由这样做。
  I told Sally a white lie when she asked me how I liked her new party dress. I didn't like the color or the design but when I saw how happy she was with it, I told her it looked great.
  当Sally问我喜不喜欢她的新宴会服的时候,我对Sally撒了个无辜的谎言,其实我并不喜欢那件衣服的颜色和设计,但我看到Sally对那衣服的满意劲儿,我就告诉Sally那衣服真漂亮。
  由此大家知道white lie就是出于好意而说的善意的小谎话,怎么样?明白了吗?

adj.尴尬的,不好意思的
  • He was very embarrassed to hear people speak so highly of him.他听见别人这样夸他,感到很难为情。
  • He is somewhat embarrassed.他稍微有点窘迫。
vt.承认,供认;准许…进入,准许...加入
  • He will never admit to me that he is lazy.他不会向我承认他懒惰。
  • If you're wrong,you should admit it.错了就要认账。
标签: 俚语
学英语单词
a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
aeltus
almirante
amiabler
amplexifolia
amynthas meishanensis
arc ion deposition
bandar-e khomeyni
bill-birds
bioelectrochemical
BOD5
bone collar
boy band
cha cha cha
chimaera
come down to bedrock
control region
costal cartilage
delinquencies
die spotting machine
disney-fied
edge scarl
edible asparagus
electrodeposited
emeus
endoergic reaction
epoxidized ester
equiform transformation
eryscenoside
estimated uncollectible interest and penalties on taxes
european viper
Eurosam
fast deployment logistic ship
fenestrated hymen
flush fillet weld
food energy
Harm set harm get
helicopter parent
heptasemic
high frequency amplifier (hfa)
hog wild
Horaichthyinae
i ku
internal program representation
Ithyphallus
jnt.
July-flower
jumping trace routine
Kefallonia
Kepler's supernova(SN Oph 1604)
key letter
kirschmer beater
literaryisms
log fork
lost mountain
Masepe, Pulau
maximum punch length
median vein of neck
membrane mimetic chemistry
menthene carbonate
mesothelium
metre full scale
moland
momotuss
multicolor map
mwezi
Narayanganj District
natural colour
never looked back
o-1-dimethyl-5-(dicarbethoxyethyl) dithiophosphate
oil stains
open-circuit impedance
paintign in fresco
pipe-swabbing machine
procurement officer
pulmonary talcosis
pushing slider
random-error-correcting code
refuting
SCOMBROPIDAE
scrinia
sedimetr
separation net
septolet
shipboard integrated man machine system
some more
special teams
SSD drive
stibi-
tooth-colored
trachypus bicolor viridulus
tradename
trapezius (rome)
traveling man
tresniowski
unjuiced
wartime economic measure
waves and currents
What has gone with someone?
windexed
without canvas front mounted binder
XSB