时间:2019-01-11 作者:英语课 分类:美国习惯用语


英语课

我们给大家介绍过几个以fat,就是"胖"这个字为主的习惯用语,今天我们来给大家讲解两个和"瘦"这个字有关的常用语。Thin. Thin可以解释为"瘦",但是在不少场合也是指"薄",厚薄的"薄"。在今天我们要讲的两个习惯用语里,thin都解释为"薄"。我们先来讲第一个:Thin ice. Ice就是"冰",滑冰的"冰"。Thin ice就是"薄的冰"。


一到冬天,许多地方的河流或湖水都会结成冰。这是孩子们滑冰的好时机。但是任何人要是在很薄的冰上行走或滑冰的话,那是很危险的,因为薄的冰不一定能承担他的体重。万一冰块破裂,人就要掉到冰冻的河水里,有的人甚至会丧失生命。因此,on thin ice这个俗语的意思就是指各种危险的处境。由于这个说法已经扩展到生活的各个方面,因此on thin ice并不一定是指肉体或涉及生命的危险。下面这个例子就能说明问题。这是一个教授在警告一个学生。他说:


例句-1: Young man, unless you start turning in your assignments 1 on time and pull up your test scores, I have to tell you that you are on thin ice in this class. Right now you're very close to failing.


这个教授说:小伙子,我得告诉你,你现在在这个班里的学业情况很危险,除非你及时交作业而且提高你测验的分数。你现在的情况是近乎不及格。


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在某种情况下,我们往往会做一些我们没有把握的事。比如说,有一个机构请你去讲演,而你对他们要你讲的题目并不熟悉,因此你在讲的时候总觉得有点心虚,生怕出错。这种情况就可以用on thin ice这个俗语来形容。下面就是一个教授在说他的感受。


例句2: As a professor of philosophy 2 I don't know much about movies so I was silly to accept an invitation to speak on American films as an art form last week. I felt I was really on thin ice during the speech, scared to death of making a fool out of myself.


这位教授说:作为哲学教授,我对电影了解不多。可我接受了邀请,上星期去讲有关美国电影作为一种艺术形式。这实在是很傻。在讲演的过程中,我感到非常没有把握,害怕得要命,生怕说错了把自己弄得像个傻瓜一样。


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下面我们再来讲一个以thin这个字为主的习惯用语,Thin-skinned. 要注意的是在thin和skinned这两个字之间有一个连接号。Skinned是来自skin这个字。skin就是"皮肤"。那么,thin-skinned就是"皮肤很薄"的意思。当做习惯用语的时候,它的意思就是"脸皮很薄,对别人的批评比一般人更为敏感。"有时别人明明没有批评他的意思,而他也以为人家在指责他。我们来给大家举一个例子。


例句3: The trouble with Harry 3 is that he is so thin-skinned. He does good work, but he must feel very unsure of himself. Ask him a friendly question about how his work is going and he thinks you're criticizing 4 him.


说话的这个人肯定是在说他的同事。他说:哈里的问题是他太敏感,脸皮太薄。他的工作很好,但是他肯定对自己缺乏自信。你要是很善意地问他他的工作进展如何,他就会认为你是在批评他。


这种人肯定很难相处,但是,有这种习性的人,他们本人恐怕也是很痛苦的。


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下面是一个爸爸在对他的儿子说话。


例句4: You shouldn't be so thin-skinned. You've changed jobs three times in three months and every time it was because somebody tried to correct your mistakes. Son, everyone has to listen to criticism 5 sometimes. It's the only way to learn and grow.


这位爸爸说:你不能这么敏感。你看,你三个月里换了三个工作,每次换工作都是因为别人要纠正你的错误。儿子,每个人在某个时候都得听一些批评。这是学习和成长的唯一道路。



n.分配( assignment的名词复数 );工作;任命;归属
  • You will need to complete three written assignments per semester. 你每学期要完成三个书面作业。
  • Headquarters was swamped by an avalanche of applications for battle assignments. 请战书像雪片似地飞向指挥部。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
n.哲学,人生观,原理
  • He believed in the philosophy of Russell.他信奉罗素的哲学。
  • I can't sum up his whole philosophy in one sentence.我无法用一句话来概括他的全部人生观。
vt.掠夺,蹂躏,使苦恼
  • Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天,人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
  • Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。
v.评论,批评( criticize的现在分词 )
  • He committed the cardinal sin of criticizing his teammates. 他犯了指责队友的大错。
  • She's always criticizing her husband for being sloppy. 她总是指责她的丈夫做事马虎。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.批评,批判,指责;评论,评论文章
  • Some youth today do not allow any criticism at all.现在有些年轻人根本指责不得。
  • It is wrong to turn a deaf ear to other's criticism.对别人的批评充耳不闻是错误的。
学英语单词
7-hexadecenoic acid
a matter of routine
anti-tipping moment
Argostemma
assen
burket
chin jerk
chloroprene-copolymer
combined surfacing-thicknessing planer
current draw
data-types
dehorner
eckerts
Efflumidex
eilleens
El Potrero de Tenavac
electric jig
electron rest mass
eye l.
factorial function
fasten oneself on sb
financial lease
fir needle oil
first used date/time
fluorescent penetration test
fold one's hands
Fowler function
frigotherapy
genus Cladonia
ginger knob
go to extreme
grizzliest
Hansboro
hard finish
high capacitance transmitter
high-rise
hothouse plant
imitation porcelain
inhibitable
IO
kick something off
king husseins
Kyffin, Mt.
La Plata River
laying posture
Leyte G.
little-girls
main hum
mascerator
Metapetrocosmea
militicians
multijunction gallium arsenide solar cell
multiple spurs
nycromancye
offsidest
on center
oopsy
parmigiani
pass'd
passion region
paste gold
phase-wound rotor
power room
preorganized
price stabilization cartel
protoindustrial
pulmonary hamartoma
Putzfrau
pyrotechnic blow-off charge
recoil kinetic energy
reward sale
ribes emodens rehd
Rumma
Salesópolis
sample activity
sanguinarium
Semmimycin
series arm
serpulorbis nodosorugosa
shaking conveyor pan
ship-builder
sipri
space integral
squelch circuit
stowage improper
strongylocentrotus
sub-consciousnesses
subfamily Mimosoideae
subscapular angle
super video graphics adapter
t?rnebohmite-(la)
tendril-climbing
test-tube holder
thaumassite
toby fillpot jugs
ULB
unshelving
vanadium(ii) hydroxide
vertical barrel type heater
visitor team
wildbach
yard arm