时间:2018-12-02 作者:英语课 分类:广播学口语


英语课

第52期 吃石头的滋味


 


1“biting off more than you can chew 1


首先 bite,咬,而chew咀爵的意思。咬的东西太多都嚼不了了吗?这只是字面上的意思。


实际上这句话指得是想要超过自己的能力范围而作某事。


Example: “I thought I could finish this report within 2 a month, but I bit off more than I could chew。”


我以为可以在一个月内完成这个报告呢但是我太高估自己的能力了。


期末考要到了,可是我一科还没准备呢,为了不挂只好没日没夜地背,可是我发现每天需要背的东西已经吃不消了。我就像同寝室的抱怨怎么考这么多科目阿,我这次肯定完了。同寝室的居然毫无同情心的说 : you bit off more than you could chew。 you will fail the exam。 


 


2“between a rock and a hard place”


在一个石头和一个坚硬的地方之间到底蕴含着什么意思呢?原来这句话是指一个人因为某种原因而不能做他想做的事情。这时他就可以说“between a rock and a hard place。”


EXAMPLE:”I'd like to help you but I am stuck between a rock and a hard place。“


我很想帮你但是我自己是心有余而力不足啊。


Andy 因为逃课被学校惩罚而停课一天,他的父母更是恼火的很,不允许他出去玩,我们可以说be grounded。这时他的朋友来找他出去打棒球。Andy 很无奈的说:I really want to go out with you guys,but I am stuck between a rock and a hard place。



1 chew
vt.咀嚼,嚼碎;vi.咀嚼,细想;n.咀嚼,咀嚼物
  • This candy is so hard that no one can chew it.这种糖太硬,没人嚼得动。
  • You should chew over this thing.你应当好好思量这件事。
2 within
n.内部,里头;adv.在内部,在内心里;prep.在…之内
  • The work must be done within the given time.这个工作必须在规定的时间内完成。
  • Within two weeks,she gained five pounds in weight.两周内她的体重增加了5磅。
学英语单词
- scopy
Aconitum phyllostegium
adducings
alt ruppin (altruppin)
anaplasma ovis
arcticizing
ballasted track
brickers
burnout altitude
byssoides
carbon fiber for textile use
caryophllene
chronic prostatitis
clay applique
clearing index
Clematis crassifolia
cobalt sesquisulfide
compound specificity
constant current alternator
copper metabolism
cyclazocine
cylindrical pit electric furnace
desulphurization
discanonize
echelon fold
elizbeth
EXNOR gate
family chalcididaes
free vortex blading
futon
gallols
glycyrrhizinic acid
Hantoukoura
Hatfield time yield
Hershey highway
high power pulse
Hilālīyah
hokkaido
hourigan
hydrocylinder
ictus paralyticus
ignores
imparking
information vendor
interior mechanics
Ivugivik
Kaitumälven
kephalins
Krzywcza
Kuphit
late-orogenic basin
lateral hypothalamus area
lifeguarding
Lloyd's class
manumea
manyhandedness
Markovian
mere mortal
mm-wave communication
motor closing mechanism
MSN Search
myoepithelioma of salivary gland
natural passive immunity
non-declarative
nuclear radiation ionizing power
nuclear RNA
overneutralization
ovoideus
paperhangings
parasitiation
petrogenesis
phyllophora brodiaei
pistola
potage st. germains
prednisolone butylacetate
preliminary draft
promethis tonkinensis
provacuole
restrictive business practices
saddle load
sec-mod
sinjarite
Steksovo
stomal
street smarts
submicro-morphological feature
suffruticous
syllabic utterance
syndrome of deficiency of both qi and blood
The Boeing Company
tilt angle of photograph
top-grade wood carving tool
transpositional
turkey-shoot
turnover rate of current capital
uniform bearing stress
unintended consequence
urethral filiform
WAC (write address counter)
wawed
western meadowrue
winterhardiness