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
Abashiri-wan
air driven generator
Al Ghubayshīyah
Allabatis
anti-popes
antialbumids
antilatent
application management activity
automatic numbering equipment
average case
bellbergite
berytus
bogie span
box shear test
bridesmaid
call-down
calocoris vandalicus
cardiomyogenic
cheap out
Chermenze
cinder recovery
coaxial contra-rotating reduction gear
convection heating surface
crico-hyoidopexy
deister
direct product set
distant signal mechanism
electrocell fusion
enest
enter inquiry mode
enthusiasm for
epidote orthoclase pegmatite
fast lane
fast scanning meteorological radar
faubourg
firer
fresh cane
fusee signal
garment-assembly
growthy
hale de mars
heptanedicic acid
holometamorphosis
inclined hoist with double skip track
industrial diseases benefits
interplaces
j-cloths
j.e
Juncus castaneus
low-grade fuel
lumber freeboard mark of fresh water
Mabinza
mackimmie
magnesia tooth paste
mahavishnus
map scribing
master spring leaf
mastifemorala
meaty food
mendus
merchandise warehouse
microbial cytoplasm
migratorily
mollifies
monodical
mxc
naughty pillow
Navratilova, Martina
nontraditional product
orthogonal contrasts
penaldic acid
pole face winding
potassium arsenite solution
programmable memory
Programme Management System
pulse output
quizzery
racketings
roof pitch
rotating field magnet
Salix humilis
salvage of plant and equipment
scoping
scottishnesses
screw pine
sediment tester
Seydhisfjördhur
shockproof tube housing
show'd
sit on two chairs
smitten kittens
soft lay
TDDG
terminating queue
traditional-values
translation invariant metric
trichophyton ajelloi
vena pylorica
very long baseline interferometry
Willis' ophthalmic branch
wish me luck
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