时间:2019-01-14 作者:英语课 分类:美国习惯用语


英语课

对于电台广播来说,没有任何东西比字更重要的了。无线电广播最重要的工具是由一个一个字组成的讲话。今天我们就要给大家讲解两个由字这个字组成的习惯用语。字在英文里就是:word。在英文里,由word这个字组成的习惯用语有的很有趣,有的可以把字给吃了。这跟中文里的“食言”很相似。


我们在这次节目里要讲的第一个习惯用语就是这个意思。请大家先听一遍这个习惯用语是怎么说的。To eat one's words. 请大家注意,这里的words是多数。To eat one's words当然不是真正地把字给吃了。To eat one's words作为习惯用语,它的意思就是:食言,说了话,或做了保证不能实现。也就是一个人说了话不算数。有的时候,to eat one's words可能会使自己很窘。比如说,一个人问朋友借钱,说好了一个礼拜以后还。但是,一个礼拜过了,他以为能收到的钱结果没有到,他只好去对那朋友说:


例句-1: Michael, I'm really embarrassed 1 that I have to eat my own words. The money I expected to receive last week didn't arrive. But I'm sure it's in the mail so l can pay you back before Saturday.


这个人说:麦克,这回我不得不自食其言了。我真是感到非常难为情。我估计上个星期能收到一笔钱,但是没有到。不过,我肯定是在邮寄的路上。所以星期六之前我会把钱还给你的。


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下面这个例子讲的是一个令人快乐的事情,虽然有人不得不承认错误。这是一个丈夫在说话:


例句2: When we got married my younger brother predicted 2 it would never last, that we weren't the right type for each other. But he's certainly had to eat his words and admit he was wrong.


这个人说:我们结婚的时候,我的弟弟说,我们的婚姻长不了,因为他说我们夫妇两不相配。但是,他现在不得不收回他讲的话,承认自己是错的了。


在上面我们举的两个例子里,说了话而不能兑现的人都能承认自己的错误。但是,在现实生活中也有些不负责任的人经常说了话不算数。还有的是故意讲一些话来欺骗别人,事后就不承认。这些也都能用to eat one's words来形容。


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我们再来讲一个以word这个字为主的习惯用语。From the word go. From the word go的意思是:一开始或者是马上、立即。这个习惯用语是出于赛跑。比如说,有一群孩子站成一排,准备赛跑。他们请站在旁边的一个人叫口令,让他们起跑。这个人就会给他们三个口令:Take your marks! Get set!Go!


这三个口令就是:各就各位! 预备!跑! Go就是开始跑。这也就是我们要讲的这个习惯用语的意思。我们来举一个例子。这是一个老年人在回忆他和他太太第一次见面时的情景。他说:


例句3: The first time we met I knew this was the only one I wanted to marry. Yes, sir, it was love from the word go. And, you know, we've been happy together almost fifty years.


这个人说:我们第一次见面的时候,我就知道我要结婚就唯独是她。是的,先生,我们从一开始就互相爱上了。你知道,我们非常快乐地在一起共同生活了将近五十年。


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有关美满的婚姻的故事会使每个人高兴和羡慕。但是,有些脑子清醒的人也可以避免产生麻烦。下面就是一个人在说他自己的经历。


例句4: When Mary and I met, I was dazzled 3. But I learned 4 right away we had nothing in common. I knew from the word go it wouldn't work no matter how beautiful she was.


这个人说:当我跟玛丽见面的时候,我顿时被她的美丽所迷住。但是,我发现我们没有什么共同之处。所以,一开始我就知道我们的关系是不行的,不管她有多漂亮。

 



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。
预言,预测,预示( predict的过去式和过去分词 )
  • He praised the union's aims but predicted its early demise. 他赞扬协会的目标,但预期这一协会很快会消亡。
  • She delivered exactly when the doctor predicted she would. 她恰好在医生所说的预产期分娩了。
a.眩惑的,目眩的
  • He was momentarily dazzled by the strong sunlight. 强烈的阳光使他一时睁不开眼。
  • hopeful young actors and actresses dazzled by the glamour of Hollywood 为好莱坞的魅力神魂颠倒、怀抱希望的年轻演员
adj.有学问的,博学的;learn的过去式和过去分词
  • He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
  • In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里,他被视为有学问的人。
学英语单词
adenolipomatosis
albic arenosols
apparent radius
asteal
automatic on-board optical system
average fertility number
bicherm
blind mole rat
brady-tachy syndrome
by compact
cartridge cover
Chinese Medical Journal
cirazoline
conditional index
conventional oven
corded phone
courtyarded
crucial anastomosis
DA (discrete address)
deputy minister
Deutzia cymuligera
dilacerates
dormant scales
dove pox
EFL (error frequency limit)
electric ceramics
entree fork
equity bond
face pressure
facilities inventory
false prosperity
film punctuation
first filter
flat injector
focus
forward explicit congestion
genus lithopss
give the chuck
go to stool
gullibilities
gut-shot straights
Heimerzheim
high shrinkage fiber
hilkert
hyposquama
Iigg.
imaginary quadratic field imbedding class
industry risk
Jeondeugsa
Joint Intelligence Committee
kick sth back
kicked-back
kubitsky
kyd
lactoria cornatus
master-chef
mastoid antrum
Maykopskiy
methacrylates
Michelinoceras
monoideal
music intracavitary
n-gon
Naptown
new materials
nonsense codon
objective function of drilling procedure
out and about
pairwise additivity
pill tile
plait ornament
pre-Muslim
Q-matching
radix bambusa pervariabilis
Razoxine
recharge
roof antenna
rooster booster
salmon trout
similable
single-cylinder diesel engine
Sjogren-Larsson
social time
spinal subarachnoid space scanning
St-Adolphe
step connection
strap-hanging
structural insulation board
successive refinement
syndesmorraphy
thiethe
toll switch board
triangler
turns back the clock
unobjectionable
weft spacings
welcher
went for an outing to
wiggy
witches' broth
Wyethia helianthoides
zanzi