时间:2019-01-14 作者:英语课 分类:美国习惯用语


英语课

to feast your eyes on


to hit between the eyes


世界各国的诗人写了好多诗来描写人的眼睛,有的把眼睛称为"灵魂的窗户",还有的说,人们通过眼睛所表达的语言在世界各处都是共同的。今天我们就来给大家介绍几个和眼睛有关的习惯用语。中文里有"饱尝眼福"的说法。美国英语里也有类似的习惯用语。其中之一就是to feast your eyes on。Feast的意思是:宴请,举行盛大的筵席,或使人得到享受等。宴请你的眼睛,使你的眼睛得到享受,实际上也就是"饱尝眼福"的意思。To feast your eyes on这个说法可以应用到各个方面,比如说看到美貌的女子,欣赏自然风光,观赏艺术作品等。举个例子来说,一个到华盛顿来访问的人也许会说:


例句-1: The place I enjoyed most was the National Gallery of Art. I spent a whole afternoon there feasting my eyes on all their modern paintings.


这个人说:"我最喜欢的地方是国家艺术馆。我化了整整一个下午在那里欣赏他们的现代绘画,真是饱尝了眼福。"


To feast your eyes on还可以用在食品方面。我们下面来举个例子吧:


例句-2: I'm on diet trying to lose ten pounds, so I stopped to feast my eyes on the cakes in the bakery window, but resisted the temptation to go in and buy one to eat.


这个人说:"我正在设法减肥,想减轻我的体重十磅。为此,我只是到那些面包房去饱饱眼福,但是尽量克制自己不进去买东西吃。"


美国人一般来说是很喜欢吃蛋糕、奶油、冰淇淋等甜食。但是目前人们对食品中的糖份很敏感,特别是体重超重的人,往往克制自己的食欲而避免吃蛋糕之类的甜食。偶然吃了一点还好像犯了什么错误一样。


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我们今天要讲的第二个和eyes,也就是和"眼睛"有关的习惯用语是to hit between the eyes。To hit between the eyes听起来是好像是很痛苦的事,但是作为一个俗语,它的意思仅仅是:十分惊奇。下面就是一个例子:


例句-3: When my wife told me we were going to have a baby, it hit me right between the eyes.


这位不久就要当爸爸的人说:"当我的妻子告诉我她已经怀孕了的时候,我真是惊奇万分。"


下面一个例子是一个学生在做家庭作业,他说:


例句-4: I bet I fooled around with these equations for ten minutes but then all of a sudden the right answer hit me right between the eyes.


他说:"我敢打赌,我在这些方程式上花了总总十分钟还没有得出答案。后来,不知怎么回事,我突然想出了正确的答案。"



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