时间:2019-01-14 作者:英语课 分类:美国习惯用语


英语课

今天要学的习惯用语都包括hit这个词。 Hit常常解释为“打击”,但是也有“偶然碰到”的意思。今天要学的第一个习惯用语是:hit it big,。有的人猜测hit it big这个习惯用语也来自棒球运动。


击球员击球能得到的最好成绩就是本垒打。击球员把球打出场外就意味着击球员和本队所有在垒上的球员都能自动得一分。


当然现在这个习惯用语被广泛应用到日常生活的各个方面了。Hit it big在日常生活中的意思是获得很大的成功,一般是用在赚钱方面。我们听个例子来领会它的意思吧。这段话说的是一件真人真事。


很久以前,住在肯塔基州的Sanders先生是一个很平凡的人。他在乡间路边开了个加油站,生意冷清,为了多挣点儿钱维持生计,他开始做南方风味的炸鸡,卖给来加油的过路客。


例句-1:This man fried up chicken with his own secret recipe of spices. And rapidly its fame spread through the South and then the whole country. Mr. Sanders hit it big. Now Colonel Sanders Kentucky Fried Chicken has shops around the world.


这句话是说:他用自己的调味秘方来做炸鸡。很快他的炸鸡美名传遍了南方,接着又名扬全国。Sanders先生取得了巨大成功,如今Sanders上校的肯德基炸鸡店遍布全球。


为什么称他为上校呢?他又没有在军队里服役过!那是因为Sanders的特殊成就,肯塔基州州长授予他荣誉上校的称号,这不是军衔,也没有上校的权力。但是有这个称号是值得骄傲的。 今天在世界各个角落你都可能会看到这位大胡子Sanders上校在装炸鸡的纸盒或者纸筒上向你微笑,说Sanders先生誉满全球毫不过份,当然他也因而发家致富。 Mr. Sanders hit it big这句话就表达这样的意思。


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今天要学的第二个习惯用语是:hit it off。 Hit it off用来说人与人之间性情相投,而且可以用来描述任何种类的人际关系,包括一般友情和婚恋关系。


我们听个例子。这位先生说的是一对男女之间的关系。他的老朋友Bruce比他晚几年来到这个城市,人生地不熟,于是他把Bruce介绍给自己相熟的朋友,其中包括当老师的Betty。我们听听后来的进展,特别注意里面的习惯用语hit it off :


例句-2:Bruce and Betty really hit it off right away. They started seeing each other, then after a year or so decided 1 to get married. Now, six years later, they have four kids and are just about as close to each other as two people could be.


他说:Bruce和Betty真是一拍即合,见面后马上就开始约会,差不多一年后就决定结婚。他们已经结婚六年,现在他们有四个孩子,可是两人之间还是亲密无比。


这里的习惯用语hit it off用来说人和人相互合得来。


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今天要学的第三个习惯用语是:hit the spot。 Spot这个词常常解释为地点,但是有时候也有“目标”的意思。在hit the spot这个习惯用语里spot这个词的意思是目标。


我们听个例子来领会这个习惯用语的意思吧。这位先生在炎炎夏日刚跑完步回来。我们听他说说在这当口上什么东西最合他的心意,注意他话里用了两次习惯用语hit the spot:


例句-3:Want to know what hits the spot with me when I get back from running, all hot and thirsty? A great big glass of iced tea with a squeeze of lemon in it. There's nothing as refreshing 2 after good hard exercise - it sure hits the spot!


他说:想知道我跑步回来既热又渴的时候最中意什么吗?一大杯冰水,再加上一点柠檬汁!跑步锻炼后再没比这更消暑解渴了,它正中下怀。


冰冻柠檬水显然是又热又渴的人一心向往的东西,可见这里的习惯用语hit the spot表示令人心满意足,或者说是“正中下怀”。

 



adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
adj.使精神振作的,使人清爽的,使人喜欢的
  • I find it'so refreshing to work with young people in this department.我发现和这一部门的青年一起工作令人精神振奋。
  • The water was cold and wonderfully refreshing.水很涼,特别解乏提神。
学英语单词
abyssal intrusion
accurance
al hawwari
Aletris formosana
allocation of materials
antennulae microvillares
area franchisee
argumentum ad numerum
as white as a cloth
Bajamar
be supposed to do something
beclam
brine balance tank
brust
bully-boys
buolts
burst modem
carboxyl(acid)proteinase
carpenters shop
chloropals
ciliary feeding
clearing of site
clockwork orange
cost of revenue
criterion of realism
currency awareness
cyclized natural rubber
danaid butterfly
defension
demineralization
dendrobium albosanguineum lindl.
diacetyl di-sulfide
directional radio beacon
discrimination ratio
dormant geyser
duomos
echinococcus cyst of bone
end point analysis
enveloping layer
external valuation
family trichiuridaes
FFDSRCS
flipper baby
for goodness sake
frugalise
fuzze
geordy
goathlands
granite paper
gypsum insulation
herba cardui benedicti
Hics
housing main body
iminodipropionitrile
input message
international comity
jorobada
Josipdol
juluca
Kalaldi
kulp
leidy
lescuraea incurvata
maritime vegetation
measuring tooth thickness
microprocessor addressing concept
Mlicrococcus pyogenes tenuis
moodishness
non-barry dyeing
pancreas chromophilic cells
parabranchium
paradoctor
patibulums
pattern-making
plastic embossed model
point elasticity
power of veto
preceding crop culture
purchase account
purpura telangiectasia arciformis
radar data processing equipment
Rat'
reexam
rotational band
sheet-fed single colour perfector
St-Bonnet-de-Bellac
statement of stockholder's investment
swallowing center
switch network
telephone units
teleprocessing monitor
tetrapanacis medulla
ticement
trifluoromethanesulfonyl azide
turbine-generator shaft system
unimmunized
upper-middle-income
usage of the particular trade
voluntary trusts
wholesale index
wire(-mesh) screen
workstead