时间:2019-01-16 作者:英语课 分类:美国习惯用语


英语课

今天我们要讲的习惯用语有一个共同的词: end。 End这个词大家都熟,它解释末端、终点。End这个词虽然又短又小,却是短小精悍、勤奋活跃。它参与组成的习惯用语至少有十多个,在日常生活中时常用到。我们今天要学的第一个是: go off 1 the deep 2 end。Go off the deep end这个习惯用语可能来自游泳池。


大家知道游泳池一端是深水,另一端是浅水。如果一个人不知天高地厚,从深水那边一头跳进池里,那他可就是跳进了没顶的深水中。如果这人又不识水性,那么他想必是相当莽撞冲动的人。让我们听个例子来体会go off the deep end这个习惯用语用来比喻什么样的行为。这是爸爸在为热中于一种跳伞运动的儿子Bob担心。作这种跳伞运动的人在空中尽量延缓张开降落伞的时间。


例句-1:Bob has gone off the deep end about skydiving. We tell him it's a dangerous sport but he goes up and jumps every weekend. We're really worried 4 sick until 5 we see him safely 6 back home.


他说:Bob去作那种跳伞运动可真是莽撞冲动。我们跟他说这种运动很危险,但是他还是每个周末登高去跳。我们担心得要命,直到见他回家才把悬著的心放下。


显然这里go off the deep end是指“莽撞冲动地行事”。


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我们要学的第二个习惯用语可比刚才那个习惯用语go off the deep end来得合人心意得多。它是:living 7 end。Living end是优秀杰出的人或事。我们来听个例子。这是一个学生在对同学推荐他非常喜欢的一部电影。


例句-2:I'm telling you, you have to go see it -- it may be ten years old but it's really the living end, one of the top pictures I've ever 3 seen 8 in my life 9.


他说:我跟你讲,你得去看那部片子。虽然它上演可能已经十年,但是那确实是部杰作,是我有生以来所看过的最好的电影之一。


可见living end这儿的意思是“杰作”。


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我们再学个习惯用语。它是: at loose 10 ends。 Loose意思是松动的、没系住的。如果用绳索系个活结,只要在绳索可松动的头上,也就是at loose ends,拉一下,结子就散开了。所以at loose ends常用来比喻可灵活松动的、不固定的、不受约束的情况。比方说,at loose ends可以指某人没有工作,所以能不受约束、自由活动。但是at loose ends更常用来指觉得百无聊赖、闲得慌,而想消遣一下打发时间。


例如在下面的例子里这个人在跟朋友Tom说话。他很惦念女朋友Sally,同时希望做些什么来排解寂寞之情。我们来听听他想出什么办法来了:


例句-3:Tom, how about you and me going 11 fishing 12 this weekend. Sally is out of town for a few 13 days and I'm at loose ends until she gets back on Monday.


他说:Tom,你和我这个周末一起去钓鱼好吗? Sally去外地了,要到星期一才回来。她不在我闷得慌。


这儿的at loose ends意思是百无聊赖、烦闷不安。



adj.远的;休假的,空闲的;adv.走开,出发,隔断;prep.离开,脱落,在...之外
  • You'd better cool off first.你最好先冷静下来。
  • I need some time off.我需要一些时间休息。
adj.深的,深长的;深奥的;强烈;adv.深,迟
  • The sky is deep blue.天空是深蓝色的。
  • We talked deep into the night.我们谈至深夜。
adv.曾经;永远;不断地;在任何时候;究竟
  • Have you ever been to hangzhou?你曾经去过杭州吗?
  • I will be young and strong and beautiful for ever.我将永远年轻、强壮,永远漂亮。
adj.烦恼的,为难的,焦虑的
  • He was worried about the safety of me.他为我的安全担心。
  • He worried his father to buy a new car.他苦苦缠着父亲要买一辆新车。
prep.直到...为止;conj.直到...时才...
  • He arrived home until midnight.他直到半夜才到家。
  • She didn't sleep until midnight.她直到半夜才睡。
adv.安全地,平安地;确切地,没错地
  • The children can play safely in the garden.孩子们可以在花园里玩耍,很安全。
  • The ship came safely to land.船平安靠岸。
adj.活的,活着的,现存的;逼真的,一模一样的;生活的,维持生活的;n.生活,生计
  • Nowadays it is very easy to earn a living.现今谋生很容易。
  • I'll never forget that as long as I am living.这事我至死也不会忘记。
vbl.(see的过去分词)看见
  • Since I left college, I have not seen him.自从我离开大学以后,就没有见过他了。
  • I hope to have seen the film next week.我希望下星期能看到这部电影。
n.生活;生命
  • The doctor came in time to save his life.医生及时来抢救他的生命。
  • At last he knew the meaning of life.终于,他知道了生命的意义。
adj.松散的,宽松的
  • It will loose if you don't bind it fast.你不把它系紧它会松的。
  • Will you nail down that loose board in the floor?请把那块松动的地板钉牢好吗?
n.去,离去,地面(或道路)的状况,工作情况;(复数形式)goings: 行为;adj.进行中的,流行的,现存的
  • We're going to listen to a report this afternoon. 今天下午我们要去听报告。
  • He hates leaving the office and going on holiday.他不愿离开办公室去度假。
n.捕鱼;钓鱼,鱼业;adj.钓鱼的
  • We are interested in fishing.我们对钓鱼感兴趣。
  • Let's go fishing today.我们今天去钓鱼吧。
adj.很少的,不多的,少数的;int.少数的
  • There are few woods in that area.那个地区几乎没有森林。
  • I have a few questions.我有些问题要问你。
学英语单词
added substance
alternating-pressure method
aminoheterocyclic compound
arthrospore
asearch
assumed side damage
base of the rail
brickmaker
Bridge of Dun
cardiothyrotoxicosis
cargo-liner traffic
chebulic myrobalan
checking loop
cheesepie
Chinese postman problem
coacting
cogroup
cziffra
debottlenecking
delay helix
discrimination validity
Dr
dyphone
eccentricity recorder
echinocytosis
electric follow-up steering
ettlinger
extreme-value problem
false account
fluorographene
froufrou
Gandhi
Gauss effect
general technology
get something down pat
got above oneself
hemophagocytic
high aspect ratio
honey-guide
hydro-kinetic force
hyperconjugation effect
imaginary power
Jiffy (book) bag
knockcompound
lecane ohioensis
life of loan
lingers over
longyan
lxxvier
mccreevy
McGurk effects
monitored automatic control system
mutagenic radiation
nondedicated
nondemarcated
normal frequency curve
notariorum paralyses
nyasvizh (nesvizh)
occupances
omphalomesenteric vessel
one-semester
open carbon arc lamp
pajamalike
paraffle
permanent environmental effect
piemakers
pinstripers
pisometacarpal ligament
polar trihedral
potash bulb
Prevent false bankruptcy
prototyrant
radiusrod
Sacol I.
santalaless
self-emptying drill
Sesamum indicum
sheetsmen
shoulder devils
shower unit
simple carburetor
sine rule
single-spiral feeder
Sohwarzwald
Souguéta
standard distributed lag function
subsidiary labour power
substantial improvement
sugarberries
take only an instant
transmyometrial
treelawn
tsui hui hui
unique style
unmanlily
up-quenching crack
use case analysis
water crisis
well
wineys
woodos