时间:2018-12-02 作者:英语课 分类:美语怎么说


英语课

  Jessica 在北京学汉语,她的中国朋友要是遇到了不知道用美语怎么说的词,就会来请教她。今天是Jimmy要问的:爆冷门

Jimmy: Jessica, 昨天看学校的足球比赛了吗?爆了个大冷门儿,法学院居然输给了商学院,哎,这大冷门怎么说啊?

Jessica:冷门?

Jimmy:哦,对啊,就是铁定会输的队,最后居然打赢了。

Jessica: Oh, in English we call that an upset.

Jimmy: Upset? 那不是不高兴的意思吗?

Jessica: That's true. 做形容词的时候,重音在后面,是 upset (emphasis on the second syllable), 指不高兴,但是做名词,重音在前面,upset (emphasis on the first syllable), it means 1 an unexpected 2 win.

Jimmy: 哦,我明白了,中文里的爆冷门,在英文里就是 upset. 那原来大家都以为法学院会赢,这种赛前被看好的球队美语里叫什么?

Jessica: Easy. That team's called the favorite.

Jimmy: 这么说,The law school team was the favorite to win the game. 法学院足球队本来是被看好的热门球队。

Jessica: That's right. You can also refer to the team that was expected to lose as the underdog.

Jimmy: Underdog. under后面加上dog, underdog 就是在比赛里实力比较差的一方。这么说,我们中文系的排球队,不论跟谁比赛,都是 underdog.

Jessica: Jimmy!Isn't your girlfriend Rachel the team captain?

Jimmy: 唉,别提了...That's why I always cheer for the underdog...

Jessica: hehe.....言归正传,What did you learn today?

Jimmy: 第一,爆冷门叫 upset,重音在前面; 第二,赛前被看好的一方叫 favorite,第三,赛前不被看好的一方叫 underdog.

Jessica: 不错,我也学了个词儿--upset 叫作“冷门”。



1 means
n.方法,手段,折中点,物质财富
  • That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
  • We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。
2 unexpected
adj.想不到的,意外的
  • I always keep some good wine in for unexpected guests.我总保存些好酒,用来招待不速之客。
  • His promotion was unexpected.他的升迁出人意料。
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'Ulā
Acanceh
acenaphthene quinone
acritol
action force
aerobullosis
anion exchange tower
antiluteogenic
arch-lutes
arzachenas
Axa
beat...off
blood gill
boxcar functions
brackettville
bran flattener
camera aquosa
chain store
Chimani-Moos butter
clamour against
color mixture
Coppery-Tailed
correcting voltage
crazyquilt
cylinder head gasket
dead-man's fingers
delta match
diatomite heat insulator
distance judgement
Dodleston
ectopic ADH syndrome
equalizing amplifier
estimated amount of tax
FJI
flat-plate structure
foulage
Fuludal
fuse plough
gas stimulation
grievance procedure
gusanlung
hanushek
hereditary meritocracy
Heteropappus tataricus
hoofy
hyponome
hypsometric layer
initial lubrication
krettnichite
laryngeal cotton applicator
Lichtenberg's alloy
lieder singer
life buoy flare
long-time memory
lumbo-ovaria
magnesiumlike
malignant nephritis
manukyan
middle childhood
moving-coil transformer
multiple core casting
Munhoz
O&C (operation and checkout)
oxycandicine
polynomial interpolating function
polypropene
presenting part
propenyl alcohols
rabbit-ohs
rabdionite
regulatory body
relieved load
Rianxo
rosy starling
salicylic acid ethyl ether
scabiosa
Scott connection winding
sculpture room
second-mortgage
secondary electron induced by ion bombardment
seller's syndicate
shitcanned
small eateh termainal
smas
supramaximal stimulus
surface carburization
taken a lap
Tebet
thatchers
time-based optical range finder
to throw up
toew
transistor action
untared
VASIDAE
Vat Blue BC
very high frequency band
vespertine
water pressure pulsation
weak electrolyte
winch housing
woodbenders