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。
学英语单词
afraid to (do)
after-precess juice
all published
all the whole world knows...
APNPS
apodeictically
araneaes
barrow creek
battery cell tester
beta streptococcus
BOFs
Borneo
bromformalin
Brown Kap
bulldog edition
Butyn
carbenoxalone
Castaneda, Carlos
centuriator
Certizne
Ci.Dens.
climactichnite
complex control
Conception B.
contarinia
convecting
copius
cost productivity ratio
database template
decapitators
delal
dewbow
diffused-collector process
discongruities
disk file index
dithiodialanine
double dog dares
drip loop
Earith
electrocardioelectrode
exclusive access
exempt dealer
fast neutron
fillet welding in the vertical position
floor drier
haddens
hand looping
hits the bottle
hsien
hyperbiliruoinemia
hypocolius
Illuminite
inside edge
ironism
keep awake
Lewis, Oscar
lienardia rubida
limmat
linear elastic fracture mechanics
Load Lines Marks
logbook abstract
Lord willing
Lubochnia
Maggiore
main drive
malarial treatment
matrix printing
mercury phosphate
Methadone-Intermediate
missing interrupt handler
mistres
Mouth of River Ports
no matter whether
nut spanner
open channel water model
outriving
payment of hire
phlaeoba nantouensis
pinwheel garnet
pointer dog
queuing delay
race-way grinding machine
reflection diffractometer
scaningagen
self bailing
session services
sewage ventilation
shipping commissioner
slewing axis
slimeball
social ethics
state of play
steel form moulding
subprovince
syntactic algorithm
terrestrial irradiance
thannes
thms
tropical class refrigerator
unlawty
unripe girl
zouk