迷你对话学地道口语第173期:通晓一切
时间:2019-01-21 作者:英语课 分类:迷你对话学地道口语
迷你对话:
A: Where can I get the information, Kate?
Kate,我从哪儿可以得到这个信息呢?
B: Ask John. He is sure to know about it.
问问John吧,他一定知道。
A: Why?
为什么?
B: He has a finger in the pie.
他这人无所不知。
地道表达:have a finger in the pie
解词释义:have a finger in的本意是“插手于......”“了解......”,have a finger in the pie就是指“参与某事而通晓一切”。
支持范例:
( 1 ) have a finger in
He seems always to have a finger in some funny business.
他好像老是参与一些恶作剧。
I have a finger in that case.
我与那案件有关联。
( 2 ) have a finger in the pie
Eg. I don't like you to have a finger in the pie. You are no good at such a deal.
我可不喜欢你参与那件事去了解一切,因为你没有那个能力。
Eg. She is always eager to have a finger in the pie if her neighbors plan any little festivity.
要是她的左邻右舍准备办任何小的喜庆事,她总是巴不得参与其事去知道事情的经过。
词海拾贝:
know about:获悉,知晓
Eg. I want to know about this thing now from beginning to end.
现在我想从头到尾了解这件事。
Eg. How much do you know about my subject?
你对我的研究课题懂得多少?
Eg. What do these eggheads know about practical 1 things?
这些书呆子懂得什么实际的事务?
Eg. How much do you know about the works 2 of George Eliot?
乔治·艾略特的作品你知道多少?
- He is a practical person.他是位很讲实际的人。
- Your invention is clever,but not practical.你的发明很巧,但不实用。