时间:2019-02-02 作者:英语课 分类:美国习惯用语


英语课

beefy


to beef up


美国人特别喜欢吃牛肉,最普遍的吃法是用牛肉末做汉堡包,或者是切成大块煎牛排。尽管现在许多人都担心胆固醇太高,可是牛肉仍然是美国人最喜欢吃的食品之一。我们今天要给大家介绍的两个俗语就是和牛肉这个字有关的。"牛肉"的英文就是beef。


要是在beef这个字后面加一个字母y,那就成了形容词beefy。当然你可以把beefy解释为"牛肉的",但是在口语里,要是你说某人很beefy,那就是说,那个人个子很高大、肌肉很发达,就像一个280磅的重量级摔跤运动员一样。下面我们要给大家举的例子是一个学生放学后碰到两个想欺负他的人。


例句-1: "These two guys were pushing me around until my brother, who's a beefy football player on the school team, came out and asked me if I needed help. You should have seen those two guys run!"


这句话的意思是:"正当那两个人在欺负我的时候,我哥哥出来问我要不要帮忙。我哥哥是一个膀大腰圆的足球校队队员。你可没看见那两个人看到我哥哥后跑得有多快!"


可是,一个身材高大、体型魁梧的人有时也会让人吃一惊,下面就是一个例子:


例句-2: "You expect a big, beefy man to have a deep, deep voice. But my beefy neighbor who must weigh 120 kilos has a high-pitched squeaky voice like a man half his size."


这人说:"你以为一个个子高大、非常粗壮的人,他的声音一定会非常低沉。但是我那邻居,虽然他高头大马,体重有120 公斤,然而他的声音却又高又细,就像一个体格比他小一半的人发出来的声音。"


下面我们要给大家介绍的一个习惯用语是把beef这个字用作动词:to beef up。To beef up 的意思是:增加力量。这可能和美国人认为牛肉能够增强体力的想法有关。但是,to beef up这个说法并不一定局限在身体强壮这一个方面,这个俗语实际上可以用在生活各个方面。我们下面的例子就很能说明问题。


例句-3: "A general beefs up his forces before a battle by adding more tanks and artillery 1. A college can beef up its educational level by hiring highly-qualified professors."


这句话的意思是:"一个将军在战役前可以通过增加坦克和大炮来增强他的部队的力量,一所大学可以通过聘请很有资格的教授来提高它的教育水平。"


To beef up还可以用在商业方面,请听下面这个例子:


例句-4: "I am happy to tell you that our sales increased almost 25 percent in the last six months after we beefed up our sales force by hiring 50 more sales people in California 2 and Texas."


这个人说:"我很高兴地告诉你,我们公司在加利福尼亚州和得克萨斯州增加了五十名销售员以后,过去半年内的销售量增加了百分之二十五。"


我们今天给大家介绍了:beefy和to beef up这两个词的用法。Beefy是一个形容词,形容一些人身体很强壮,to beef up是指增加力量。


「美国习惯用语」第一百一十四课就讲到这里。欢迎下次再一起来学习美国习惯用语。再见。



n.(军)火炮,大炮;炮兵(部队)
  • This is a heavy artillery piece.这是一门重炮。
  • The artillery has more firepower than the infantry.炮兵火力比步兵大。
n.加利福尼亚(美国)
  • He was elected governor of the state of California.他当选为加州州长。
  • We were driving on a California freeway.我们正沿着加利福尼亚的一条快车道驾车行驶。
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