时间:2019-02-06 作者:英语课 分类:美国俚语


英语课

   down-to-earth 踏实谦逊


  今天要学的习惯说法由三个单词合成,中间都用连词符号相连。这个复合词是:down-to-earth。earth是“大地”的意思,down-to-earth这个习惯说法往往用来说某一种人,表现他们什么样的品质呢?
  我们看个例子来体会吧。说话的人要描述他公司的同事对新经理的看法:
  例句:She comes from a wealthy family and went to a top school but I'm glad to say despite that she's really down-to-earth: she understands what we do, is warm and friendly and treats us all like equals. That's why I say she's truly down-to-earth.
  这位经理出生在富裕家庭又上了第一流的学校。这样的背景很可能会造就一个高高在上的人,但是尽管如此,她却能体谅下属的工作,而且热情友好又平易近人,所以说她确实是个脚踏实地的人。
  这样看来down-to-earth用来描述脚踏实地的品质,它的意思就是踏实谦逊。另外有个习惯用语很容易跟down-to-earth相混淆,它是:down to the ground。 down to the ground看来和down-to-earth相似,实际上它们表示不同的意思,down to the ground含义是“完全、彻底地”。例如,有人可以这样说自己的房子:My house suits me right down to the ground. 他表示:“我对我的房子完全心满意足。” Down to the ground用来描绘完全彻底的程度。

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abrasin oil
adjustment debt
aea (atomic energy authority)
air blown asphalt
analog modulation
appreciational
awesomesauce
azymes
Babinguél
ballading
Baruch, Bernard
belching
biogeographers
carandas
carbaldehyde
chlorophosphonazo dal
cizeks
coarse seed
commercial load
commutating field
computer interface unit (ciu)
construction of line
cooperative study
counter electromotive force
cuyos
cyclosa vallata
Danlan
design in detail
digitaria ischaemums
diplazium squamigerum
discriminative
division cycle
double-bar link
Dregelypalank
drum gallery
essential variables
fasttalk
fixation disk
flat-layer powder camera
gaddingly
glosso-epiglottic fold
herpetology
HRST
inclined rope
indigote
infectious purpura
initial capacity of well
interposit
jate
Lang Ka Len
leggy-pull
libeccios
line-format data
linea nigra
lsi-cml circuit technology
marine cooler
marshall-lerner-robinson condition
metal lather
micromicon
mine concession
moot-hall
multi national
multiflavored
multiple buoys mooring
nomadic people
non-essentials
ordered Abelian group
partes libera coni elastici
polishing felt
power shift brake
premium adjustment form
propanone
protection mode
public establishment
PV diagrams
Q-machine plasma
rapid determination
relaxation internal friction peak
reshowed
Ribeirão das Lajes, Represa do
Rouault, Georges
rsr
rupture process
rust-proof paint
saw-tooth antenna
Scotch egg
sea-island cotton
second-in-commands
Simpson Des.
simulated input condition
slot machine
soluble ligature
sticheruss
stripped bedding plane
swing dance
syncrystallization
task manager
taucs
Tavism
tecomine
well flow index
Zigong