美国英语口语俚语(10)
美国英语口语俚语(10)
1.round up集合Round everybody up. It’s time for our business meeting.
叫大家集合，开会时间到了。
2.put someone up留宿某人I can put you up for a couple of days. My apartment is big enough for two people.
你可以在我这里住几天。我的公寓可以住两个人。
3.take care of business负责Who’s going to take care of business while I am away?
我不在的时候谁负责？
4.take out on拿…出气Don’t take your frustrations 1 out on me.
别把气出在我身上。
5.hot stuff大人物He thinks he’s hot stuff. But everybody else thinks he’s a jerk.
他自以为了不得，但其他人认为他是个傻瓜。
6.nitty-gritty细节，基本情况Let’s get down to the nitty-gritty. I want to hear what happens next.
让我们来认真了解详细的情况，我想知道后来发生了什么。
7．no good很糟This typewriter is no good. Every time I use it, the ribbon falls out.
这台打字机很糟。每次已用，色带就掉下来。
8. have someone’s number清楚某人的底细，看穿某人She dare not do anything to me, I have her number.
她不敢对我怎么样的，因为我对她的底细一清二楚。
9. hot number新鲜、迷人的人或事务，尤物Tom thinks Sherry is a hot number.
Tom认为Sherry是个尤物。
10. off the hook逃脱，溜掉，不受罚I’ll let you off the hook this time, but don’t do that again.
这次不罚你，下次不要这样干了。
- The temptation would grow to take out our frustrations on Saigon. 由于我们遭到挫折而要同西贡算帐的引诱力会增加。
- Aspirations will be raised, but so will frustrations. 人们会产生种种憧憬，但是种种挫折也会随之而来。