时间:2019-02-06 作者:英语课 分类:阅读空间


英语课

   Seat这个词,我们再熟悉不过了,它的中文意思是“座位”。我们的生活中有各种各样的座位,比如汽车上的驾驶座、看台上的观摩座等等。这些座位在不同的语境里会表示不同的意思。


  1. I am very fortunate to get the ringside seat to the event。
  我很幸运能够近距离观摩这个活动。
  (ringside seat:拳击比赛中靠近拳击台的观察席位,此处比喻为近距离观察。)
  2. The consumer is in the driving seat due to the huge range of goods on the market。
  由于市场上商品大量堆积,现在是消费者在掌控大局。
  (driving seat:驾驶座,这里 表示“掌控大局”。)
  3. You must rent this video. It keeps you on the edge of your seat right up to the end。
  你一定得租这部电影看看,它会让你从头到尾都聚精会神。
  (keep someone on the edge of the seat:让某人保持浓厚兴趣)
  4. Aunt Mary drives us all crazy with her instructions; she's an incurable 1 backseat driver。
  玛丽姑妈指来点去的,简直要把我们逼疯了。她瞎乱指挥的毛病真的无可救药了。
  (backseat driver:后排座位上的司机,坐在后面喜欢告诉开车的人如何开车,意思就是指手划脚,乱提意见。)
  5. She does not have to take a back seat to any singer of her time。
  同任何一位同时代的歌唱家相比,她都毫不逊色。
  (take a back seat:做在后排座位,喻指甘居人后,允许他人领先。)

adj.不能医治的,不能矫正的,无救的;n.不治的病人,无救的人
  • All three babies were born with an incurable heart condition.三个婴儿都有不可治瘉的先天性心脏病。
  • He has an incurable and widespread nepotism.他们有不可救药的,到处蔓延的裙带主义。
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