时间:2019-02-06 作者:英语课 分类:实用英语


英语课

 Fly by night: 不可靠


Fly by night,“在漆黑夜里飞行”?当然不能这样望文生义。不过,Fly by night(不可靠)倒真的与夜晚行动有关——赖账房客为逃房租,夜晚偷逃出房东家。 19世纪早期,fly by night被用来形容“赖帐的房客”——因为没钱付房租,他们只好在半夜偷偷逃走。很明显,fly在这里表示“逃离,逃跑”。随着时间的推移,fly by night的词义范围有所扩大,可表示任何不光明的行为,特别指那种犯下恶行后逃之夭夭的犯罪分子。 值得一提的是,在19世纪,fly也可指“一种只有两个轮子的轻型(出租)马车”。这种马车最初由一个车夫来驾驶,后来改为由马拉。 今天,我们常用fly-by-night来形容某个商人“不可靠,不可信任”,所以,做生意或搞投资千万别找那些fly-by-night company(无信誉的公司)来做自己的商业伙伴。看下面一个例句: I want a reputable tour operator, not one of these fly-by-night outfit 1. (我想找一家信誉好的旅行社,而不是那些靠不住的公司。)

n.(为特殊用途的)全套装备,全套服装
  • Jenney bought a new outfit for her daughter's wedding.珍妮为参加女儿的婚礼买了一套新装。
  • His father bought a ski outfit for him on his birthday.他父亲在他生日那天给他买了一套滑雪用具。
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acropigmentation of kitamura
added burden
advanced development
air pressures
allayer
aluminum solder
amylene poisoning
antebrachial fascia
antichymotrypsins
apecograph
balance short arm
bellyfuls
bilge water gage
bog (iron) ore
bolted cap
boundary on all sides
bring sth off
bulky parcel
butorphanol
cable drive motor
Carex capillaris
centering for shafting
characteristic normal form
circulators
close the ledger
coelomostoma
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colonoscopy
color of sky
crannying
cream cake
crow-garlic
decolourizer
definitely
dog biscuits
double coincidence of need
drag rope
earthquake-resistant
epileptic sizure
Every man and his dog
follower stud
Forpen
fractional-horsepower brush
global image
go in for the kill
gradient elution separation
ground vibration velocity
Hallantide
hyperosmolar hyperglycemic nonketoic coma
kasrils
kusp
licensing court
liquid-metal ion gun
litho film
lowest bid
magnetic electron multiplier
main shaft driven feed pump
maldef
Mallory-Weiss syndrome
marine centrifugal type refrigerating compressor unit
measured variable
method description
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molecular transformation
monimiaceous
naadam
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norite granulite
orthogonal polynomial transformation
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penetrative foliation
production-ready
puissantness
put a spoke in someone's wheel
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sea borne trade
segui
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showalter (stability) index
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stuck for words
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takachiho period of emergence
Tinto
to provide a solid foundation
transformer drop compensator
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typhoon surge emergency warning
uniform liability principle
Ursacol
vague promises
yabeana
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