时间:2019-02-09 作者:英语课 分类:美国俚语


英语课

   stick这个词在这儿显然是名词,名词stick最普通的意思是棍棒。棍棒能牢牢地插在泥地里,没有松动的余地,当然a stick in the mud这个习惯用语是另有比喻意义的。它指某一种人。究竟是什么样的人呢?我们来看个例子体会吧。


  这是个年轻人在描绘自己那位移民来美国的伯父。这位老先生过着刻板单调、一成不变的生活,但是他却乐在其中。我们听听是怎么回事,特别注意其中的习惯用语a stick-in- the-mud:
  例句1:My uncle's got two joys in life: faith in God and working all day in his dry cleaning shop for his children's future. He doesn't care if you call him a stick-in-the-mud: he knows what he's doing.
  他说:他伯父的生活乐趣只有两个:对上帝的信仰以及为子女的前途整天在他的干洗店里操劳。
  显然这位伯父是个谨小慎微、墨守成规的人,然而这位老先生明确自己的奋斗目标是什么,所以根本不在乎旁人管他叫老古板。
  这段话里a stick-in-the-mud这个习惯用语的意思显然是老古板。这个习惯用语通常指守旧的人,而且组成 stick-in-the-mud这个习惯用语的各个单词之间往往用连词符号连接。
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  a stick-in-the-mud这个习惯用语是用来比喻顽固和墨守成规的人的。不只是老人才会有这种行为方式。
  我们下面要听的一段话说的就不是老头儿,而是邻居一个年青小伙子。这段话里的小伙子的精神面貌和他的年龄似乎不相称。
  例句2:The man next door looks young but he is an old stick-in-the-mud in his outlook. He never goes out or has friends in - he just sits around in front of the TV, the great American sedative 1.
  他说:隔壁那人看来年纪轻轻,但是从来不出去,也不邀请朋友来家里,他只是坐在电视机跟前消磨时光。
  这样的生活习惯和精神面貌听来跟七老八十的人一样暮气沉沉,而且又不思上进,所以习惯用语stick-in-the-mud可以用来指落后保守、毫无进取心的人。

adj.使安静的,使镇静的;n. 镇静剂,能使安静的东西
  • After taking a sedative she was able to get to sleep.服用了镇静剂后,她能够入睡了。
  • Amber bath oil has a sedative effect.琥珀沐浴油有镇静安神效用。
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