迷你对话学地道口语第791期:乱买一气
时间：2019-02-15 作者：英语课 分类：迷你对话学地道口语
英语课
Subject: Don’t buy a poke 2 in a pig.
第一、迷你对话
A: Honey 3, don’t buy a poke in a pig.
亲爱的，不要冲动买那些无非所值的东西。
B: But I always cannot control 4 myself 5.
但是我总是控制不了自己。
第二、地道表达
to buy a poke in a pig
1. 解词释义
To buy a pig in a poke 字面意思是“购买了自己根本看不到的东西”（to buy something which you cannot see），引申为“买了自己对其真实性能一点都不熟悉的东西”(to buy something whose true 6 nature 7 is unknown)。可译为：乱买一气、乱买东西、瞎买东西、 扪椟估珠等。
2. 拓展例句
e 1.g. I want to see the tennis racket 8 before I agree 9 to the price 10. I don't want to buy a pig in a poke.
我想先看看网球拍然后才能接受这个价位，我可不想胡乱买东西。
e.g. Buying a car without trying it by yourself 11 is just like buying a pig in a poke, isn't it?
买车时自己试都不试，这不是太仓促了吗?
e.g. She often goes to town to buy a pig in a poke.
她经常进城乱买一气。
n.英语字母表的第5个字母；C大调音阶中的第三音
- The "e" in " time" is a silent letter. time中的e不发音。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- You've made a mistake -- you've left out the letter e. 你出了一个错，把字母e 落了。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
n.刺，戳，袋；vt.拨开，刺，戳；vi.戳，刺，捅，搜索，伸出，行动散慢
- We never thought she would poke her nose into this.想不到她会插上一手。
- Don't poke fun at me.别拿我凑趣儿。
n.控制，管理，克制，控制器，调节装置；vt.控制，操纵，抑制
- He lost control of his bicycle and fell down.他因控制不住他的自行车而跌倒了。
- That child is impossible to control.那孩子很难管。
pron.我自己
- Should I do it myself?我应该自己做吗？
- I woke up to find myself in the hospital.我醒来发现自己在医院里。
a.真实，不假的；忠实，可靠的；正确无误的
- He who doesn't reach the Great Wall is not a true man.不到长城非好汉。
- I will come and see if it is true.我要来了解一下，是否真有其事。
n.自然，自然界，自然状态；本性，天性，性质；质；性格；性；本质
- Man has been trying to control nature.人类一直在努力控制自然。
- It's man's nature.这是人的本性。
n.（网球 ，羽毛球的）球拍；n.喧闹，吵闹，狂欢；考验，辛酸经历；行业，职业，骗局
- I bought her a new tennis racket.我给她买了一只新的网球拍。
- What a racket over there.那儿多么吵闹呀！
vi.同意，赞成，承认，适合；vt.同意
- I totally agree with you.我完全同意你的看法。
- They could not agree about who should do the work.对于谁该做这项工作，他们意见不一致。
n.价格，代价，价值；vt.定格，标价，比较价格
- The goods have gone up in price.这些商品的价格已经上涨。
- They are selling the bikes off the market price.他们按低于市价卖出自行车。
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