时间:2019-02-15 作者:英语课 分类:迷你对话学地道口语


英语课

  迷你对话:

A: Please lend me some money.

借点钱给我,好吗?

B: OK, do you want it urgently 1?

没问题,你有急用吗?

A: Yeah, I really want it. I am on my uppers 2.

对,我真的非常急需这笔钱。

B: Right, here you are.

好吧,给你。

A: Thanks.

谢谢。

地道表达:

on one’s uppers

解词释义:

这个习语字面意思是指把鞋子的鞋底都磨破了,只好拿鞋面来当鞋底穿着走路,当然这是不可能办到,因此用以比喻“人处于极其穷困潦倒的境地”。

支持范例:

He was on his uppers when I came across him.

我是在他穷困潦倒时碰见他的。

Mr. Green had been out of work for several months and was on his uppers.

格林先生已失业好几个月了,现在生活十分困难。

People should lend him a helpful hand; he's really on his uppers.

人们应该助他一臂之力,他已经穷困潦倒了。

I believe he is the youngest son of an earl, but he seems on his uppers.

我相信他是伯爵的小儿子,不过他看来已经穷困潦倒了。



ad.紧急地,紧迫地
  • You would be well advised to tackle this problem urgently. 你还是抓紧处理这个问题为好。
  • Please send us the material at once; it's urgently needed. 请把材料赶紧送来,有急用。
n.鞋帮,靴面( upper的名词复数 );兴奋剂
  • The halves of the uppers came piling steadily down. 鞋帮不断地传到嘉莉那里,越积越多。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
  • Mr. Green had been out of work for several months and was on his uppers. 格林先生已失业好几个月了,现在生活十分困难。 来自辞典例句
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