时间:2019-02-18 作者:英语课 分类:英语口语


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 俚语:赶快脱手,尽快甩掉


对于美国人而言,黑色星期五就是灾难与恐慌的代名词。1929年10月28日股市大崩盘,拖垮全球金融市场。投资者纷纷把手中的股票像“hot potato”(烫手的土豆)一样赶快“抛出”,唯恐其进一步贬值。
股市大跌抛售股票很容易理解,可是为什么把“抛出、丢掉”的东西叫做“hot potato”呢?原因如下:刚煮熟的热土豆很烫手,而且水分很多,不会马上就变冷。如果你手上有一个这么烫手的热土豆,当然就要立刻扔掉了,不然就会被烫伤。 这样一来,“hot potato”就表示“令人不悦的麻烦、问题”,尤其是“大家不愿提起的争议性、敏感性问题”。19世纪初,“to drop something or someone like a hot potato”这句形象的俚语诞生于一位作家笔下,意思就是“赶快丢掉,尽快抛售”。 这句话在经济和金融领域经常使用。金融大鳄索罗斯在1992年对英镑的狙击使得英镑一时间成为“hot potato”被抛售。更甚,索罗斯在1997年动用220亿美元庞大基金对付泰铢,人们纷纷“to drop the Thai Baht like a hot potato(抛售泰铢)”。 看下面的例句:When she found out Jack 1 was lying to her, she dropped him like a hot potato.(一发现杰克在骗她,她就把他给甩了。)

n.插座,千斤顶,男人;v.抬起,提醒,扛举;n.(Jake)杰克
  • I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
  • He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。
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