时间:2019-02-18 作者:英语课 分类:英语口语


英语课

 俚语:“爱听八卦,爱打听!”


据说一个女人等于500只鸭子,这个等式是从制造噪音的角度来讲的。虽然有些夸张,但是确实塑造了女人们的“大众形象”:聚在一起爱听八卦、爱打听。刚巧,有俚语“to have itching 1 ears”可以专门形容这类人。注意啦,英语中“爱窥探秘密的人”会“耳朵发‘痒’”。
这种说法来头还不小,出自《圣经·新约·提摩太后书》第4章第3节。基督的使徒保罗劝勉其门徒Timothy(提摩太)要精彩布道,用意趣横生的讲解激发听众的兴趣:For the time will come when they will not endure the sound doctrine;but after their own lusts 2 shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears.(有时候,他们会厌烦听纯正的教义,但如果你能激发听者听的欲望,他们就会聚拥于师傅周围。) 显然,保罗口中”to have itching ears“(听的欲望)可不是让信徒“听八卦”,但随着岁月的流逝,“to have itching ears”现常用来喻指“好打听,爱听新奇的事”。看下面这个例句:Yesterday Mrs.Humphry asked me whether I had heard my neighbors quarrelling with each other;she has itching ears.(昨天,汉弗莱太太问我是否听见邻居吵架了;她就爱听个新鲜事。)
最后问一句:Ladies and gentlemen, do you have itching ears?

adj.贪得的,痒的,渴望的v.发痒( itch的现在分词 )
  • The itching was almost more than he could stand. 他痒得几乎忍不住了。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • My nose is itching. 我的鼻子发痒。 来自《简明英汉词典》
贪求(lust的第三人称单数形式)
  • A miser lusts for gold. 守财奴贪财。
  • Palmer Kirby had wakened late blooming lusts in her. 巴穆·柯比在她心中煽动起一片迟暮的情欲。
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