时间:2019-03-02 作者:英语课 分类:英语口语


英语课

   在日常生活中时常会有跟人意见不合产生摩擦的事儿。不论是亲友家人、隔壁邻居还是商场对手之间都可能发生矛盾,而且人与人之间的成见和积怨会旷日持久地延续下去。我们今天要学的三个习惯用语就是用来描述这样的情况的。


  1. at loggerheads 起争端,吵架;(与……)不和;(与……)相争
  Loggerhead一词多义。Loggerhead可能指愚蠢顽固、头脑僵化的人;或者是捕鲸船船尾的圆柱,用来系住连着鱼叉的绳索,鲸鱼被鱼叉叉牢以后,捕鲸船就这样拖走鲸鱼。Loggerhead也可以是一端有长手柄另一端是个铁球的铁棒,专门用来拨弄木柴使火焰烧得更旺。
  这个习惯用语由来已久,时常以这样的形式出现:be at loggerheads with someone,用来表示和某人发生争端了,跟某人心存怨恨。我们来举个例子。
  例句-1:The Lee family has been at loggerheads with their neighbors ever since the neighbors' dog got into their yard, killed their cat and bit Mr Lee when he tried to rescue the cat.
  他说:Lee一家人跟邻居积怨很深,矛盾起自邻居家的狗窜到他家的院子里,咬死了他们的猫,而且那条狗在Lee先生试图抢救猫咪的时候还咬了他。
  2. at odds 1 意见不和、闹别扭
  这一习惯用语和at loggerheads有类似的含义。Odds在这里的意思是差异、分歧,或者是不和。At odds比at loggerheads更古老,流传至今有四百多年了。
  我们来听个典型的例子。这段话说的是两个合伙人Mike和Bill之间的关系。
  例句-2:My friends Mike and Bill were in business together for 20 years. But now they're at odds - mad at each other, because each blames the other guy for the business going broke.
  他说:我的朋友Mike和Bill合伙做生意有二十年,但是如今他俩却闹别扭了。他们相互怨恨,原因是彼此都认为对方该为他们的企业破产担负罪责。
  3. square off 摆好打斗架势
  Square这个词不但一词多义, 而且一词多用。在square off这个习惯用语里square是作动词用的。原来的意思是拳击台上的拳击手把双拳端在胸前,作好开始出手攻击对手的准备。
  Square off这个习惯用语常被用来描述政界的矛盾斗争。我们来听下面这个例子。
  例句-3:Tomorrow the Democrats 2 and Republicans will square off in the Senate over the president's bill for education. There will be a hot fight and nobody knows how it will come out.
  明天民主党人和共和党人将在参议院就总统有关教育的提案展开辩论。可以预见斗争将非常激烈,然而目前谁也无法预计结果是什么。

n.让步,机率,可能性,比率;胜败优劣之别
  • The odds are 5 to 1 that she will win.她获胜的机会是五比一。
  • Do you know the odds of winning the lottery once?你知道赢得一次彩票的几率多大吗?
n.民主主义者,民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )
  • The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
  • The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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