迷你对话学地道口语第680期:开夜车
时间:2019-03-05 作者:英语课 分类:迷你对话学地道口语
英语课
Subject:He pulled an all-nighter last night.
迷你对话
A: Wake him up! We are at meeting.
叫醒他,我们在开会。
B: Sorry, boss. He pulled an all-nighter for the work.
对不起,老总。他昨晚为工作的事情熬夜了。
地道表达
pull an all-nighter
1. 解词释义
表示“熬夜”,可以用stay up或者是burn the oil night。那么除此之外,我们还可以用pull an all-nighter来表达。
2. 拓展例句
e.g. I can't believe I got an A on this assignment because I pulled an all-nighter to write it.
我不敢相信我这份作业得了优等的成绩,因为我是熬夜写成的。
e.g. He could pull an all-nighter nights and sleep the whole day through.
他能几夜不睡,又能整天睡觉。
e.g. I'll pull an all-nighter to draft this story.
我准备通宵把这篇报道赶出来。
e.g. Owing to still very weak, she can not pull an all-nighter for long time.
由于还很虚弱,她不能长时间熬夜。
Ps :at meeting:在开会 wake sb up:把某人叫醒来