迷你对话学地道口语第678期:扯远了,说多了
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:You have gotten carried away.
迷你对话
A: I am terribly sorry. I have gotten carried away.
实在对不起,你扯得太远了。
B: After all, we are proceeding 1 the conference and you are on behalf of all the employee, say something useful.
毕竟,我们在开会,而你是代表员工啊!接着来吧,说点有价值的东西吧。
地道表达
get carried away
1. 解词释义
Get carried away表示说话的时候离了题,偏离了主题或主旨,也就是“扯远了”。是由于自己情绪激动或失控而扯远了,说得太多了,偏离主旨或主题。
2. 拓展例句
e.g. I'm sorry, I got carried away. Please, you tell me how you're doing.
不好意思,我说的太多了。请告诉我你现在的近况如何?
e.g. The writer got carried away and ended up writing too much detail.
这个作家写作太投入,结果写了太多细节。
Ps 1: proceed the conference:开会,会议在进行中
Ps 2:on behalf of的意思是“代表......,为......的利益”。例如:
She gave witness on behalf of the accused person.
她替被告作证。
I have enormous regard for his selflessness on behalf of his fellow man.
他能一心为同伴考虑,对此我感到无比崇敬。
They interceded 2 with the authorities on behalf of the detainees.
他们为被拘留者向当局求情。
He spoke 3 on behalf of all the members of the faculty 4 and staff.
他代表全体教职员工讲了话。
n.行动,进行,(pl.)会议录,学报
- This train is now proceeding from Paris to London.这次列车从巴黎开往伦敦。
- The work is proceeding briskly.工作很有生气地进展着。
v.斡旋,调解( intercede的过去式和过去分词 );说情
- They interceded with the authorities on behalf of the detainees. 他们为被拘留者向当局求情。
- He interceded with the teacher for me. 他为我向老师求情。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说
- They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
- The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。