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:Bad managers are a dime 1 a dozen.

迷你对话

A: This morning my boss blamed me again, but I did not do anything wrong.

今天早上老板又批评了我们,但是我没有做错事情呀。

B: Bad managers are a dime a dozen, but a good one is difficult to find.

坏老板多如牛毛,碰见一个好的真难得。

地道表达

a dime a dozen

1. 解词释义

Dime本身指“一角硬币,不值钱的东西”;dozen是指“一打,十二个”。A dime and a dozen放在一起来表示“多如牛毛”的意思,多得让人觉得此物或此人没有什么价值和稀罕之处。

2. 例句拓展

e.g. In Hollywood, pretty girls are a dime a dozen.

在好莱坞漂亮姑娘多的是。

e.g. The stamps of this sort are a dime a dozen.

这种邮票不值钱。

e.g. Pagers were rare ten years ago. Now they are a dime a dozen.

十年前,寻呼机挺少见的,现在太不稀罕了。

e.g. The bottom line is that stores like yours are a dime a dozen.

根本原因是象你们那样的商店不稀罕了。



n.(指美国、加拿大的钱币)一角
  • A dime is a tenth of a dollar.一角银币是十分之一美元。
  • The liberty torch is on the back of the dime.自由火炬在一角硬币的反面。
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