时间:2019-03-11 作者:英语课 分类:英语口语


英语课

 俚语:形势严峻


不知您是否认识我那个开律所的朋友阿P?今天,借“词海拾贝”栏目给大家介绍一下。阿P,女,年龄不详,长相一般,身材略瘦,爱好读书,性格嘛……有点愤青。每天醒来,她的第一句话不是“伊拉克战争形势严峻”就是“环境污染事态严重”,相当地忧国忧民忧天下啊! 俚语“chips are down”就是“事态紧急、形势严峻”的意思。呵呵,是不是有点儿摸不着头脑?Chips are down:薯条生意不景,所以事态严重?别!千万别这样信马由缰瞎猜!这里,chips可不是英国人口中的“炸薯条”。 “Chips are down”起源于19世纪,是一句赌博用语。Chips代表“赌注”(由塑料制成的薄片,赌桌上所谓的“虚拟钱币”,一般都是整齐地摞在赌桌上)。试想,如果一个赌徒面前的“chips”少了,那一定表明他下的“赌注”石沉大海。当赌徒身边的“赌注越来越少(chips are down)”,他输掉的钱就越来越多,也就意味着他的形式越来越糟糕。当他只剩下一点点“chips”的时候,那真是“事态紧急、形势严峻”。 现在,“chips are down”不仅指赌博中“事态紧急、形势严峻”,生活中一切“紧急、严峻”的情况,尤其是要经历很长一段时间才能转危为安的,都可以用“chips are down”来形容。 来看下面的例句:Unfortunately 1, the chips seem to be rather down at the moment. I hope things change soon. (真糟糕!现在形势越来越严峻了。真希望事态能尽快好转起来。)

adv.不幸地,可惜的是
  • I called on you yesterday,but unfortunately you were out.昨天我来看你,但是不幸的是你不在。
  • She had gone home,unfortunately.遗憾的是她已回家了。
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