时间:2018-12-16 作者:英语课 分类:美国习惯用语


英语课

   今天我们要讲的美国习惯用语是:a blank check。Blank是空白的意思,check是支票的意思。不言而喻, a blank check就是一张空白支票。空白支票可是好东西,那是一张已经签过名,可以随便填写金额的支票。因此,a blank check又可以解释为可以全权处理的意思。


  我昨天晚上刚刚读完了斯蒂芬.金的一本新书。他是美国历史上最畅销的恐怖小说作家。出版商早就给了他a blank check, 让他不受任何限制地自由选题和发挥,反正只要是他写的书,肯定会登上畅销小说排行榜,不愁不赚钱。让我们看看下面这个厂长,他可不象斯蒂芬.金那么幸运。
  例句-1:While the new plant manager has extensive experience improving productivity, many of the workers aren't ready to hand him a blank check. Frankly 1, they're uneasy about letting him make whatever changes he wants. They'd prefer to be more involved in important decision-making.
  这个工人说:虽然新厂长在提高生产力方面很有经验,但是很多工人还是不愿意凡事由他全权处理。坦白地说,让新厂长随心所欲地推行改革,工人们不放心。他们还是希望能够参与厂里大事的决策过程。
  有时候,一个人考虑事情确实会有不周到的地方。我们中文说集思广益,英语里叫, two heads are better than one,两个脑袋比一个脑袋强。也就是中文里讲的,三个臭皮匠抵一个诸葛亮。
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  我先生对孩子的教育特别上心,因此凡是有关孩子教育的事,我都让他全权处理。我们听听下面这个人为什么如此信任自己的朋友。
  例句-2:My best friend Sara has such a great sense of style. So when she offered to redecorate my living room for me, I knew I could trust her judgment 2 about colors, fabrics 3 and furnishings. I had no reservations about giving her a blank check.
  这个人说:我最要好的朋友萨拉特别有格调。她主动提出帮我重新装饰起居室,我知道可以完全信任她对颜色、布料和家具的感觉,所以毫不犹豫地让她一切自己作主。
  我也很容易相信别人。上次去烫头发,我让理发师随意发挥,结果回家后,家里人说我的头发就像有个卷毛狗趴在上面。我真后悔给了我的理发师a blank check。

1 frankly
adv.坦白地,直率地;坦率地说
  • To speak frankly, I don't like the idea at all.老实说,我一点也不赞成这个主意。
  • Frankly speaking, I'm not opposed to reform.坦率地说,我不反对改革。
2 judgment
n.审判;判断力,识别力,看法,意见
  • The chairman flatters himself on his judgment of people.主席自认为他审视人比别人高明。
  • He's a man of excellent judgment.他眼力过人。
3 fabrics
织物( fabric的名词复数 ); 布; 构造; (建筑物的)结构(如墙、地面、屋顶):质地
  • cotton fabrics and synthetics 棉织物与合成织物
  • The fabrics are merchandised through a network of dealers. 通过经销网点销售纺织品。
标签: 美国习惯用语
学英语单词
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acid-resistant sheet material
actualizers
alternate exception action
Ampanihy
Arablinskiy
ariamnes cylindrogaster
armature keeper
Atlantic pomfret
auxiliary device
be enamored with
bechamel-sauce
bring someone into disrepute disrepute on something
brushless machine
Calandagan I.
Cameroon franc
camouflage-print
cartellino
coil type pan
cold roll
cucinas
deminex
durangites
escape pathlength of cosmic rays
federal communication act
Ferula bungeana
first vein
fission-product activity
flanged port
fluted bulkhead
Fricke dosimeter
functional parallelism
gas forming
gripe about
hand-operated vertical hydraulic press
heatley
high impact
historicizations
infrared-sensing
intermediate trend
international rubber hardness degree test
interstitial gas flow
isoporous ion exchange resin
Kaja, Hill
Kaneh, Rūd-e
komlans
long-nosed potoroo
love-lies-bleeding
make no pretence with
management data
microcircular technique
microprogrammed compiler
Mokhovaya, Gora
motorblower
NCITS
non-tangential crossbedding
nondamageable
nonstudying
occursion
ocean bonito
operation manner
overkeeping
pergesa actea
pixels
plagens
playtoy
policy scientist
presentation time stamp
promotion terminology
prydain
reingests
relief paint
retinyl
saudias
scale blower
seasonal weight
self-cleaaing of water
self-digestions
septorial blight of tomato
single-leg manometer
sloping bottom tank
smorg asbord
sulfide core
sun pan
swineries
tableware detergent
tangential wheel
teapotlike
tectonic activization
tendinea inscriptio
thermal fission yield
three-terminal system
tidier-up
to twat
toones
trachyspermum scaberulum(franch.)wolff
trainmen
tripe cambered aerofoil
uncompetitive
unconquering
Villaharta
Young's Schutz's