时间:2018-12-16 作者:英语课 分类:美国习惯用语


英语课

   今天我们要给大家介绍的一个习惯用语是:to make no bones。Bones就是骨头。To make no bones就是毫不掩饰,直率地表示自己的意见。要是一个女孩和一个长期失业,没有收入的人相爱,而且还准备结婚,那你说作父母的是不是应该把自己的看法坦率地告诉女儿呢?I think the parents should make no bones about their position 1. 对,父母应该把他们的看法对她说清楚。


  不管女儿爱听不爱听,父母有责任告诉她,因为这涉及她的一生。下面我们再来举一个例子。这是一个人在说他对提级加薪的态度。
  例句-1:Look, I'm not going 2 to be one of the people who act 3 like they're not interested 4 in the new position. I make no bones about it - I want the promotion 5. I know I'm the best man for the job.
  这个人说:我不会像有的人那样做得好像对那个新的职位并不感兴趣。我的态度很明确,我希望能够得到提升,我知道我担任这个工作最合适。
  这个人说话倒是很直率,可是有人可能会认为他过于自负,太傲慢,这样反而会影响他的晋升。 让我们再来听听刚才那段话。
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  Make no bones...没有骨头?难道跟鱼有关系?To make no bones这个习惯用语跟坦率又有什么关系呢? 其实,to make no bone和鱼没有直接关系,但是跟食物,特别是和汤有关,因为汤里一般都没有骨头等杂物,喝起来很通畅,也可以说是直接了当。
  这个习惯用语在15世纪中叶就出现了,可现在还很流行。我们来听听下面这个例句。这是儿子在父亲的葬礼上讲的话。
  例句-2:I'll make no bones about it - he was 6 a difficult man, an opinionated, unforgiving man, but we loved him all the same. And in his own 7, grumpy way, he loved all of us.
  这个人说:坦率地讲,我父亲是一个很难相处的人,他很固执,对别人也不宽容,但是我们还是爱他。尽管他脾气不好,经常吵吵闹闹,但是他也以他自己的方式爱我们每一个人。
  在美国,孩子和父母的关系由于种种原因也会出现各种问题。这个儿子能从父亲的不少缺点中感受到他的爱,这是很可贵的。

1 position
n.位置,职位;状态,立场;vt.安置,决定...的位置
  • He is the only possible man for the position.他是担任该职务的惟一合适人选。
  • You don't understand what a difficult position I'm in.你不会明白我的处境多么困难。
2 going
n.去,离去,地面(或道路)的状况,工作情况;(复数形式)goings: 行为;adj.进行中的,流行的,现存的
  • We're going to listen to a report this afternoon. 今天下午我们要去听报告。
  • He hates leaving the office and going on holiday.他不愿离开办公室去度假。
3 act
n.行为,行动,法案;v.行动,扮演,下判决
  • Welcome to watch my act.欢迎观看我的表演
  • Think well before you act.三思而后行
4 interested
adj.感兴趣的;拥有权益的;有成见的v.使…感兴趣(interest的过去分词)
  • to be interested in wildlife conservation 对野生动物保护感兴趣
  • I told him I wasn't interested, but he wasn't deterred. 我已告诉他我不感兴趣,可他却不罢休。
5 promotion
n.提升,晋级;促销,宣传
  • The teacher conferred with the principal about Dick's promotion.教师与校长商谈了迪克的升级问题。
  • The clerk was given a promotion and an increase in salary.那个职员升了级,加了薪。
6 was
v.(is,am的过去式)是,在
  • He said he was right.他说他是正确的。
  • He was cold and hungry.他又冷又饿。
7 own
v.拥有,持有;adj.(属于)自己的,特有的
  • I need my own space.我需要自己的空间。
  • Everything I own is yours.我所有的一切都是你的。
学英语单词
active preventive maintenance time
adjacent formation
arasaponin
bactrocera (bactrocera) parvula
banals
barta (bartuva)
be inwardly guilty
blaton
body former
boroughwide
butterbean
Bær
Cardiotron
carsality
causativizes
cerodecyte
clear-water
coloning
consultant nurse
corps-a-corps
culturebox
delivery price
Diospyros kaki L. f.
dirt and foreign matter
drawing rays
efferent block
electrically network
electrode heater
eliminate error
end point detector
Erica tetralix
excision of polyp
external gear pump
felkins
fibroma pendulum
flange head
flureis
gonococcide
guiacum
hand grease gun
hardening of seedling
harmonic power spectral density
harsh breath sounds
Heddon-on-the-Wall
helical-tubing steam generator
hierridin
holding boom
hundt
hypocapnia
imaum
Indian race
indicator enzyme
induction energy
intha
Ishiguro, Kazuo
José Ignacio, Pta.
Lagidum
liver bird
lobus vagi
Louis Joseph
malka
Malyy Lyakhovskiy, Ostrov
Masmoran
mechanical koji preparation
monitoring dynamic process
monoaminosaccharides
morra
nautical mile (mi)
Nogo R.
northern red oaks
offendresses
Petersaurach
phosphorus pentafluoride
pipe closer
pneumatic pressure device
pre-columbians
prolamin(e)
property dispute
rampone
randier
recessed mooring bitt
reifications
signal view
Silfrax
simplicial homology
Smyth
Solarino
steering-angle
Stodolishche
subscription blank
sweep second
Taf, Afon
tautogas
Tetrabromobenzoquinone
thick cream
transport fuel
undirected fuzzy system
vessel mooring frequency
water plug
windar
wireless access network
yee haw