时间:2018-12-16 作者:英语课 分类:美国习惯用语


英语课

   今天我们要讲的一个美国习惯用语是to see eye to eye。Eye是一只眼睛, to see eye to eye,意思是观点一致,意见相同。比如说,联合国的许多成员国都认为应当制止伊朗发展核武器,在这件事上他们的看法是一致的, they see eye to eye on this matter。不过他们对如何制裁伊朗却意见分歧。They do not see eye to eye on how to sanction 1 Iran。


  要注意的是,要说到在某个问题上意见一致或不同的时候,我们通常用介词on。在刚才的句子里,我们说,They do not see eye to eye on how to sanction Iran。
  下面我们来听一个例句。 这是一个公司的老板在告诉大家为什么他的公司经营得很成功。
  例句-1:Our business has been successful because Tom and I work so well together. Sure, we have some differences in personality, but on the important things, like which businesses to invest 2 in and who to hire, we see eye to eye.
  这位老板说:我们的生意很成功, 因为Tom跟我合作得很好。没错,我们的个性不完全一样,但是在重大事情上,比如在向哪些 公司投资和雇用什么人的问题上,我们的看法是一致的。
  在美国,我们经常可以看到有关公司内部权力之争的报导。所以能找到一个在重大问题上观点一致,合作得很好的伙伴也是不容易的。
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  To see eye to eye这个习惯用语最早出现在1600年的圣经译文中,可是现在美国人仍然经常使用。下面我们再来举一个例子。 这是一个丈夫在说他的婚姻问题。
  例句-2:At the beginning of our marriage we wanted the same things, but over the years we've grown apart. Now, for example, I want a family but she doesn't, and she wants to stay in the city but I want to get out. The fact is we no longer see eye to eye.
  这个人说:刚结婚的时候, 我们有共同的愿望和追求。可是后来我们变得不一样了,比如现在我想要孩子,她不要;她想住在城里,我想搬到城外去。实际上我们就是意见不一致了。
  这个例句里说这对夫妇grow apart。Grow是成长,apart是分开。不管是大人,还是小孩,每个人在生活中天天都在成长,都有变化。夫妇俩由于学习,工作或其他因素逐渐分道扬镳的现象是很多的。这也是美国人离婚时提出的理由之一。

1 sanction
v.同意(某事),批准,认可;n.批准,国际制裁
  • Prison is the best sanction against a crime like this.为遏止这类罪行,监禁手段是上策。
  • Official sanction has not yet been given.尚未获得正式批准。
2 invest
v.投资;投入(时间等);授予,赋予
  • I have decided to invest in a new car.我已经决定买一辆新汽车。
  • The best time to invest is now.现在是投资的最佳时机。
学英语单词
(of nomads) to settle down
abductor muscle
absolving
almotriptan
anti-migration agent
anticlericals
AQIRP
Atropa belladonna
Blastus cavaleriei
bourkhas
broadview
camillids
Cass City
chitepoes
Cimicifuga acerina
classification of track
color sensitization felt
combined alarm system
command level
complens
computer augmented instruction
contra-indication
Contrin
cross relation
deep pruning shear
deiminations
depth of recess
diack
dorsoventrad
double-v groove weld
dumping hopper
dyet
final repair
fire alarm installation
frame synchronizing impulse
full automatic watch
genus isatiss
gromril
Gubler-Robin typhus
hollow chamfer
hyuygens source
identity signal
Ighil Izane
internal scaffolding
jessica simpson
l-histidines
La Fragua
lead alloy sheathing
line transducer
literary hacks
make one's presence felt
Marikostenovo
Mary L.
match to
maximum current capacity
messing
mitropifex fuscoapicatus
nonattendances
Ocho Rios
off-line support program
Old Portuguese
oratories
partocrats
perrumpent
Phi Betes
Pilat, Mt.
polybromated
pulling into synchronism
quasi-geostrophic
quick-releasing relay
Radevormwald
recoppices
Reggane(Reggan)
regional opmet bulletin exchange (robex)
repelleted
rotating distributor
ryegrass
Samboja
shooting technique
silmarils
slowly available potassium
soskins
start-up source
static electric reciprocating compressor
steamed fish in white wine
strain-strengthening
subsurface transformer
sweare
technetium(Tc)
term loan
thallium(iii) acetate
Tiliaceae
Tribunite
trichodental syndrome
trituberculates
tubal sphincter
Tumpat
tuna boats
Tyvriv
Vi Thuy
water twist