时间:2018-12-16 作者:英语课 分类:美国习惯用语


英语课

 


  你喜欢看时尚杂志吗?现在的时尚,每季都在换,一会儿时兴鲜艳的颜色,一会儿又时兴复古的样子。幸亏我不是服装设计师,否则我肯定无法把握潮流的脉搏。


  今天我们要介绍给大家的习惯用语是:get a fix on. Fix做为动词,有修理的意思,比如说fix the car修车。不过,fix也可以做名词,其中的一个意思就是定位,get a fix on这个习惯用语用了fix作为名词的定位的意思,指清楚地了解某些人或事。


  你现在明白我为什么说自己不适合做服装设计师了吧?You wouldn't know how to get a fix on the styles that people might want to buy.


  在下面这个例子里,一名警官解释了他们对一起空难事故现场进行调查时所遇到的困难。让我们一起来听听看。


  例句-1:Our investigation 1 team combed the site of the plane crash for weeks. Finally, after reviewing countless 2 pieces of evidence, we were able to get a fix on the cause of the accident. We've determined 3 that ice on the wings was to blame for the tragedy.


  这位警官说:我们的调查人员对事发地点进行了好几个星期的仔细搜索,调查了数不清的证据,最后才确定了事故的起因,我们认为,这次空难是由飞机机翼上的冰块造成的。


  说起空难,真是怪吓人的。我以前特别怕坐飞机,一上飞机就紧张,结果有个朋友向我推荐了一个网站,让我了解到了飞机的安全系数。That's where I got a fix on plane safety. 其实,从统计学的角度看,出车祸的机率要比飞机掉下来的机率大得多。


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  有时候,能了解某个人或是某件事对一个人的成功有很大的好处,但是反过来,如果怎么也搞不懂的话,就会感到特别沮丧。让我们一起听听下面这个年轻人谈谈他跟岳父岳母的关系。


  例句-2:Since we got married, my wife and I have spent a lot of time with her parents. Just about every weekend we all get together for dinner or go out. I feel like I understand my father-in-law pretty well, but not my mother-in-law. I still haven't gotten a fix on her.


  这个人说:我们结婚后,经常跟岳父岳母在一起,几乎每个周末我们都要一起吃饭或是出去玩。经过这些接触,我觉得我对岳父这个人有了比较清楚的了解,但是岳母大人的喜怒哀乐还是让我模不着头脑。


  Oh-Oh。这个年轻人真应该向我表姐Jamie取取经。Jamie最大的本事就是看人。她每次去开会或是参加活动,都会遇到很多陌生人,但是用不了多久,她就能get a fix on them,彻底了解他们,不仅知道他们的喜好,甚至还能预见到他们可能会怎么做,难怪她干推销成绩总是那么好。


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  大家肯定都知道世界著名的流行歌手麦当娜。麦当娜如今已经年近五十,她在全球的唱片销量也超过了两个亿。我觉得,麦当娜的成功在很大程度上是因为她懂得不断地变化自己的外形和声音,总能给听众带来新鲜的感觉。She is always getting a fix on what her fans are looking for next.



1 investigation
n.调查,调查研究
  • In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
  • He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
2 countless
adj.无数的,多得不计其数的
  • In the war countless innocent people lost their lives.在这场战争中无数无辜的人丧失了性命。
  • I've told you countless times.我已经告诉你无数遍了。
3 determined
adj.坚定的;有决心的
  • I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
  • He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。
学英语单词
Ahriman
alternate overarm stroke
anaesthesia induction room
arborizes
archives management
Argentine Republic
attention identifier character
biological effects of radiation
bionanomaterial
blood-urea clearance test
bottle liner
cable knife
cattle trespass
common myrtle
counter- revolution
current probe
deaquation
digallium
door post
Dutch hand
dynamic storage cell
eitc
eleoma
end box
florimania
free surface ground water
fretten
FSQ
gas-and pressure-air burner
glose
Good Answer
gy-o
happy family
hazees
Hippophae rhamnoides
histogram matching
hoji
hub of commerce
interface chart
interpectoral
issue an enforcement order
joy-ridings
jumping wire
Koppang
large for gestational age infant
lateral gemmation
law of conservation of momentum
Let us return to our muttons.
locus coeruleus
lopidium struthiopteris
manance
marine data management
maritime transport statistics
meaders
mechanical caging
middle of eclipse
Mokopa
mono-observation
n-benzyldodecylamine
nedlloyds
Neomyson
nightfire
non-bio
one-worldism
organic molecules
Palaeonemertini
peridesmic
piezoelectrical relay
postannellus
pre press
premed
producer control desk
pyrogenetic stage
ratio-test
refilmings
rotating polarizing filter
scuppernong
Secotil
self-operated controller
solvent weld
sound source level
split-ring connection
state troopers
stockpiler
suction-cutter dredger
suppressing antenna
technical trade
timeforms
tmz.com
transverse cross-talk
tug of love
Two Knights Defense
two-colour direct view storage tube
twotier
unfreely
USCGS
waste heat management
Well met!
will-pit
yanacocha
yogi berras
zero initial