时间:2018-12-16 作者:英语课 分类:美国习惯用语


英语课

   你最近有没有什么好主意被采纳过?如果有的话,今天我们要学的习惯用语就能用上了。Carry the day, 这个习惯用语里的几个字分开来也许大家都认识,但是连在一起,可就不一定了。Carry the day是指一个人、一件事、或是一种意见占据上风的意思。


  我舅妈在一个养老院做义工。开办这家养老院的公司想投资装修大厅,但是我舅妈知道,老人们真正想要的其实是一架新钢琴。于是她组织大家开会,并且联名上书。结果,她的建议被采纳了。也就是说,her suggestion was able to carry the day.
  不过有的时候,不管你怎么努力,也很难获胜,比如下面这个保龄球选手。
  例句-1:After being undefeated the entire season, our team was sure we'd win the bowling 1 trophy 2. Our opponents proved us wrong. Coming from behind, they managed to score an extra strike and beat us. I can't get over how we failed to carry the day!
  他说:我们整个赛季一场都没输过,本以来是稳操胜券的了。结果证明,我们错了。对手后来居上,比我们多打出一个全中,取得了最后的胜利。我们没能获胜,让我无法释怀。
  也许他们太轻敌了,也许确实是运气不好。现在正是美国的橄榄球赛季。我支持的球队上星期天大获全胜。大家都说是团队的集体努力,但我觉得,主要是防守队员的功劳,the defense 3 carried the day.
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  你听说过美国华裔著名建筑师林璎的故事吗?她因为设计美国越战纪念碑而出名。让我们听听下面这位历史学家是怎么说的。
  例句-2:When architect Maya Lin first proposed her design for the Vietnam War memorial, critics thought it wasn't traditional enough. They didn't think a granite 4 wall that sloped into the ground was a proper tribute for those who lost their lives. Eventually her plan  carried the day, going on become one of the most visited sites in Washington, D.C.
  这位历史学家说:建筑师林璎最初提出越战纪念碑的设计方案时,批评人士认为不够传统。他们认为高度逐渐降低、最后插入地面的大理石墙的设计,不足以用来悼念越战的阵亡者。但是最终,林璎的设计方案还是被采纳了,至今依旧是华盛顿特区游客最多的景点之一。
  在西方,人们跟朋友出去吃饭,总喜欢喝点葡萄酒。你会点最便宜的吗?大概不会。但是今年七月份的一次品酒评比中,获胜的却是一种售价只有不到三美元的葡萄酒。这真可以说是, the bargain brand carried the day.

1 bowling
n.保龄球运动
  • Bowling is a popular sport with young and old.保龄球是老少都爱的运动。
  • Which sport do you 1ike most,golf or bowling?你最喜欢什么运动,高尔夫还是保龄球?
2 trophy
n.优胜旗,奖品,奖杯,战胜品,纪念品
  • The cup is a cherished trophy of the company.那只奖杯是该公司很珍惜的奖品。
  • He hung the lion's head as a trophy.他把那狮子头挂起来作为狩猎纪念品。
3 defense
n.防御,保卫;[pl.]防务工事;辩护,答辩
  • The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
  • The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
4 granite
adj.花岗岩,花岗石
  • They squared a block of granite.他们把一块花岗岩加工成四方形。
  • The granite overlies the older rocks.花岗岩躺在磨损的岩石上面。
标签: 习惯用语
学英语单词
active business
alec guinnesses
alkylate bottom
anisyl chloride
antiHBs
arachidochin
arachnoid of spinal cord
arterial plaques
bisuccinate
cane body
Canfranc
centrifuge scraper
Ceratophyllum demersum
China roses
chitenges
chloropentaammineplatinum(iv) chloride
concordancing program
de-port
defense-electronics
denotational
Dwingeloo
dynamic record ranging
earned income exemption
equipotential bonding
extrahigh voltage
fused-salt bath
Gallophile
graphetic
Guimi
gunboater
Hebucol
height class
heterocrania
HFG
high-frequency spraying
hk-tvb
hot-dip process
hydroxytyramine hydrobromide
i-node
induction circuit
international transfer of short-term fund
ittiolo
jaw
kagiri
Kapal
lasjerd (lasgird)
laytonsville
m-cells
maiden names
Markgröningen
marking of transportation
mazamorria
minidocumentaries
minimum wages
nacrite
negatively sloped trade-off
NESP
night-television
nozzle-loss
ocellatum
opaque body
operating mechanism
p-channel metal gate
phonon annihilation
plexus coronarius
PPM (peripheral processor memory)
preferee
principal terminal
Puglia
quickhoney
rackingly
rail buckle
raptur ously
receive frequency range
risk coefficient
sabstratum
santera
section view
sheared length
side-lobe blanking
signing authority
slime classifier
smack your lips
Stanley Steamer
star distributed system
stock map
tape comparator
temperature adjustment curve
termite shield
thabo
trad
triniscope
tube bending machines
uncizar'd
uniform function
uroxanates
uster imperfection indicatior
WAAF
waited up
Walton County
wellspring
witherwin