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:rock bottom. Rock是岩石的意思,bottom是底部的意思,Rock bottom连在一起,就是最低点的意思。


  我还记得几年前,我先生的公司有个老板很凶,据说是个十足的暴君。我先生经常抱怨说,他们办公室士气低落。It was rock bottom. 我想,凡是经受过沉重打击的人,都曾有这种感受。让我们听听下面这个人的经历。
  例句-1:My life couldn't have been worse after my fiancee broke off our engagement 1. I was so completely lost without her. That's when I hit rock bottom. Lucky for me, I met my new girlfriend who's made me happier than ever.
  他说:我的未婚妻解除婚约后,我的日子糟到了极点。离开她,我好像迷失了方向。我的生活跌入了谷底。幸运的是,我认识了现在这个女朋友,她让我比以前任何时候都幸福。
  这让我想起自己的邻居Megan。Megan的先生在一起车祸中去世后,Megan的生活变得一团糟,每天与酒为伴。她告诉我说,有一段时间,她甚至懒得起床。这才意识到自己的生活had reached rock bottom. Megan后来开始结识有类似遭遇的人,找到了倾诉的对象,才慢慢走出低谷。
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  提起理查德.尼克松,大家可能都不陌生。他是美国第37位总统。正象下面这个政治历史家所说的,尼克松的政治生涯充满了争议。
  例句-2:After the political scandal 2 known as Watergate erupted, the popularity 3 of President Nixon was at rock bottom. It was so low, that he chose to resign from office. But it should also be remembered that he'd helped advance civil rights and environmental protection laws, and established diplomatic 4 relations with China.
  他说:水门事件的政治丑闻让尼克松总统的民众支持率跌入了谷底,他因此被迫辞职。但同时也应该记住,尼克松推动了美国民权和环保法律的进步,并且跟中国建立了外交关系。
  Rock bottom不仅可以形容焦点人物受欢迎的程度,也可能用来形容价格。美国房屋市场现在很不景气,但是我的一个朋友还是坚持不买房,因为他觉得房屋价格还没有"hit the rock bottom."

1 engagement
n.订婚,婚约,约定,约会
  • I can't see you on Monday because I have a previous engagement.星期一我不能见你,因为我有约在先。
  • It was my mother's very own engagement ring.这正是我母亲自己的订婚戒指。
2 scandal
n.丑事,丑闻,流言蜚语,反感,愤慨
  • Scandal and gossip are meat and drink to him.各种丑闻和流言蜚语是他最感兴趣的事。
  • His theft from the shop caused scandal in the village.他因偷商店的东西引起全村的公愤。
3 popularity
n.普及,流行,名望,受欢迎
  • The story had an extensive popularity among American readers.这本小说在美国读者中赢得广泛的声望。
  • Our product enjoys popularity throughout the world.我们的产品饮誉全球。
4 diplomatic
adj.外交的,从事外交的,策略的,有手腕的
  • There are certain forms that must be followed in diplomatic circles.在外交界有一些礼节是必须遵守的。
  • You must be more diplomatic in handling the situation.你在处理这一情况时,必须圆滑。
标签: 美国习惯用语
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15-ME-PGE2
after treating bath
air cushions
allogeneic effect
allometropia
alora
arc dissociation unit
arcolax
armstead
asymmetric current
Avast hauling!
Basalt R.
basis
Baturité, Sa.
Beteta
boo-boos
branch of pterygoid canal
breitkreuz
bridge-megger
brotizolam
catalytic leadership
Chambers
Champlain, Samuel de
Cock's operation
complete refrigerating equipment
condenser type gauge
constant exciter
cost benefit evaluation
covered emplacement
cutting die
danchon (tanchon)
dot matrix size
enchequer
enecia
essorant
general bathymetric chart of the oceans
genus Castor
get cross with
gun and butter
gypsyism
haining silk
Halson
hypotonicities
in for
interferers
k-absorption edge
kinnell
large-signal conductance
less-severe
live and sleep rough
lormefazepam
lunar mantle
Madureira
mammary paget's disease
mean radial error
Mem'l
model line
mycoflorae
nafton
NCCMC
ne cede malis
neighbo(u)ring curve
Newton's theory of lift
non-pinking spirit
nonreset
norpseudoephedrine
obtusilingual
odd lot orders
odd-Aisotope
off-the-books deal
ogle
organization expense
owensboroes
Oxalyleihydrazide
Petroselinum sativum
playscripts.
presidential electoral college
pricewaterhousecoopers
pumps it
rear up
refutation tree
reksten
scopal
Scotistry
Semenovia dasycarpa
Septemberers
shared-cluster crystal
souler
superconductive magnetic shield
synchronized changeover contact
thrombin topical
thyroptera tricolor
titano
trapezoidal speed-time curve
vealburger
vertic luvisols
vessel bond
war injury of pancreas
water logged
white-blotched
who was who