时间:2018-12-18 作者:英语课 分类:英文语法词汇


英语课

   首先,它可以作称呼语,可以用来称呼心上人、爱人:


  Look, baby, I think we can work this out.
  宝贝,你瞧,这件事我们能解决。
  也可以用来表示“老兄,朋友;姑娘,小妞儿等”以称呼他人:
  Come on, baby, push this thing——hard!
  来,老兄,把这东西推推——使劲!
  也可以用baby来指“职责,关心的事或兴趣所在”:
  You give the report. This project is your baby.
  你来报告,因为这项工程是你负责的。
  对吸毒者来说,初染海洛因或少量吸食海洛因也可以用baby来表达:
  You just have a baby. Wait a few years till the tolerance 1 begins to build.
  你刚吸上海洛因,再过几年瘾头就大了。
  有时baby也用来指“小东西;小装置;小玩意儿”:
  Hand me that baby with the sharp point, will you?
  请把那个有尖头的小玩意儿递给我,好吗?
  baby kisser:指哗众取宠、故作姿态、笼络人心的政客。
  这是一个美国政界俚语。参加竞选的政客在公共场合拉选票时,往往特别注意自己的形象。他们看见母亲们怀里的婴儿就会不失时机的接过来亲吻一番,以树立自己和蔼可亲和平易近人的形象。
  Nixon was a baby kisser when he ran for vice 2 president with Eisenhower.
  尼克松与艾森豪威尔竞选副总统时亲吻小孩,以争取民心。
  在美剧中我们还会听到这样的句子:Don't be a baby! 那么这句话是什么意思呢?大家也可以从以上的意思中推断出来:别那么孩子气!在这里baby指的是“孩子气的人,幼稚的人。

1 tolerance
n.宽容;容忍,忍受;耐药力;公差
  • Tolerance is one of his strengths.宽容是他的一个优点。
  • Human beings have limited tolerance of noise.人类对噪音的忍耐力有限。
2 vice
n.坏事;恶习;[pl.]台钳,老虎钳;adj.副的
  • He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
  • They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
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acn
acoustic intelligence
acute cerebellar ataxia
alantec
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anti-logarithm
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genus Rhyacotriton
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ith affine coordinates
itor
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pigfishes
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