时间:2018-12-25 作者:英语课 分类:美语怎么说


英语课

  Donny在北京学汉语,他的中国朋友要是遇到了不知道用美语怎么说的词,就会来请教他。今天是Jimmy要问的:抠门。

Donny: Nice suit, Jimmy! You clean up nicely.

Jimmy: 怎么样?我收拾收拾也挺帅吧!

Donny: You're going to a business dinner?

JIMMY: 对,我和一个朋友想作生意,要和投资人谈谈。可我那朋友特抠门,上次见投资人时去的麦当劳,还AA制! 对了,抠门怎么说?He's cheap?

Donny: Yes, you could say that. You could also say he's a cheapskate. c-h-e-a-p-s-k-a-t-e, cheapskate.

JIMMY: Cheapskate,抠门的人。My friend was such a cheapskate!

Donny:Yeah! I can't believe that investor's still interested in working with you after your partner was being so tightfisted!

JIMMY: 哎? 你说 tightfisted? tight是“紧”的意思,fist是拳头,所以tightfisted就是手紧,舍不得花钱喽?

Donny: Correct.

JIMMY: 还好,My tightfisted partner changed his mind. 我那吝啬的朋友想通了,今天,我们要请投资人吃顿大餐!

Donny: That's nice. But don't act like spendthrifts. Spendthrift is spelled s-p-e-n-d-t-h-r-i-f-t. It refers to people who spend money like crazy.

JIMMY: 哦! spendthrift 指花钱无度,大手大脚的人。我原来有个室友,He was totally a spendthrift! 他女朋友多得数不过来,每个都向他要特贵的礼物。

Donny: That's a textbook case of a spendthrift attracting gold diggers!

JIMMY: Gold digger?

Donny: Yes. It refers to a woman whose primary interest in a relationship is material benefits 1.

JIMMY: 哦,那就是拜金女呗!

Donny: That's right! Let's see what you've learned 2 today!

JIMMY: 第一,抠门可以说 tightfisted, 小气鬼则是 cheapskate

第二,大手大脚花钱的人是 spendthrift

第三,拜金女是 gold digger.



1 benefits
n.津贴费;利益( benefit的名词复数 );(给职工的)奖金;救济金;益处
  • economic benefits accruing to the country from tourism 旅游业为该国带来的经济效益
  • The article enthused about the benefits that the new system would bring. 本文热情赞扬了新制度将带来的好处。
2 learned
adj.有学问的,博学的;learn的过去式和过去分词
  • He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
  • In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里,他被视为有学问的人。
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Abbotsley
airless injection
alcoholic intolerance
allworthy
anticommuted
as numberless as the sands
asides
axially magnetized stator
bakeout degassing clamp
bar and tube straightening machine
be supplied with
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boat stretcher
bock kiln
Boksburg
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cab seat
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cholaxin
cioccolata
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eellike
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gas house tar
global concept
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ground emitter transistor amplifier
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himu
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lift the embargoor
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Marcinelle
marine glue
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Portable document software
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