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英語一些特殊表達法之朝花夕拾

作者:楊立勇  於 2017-6-24 03:35 發表於 最熱鬧的華人社交網路--貝殼村

通用分類:英文分享

關鍵詞:英語閱讀, business, position, 朝花夕拾, diamond


英語閱讀過程中,一旦讀到某些我覺得比較陌生或特殊或沒有漢語對應表達法的句子,我會特意停下來,重新審視這些特殊表達法,咀嚼它在句中的意義,並揣思它們在漢語中應該如何通順準確地表達出來。例句:
1. I was minding my own business doing sth. ...(我真專心致志在干某件事情)

I was minding my own business skiing down a double black diamond at around forty-five Miles an hour with my legs in the same position they would need to be in order to birth a midsized kangaroo.
(我正專心致志以每小時45哩的速度滑下一條雙鑽黑道,我的雙腿一直保持不變的姿勢。那種姿勢是生育一頭中等身材袋鼠所需保持的姿勢。)

2. To add insult to sth. ,(在某件事情上雪上加霜)

To add insult to my injury, I was dead sober.
(我受了傷還嫌不夠,我腦袋瓜還清醒得要死。)

3. One minute..., the next minute...(剛剛....轉眼間就...)

One minute the sun was burning down on your face and the next minute you were in a Saharan sandstorm.
(剛剛太陽還烤著你的臉蛋,轉眼間你就置身在撒哈拉沙塵暴中。)

4. To put one's money where one's mouth is(拿出實際行動來證明自己說的話)

I think you should call Rex and see if he can put his money where his mouth is.
(我覺得你應該打電話給瑞斯,看他能否拿出實際行動來證明他所言不假。)

5. Against our better judgement(違心)

We decided, against our better judgement, to assuage his insecurity and our disappointment by obliging.
(我們違心地做出決定:為了安撫他的不安全感並減少我們的失望,我們就從了。)

6. For that matter(就此而言,;話說都這份上):

Clearly he was not in charge of the camp or, for that matter, anything in his life.
這個營地不是他說了算。話都說到這份上,他生活中啥也不是他說了算。

7. To take it upon oneself to do sth.(擅自主張干某件事情):

Simone took it upon herself to announce that she would leave us earlier.
(西蒙妮自作主張宣布她會早點離開我們。)

8. I'd sooner do sth. ...than do sth....(我寧可...也不願...)

I'd sooner go through with a pregnancy than spend a night alone in my house knowing there was a snake in the yard.
我寧可經歷一場懷孕,也不願意明知院子里有一條蛇還獨自在家過夜。

9. It would be an understatment to say that...(說...已經算是輕描淡寫的了。)

It would be an understatment to say that this particular man took pleasure in delivering this news to me.
(說這位怪咖老兄以告訴我這個消息來找樂子,那都是輕描淡寫的了。)

誰說「有心栽花花不發」?學英語決沒有「無心插柳柳成蔭」這等便宜事的。「運用之妙,唯存乎一心。」只有用心去留意,去觀察,去比較,去積累,去模仿,才能讓自己的語感更上一層樓。

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