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(16) king's ransom:
是指一筆巨大的金錢或許多錢 ( lots of money or large sum of money )
( 本意是:如果 king 被抓,需要一筆很大的贖金,才能獲得釋放 )
( 當名詞用;ransom 是贖金,常用單數 )
例如:
Rich as Mr. Gates is, his car must have cost a king's ransom.
( 像 Gates 先生那樣富有的人,他的汽車一定花了一筆巨款。)
Every retired U.S. president builds a library that costs a king's ransom for the next generation to use for re-search.
( 每一位退休的美國總統,都為下一代的研究建立一座花費巨款的圖書館。)
His beautiful house and fancy car must have cost Mr. B a king's ransom.
( B先生漂亮的房子和奢侈的汽車一定花了許多錢。)
It is not worthwhile to spend a king's ransom for a wedding when the marriage lasts only short period of time.
( 花費巨款的婚禮,對短暫的婚姻而言是不值得的。)
(17) care package:
指一種禮物的包裹 ( a gift package )
二次世界大戰時,美國援外合作署(Cooperative for American Relief Everywhere),成為聯合國的CARE 單位,負責寄食物、衣服等給戰亂的國家。後來用於寄食品或禮物等給離家的孩子或學生等。( 當名詞用,care 現在可以小寫 )
例如:
A care package will certainly warm someone's heart.
( 一份禮物包裹,會使一個人感到窩心。)
If your friend is under the weather, you better send him/her a care package to cheer him / her up.
( 假如你的朋友不舒服,你最好寄份包裹禮物給他,讓他高興。)
也可用複數:
During her school years, Miss A received several care packages from her parents.
( A小姐求學期間,她父母寄給她數份包裹禮物。)
When my children were away for college, my wife used to send them care packages.
( 當我的孩子上大學時,內人寄給他們禮物包裹。)
(18) deep pockets:
這本是來自商業上的用語,意思是可以放很多錢的深口袋。也就是指有許多錢,或是經濟的來源。( a lot of money or financial sources )
( 當名詞用;通常 pocket 用複數 )
例如:
Mr. B really needs deep pockets to support a family of ten.
( B先生需要很多錢去養活一家十口。)
Our university's annual budget mainly comes from Maryland's deep pockets.
( 我們大學每年預算的來源,多半來自馬里蘭州。)
Many foreign students in the U.S. depend on the deep pockets of their parents.
( 許多在美的外國學生其經濟來源是靠他們的父母。)
如強調某一個人的經濟協助時,偶爾也用單數pocket:
Mr. C is facing financial difficulty without a reliable deep pocket to help.
( C先生面臨經濟困難,沒有一位可靠有錢人的幫助。)
(19) wall flower:
指在舞會或其它聚會,因為沒有舞伴,或因害羞而不願讓人注意的女人。(Woman not to be chosen at dance or does not want to be spot-lighted.) (當名詞用)
例如:
At the dancing party, Miss Wang chose to be a wall flower.
( 在舞會裡,王小姐是作壁上觀的女人。)
As an introverted person Miss B always prefers being a wall flower.
( B小姐性格內向,老喜歡坐在旁邊看別人玩樂。)
Having been a wall flower for so long, she finally be-came withdrawn in her life.
( 她長期不願在大眾面前引人注意,所以最後生活變成沉默孤單。)
Not many women like to be wall flowers.
( 不是許多女人愛當壁上觀的人。)
(20) long shot:
這本是賽馬的用語,指成功或獲勝的可能性很少。( small possibility of success or little chance of winning )
例如:
Mr. A is a nice man with a big heart, but he is a long shot in business sales.
( A 先生是心地善良的好人,但他在買賣方面成功性不大。)
It appears a long shot that John will finish his disser-tation this month.
( John 在本月份完成論文,似乎不大可能。)
The revival of Taiwan's economy could be a long shot if its society continues to be unstable.
( 如果台灣社會繼續不穩定的話,其經濟重振機會也許不大。)
You would be a long shot to complete your graduate studies unless you put your mind to it.
( 除非你很用心努力,否則你的研究所學業很難完成。)(全文完, 懷中) |
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