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1、英语经典顺口溜1.tobeinarut:是指对每天同样的工作或是墨守成规一成不变的习惯,感到单调乏味 (tobetiredofroutinejob;nothingneworexcited)(rut这个字本意是惯例或老套)。 Hehasnotbeenpromotedfor20years;hemustbeinarut.(他廿年未获升级,一定感到单调枯燥。) Afterthirtyyearsofthesamejob,hefeelsheisinarut.(干了卅年同样的工作,他觉得枯燥乏味。)所以要放弃单调枯燥的生活方式,就是togetoutoftherut.例如:Ifyouhateyourold
2、job,youneedtogetoutoftherut.(假如你不喜欢你的老工作,你就要走出乏味的日子。)2.tobe(或become)fedupwith(someone或something):意思是对某人或某事感到讨厌或厌倦(togettiredof;tobedisgustedortogetsickof); 例如:Iamfedupwithhisconstantcomplaints.(他常常的抱怨令我厌烦。)Weallbecamefedupwithhislongspeech.(他的长篇演说我们都觉得讨厌。)Thehusbandhasbeenfedupwithhiswife'snagging.
3、(老公对老婆的唠叨感到厌烦。)如果只用「tobefedup」也可以:Iwillnotwaitforher;Iamfedup.(我不想再等她了;我厌了。)(动词时态是:feed,fed,fed)可见这句俚语似乎有「被动味道」,如果用feed,意思又不同了例如:Themotherwillfeedthebabywithmilk.(母亲喂婴儿牛奶。)(feed是及物动词)Thecattlefeedongrass(牛以草为生。)(feed是不及物动词)但是Thecattlewerefedwiththegrassbythefarmer.(农夫用草喂牛。)(cattle是复合名词,意为复数);可以说:Ia
4、mfedupwithhim.(我讨厌他)(但不能说:Ifeedupwithhim.) 3.tocutthecord:意思是父母要让儿女离家过著独立自主的生活(letyourchildrenleavehomeandbecomeindependent)(只用於父母与儿女间的关系);例如:Whenyourchildrenareoldenoughtotakecareofthemselves,youhavetocutthecord.(当你的孩子长大可以照顾他们自己时,你就应该让他们自力更生。)(即切断依赖父母的脐带。)ItisverydifficultformanyChineseparentstocu
5、tthecordwiththeirchildren.(许多中国父母很难让儿女完全独立自主。)(注:这里的cord,是指umbilicalcord即脐带。) 4.tostartfromsquareone:意思是上次没有成功,必须回到起点从头做起(somethingdidnotsucceedinthefirstplace,havetostartoveragain)(这与tobebacktosquareone意义相同);例如:Hehastostartfromsquareonebecausehiscomputerdestroyed(crashed)hishomework.(由於电脑搞坏了他的作业,他
6、必须从头做起。)Thesearchcommitteeforthenewcollegepresidentwillhavetostartfromsquareone.(选拔新校长委员会上次没有成功,现在又要从头做起。)Wearebacktosquareone.(我们又从头做) 5.topaint(someone)apicture:意思是解释某种情况,使人更加明白。(toexplainthesituation;tomakethingsmoreclear);Inorderforyoutounderstandbetter,Iwillpaintyouapicture.(为了使你更能明白,我愿加以解释。)H
7、ewilltrytopaintusapicturewhenhegivesaspeech.(他演讲时,尽量想法使我们明白。)WhenIwriteanarticleforanewspaper,Iwillpaintmyreadersaclearpicture.(当我为报纸写文章时,我尽量让我的读者充分了解。)但是topaintapicture,意思又有不同了。 例如:Theartistwillpaintapictu
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