Friends英语赏析【110】smooth-talking 花言巧语来说服

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Rachel: Hi!
Monica: Hey, look at you! Where have you been?
Rachel: Oh, I went to have pizza. With Danny.
Monica: How did that happen?
Rachel: That yeti is one smooth talker.
Monica: I hope you're not full, 'cause dinner's almost ready.

瑞秋：嗨
莫妮卡：嘿，瞧你！上哪儿去啦？
瑞秋：噢，去吃比萨了，和丹尼一起。
莫妮卡：怎么会和他一起去呢？
瑞秋：那野人挺会说的。
莫妮卡：希望你还有胃口，晚饭马上就要好了。

【世博视角】

Smooth一词的基本解释是“平滑的”，“顺畅的”，比如说到丝绸我们就会用smooth来形容，广告中常说的“如丝般顺滑”就是silky smooth。在生活中有些人说话也很“顺滑”他们很善于用一些花言巧语来说服或欺骗别人，英语中就管这类人叫做smooth talker/operator，或者形容他们为smooth-talking, 例如：

a smooth-talking salesman
She fell for his smooth talk and handed over $1000 for him to invest.
You ought to be careful with her. She's a very smooth operator who can make you agree to almost anything.

另外，对话中出现的yeti本身是指传说生活在喜玛拉雅山上的雪人。