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第81讲 小荷才露尖尖角 Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth & Up-and-coming2010-04-11 14:24:20 来源:世博英语
最近正打算买一个硬盘,恰好朋友有一个20G的硬盘闲置没有用,所以准备送给我。本来觉得难为情,现在流行的都是80G的硬盘了,拿20G来做什么,不过还是不要吹毛求疵的好。对了,这里我就告诉大家一个相对复杂一点的片语:don’t look a gift horse in the mouth. 先看下面的例句: Recently, one of my friends presented me a 20G hard disk. It is not as good as a larger one, but don’t look a gift horse in the mouth, it’s better than nothing! 片语don’t look a gift horse in the mouth的意思就是我们常说的“不要吹毛求疵”。当别人送你礼品时,你觉得不好,但是也不要挑剔礼物的不足或缺点,这个片语正是表达的这个意思。The phrase is used to tell someone to be grateful for something that has been given to him or her, instead of asking questions about it or finding something wrong with it. 再看一个例子: When I was a child, my grandfather once gave me a small toy, I had found it impossible to resist the temptation to say, “It is too small, I don’t like it”. But my father immediately reprimanded me severely: “Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth, boy!” 读书时有位同学曾送过我一幅山水画,当时觉得不怎么好,不过我没有对这礼物吹毛求疵,而是感激的接受了。当时这位同学在绘画上虽然没有什么卓越的成就,不过在全国青少年绘画比赛中已经崭露头角了,心想,多年以后说不准真能成为一幅名画呢! 对了,这里的“崭露头角”可以用英文up-and-coming来表示。 Landscape painting exerts a peculiar fascination on a great many people, for most of them enjoy collecting famous works,even an up-and-coming young artist creates it. Needless to say, they must have cherished the hope that one day they will be amply rewarded. 片语up-and-coming 本来意思是“即将来临的,即将浮现的”,当用来形容一个人或物时指“新兴的,才出现的,刚崭露头角的”。注意,我们使用这个片语时,暗含有这个人或物即将变得成功、出名或即将流行起来的意思。To be up-and-coming is to be likely to become successful or popular. Many up-and-coming young players have trials for the national team. 结束语:今天我们介绍了两个片语,在列举的例句中,结构皆相对复杂,请大家仔细琢磨,不要囫囵吞枣。第一个片语don’t look a gift horse in the mouth意思是“不要对礼物吹毛求疵,不要挑剔礼物的缺点”。也许这对我们来说是衡量一个人是否有修养的一个评判标准吧! 第二个片语up-and-coming意思是“新兴的,崭露头角的”。一直以来足坛上、乐坛上不都有up-and-coming people不断出现吗?
上一篇:第82讲 暴露自己 Let someone off the hook & Open oneself up to sth.
下一篇:第80讲 亲切的感受 Take sth. for granted & Feel a connection to someone/sth.
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