11.
gut, 肠子。口语里用法丰富。
a) I hate his guts. 我最讨厌他。也有说I hate him guts. guts 是肠子,英文说“恨之入肠”,相当于中文“恨之入骨”。
b)
He doesn’t have the guts. 他是个胆小鬼。How much guts does he have?
注意用much来修饰,尽管guts看上去是复数。
c)
No guts, no glory. 无胆便无荣。
d)
gut feeling 直觉 My guts tell me one thing, my mind
tells me something quite different.
我的直觉告诉我是一回事,但是我的理智却告诉我说是另外一回事。Go with your gut.
根据你的本能去做决定吧。请留意,后面还有一些关于“直觉”的表达法。
e)
gut-wrenching ride with roller-coaster 坐过山车时胃在翻江倒海;Despite its
gut-wrenching twists and turns in the middle of the ride, it will
always bring you back safely in the end.
坐过山车时,就是有五腹掏空的感觉,你最终还是会安然无恙到达终点。
f)
a gut issue, 涉及情感的问题;
g)
sweat out one’s guts;闷身汗出来(感冒就好了。)sweat out an
exam;倍受考试煎熬。
h)
Get down to the guts of a matter.谈谈问题的实质吧!
12.
比较:gutter 屋顶的水槽,常常会积累很多的垃圾,转义为阴暗面。 "gutter politics" in the midst
of the presidential race,总统竞选时挖对方的丑闻。gutter journalism,
专挖丑闻的报刊杂志。gutter相当于mudsling, 政治家常用的手段,揭对方的短,中伤对方。
13.
Your instinct can usually steer you in the right
direction.你的直觉常常会把你带到正确的方向。gut feeling 是口语,通俗的说法是the sixth sense,
第六感觉,instinct 是书面语,innate behavior和inborn
behavior是学术语,意思都是“本能”。
14.
hardwire 电脑或电器中固定的硬件部分,转义“本性”。 I believe that man has some pretty
rotten things buried deep in his hardwiring. 我相信人有一些与生俱来的邪恶本能。We're
born hard-wired with the desire for freedom.
我们生而有种追求自由的本能。Greed is a hard-wired innate behavior.贪婪是与生俱来的本能。How
can we curtail such innate tendencies of a dictatorship
government?我们如何做才能控制独裁政府的这种不可避免的后果?
15.
brainwash 洗脑。The propaganda strategy is to get people brainwashed.
这套宣传伎俩就是要给大众洗脑。The former Soviet Union, Cuba, North Korea and China
all have set up the Propaganda Department so their people can be
brainwashed. 前苏联、古巴、北朝鲜和中国都设立有宣传部,为的是给人们洗脑。
16.
My hunch is that what you’re really asking is money.
我本能的猜测是你所要的实际上是钱。
17.
Whoever controls the flow of information controls the mind of
people. 谁掌控了信息传播谁就控制了大众的头脑。政府需要掌控大众的头脑,所以就有宣传部之类的机构。
18.
I am just ecstatic about going to visit you soon.
马上要见你,我高兴死了。
19.
That music make me swoon. 这音乐让我陶醉。The women swoon over him.
这些女人为他著迷。swoon:晕倒。(=faint)
20. Now these three remain: faith,
hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
如今常存的有信,有望,有爱;这三样,其中最大的是爱。有信心的人就不会为眼前的利益所束缚;有盼望的人就会乐观面世;有爱心的人就会生存最大的动力。
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