英语口语、习惯语、经典语录5000句(43)

英语口语、习惯语、经典语录5000句(43)

421. Democracy is the defining issue of our time. 民主我们这个时代最强的诉求。define 定义，区别事物最重要的概念。a defining moment, 一个决定性时刻，

422. Live and let live. 自己活，也要让人活。The Party members should understand a simple truth: live and let live. Otherwise, there could be more Yangjia.党员应该明白一个简单的道理，自己活也要让人活，否则的话会有更多的杨佳。I don't care what they do! Live and let live, I always say. 我们不在乎他们的事，人人都有权利活，这是我常说的话。Your parents are strict. Mine just live and let live. 你父母管得太严，我父母很随意。

423. Give me a shout when you are in the area. 你如果来这一带，记得给我打个招呼。

424. or what? 美国人喜欢在句末用这个词组。Are we good friends or what? 我们可不是好朋友？Are you going or what? 你到底去不去？

425. wedge本意为“楔子”，口语意为“不和”。As long as there is a wedge between them, they cannot work together on this project.  drive a wedge between 挑起谁与谁之间的不和。Frank had to travel a lot and this finally drove a wedge between him and his wife.弗兰克要常常出差，这最终导致了他与妻子反目。Her mother-in-law drove a wedge between her and her husband.她的婆婆挑拨她与老公的关系。

426. I feel so unloved and alone. Last year, when my dad died, I hit bottom. 我感觉不到有人爱我，很是孤独。去年我父亲去世后，我就感到万念俱灰。hit bottom 感到绝望，痛苦得不能再痛苦了，差到极限了。When a student's grades hit bottom it is time to hit the books. 当一个学生门门课都考得一塌糊涂时，他就该看看书了吧。

427. She is unhappy and withdrawn. 她郁郁寡欢，不与人往来。Withdrawn就是独自一人。

428. What bugged me, though, was that she blamed me! 她把责任都推到我身上，真的让我不爽。bug 本意为虫子，口语里有另外两个意思，一是令人讨厌，就像一个虫子一样，这句话里的bug就是这个意思。She keeps bugging me.她老师烦我。还一个意思是“窃听”。National Security guys bug me all the time. 国家安全局的那几个家伙老是窃听我的电话。

429. “窃听”这句话也可以这么说：Those guys like to eavesdrop on ordinary Chinese citizens. 这些家伙窃听普通中国公民上了瘾。Those guys developed a program to rapidly monitor the phone calls and other communications of people.这些人发展出了一套系统，能迅速监听公民的电话和其它通讯。

430. He holds victory in store for the upright, he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless;Proverbs 2:7 他给正直人存留真智慧，给行为纯正的人作盾牌。