英语口语、习惯语、经典语录5000句(44)

英语口语、习惯语、经典语录5000句(44)

431. A husband should not twist his wife’s arm to do his will. 警察抓人就喜欢把人的手拧到背后，这就是twist one’s arm, 也就是“强行”的意思。丈夫不应强迫妻子来迎合自己的意思。

432. kickoff, 开始 He kicked off his White House campaign yesterday.

433. Whenever I'm down in the dumps, rather than wallow in my troubles, I try to do things that will get my mind off them. dumps 垃圾场, wallow, 猪在泥中打滚，get my mind off  不去想这些事。每当我遇到烦心的事事，我总会找些事做，不让自己想不开，不老想着这些事。

434. When they play, it is history. 只要他们参赛，就会书写历史。注意例句：My relationship with her is already a history.a history 与history 意思不相同。

435. roll 的基本意思是“滚动”，在口语里常用。Can the Chinese team keep rolling?  中国队还能保持势头吗？ Let’s roll. 让我们开始吧！让我们继续前进吧。 They should roll back their support of a dictatorship government.  他们应该终止对独裁政权的支持。 Rock n Roll, 摇滚 Do you like Rock n Roll music?

436. Life is like a roller coaster.  There are ups and downs. “生活就像过山车，有高潮、有低潮（有时得意，有时失意）。”这是安慰人的话，一般是在对方失意的时候说的。"We've got up days and down days," Crews says. "But we hope our prospects are ready to turn around." 我们的日子时好时坏，郭露士说，但是我们希望现在是彻底扭转局面的时候了。a hedge against life’s downsides, 预防生活下滑，downside 困境。

437. We didn't see the real highs that other places did, but now we aren't experiencing the real lows. 我们没有经历其他地方的高速发展，不过，我们现在也没有经历萧条。the highs and lows of a life, 生活的起起伏伏。

438. There are so many highs and lows, peaks and valleys in life. My wife helps me smooth them out. 人生中总是充满了起起伏伏，山峰与山谷。是我妻子，她总是帮铺平了道路。

439. gratify, 我们一般知道“满足”的英文是satisfy，口语里现在常用“gratify”：That is very gratifying to me. 我对此感到非常满足。

440. Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.  Matthew 5：10 为义受逼迫的人有福了，因为天国是他们的。