英语口语、习惯语、经典语录5000句(69)

英语口语、习惯语、经典语录5000句(69)

681. redux 这个词很多辞典没有收录，但有时也会有人使用，意思是“旧事重提”，Their redux reopens old wounds. 他们旧事重提，揭开了旧的伤痕。

682. rub it in老是重提旧事：I know I was stupid at that time, but you don’t have to rub it in. 我知道我当时极不明智，但你也不必老是提此事好不好。

683. I am still debating the tradeoffs between going or not going. 我仍在想来想去，是去还是不去。A classic trade-off in business is the trio of time, money and quality. It is generally considered that only two of the three can be anchored at any given moment. 商业中一个经典的利益交换例子就是时间、金钱与质量三者之间的关系。一般认为，在一个时刻，三者中只能同时获得两者。经济学的核心问题就是一个tradeoff的问题。tradeoff: 利益交换，权衡，折中。

684. I feel wilted now after a full day of work. 干了整整一天的活后，我感到筋疲力尽了。wilt本来的意思是指植物“枯萎”，如wilted flowers, 借指“疲劳，麻木”，a wilted soul,已经麻木的心灵。

685. 豆腐渣工程、质量：
a) shoddy,质量很差的东西 C is well-known for its shoddy and unsafe products. a crappy job/furniture
b) crappy weather / What a crappy thing to say about anyone!  Why do you like these crappy movies?
c) dumpy 可以扔掉的东西.  

686. I am no spring chicken. 我已经不是（精力旺盛的）年轻人了。spring chicken不到一年的嫩鸡，喻年轻人。不一定只用于女性。

687. We have been too chicken to talk with her directly about this issue. 我们都怕得要命，不敢与她正面谈这个问题。chicken 胆小鬼。在肢体语言里，你把双手叉腰，一遍摆动，一遍学鸡叫，就是说对方为胆小鬼的意思。

688. Can you crank up the volume a little bit? 你能把声音调高一点吗？

689. He is raised in a tight-knit family. 他在一个关系亲密的家庭长大。相反的词是：broken family or fragmented family。a tight-knit 关系密切或严密，a tight-knit organization 一个严密的组织，例如GC裆。

690. This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. 1 John 3:16 主为我们舍命，我们从此就知道何为爱；我们也当为弟兄舍命。