英语口语、习惯语、经典语录5000句(121)

英语口语、习惯语、经典语录5000句(121)

1201. He doesn’t have the faintest idea what was happening. 他根本就不知道所发生的事。not the faintest idea，用faintest时，一般要用否定式。也可以说the slightest idea: It's absolutely no good asking me. I haven't the slightest idea. 你问我，我问谁？（用相对的汉语口语意译）the slimmest 也差不多。

1202. Does your mother teach you any manners? 难道你妈妈没有教过你礼貌吗？

1203. You can wow your professors with the stuff you have learned from this column. 如果你能掌握好这个专栏的东西，你会让你的教授大吃一惊的。wow一般作惊叹词，这里作动词，表示让谁大吃一惊。What I can do to wow my boyfriend for his birthday? 我可以做件什么事来让男朋友在生日时大吃一惊呢？

1204. If you've been burned by someone, it may be tempting to give the person a taste of his or her own medicine. 如果有人在背后占你的功劳，你会很自然地想要报复，让他也同样尝尝受伤的味道。burn在口语里为“背后贪别人的功劳，贪天功为己有”。此词从电脑词汇 “burn a CD” 的 “burn”引申出来。Getting a taste of one's own medicine is surely a hard one to swallow.自己酿的苦酒要自己尝绝不是好滋味。

1205. With gossip or office politics, you should remain above the fray as much as possible. If you get involved in a tit-for-tat game, it can damage your own reputation. 对于流言或办公室内的勾心斗角，你应该学会超然，远离是非。如果你卷入了你争我夺的是非，你的声誉也会受损。tit-for-tat 报复。

1206. I think it was a payback thing. 我想这是旨在报复。payback, 报复。

1207. So fight the fights that actually mean something. If it doesn't mean anything, just let it go and try to get along. 所以干仗也要干一些有意义的仗，如果太过无聊，就不要去理会，试着与大家和和气气好了。Let it go. 让这事过去好了。

1208. You may want a second opinion. 你最好再询问一下其他人的意见。

1209. He is beginning to have second thoughts about the whole thing. 他对这整个局势开始有了不同的想法/看法。这里的想法或看法要用复数。the second thoughts 通常是已经发生了的事，要用复数。如果你要别人三思而后行，可以说：You’d better think twice.

1210. Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" And I said, "Here am I. Send me!"赛6：8 我又听见主的声音，说，我可以差遣谁呢，谁能为我们去呢？我说，我在这里，请差遣我。