英语口语、习惯语、经典语录5000句(186)
1851. A lot of white colar people are sleep deprived. 很多白领缺乏睡眠。名词+deprived 缺乏。
1852. The guy is socially deprived. He cannot adapt to the world around him. 这个人很不合群(这个人缺乏一般的社交技能),无法与周围的世界沟通。
1853. 名词+ free 没有,这个结构很有用,也很常用。例如 pain free,没有病痛的; This operation is pain-free. 这个手术不会痛的。worry free 无忧无虑的; carefree 自由潇洒的; stress free study, 没有什么压力的学习;touch free 不用碰; Hormone free 不添加荷尔蒙的; e-mail free 无电子邮件的;Some professionals are fighting back overwhelming e-mails by declaring e-mail free Fridays. 一些专业人士通过宣告周五是无电子邮件日来向堆积如山的电子邮件宣战。baggage free没有包袱的: great guys who are baggage free and available! 非常优秀的男士,没有包袱,即可相亲。(This man may carry some baggage.这位男士或许还有些没有了断的包袱。意思是如他还没有与前女朋友了断,所以不要去与他相亲。)traffic free
1854. Jazz will endure as long as people hear it through their feet instead of their brains. 只要人们是用脚而不是用脑来欣赏爵士音乐时,爵士音乐就会历久弥新。
1855. He has a clean slate. 他历史清白,没有犯罪记录。
1856. The moral decay is presently eating away at this country. 道德的堕落正在不断地挖空这个国家的根基。eat away at 腐蚀、掏空。When you’re bugged by something small your guy has done, it may not be that action that’s getting under your skin — something may be eating away at you on a deeper level. By figuring out what that is, you can shift your thinking so you’re less agitated.
1857. In layman’s terms, 用平常人的话来说,与professional terms(专业术语来讲)相对。
1858. In the futures market, in the future market, 这两个意思不一样,前者是“在期货市场”,后者是“在未来的市场”。
1859. It is a safe bet that no one can master two foreign languages within half a year. 我们可以很有把握地说,没有人能够半年内突破两门外语。It is a safe bet that…很有把握地说。。。。Is law school a safe bet? 读法学院稳有出路吗?
1860. Do not forsake your friend
and the friend of your father, and do not go to your brother's
house when disaster strikes you -- better a neighbor nearby than a
brother far
away.你的朋友,和父亲的朋友,你都不可离弃。你遭难的日子,不要上弟兄的家去。相近的邻舍,强如远方的弟兄。(箴27:10)
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