英语口语、习惯语、经典语录5000句(246)

英语口语、习惯语、经典语录5000句(246)

2451) Whenever she meets him, she is careful to keep things on an informational level. 她不管什么时候遇见他，她都只跟他谈公务。（她小心翼翼，将关系保持在交换信息的层面，即不与他发生感情方面的交流。）Do you want to know him on a personal level? 你想与他建立起私交的关系吗？

2452) I play by the rules. 我是个守规矩的人。

2453) That is what bugs me. 这事叫我烦。

2454) The food doesn’t fill. 这种食物不饱肚。

2455) boondoggle, 作秀工程，That is a boondoggle for the local government. 这只是本地政府的一个做秀的工程。

2456) The rainbow is a token of God’s covenant established with Noal. 彩虹是神与诺亚立约的记号。原句出于创世纪9：16：Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth. 虹必现在云彩中，我看见，就要记念我与地上各样有血肉的活物所立的永约。Retailers make the rainbow connection to raise sales. 零售商广结人缘来促销。make the rainbow connection, 与各色各样的人都交往，rainbow alliance 联合战线，意思类似于共裆的“统战”概念。

2457) It is a no-win situation for us. Let us give it up. 我们不可能赢了，放弃吧。It will be win-win for both of us.我们两会获得双赢。

2458) But two wrongs don’t make a right. 错错并不能得正。这句话从此句发展而来：Two negatives make a positive. 负负得正。Two negatives don’t make a positive.负负不得正。

2459) 关于rich的几个用法：

a) rich可以做名词用：Discover the road to riches. 发现致富之路。Today I am going to talk about three roads to riches. 今天我要谈三条致富之道。Riches can fade anytime. 财富随时都会消退。

b) the rich 是个集合名词，像people一样，动词用复数： The rich in China have to start paying their fair share of taxes. 中国的富人阶层必须缴纳他们该缴的合理的税收。The Chinese rich are not generous, on average. 总的来说，中国富人并不慷慨。Let the rich pay! 让富人买单！富的定义也因人而异（It is elastic.），所以这个词一般指别人。

c) She has some gems that are rich and rare. 她的珠宝特别珍稀。Her thoughts were real gems, rich and rare, and when she spoke there was the flash of diamonds in her sentences. 她的思考如珍珠，特别珍奇，她一开口，每句话都像钻石般闪闪发光。

d) rich from the neck up 打肿脸充胖子She can’t afford the rent and just bought herself a state-of-the-art computer system on credit. She’s rich from the neck up. 她连房租都付不起，却用信用卡买了台最新款式的电脑，她在打肿脸充胖子。

e) 现在中国有钱家庭的小孩飚车，胡来，这叫Rich Kid Syndrome富家弟子综合症. That kid definitely suffers from Rich Kid Syndrome, he drives Mercedes 500, never has worked a day in his life, but now is vice-president in his dad’s company. 这个少爷肯定患有富家弟子综合症，他开着奔驰500，从没干过一天活，现在在他老子的公司却当上了副总裁。

2460) For these commands are a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the corrections of discipline are the way to life, 因为诫命是灯，法则（或作指教）是光。训诲的责备是生命的道。（箴6：23）