Man and wife/结发夫妻[实用短语跟贴]
Man and wife结为夫妻
【精解】
不知大家平时有没有注意过,西方人,尤其是英国人在举行婚礼的时候,牧师总是说:“I now pronounce you man and wife.”(我现在宣布你们两人结为夫妻)。
那么牧师为什么不说husband and wife或者man and woman,而说man and wife呢?
这个问题不太容易回答清楚,只能说是“约定俗成”的。公元十一世纪以来,婚礼上一直说man and wife,当时的man的一个词义是“丈夫”,而husband的意思是“农夫”。Husbandry这个词到现在还保留着“耕作”的意思。几百年来, man和husband的词义早就发生了变化,而婚礼上的习俗却没有变。因此,man and wife也就随之成为固定的成对词。
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A lame duck处于困境无法自理的人、组织或事物
【世博精解】
a lame duck从字面意思上理解是“一只瘸腿的鸭子”。Lame means unable to walk normally because of an injury or defect,瘸的,跛的。
其实它还隐含着另外一层意思:It refers to a person, organization or thing that is in difficulties and unable to manage government without help,表示处于困境无法自理的人、组织或事物。
我们来看例句:
The government should not waste money supporting lame duck.
政府不应浪费资金去扶持那些无望的企业。
Lame duck also means elected official in his final period of office,(任期将满的)官员。例如:a lame duck President,即将卸任的总统。
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Scratch card刮刮乐,刮刮卡
【精解】
如今有奖刮卡之类的活动越来越多,这不,上海前几天还推出一个餐饮发票有奖刮卡活动。可惜的是,我从来没有中过奖。
开个小小的玩笑,言归正传,我们今天主要就是来学习“刮刮卡”的英语表达。
Scratch card, card partly or wholly covered with a thick waxy coating. When this is scratched away a symbol is revealed indicating whether or not a prize has been won in a competition.刮刮乐,刮刮卡(部分或全部涂上一层厚蜡的卡片,根据刮掉蜡后显露的图案判断是否中奖)。
如:a winning symbol on the scratch card,刮刮乐上的中奖图案。
突然又听一个商贩叫到:
Scratch cards! Win instant prizes!快买刮刮乐,即刮即中!
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Hand-me-downs旧东西
【精解】
hand-me-downs means used or unwanted things (especially clothes) that are given to another person, especially a younger brother or sister,某人用旧的或不要的而传给他人的东西(尤指留给弟弟妹妹用的衣物)。
Hand-me-downs also can be called reach-me-downs.
例句:
I don't want your old hand-me downs!
我不要你那些用过了的旧东西。
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know the ropes熟悉内幕;懂得诀窍
【精解】
know the ropes means explain to somebody know the procedures or rules for doing something,向某人解释/弄清楚做某事的程序或规则。
我们也可以说:show somebody / learn the ropes,同样也表示熟悉内幕。
我们来看例句:
She's just started-it'll take her a week or two to learn the ropes.
她是新手―要用一两个星期的时间熟悉情况。
He knows the ropes.
他知道其中的规矩。
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