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透过幽默学词汇记四级单词有妙招十

发布时间:2019-11-13  编辑:查字典英语网小编

  Anyhow

  Did you ever have nightmares about going to school dressed only in a vest that was too short anyway.

  你做过这样的噩梦吗?只穿着一件特别短的小背心就来到了学校。

  注:肯定没做作业。

  Home is where you can say anything you like 'cause nobody listens to you anyway.

  家是你想说什么就说什么的地方,因为反正也没人听。

  注:前半句说明家是自由的港湾,你可以发泄倾诉,后半句说在家里没人搭理你。

  Big sister: Eat your spinach. It will put color in your cheeks.

  Little sister: Who wants green cheeks anyway?

  姐姐:吃点儿菠菜,你气色会变好(在脸上添颜色)。

  妹妹:谁想要绿脸呢?

  注:Put color: 使人气色变好。妹妹怕吃菠菜多了脸都边绿了。

  I don’t believe in an afterlife, but I’m still bringing a change of underwear anyway.

  我不相信有来生,但我还是准备带上换洗的内裤。

  注:以防万一。如果真有天堂或地狱,等到了那儿,没有换洗的衣服多不方便呀。

  Apart

  Sex brought us together, but gender drove us apart.

  性使我们走到了一起,但性别又把我们分开。

  注:两性相吸,男女走到一起,但男女性格的差异又使他们分开。

  How far apart were the vehicles at the time of the collision?

  两车相撞时离得有多远?

  注:在法庭上律师严肃地问询问证人。

  Apart from a few odd words in Hebrew, I took it for granted that God had never spoken anything but the most dignified[尊贵] English.

  除了几句奇怪的希伯莱文,我想当然地认为上帝除了最尊贵的英语以外从没有说过其他语言。

  注:如果美国人的上帝说英语,中国人的上帝说中文,他们谁也不想学对方的语言,他们怎么交流呀?

  Apartment

  All my friends in Paris seemed very happy when I was leaving. To them they were not losing a friend but gaining an apartment.

  当我要离开时,我所有在巴黎的朋友好象都很高兴,对他们来说他们一个朋友也没有失去,但却得到了一套公寓。

  注:他要暂时离开半年,有套单元房留给朋友们住,朋友们很高兴,他们的友谊得以继续。

  I really enjoy camping, especially since I don’t have enough money to buy an apartment.

  我喜欢野营,特别是因为我没有足够的钱买房子。

  注:他不是喜欢野营,他是没钱买房子,被逼无奈才住在帐篷里。

  We’re lucky we have an apartment. If we lived in our car, we'd be home by now.

  幸运地是我们还有房子住,我们如果住在汽车里,现在就到家里了。

  注:你爸爸在车里抱怨交通拥堵,你这么劝他。

  注:应该乐观地看问题。

  Apologize

  Worn-out baby-sitter to returning parents: Don’t apologize for being late. I wouldn’t be in a hurry to come home either.

  疲惫的临时保姆对回来的父母说:别因为回来晚了向我道歉,换了我也不着急回家。

  注:小孩儿把他(她)折磨得筋疲力尽了。

  场景再现:有些人做错事儿,道歉,接着再做错事儿,再道歉,养成了道歉的习惯,后来没做错事儿时也会习惯性道歉。

  She was the type that would wake up in the morning and immediately start apologizing.

  她是这么一种人,早上醒来会立刻开始道歉。

  I apologize for saying your parents were degenerates.

  我说你父母堕落,我向你道歉。

  注:表面上是道歉,其实又说了一遍“你父母堕落”。道歉不是因为说错了,而是因为说了出来。

  场景再现:夫妻间特别有礼貌,为了一点儿小事儿相互道歉,妻子实在不耐烦了,用手枪指着丈夫的头说:

  I’m sorry, but someone has to put a stop to this endless cycle of apologizing.

  对不起,但是有人必须结束这场无休止的道歉。

  If an Englishman gets run down by a truck, he apologizes to the truck.

  如果一个英国人被一辆卡车撞倒,他向卡车道歉。

  注:英国人非常绅士,被卡车撞了以后还彬彬有礼地冲卡车道歉。

  She was the type who would wake up in the morning and immediately start apologizing.

  她是那类早上醒来会立刻开始道歉的人。

  I have made the habit of apologizing.

  我已经养成了道歉的习惯。

  场景再现:这也是一种幽默技巧,你可以无由头地对你的同学说:

  Apologize now,, it will save time.

  开始道歉吧, 那样会节省时间。

  Apology

  Never make a defense or apology before you are accused.

  被起诉前千万不要辩护或道歉。

  注:律师最不希望人们有了点儿小摩擦就道歉了,他们希望人们都走上法庭。

  Apparent

  I brake for no apparent reason.

  我没有明显的理由就刹车。

  注:汽车标贴。如果你看到前面汽车上贴着这样的标贴,最好离它远点儿,这开车的没准就是个愣头青。

  Bishops tend to live long lives ---- apparently the Lord is not all that keen for them to join Him.

  主教们总能长寿——很明显上帝不太想和他们在一起。

  注:“上帝让谁长寿就是不想和谁在一起”是个有趣的思维角度。

  Appeal

  Junior lawyer: Justice has triumphed!

  Senior partner: Appeal at once!

  年轻律师:正义胜利了!

  资深律师合伙人:立即上诉!

  注:干了很多年律师已经养成了职业习惯,一听见别人胜利了,马上就要上诉。

  Every man wants a woman to appeal to his better side, his nobler instincts and his higher nature --- and another woman to help him forget them.

  每个男人都想要一个女人迎合他好的一面:显示他高尚的本能和高贵的天性——需要另一个女人帮助他忘掉这一切。

  注:讽刺一些道貌岸然的人。

  I’m kind of like the Supreme Court ……No appeal!

  我象是最高法院一样。……没有吸引力。

  注:appeal吸引力;上诉。最高法院审理的案子没地方再上诉了。一个女人这样调侃自己。

  The White House has great popular appeal, a number of families have expressed a desire to set in at anytime --- the Goldwaters, the Nixon, the Regons, and many others.

  白宫具有很大的吸引力,很多家庭都表达了随时搬进去的愿望——Goldwater家,尼克松家,里根家

  注:中南海地处市中心,交通便利,很多人想买那儿的房子。

  

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