點滴英語天天學第280期:雅思詞彙(120)
1. get one’s goat
釋義：To annoy or anger one.（惹人發怒）
e.g. I have seen it get some people's goat to be told that their color was good and their pulse even.
我曾看到在告之某些人他的氣色很好，脈搏很正常時，他們卻暴跳如雷。
e.g. She got my goat when telling me that drivers' honking is justified because it protects people. They care about people's safety!
她說司機們按喇叭是對的，是爲了保護大家的安全，我就火了。
e.g. He got everyone's goat by starting a conversation everyday with one topic. That is complaining about his low salary, life is so uninteresting, everything is not right!
他每天都是同一個話題，抱怨他的工資低，生活無趣，什麼都不對，惹的大家都反感他了。
e.g. It really gets my goat when people don't cover their mouths when they sneeze.
有些人打噴嚏也不捂着點，這真讓我火大。
2. gold digger
釋義：A person who only pursues romantic relationships with wealthy partners for financial gain. （一個只爲了經濟利益而與富有的伴侶追求浪漫關係的人，以美色騙取男人錢財的女人，爲金錢而結婚的女人）
e.g. Scott's friends warned him that Tracy was a gold digger and was only interested in marrying him for his money.
斯科特的朋友們警告他，特蕾西是個拜金女，嫁給他只是爲了他的錢。
e.g. In three years Pam has been engaged four times, she does it so that the boyfriends give her money and presents. She is a gold digger.
3年中帕姆已訂婚4次，她這樣做的目的只是讓那些男朋友們送她錢財和禮物，她真是一個以色相騙取男人錢財的女人。
e.g. Pam isn't interested in your money instead of your personality. You had better not have any cotact with her because she is a gold digger! .
帕姆不是喜歡你，而是喜歡你的錢。最好不要和她來往，因爲她是一個以色誘惑男人騙取錢財的人。
3. good wine needs no brush
釋義：An item of good quality needs no advertisement. （酒香不怕巷子深，質量好的商品不需要廣告）
e.g. The product I've invented is so excellent that it needs no ad campaign, just as good wine needs no bush.
我發明的產品如此之好，不需要廣告宣傳，就像酒香不怕巷子深一樣。
e.g. A: Mrs. Smith’s daughter is so beautiful that she is chozen as an actress when shopping in a mall with her mother.
史密斯太太的女兒很漂亮，當她和媽媽在購物中心購物時，她被選爲女演員。
B: Just as the old saying goes, “Good wine needs no brush.”
正如那句老話所說：“酒香不怕巷子深。”
今天，我們學習了3個雅思考試詞彙中的詞語：Good wine need no brush，a gold digger，get one's goat，希大家通過例句來領悟它的意思和掌握它的用法。
