點滴英語天天學第248期:雅思詞彙(88)
1. 詞彙：as strong as a horse
釋義：Very physically fit; having great physical strength and endurance. （身體健康，有很大的體力和耐力，身體健壯）
例句：Our father was always as strong as a horse, so it took us all by surprise when he was hospitalized by a heart attack at the age of 48.
我們的父親總是很強壯，所以當他在48歲的時候心臟病發作住院的時候，我們都很吃驚。
She got into weight lifting a couple years ago and is strong as a horse now!
幾年前她開始練習舉重，現在她身體健壯。
Jill: My car broke down; it's sitting out on the street.
我的車拋錨了，它就在外面的街上。
Jane: Get Linda to help you push it; she's as strong as a horse.
讓琳達幫你推;她像馬一樣健壯。
2. 詞彙：as strong as a lion
釋義：Very physically fit; having great physical strength and endurance. （身體健康，有很大的體力和耐力，身體健壯）
例句：Now he was a man of thirty with a rather hard mouth and a supercilious manner, who was as strong as a lion.
現在，他是三十多歲的人了，嘴邊略帶狠相，舉止高傲，身體健壯。
He is willing player who is as strong as a lion and in a key match he can be expected to run himself into the ground.
他身體健壯而又賣力，在關鍵性的比賽中，可以指望他竭盡全力，奮戰到底。
Those men are as strong as a lion and relaxed in his sexual mores.
那些人身體健壯，男女關係自由隨便。
3. 詞彙：back the wrong horse
釋義：To support someone or something that cannot win or succeed. （選錯人，壓錯寶，支持不會獲得成功的人或事）
例句：You really backed the wrong horse when you picked that swimmer to win the race—he didn't even medal!
你選那個游泳運動員贏得比賽，真是選錯人了——他連獎牌都沒得!
I don't want to back the wrong horse, but it seems to me that Jed is the better candidate.
我不想選錯人，但在我看來傑德是更好的人選。
Over his long career, Coach Carpenter recruited hundreds of football players for our university, who helped their team win their division trophy year after year. It's a mystery how he made his decisions. Yet the fact remains that he rarely backed the wrong horse.
在卡朋特教練多年的執教生涯中，他爲我們學校招錄了數百個橄欖球隊員，幫自己所在的球隊連年奪取地區賽冠軍。卡朋特教練到底是怎麼選隊員的？誰也說不清。但事實是，他幾乎從不會挑錯人。
Politicians who backed the wrong horse in the election are now trying to curry favor with the winning candidate—without much success.
在選舉中支持錯了人的政客們現在正試圖討好獲勝的候選人，但沒有取得多大成功。
