點滴英語天天學第213期:雅思詞彙(52)
1.表述：Love me, love my dog.
釋義：If you are going to love someone, you must accept everything about them, even those aspects, qualities, or faults that you might otherwise dislike.（愛屋及烏）
例句：A: We get along really well, and we seem to be incredibly well suited in most ways. The only thing is that she doesn't really like that I still play a lot of video games.
我們相處得很好，我們似乎在很多方面都非常合適。唯一的問題是她不太喜歡我仍然玩很多電子遊戲。
B: If you're meant to be together, then she'll learn to deal with it. Love me, love my dog, as they say.
如果你們打算要在一起，那麼她會學着去處理的，就像他們說的“愛屋及烏。”
Jill: I wish you'd keep your dog out of the house when I come over.
我來的時候，希望你別讓你的狗進屋。
Jane: Love me, love my dog. Most of Alice's friends didn't like her sister, but they accepted her because Alice insisted, "Love me, love my dog."
愛屋及烏。愛麗絲的大多數朋友都不喜歡她姐姐，但他們還是接受了她，因爲愛麗絲堅持說:“愛屋及烏。”
2. 表述：go to the dogs
釋義：To deteriorate or go awry. （惡化，失敗）
例句：Boy, this party has really gone to the dogs. First, there was the issue with the caterer, and now half the guests aren't coming.
天啊，這個聚會真是糟糕透了：首先是伙食供應商的問題，現在有一半的客人不來了。
I always thought my friend Peter had a good future. But then he got hooked on heroin and lost his job and his wife. I never saw a man go to the dogs so fast!
我總以爲我的朋友皮特是很有前途的。但是後來他吸上了毒品，失去了工作，妻子也走了。我從來沒有看到過任何人破落得這麼快！
