點滴英語天天學第211期:雅思詞彙(50)
1.表述：dirty dog
釋義：A low and sneaky person. （卑鄙的小人）
例句：Your agent seems like a dirty dog, so I wouldn't sign any contract he gives you.
你的代理人是個卑鄙小人，所以他給你的合同我都不會籤。
That dirty dog tried to get fresh with me!
那隻卑鄙的狗想對我放肆！
Professor Moriarty could be described as the dirty dog of the Sherlock Holmes stories.
莫里亞蒂教授可以被說成是福爾莫斯故事中的行爲卑鄙齷齪的人。
2. 表述：lead a dog life
釋義：To lead a life that is difficult, unpleasant, or boring. （過着困難，不愉快和無聊的生活了，過着牛馬不如的生活，過着悲慘的生活）
例句：My poor dad lived a dog's life to provide for his kids, but we just wrote him off as a boring nobody.
我的窮爸爸過着悲慘的生活來養活他的孩子們，但是我們卻認爲他是一個無趣的小人物。
I've had to lead a dog's life since college just to make ends meet.
自從大學以來，爲了維持生計，我不得不過着潦倒的生活。
I've been working so hard. I'm tired of living a dog's life.
我工作一直很努力。我厭倦了過着窮困潦倒的生活。
3. 表述：be as sick as a dog
釋義： To be very ill. （病得很嚴重）
例句：Honestly, I haven't been avoiding you—I've been sick as a dog.
老實說，我一直在躲着你——我病得很厲害。
I had to go to the doctor on Monday because I was as sick as a dog all weekend.
我星期一得去看醫生，因爲我整個週末都病得很厲害。
