點滴英語天天學第193期:雅思詞彙(32)
1. 表述：lone wolf
釋義：Someone who does not seek or like the company of others.（獨來獨往的人）
例句：Shannon should have known Brad would break her heart—he's a lone wolf who doesn't like getting close to anybody.
Shannon應該知道Brad會傷她的心，因爲他是一個不喜歡接近任何人的獨來獨往的人。
A: Does he have any friends at school?
他在學校裏有朋友嗎？
B: No, I think he's a lone wolf.
沒有，我想他是一個獨來獨往的人。
Nobody knows for certain what kind of man he is --he's rather a lone wolf.
誰也不能肯定知道他是什麼樣的一個人，因爲他總愛獨來獨往。
Glen is a lone wolf and seldom joins in the activities of the neightbourhood.
Glen是個獨來獨往的人，他很少與鄰居交往。
2. 表述：( as ) meek as a mouse
釋義：To be old-fashioned Exceptionally patient, humble, and mild in manner or spirit.（溫順的）
例句：I was told that she was as meek as a mouse around this little man half her size.
我聽說她對這個身材只有她一半的矮小男人非常溫順。
Despite his hulking, imposing appearance, the huge athlete is as meek as a mouse when you speak to him in person.
儘管這個運動員身材魁梧，儀表堂堂，但當你當面跟他說話時，他很溫順。
The girl is as meek as a mouse. Everyone in the family dotes on her.
女孩十分溫順，家裏每個人都寵愛她。
3.表述：meek as a lamb
釋義：Exceptionally patient, humble, and mild in manner or spirit.（溫順的）
例句：Only an hour after their argument, Joe went to Elizabeth, meek as a lamb, and asked her to forgive him.
他們爭吵後僅僅一個小時，喬就走到伊麗莎白跟前，像羊羔一樣溫順地請求她原諒他。
Betsy terrorizes the other children, but she's as meek as a lamb around her elders.
Betsy恐嚇其他孩子，但在長輩面前卻像羔羊一樣溫順。
It was thought he might have resisted arrest but in the event he accompanied the officers to the Police Station, as meek as a lamb.
原來人們認爲他會拒捕的，但結果他像小羊一樣老老實實地隨着員警到了警察局。
If he'd thought I would sit there, as meek as a lamb while he abused my family, he must have got a real surprise.
如果他以爲在他罵我家人時我會老實地坐那兒聽着，他一定會感到震驚。
