點滴英語天天學第第71期:Tim想套磁沒成功(拓展語彙6)
從古至今，戀愛有3個階段。第一階段是“尋求戀情”，第二階段是“戀情帶來的興奮和激動”，第三階段是“戀情的終止”。既然戀愛是我們生活中的一個重要部分，當然有很多表示關於愛情的俚語。下面，我們就繼續來學習它們。
1. 原味表述：death warmed over
解析：It means to be very ill or to appear very sickly. 譯爲：病得非常嚴重，滿臉病容。
例句：I'm feeling like death warmed over this morning. There's no way I can make it to work. 今早我病得非常嚴重，沒有辦法讓它工作。
A tall, black-garbed gentleman lay there, looking like death warmed over. 一位高大的黑衣紳士躺在那兒，看上去病得很嚴重。
2. 原味表述：beaten with an ugly stick
解析：It means to be very ugly. 譯爲：很難看。
例句：Dude, when she was born she got beaten with an ugly stick! Dude，她生來就難看無比。
Most look like they were beaten with an ugly stick, some are quite chunky too. 大多數人看上去否非常醜，有一些還非常胖。
3. 原味表述：face that could stop a clock
解析：It means a face that is strikingly or shockingly unattractive. 譯爲：非常醜。
例句：She is extraordinarily bright, but her face could stop a clock. 她非常聰明，但是她長得非常醜。
What did she look like? She had a face that could stop a clock. 她長得如何？她長得很難看。
4. 原味表述：short on looks
解析：用之來要形容一個人看起來不怎麼樣，相貌平平。
例句：She is a nice person, but short on looks. 她是個好人，但是相貌平平。
今天，我們學習4個可以用於戀情中需要用得到的俚語：face that could stop a clock，beaten with an ugly stick，short on looks。Hope thatyou can keep them in yourmind andmake use ofthem inyour daily life.
今天，我們補充學習Lesson one：《Tim想套磁沒有成功》的拓展語彙。
