《破產姐妹》口語養成之“適得其反”

b a table

【原句】Ugh, I just scrubbed a table. (S05E21)

【翻譯】我剛把一張桌子擦得乾乾淨淨。

【場景】Caroline向Oleg反饋顧客對牛排的投訴，而Oleg卻一副不關心的模樣，還開了手機讓蘇菲與Caroline視頻，就在蘇菲說道還沒無聊到跟她視頻時，遠處Max走過來說着自己做過的事和今日心情。

【講解】

scrub a table 擦桌子。

scrub v.

①（尤指用硬刷、肥皂和水）擦洗，刷洗。=to rub something hard in order to clean it, especially using a stiff brush, soap, and water

②取消（原計劃）。=to decide not to do something you had planned to do

【例句】

She scrubbed (at) the mark on the wall for a long time, but it wouldn't come off.

她花了很長時間擦洗牆上的印跡，但仍然沒有擦掉。

We had to scrub our plans when I lost my job.

我失業了，我們不得不取消計劃。

backfiring

【原句】... it was just a car backfiring. (S05E22)

【翻譯】只是車引擎逆火了。

【場景】Han躲在Max她們的甜品酒吧屋中被Max她們發現，在聽到屋外有聲音響起後，Han迅速躲到剛進門的Randy身後，錯把引擎逆火當槍聲，Han看起來真的遇到了麻煩。

【講解】

backfire v. [ I ]

①（引擎）發生回火。=(of an engine) to make a loud noise as a result of fuel burning too early

②（計劃）產生適得其反的結果。=(of a plan) to have the opposite result from the one you intended

【例句】

I was woken by the sound of a truck backfiring.

卡車引擎的回火聲把我驚醒了。

Her plans to make him jealous backfired on her when he started dating her best friend.

她原本想讓他妒嫉，沒想到最後他卻和她最好的朋友好上了。

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