迷你對話學地道口語第278期:賣弄學問
迷你對話：
A: Mark is parade his knowledge again.
馬克又在賣弄學問了。
B: Yeah! He’s very good at showing off his knowledge.
是啊，他總是善於炫耀。
A: A well-learned person never does that.
真正有學問的人不會這樣做的。
地道表達：
parade one’s knowledge
解詞釋義：
parade有“炫耀，賣弄”的意思。改習語意爲“炫耀，賣弄自己的知識”。改習語也可以用作make a parade of one’s knowledge.
支持範例：
A genuine scholar does not make a parade of his knowledge.
真正的學者不會誇示他的知識。
Don't make a parade of your knowledge in face of others, nor even look down upon those who abound in inherent weaknesses.
不要以自己的長處驕人，也不要輕看那些多有短處的人。
He's always parading his knowledge.
他老愛炫耀知識。
詞海拾貝：
1 be good at：擅長於......
範例：I am not good at sports, but I like to watch them.
我不擅於運動，但我喜歡看。
He is good at managing money matters.
他很會理財。
He is good at initiating projects but rarely follows through with anything.
他頗能提方案，但幹什麼事情都很少堅持到底。
He' s well-intentioned but not very good at getting things done.
他常常是好心辦不出好事。
2 show off：炫耀，賣弄
範例：His show off only serves to show up his ignorance.
他的賣弄只不過暴露了他自己的無知。
She did a quick twirl to show off her dress.
她輕快地一轉身,炫耀自己所穿的衣服。
They run around and talk and show off too much.
他們到處跑來跑去，吹牛，誇耀自己。
Although he wants to make a hit, I think he hasn't got much to show off.
雖然他想大出風頭, 不過我以爲他沒有什麼可炫耀的。
3 well-learned：真才實學的
範例：Ten years later he became a well-learned scholar and famous doctor.
十年後他成爲了著名的學者和醫生。
He's well-learned and full of dandy ideas.
他學習很好，並且有許多好主意。
