美劇中出鏡率極高的地道俚語(4)
We' ll get through this together.
get through:度過難關
eg: A: m so nervous about the final exam.
我好擔心期末考試的事．
B: Don' t worry,you' ll get through it.
別擔心，你一定會堅持到底的．
Emily had a hard time adjusting to her new job but she got through this.
Emily經過了一個很難熬的時間去適應她的新工作，她終於扛過來了．
I' m not giving in to anything.
give in:屈服
eg: I asked my boss for a raise for so many times that he eventually gave in.
我跟老闆說好多次加薪的事，他終於認了．
Ellen' s husband wants to move to Moscow, but she refuses to give in because she hates cold weather.
Ellen的老公想搬到莫斯科，但Ellen拒絕妥協，因爲她很不喜歡太冷的天氣．
I just wanted to tell you for old times' sake.
for old times' sake:念在往日情分
eg: Let' s go to Pete' s Restaurant tonight for old times' haven' t been there since we moved 5 years ago.
我們去彼得餐廳重溫往日時光吧，５年前我們搬走後就再沒去過了．
I want to meet up with my college roommates for old times' have seen each other for so long.
我和想見見我大學時的室友，我們已經很久沒見面了．
stab a person in the back 背後捅刀; 出賣某人
A: I can't believe my best friend stabbed me in the back.
A: 我不敢相信我最好的朋友竟然出賣我。
B: What happened?
B: 怎麼回事?
"stab a person in the back" 和 "sell a person out" 都是出賣某人的意思。和中文語法很像, 應該很好記的。
leave someone alone 不干涉; 聽其自然
A: Isn't it about time Jane visited her hairdresser? Her bangs are hanging all over her face now.
A: Jane 該去見她的美髮師了吧! 她的劉海都(長到)垂到臉上了。
B: Leave her alone. Maybe she likes to have her eyes covered so she doesn't have to see your face.
B: 你管她! 也許她希望(頭髮長到)把眼睛蓋住, 好看不見你的臉啊!
"leave me alone" 和上一句中的 "Get off my back" 意思很像, 都有要求別人不要管的意思。"hairdresser" 是花時間整理你頭髮的美髮師; "barber" 則是收費低廉, 5分鐘就把你的頭髮剪好送出門的理髮師。
Get off my back. 不要管我!
A: Why don't you get off my back? You've been bitching at me all night
A: 你爲何不讓我一個人安靜一下? 你整個晚上都在抱怨我。
B: That's fine. Never talk to me again.
B: 好啊! 你都不要再和我講話好了。
"bitch" 是母狗的意思, 也有人用來罵兇悍的女子(或所謂的賤貨)。 "bitch" 還有抱怨的意思, 抱怨者不必是女生。
"Why are you so bitchy today?"
你今天怎麼好像是吃錯藥似的, 抱怨個不停?
hard feelings 怨氣
A: Man, I'm really sorry about what happened last night.
A: 老兄啊! 昨晚的事真是抱歉..
B: It's all right. It's over with. No hard feelings.
B: 沒關係。已經過去了。沒什麼好生氣了。
"It's over with" 是已經過去了。結束某種不愉快的情緒, 可以用get over。 如 "I know you were mad at him for what he had done. But, it has been five years. Get over it."
我知道你很氣他所作的事, 但是這已經是五年前的事了, 你應該釋懷了。
have a crush on 迷戀某人
A I'm having this huge crush on Ted. I'm going to try and see if I can ask him out this weekend.
A: 我最近好喜歡 Ted 喔! 我想看看能不能約他這個週末出來。
B: I heard that he is already seeing somebody.
B: 嗯....但是我聽說他已經有了交往的對象了。
美國人關於交友的用詞和我們有些不同。這裏的 "he is seeing somebody" 有可能指他剛正開始和某人交往, 也可能指他和對方已經交往了一陣子。還有一個美國人常用來形容他們的感情狀況的字是"relationship"。
windbag (a person who talks too much, especially about boring things)
羅哩巴嗦的人
有些人受瞎扯，談話的內容更是枯燥乏味。英文稱這種人爲windbag，因爲他就象裝滿廢氣的氣囊，“吐”出來的盡是些無聊的“廢氣”。
A: You know what? Howard spent hour talking nonsense to me last night.
你知道嗎?霍華德昨晚花了幾個小時跟我講了一大堆廢話。
B: You poor guy! Everyone knows he's a real windbag.
你這個可憐的傢伙!大家都知道他是個很羅哩巴嗦的人。
