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最初由 Sam1860 发表
这样的帖子也能精华帖？精在哪里了？意义根本不大
要学美语可以去买专门的《XXX美语教程》或《XXX句流行美语》之类的，在这里网友帖上来的还可能是不对的，反而学坏了。

我认为所谓的精华帖内容要么就是很通用，要么就是很专业。这个帖来来去去还是那两三个人在自误乐。。。

我不懂你的自娱自乐是什么意思？ 还有， 你的话我同样可以找到语病。。你所谓的学美语就是捧本XXX美语教程或者XXX句流行美语就真的很perfect了吗？语言是天天变的， 没有一个是contemporary。。。美语教程的书我大学也看过些， 说句不好听的， 大多数都是美国过时两三年的句子了， 而且很多美国人平时都不用的。
何况这里只是交流而已， 请问怎么把人给教坏了？

[torres]

我觉得Sam1860兄有点钻牛角尖了。虽说这个版区是着重技术文档翻译的，但你也可以看到这儿有相当一部分贴子都是学习英文而与技术文档无关的。大家闲来无事往这溜溜，学两句英文，没什么不好。说老实话，我进这个版区，从不看技术文档的，只看和英语有关的贴子。

[Hauser]

on the ropes 即将完蛋(拳击用语，指弱的一方被逼至围栏索上了)
The champion has the challenger on the ropes.
Our company is on the ropes. If we don't get a big order soon, we'll go bankrupt.
Though I am usually very strong and healthy, my vigorous schedule of work and study had me on the ropes.

in one's birthday suit 光着身子，一丝不挂
She was lying on the beach in her birthday suit.
He was wearing nothing but his birthday suit.

[Hauser]

sail close to the wind adopt a dangerous course, 言行几乎越轨,come close (to it), live in near poverty
That ship is sailing dangerously close to the wind.
I don't think we should attempt such a large project on our present budget. That's sailing too close to the wind.
That's sailing too close to the wind for me. If the authorities get wind of our activities, they could raise all kinds of difficulties.
That director doesn't exactly make pornographic movies, but he sails very close to the wind.
We were forced to sail close to the wind for many years until my writings began to sell well.

[Hauser]

read someone the riot act 严厉斥责
When Daniel had been late for work three days in a row, the boss called him into his office and read the riot act.
My father really read me the riot act for getting home so late last night.

bushed 累极了(仅指身体疲累)
You look bushed. Why don't you go to bed early?
After working all day in the yard, I was completely bushed.

[Hauser]

doll 美人
Get a load of that doll over there. I wonder what her name is.
Have you met Edgar's fiancée? She's a living doll.
Look at that little boy and girl over there. Aren't they dolls?

a go-getter 精力充沛，积极进取的人
In the business world, "go-getter" is a term of praise; in the ********** bureaucracy, it's a criticism.
Ferdinand is a go-getter. He'll make an excellent student body president.
Not being a natural-born go-getter, I was happy to be transferred from sales to the personnel department.

[Hauser]

a shooting iron *
Shooting irons aren't exactly my favorite playthings.
The Injuns is acoming'. Lemme git mah shooting' arn. (The Indians are coming. Let me get my shooting iron.)

a name-dropper 常以仿佛很熟习的口吻谈到名人的人
Samantha is a name-dropper if there ever was one. To hear her talk, you'd think that the mayor and half the company presidents in town come to dinner almost every week at her house.
I'm sick and tired of that guy's name-dropping. You'd think he doesn't know anyone who isn't listed in Who's Who.

[Hauser]

a hard row to hoe 艰难困苦
Anyone who hopes to become an Olympic-class athlete has a hard row to hoe.
Medical school is a hard row to hoe, but if that's what you want, more power to you.

a windbag 绕舌的人
Olive is such a windbag. She can talk for hours at a time without saying anything.
The last speaker was a real windbag. By the end of his talk we were all bored to tears.

[Hauser]

every something [someone] under the sun 所有一切
A worldwide nuclear war would destroy almost every man, woman and child under the sun.
I tried every way under the sun to persuade him to come, but it was no use.
Not having met for so long, we stayed up all night discussing everything under the sun.
I'm a country boy. I wouldn't live in New York if it were the most beautiful city under the sun.
The Chinese are often said to work harder than any other people under the sun.
Why under the sun didn't you tell me?

[Hauser]

Actions speak louder than words. 行动胜于雄辩
In training children, young parents must realize that actions speak louder than words and always set an example of good behavior.
If you expect to get a raise, you have to show that you deserve it. After all, actions speak louder than words.

beat the bushes 拼命搜索
The hunters spent all day out beating the bushes for quail, but didn't find a single one.
They don't make this model of car anymore. I really have to beat the bushes to get spare parts for it.

[Hauser]

bet one's bottom dollar 肯定，绝对有把握
Football is my favorite sport. Whenever there is a home game, you can bet your bottom dollar that I'll be there.
Darrell says he's sure his nephew didn't steal the money, but I'll bet he wouldn't bet his bottom dollar on it.

while the going is good 不失时机, 趁形势还好
The snow is beginning to fall pretty fast. If we hope to get home tonight, we'd better go while the going is good.
The police will be here soon. We'd better get out of here while the going is good.
Apparently there's going to be a bad recession soon. I'm going to take my money out of the stock market while the going is good.

[Hauser]

strike while the iron is hot 趁有机会立即行动
We must strike while the iron is hot. If we wait another single day, the opportunity may be gone forever.
You should accept his offer now, while the iron is hot. By tomorrow he may have changed his mind.


call someone names 骂人
A: I don't care for fools and liars. B: You wouldn't be calling me names now, would you?
I've been called all kinds of names in my life, but never an omphaloskeptic!

[Hauser]

rub it in 触及对方的痛处(戏谑)
Please don't tell Fergus about my mistake, will you? He'd rub it in every chance he got.
OK, OK, I know the German isn't my best subject. You don't have to rub it in.
My husband delights in rubbing in the fact that I was over an hour late to our wedding.

beat around the bush 说话兜圈子
Stop beating around the bush and come to the point. I'm a busy man.

[2147]

in one's birthday suit
很幽默哈