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英汉词典查不到(之十一)
武夷山
1101 Look into someplace on the way home
回家路上去某处溜一眼(比如进一家商店小逛一下)
1102 Wake with a jerk
(在车上打盹,急刹车后)猛地醒过来
1103 A patina of dust
一层尘土
评:这个量词很有意思!
1104 I made a mental note of the phrase.
我特意记住了这个词组。
1105 Application forms must be made out in triplicate.
申请表须一式三份。
1106 Make up a four
(打牌三缺一时补上去)凑成四人
1107 Customer’s own materials made up
(裁缝店的招牌上写的字)来料加工
1108 Just scrap a pass
勉强及格
1109 The assistant measured off a dress-length from the roll.
营业员从衣料卷上量出够做一件连衣裙的料。
1110 Move right down inside please!
(售票员的吆喝)请赶快往里走!
1111 Doze fitfully
描述这样的状态:打一阵盹儿,头往下一冲就醒过来了,再接着打盹。很难翻译这两个词。
1112 It prejudges issue to…
下(什么样的)判断还为时过早。
1113 Go along with the crowd
与大伙儿相处得不错
1114 He couldn’t keep his hands to himself.
他的手就没个消停的时候。
1115 Export rejects
出口转内销
评:“出口转内销”的商品在改革开放初期很受欢迎,因为质量较好。明明是出口检验不合格才内销的,却美其名曰“出口转内销”,充分体现了中国人把坏说成好的的语言能力。例如不是“下降”,而是“负增长”。
1116 I don’t want to buy tomatoes that have already been pawed around by other customers.
我不愿意买被其他顾客摸来摸去的那些西红柿。
1117 Rest on one’s oars
(因地位稳固而)不再努力
1118 Ear-shattering
震耳欲聋
1119 It’s who you know, not what you know.
靠关系,不靠水平。
1120 Needle shower
莲蓬头式的淋浴
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