点滴英语天天学第37期:肯求婚了!(短语详解2)
日期:2019-04-19 18:45

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Jane和Nancy是闺蜜,成天形影不离,无话不谈。Jane今天得知一点让人惊讶的消息,便去跟Nancy说:

Jane: You are not going to believe this . Debbie and Ken are getting hitched next month! He finally popped the question last night.

Jane说到的pop the question是什么意思呢?今天,我们就来学习这个原味表述:pop the question。To pop the question means to ask a woman to marry him. 在文中表示的意思是“求婚”。表示“向.....求婚”,我们在短语的后面用介词to,即:pop the question to someone。我们通过下面的例句来熟悉它的意思和运用:

1. She waited for years for him to pop the question. Finally he popped the question.(她等他的求婚等了很多年,最后,还是得到了这个求婚。)

Ps : wait for years for sb. to do something:等某人做某事等了很多年

2. I want to marry Betty, but I can't seem to get up the nerve to pop the question.(我很想与贝蒂结婚,但是,我怎么也鼓不起勇气去求婚。)

Ps: get up the nerve:鼓起勇气

3. He has been trying for weeks to pluck up the courage to pop the question.(几星期以来,他一直想鼓起勇气求婚。)

Ps : pluck up :振作 pluck up the courage:鼓起勇气 pluck up one's spirit:打起精神,振作精神 for weeks:多周

4. Betty has set her cap at Jack for many years before she finally got him to pop the question.(Betty追求杰克好多年了,终于使他来向自己求婚了。)

Ps: set one's cap at sb. :挑逗,追求某人 get sb. to do sth.:使某人做某事

Pop the question表示“求婚”的意思,是非正式书面用语。 那么,“He finally popped the question last night.”用标准英语说则是:He finally proposed last night.

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