美味食物:有关食物的趣味短语(4)
日期:2010-10-29 10:31

(单词翻译:单击)

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[00:12.18]趣味食品idioms
[00:17.01]bring home the bacon
[00:21.66]bacon 咸肉
[00:23.78]bring home the bacon
[00:31.66]earn your family's living 养家糊口,维持生计
[00:39.06]Recently I have been working very hard trying to bring home the bacon.
[00:43.73]I have no time to do anything else.
[00:54.85]butter up someone
[00:59.42]butter 涂黄油
[01:04.46]butter up someone
[01:09.83]flatter someone to try to get their favor or friendship
[01:22.78]He spends most of his free time trying to butter up his boss
[01:26.75]so that he won't have to work so hard.
[01:41.19]carrot and stick
[01:46.52]carrot and stick 胡萝卜和棍棒
[01:52.57]promising to reward or punish someone at the same time
[02:02.30]恩威并施,软硬兼施
[02:06.71]The government took a carrot and stick approach to the people
[02:10.58]who were illegally protesting against the construction of the dam.

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重点单词
  • damn. 水坝,堤,障碍物 vt. 筑坝,抑制(情感等)
  • approachn. 接近; 途径,方法 v. 靠近,接近,动手处理
  • promisingadj. 有希望的,有前途的
  • stickn. 枝,杆,手杖 vt. 插于,刺入,竖起 vi. 钉
  • constructionn. 建设,建造,结构,构造,建筑物
  • flatterv. 阿谀奉承,取悦,炫耀 n. 平整工具