实用口语:如何说"子虚乌有"
日期:2008-09-13 10:34

(单词翻译:单击)

镜中花,水中月,但事情往往是镜中无花,水中无月,竹楼打水一场空。今天偶们来学学虚幻、不真实的、子虚乌有的该如何表达?

1. mare's nest

mare's nest的渊源,简单地近乎荒诞──因为母马从不筑巢穴,所以mare's nest(母马的巢穴)自然也就不会存在。由此,"mare's nest"常用来比喻“原以为重要的追求,到头来来却空欢喜梦一场”。或许,人们又觉得,不会筑巢的母马既使筑巢穴也会搞得一团糟(更为荒诞的推理),所以,"mare's nest"又可用来指代“杂乱、无序、棘手”的状况。

a) a discovery that seems important but is actually of no value.
b) a confused situation or a very untidy place.

请看例句:

He thought the girl would be his wife-to-be, only to find a mare's nest.
他一直以为那个女孩会嫁给他,到头来却是空欢喜一场。

It's said that a 60-year-old woman was pregnant.
传说一个60岁的老太太怀孕了。

It proved just to be a mare's nest.
根本就是子虚乌有。

2. be for the birds

毫无价值的,荒唐可笑的。

old-fashioned informal to be silly, useless, or not practical.

请看例句:

Their opinions on art are simply for the birds.
他们对艺术的见解真是荒唐可笑。

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重点单词
  • informaladj. 非正式的,不拘形式的
  • untidyadj. 不整齐的,懒散的
  • confusedadj. 困惑的;混乱的;糊涂的 v. 困惑(confu