点滴英语天天学第138期:分手了!(拓展语汇28)
日期:2019-09-08 16:15

(单词翻译:单击)

分手也就意味着恋情的终止,我们今天就继续来学习与“恋情的终止”非常流行的俚语,这些俚语具有很强的表现力来描述我们的情感。

1. 语汇:jerk off

释义:A thoroughly incompetent, foolish, bumbling, or useless person. (蠢人,无能无用的人,笨手笨脚的人)

用法:这是一个非常粗鲁的用语,慎用。

例句:I can't believe that jerk off got elected to the Senate!

我真不敢相信那个混蛋当选为参议员了!

Get off the road before you kill someone, jerk off!

在你杀人之前,离开这条路,混蛋!

Kevin is such a jerk off. He played on everyone all night!

Kevin真是个讨厌鬼,整个晚上把所有人戏弄了一遍!

2.语汇:kick someone/something to the curb

释义:To discard, abandon, or dismiss someone or something that has become redundant, obsolete, useless, or unwanted.

例句:I can't believe that after 20 years of hard work the company would just kick me to the curb like that!

我真不敢相信,经过20年的辛勤工作,公司竟然会这样把我解雇!

I think it's about time we kick this old computer to the curb.

我觉得是该丢掉这部旧电脑的时候了。

I heard Jenny kicked her boyfriend to the curb last night. They must have had an awful fight!

我听说Jenny昨晚离开了她的男友,他们一定大吵了一顿。

Kirk cheated on you again! Kick him to the curb!

Kirk又欺骗你了,把他踹了!

3.语汇:loser

释义:A person who is regularly unsuccessful, especially when you have a low opinion of them. (失败者,一无是处的人)

例句:Those guys are all losers. They’ll never amount to anything.

那些人都是失败者,他们将一事无成。

He's a good-for-nothing loser.

他是个没出息的失败者。

我们今天学习了2个非常有表现力的表述法。Hope thatyoucanbearthem in your mind. 这也是雅思考试必备的词汇哦!

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重点单词
  • unwantedadj. 不必要的,空闲的
  • curbn. 抑制,勒马绳,边石,路缘 vt. 抑制,束缚,牵(
  • obsoleteadj. 已废弃的,过时的
  • abandonv. 放弃,遗弃,沉溺 n. 放纵
  • unsuccessfuladj. 失败的;不成功的
  • dismissvt. 解散,开除,逃避,(法律)驳回
  • redundantadj. 多余的,失业的
  • incompetentadj. 无能力的,不称职的,不能胜任的 n. 没有能力
  • discardn. 丢牌,废牌 vt. 丢弃,抛弃 vi. 丢牌