(单词翻译:单击)
1. 表述:lone wolf
释义:Someone who does not seek or like the company of others.(独来独往的人)
例句:Shannon should have known Brad would break her heart—he's a lone wolf who doesn't like getting close to anybody.
Shannon应该知道Brad会伤她的心,因为他是一个不喜欢接近任何人的独来独往的人。
A: Does he have any friends at school?
他在学校里有朋友吗?
B: No, I think he's a lone wolf.
没有,我想他是一个独来独往的人。
Nobody knows for certain what kind of man he is --he's rather a lone wolf.
谁也不能肯定知道他是什么样的一个人,因为他总爱独来独往。
Glen is a lone wolf and seldom joins in the activities of the neightbourhood.
Glen是个独来独往的人,他很少与邻居交往。
2. 表述:( as ) meek as a mouse
释义:To be old-fashioned Exceptionally patient, humble, and mild in manner or spirit.(温顺的)
例句:I was told that she was as meek as a mouse around this little man half her size.
我听说她对这个身材只有她一半的矮小男人非常温顺。
Despite his hulking, imposing appearance, the huge athlete is as meek as a mouse when you speak to him in person.
尽管这个运动员身材魁梧,仪表堂堂,但当你当面跟他说话时,他很温顺。
The girl is as meek as a mouse. Everyone in the family dotes on her.
女孩十分温顺,家里每个人都宠爱她。
3.表述:meek as a lamb
释义:Exceptionally patient, humble, and mild in manner or spirit.(温顺的)
例句:Only an hour after their argument, Joe went to Elizabeth, meek as a lamb, and asked her to forgive him.
他们争吵后仅仅一个小时,乔就走到伊丽莎白跟前,像羊羔一样温顺地请求她原谅他。
Betsy terrorizes the other children, but she's as meek as a lamb around her elders.
Betsy恐吓其他孩子,但在长辈面前却像羔羊一样温顺。
It was thought he might have resisted arrest but in the event he accompanied the officers to the Police Station, as meek as a lamb.
原来人们认为他会拒捕的,但结果他像小羊一样老老实实地随着员警到了警察局。
If he'd thought I would sit there, as meek as a lamb while he abused my family, he must have got a real surprise.
如果他以为在他骂我家人时我会老实地坐那儿听着,他一定会感到震惊。