迷你对话学地道口语第278期:卖弄学问
日期:2013-02-07 18:53

(单词翻译:单击)

迷你对话:

A: Mark is parade his knowledge again.

马克又在卖弄学问了。

B: Yeah! He’s very good at showing off his knowledge.

是啊,他总是善于炫耀。

A: A well-learned person never does that.

真正有学问的人不会这样做的。

地道表达:

parade one’s knowledge

解词释义:

parade有“炫耀,卖弄”的意思。改习语意为“炫耀,卖弄自己的知识”。改习语也可以用作make a parade of one’s knowledge.

支持范例:

A genuine scholar does not make a parade of his knowledge.

真正的学者不会夸示他的知识。

Don't make a parade of your knowledge in face of others, nor even look down upon those who abound in inherent weaknesses.

不要以自己的长处骄人,也不要轻看那些多有短处的人。

He's always parading his knowledge.

他老爱炫耀知识。

词海拾贝:

1 be good at:擅长于......

范例:I am not good at sports, but I like to watch them.

我不擅于运动,但我喜欢看。

He is good at managing money matters.

他很会理财。

He is good at initiating projects but rarely follows through with anything.

他颇能提方案,但干什么事情都很少坚持到底。

He' s well-intentioned but not very good at getting things done.

他常常是好心办不出好事。

2 show off:炫耀,卖弄

范例:His show off only serves to show up his ignorance.

他的卖弄只不过暴露了他自己的无知。

She did a quick twirl to show off her dress.

她轻快地一转身,炫耀自己所穿的衣服。

They run around and talk and show off too much.

他们到处跑来跑去,吹牛,夸耀自己。

Although he wants to make a hit, I think he hasn't got much to show off.

虽然他想大出风头, 不过我以为他没有什么可炫耀的。

3 well-learned:真才实学的

范例:Ten years later he became a well-learned scholar and famous doctor.

十年后他成为了著名的学者和医生。

He's well-learned and full of dandy ideas.

他学习很好,并且有许多好主意。

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重点单词
  • genuineadj. 真正的,真实的,真诚的
  • inherentadj. 内在的,固有的
  • ignorancen. 无知