迷你对话学地道口语第1367期:非常有价值
日期:2019-05-20 07:12

(单词翻译:单击)

第一,迷你对话

A: Thanks a lot. You've been worth your weight in gold.

太感谢你们了,你们帮我的大忙。

B: Don't mention it. It's our pleasure.

别提这事了,这是我们的荣幸。

第二,地道表达

worth one's weight in gold

1. 解词释义

Worth one's weight in gold的字面意思是“用金子来称它的重量”,用之形容“东西非常贵重或者事情非常有价值”。其英文释义为:very important, very value,very useful。

2. 拓展范例

E.g. Any successful manager is worth his weight in gold.

任何一个成功的管理者都是千金难求的。

E.g. Local knowledge is worth its weight in gold.

当地的市场行情极具价值。

E.g. When you're in a foreign country, you'll find that a translator is worth his weight in gold.

当你在异国他乡时,你会觉得翻译是千金难求的。

E.g. A computer system that didn't crash all the time would be worth its weight in gold around here!

电脑系统始终不崩溃在这里是千金难得的。


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