托福听力对话习语讲解 第37期:任劳任怨
日期:2014-11-03 09:56

(单词翻译:单击)

英语习语

grin and bear 任劳任怨;毫无怨言地忍受

——Carla,I can't take this job any longer. (Carla,我不能再做这份工作了。)
——If you need the money, you'll just have to grin and bear it. (如果你需要钱,你就得忍耐。)

双语例句:
For wives, there is a whole chapter on A Wife's Behaviour to a Drunkard – which simply advises them to grin and bear it.
对于妇人,有整整一章内容是关于“妇人对醉汉的行为”,只是建议她们付之一笑并对此予以接受。

This is not usually a move that's apt to make other central bankers happy, but they will grin and bear it given the circumstances.
这种干预通常会使其他央行不快,但迫于形势,他们也只能苦笑了之。

We all know the feeling: you receive the kind of gift that you wouldn't choose for yourself in a million years. But you have to grin and bear it pretending that you love your new present.
我们都有这样一种感触:当收到一件自己绝不会选择的礼物时,你仍要微笑接受并装作很喜欢这份新礼物的样子。

No explanations, no arguments, no justification; just gaze at your crushed toe, grin and bear it.
没有解释,没有争辩,没有理由,就是盯着你那压碎的脚趾,嘴角一咧,去你的吧。

I know there are days when it just seems like nothing can go right and no matter how much you try to grin and bear it, things just keep getting worse.
我知道总有些日子让你觉得一无是处,不管你如何尝试着笑看人生或者勉强忍耐,有的日子好像总是变得更糟。

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重点单词
  • aptadj. 恰当的,聪明的,易于 ... 的 abbr.
  • justificationn. 辩护,证明正当,释罪 [计算机] 对齐
  • grinv. 露齿而笑,(以咧嘴笑来)表示 n. 露齿笑,咧嘴笑