时间:2019-03-13 作者:英语课 分类:英语口语


英语课

 口语:“不要再费口舌了!”


想象一下,“拿棍子去打已经咽气了的马(to beat 1 a dead 2 horse)”会是什么意思?在论坛上看到了如下猜测:1)棒打落水狗;2)落井下石;3)死马当活马医。呵呵,很有道理的想象,不过,俚语瞎蒙不得。 “To beat a dead horse”出自古罗马戏剧,在喜剧大师Plautus(普劳图斯约B.C. 250-184)的剧作里,主人公狠命抽打一匹已经死掉了的马,希望能把“它”激活,让它站起来继续为主人托货物。试想,马都已经死掉了,你还想把它打活?除非有回天之术,否则,简直是“白费力气,枉做无用功”。这正是理解该片语的契机所在。 日常生活中,“to beat a dead horse”常用在如下语境:1)你试图去讨论没人感兴趣的旧事(炒冷饭);2)你试图说服对方改变已经做好的决定(白费口舌)3)你试图扭转已成定局的事态(徒劳无功)。 此外,“to beat a dead horse”也可写做“to flog a dead horse”。 看下面一个例句:
--"Dad, are you sure we can't get a new computer?" (“爸爸,你真的决定我们不再添新电脑了吗?”)
--"Son, we talked about this and the decision 3 was 4 'no'. You are beating 5 a dead horse."(“孩子,这事儿我们已经谈过了,答案是‘不添’。不要再白费口舌了。”)

n.打,敲打声,拍子;v.打,打败
  • You can fight him,but can you beat him?你可以打他,但是你能击败他吗?
  • The dry grass caught fire, but we beat it out.干草着火了,但我们将它扑灭了。
adj.死的;无生命的;死气沉沉的;adv.完全地
  • Mary threw away the dead flowers.玛丽把枯萎的花扔掉了。
  • He was dead asleep.他完全睡着了。
n.决定,决心
  • Once a decision is made,we must carry it out.一旦做了决定,我们就要执行。
  • It was unwise of you to make that decision.你这个决定是不明智的。
v.(is,am的过去式)是,在
  • He said he was right.他说他是正确的。
  • He was cold and hungry.他又冷又饿。
n.打,敲打;[纸] 打浆;脉搏;失败vt.(心脏等)跳动(beat的现在分词)
  • to give sb a beating 把某人揍一顿
  • The patient's heart stopped beating for a few seconds. 病人的心跳停顿了几秒钟。
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