Hasty in doing something 英文中hasty是haste的形容词形式,表示“匆忙,轻率”的意思。这个固定搭配的意思则是,“行事或决定太过匆忙,欠考虑”。例:Perhaps I was too hasty in rejecting his offer. 也许是我太急于拒绝他的提议了。展开全文 原微博
“出柜”是指同性恋者公开其身份,可以 用“come out of the closet”来表达。英语中有 个成语: skeleton in the closet,意思是见不得 人的秘密。在很多社会里,同性恋受到歧视,成为 the love that dare not speak its name展开全文 原微博
【走神儿】“I wish you would pay more attention in your class; your head is always in the clouds.”英文里“head in the clouds” 十分形象,头脑在云里雾里,说的就是不专心,思绪乱飞,走神啦!还有一种表达更加贴切那就是 zone out 不在这个区域,说的也是上 课开小差,脑子里想别的去了。展开全文 原微博
“吸毒”可以说drug abuse,也可以用 hit the pipe表示。“吸毒上瘾”则为drug addiction 或 be addicted to drugs。“吸毒者”一 般可以说drug addict 或 junky。“注射吸毒者”可以用injection drug user表示。短语 spaced-out常指人因吸毒而“精神恍惚”。它由spaced和out两个词组合而成展开全文 原微博
Because of her enchanting performance in the third episode of I Am a Singer, Season 2, Gem Tang has finally shaken off her label as Yoga Lin’s girlfriend and become a dark horse of the singing competition. As she claws her way to the top展开全文 原微博
In the second stanza,comparisons are made between the lamb and the infant Jesus, as well as between the lamb and the speaker's soul. In the last two lines the speaker identifies the lamb's creator as God.展开全文
"The Lamb" is a poem by William Blake, published in Songs of Innocence and of Experience in 1789. In the first stanza, the speaker asks the lamb – considered a pure and gentle creature – who his creator is.展开全文
"The Lamb" is a poem by William Blake, published in Songs of Innocence and of Experience in 1789. In the first stanza, the speaker asks the lamb – considered a pure and gentle creature – who his creator is.展开全文
Obama will still attend the Group of 20 summit in Russia, but will no longer have one-on-one talks with Putin. White House officials say Russia’s decision last week to grant temporary asylum to Snowden just put strain on an already fraught relationship.展开全文
U.S. investigators have uncovered evidence that banks reaped millions at the expense of pension funds by manipulating a benchmark for interest-rate derivatives.美国投资者已掌握的证据表明,银行通过操纵利率衍生品基准利率,以牺牲退休金为代价,获取数百万美元。展开全文 原微博
【美国会通过大学生贷款利率法案】A bill that would lower student loan interest rates passed the U.S. House and will now go to President Barack Obama for his signature.The White House has endorsed the deal, despite objections from consumer advocates.展开全文 原微博
Penelope Trunk, author of Brazen Careerist and widely syndicated guru, estimates that 85% of college students are wasting their time and money on getting a degree.佩内洛普-特兰克是《厚颜野心家》一书的作者,也是一位企业家,她估计,85%的大学生正在为了得到一个学位而浪费时间和金钱。展开全文 原微博
【Bigger than the World Cup: Pope urges Brazil's youth to seek change】Pope Francis encouraged Brazil's young people,who have protested against corruption in their country, to continue their efforts to change society by fighting apathy and offering a Christian response.展开全文
一睁眼想到了这句话 :Don't get your hopes up too high because you're gonna feel really down/hit the rock bottom.希望越大,失望越大。这句简单的话从一个角度体现了英语的趣味性,down与up相对,向下,指失落。而rock bottom也更为形象,把抽象的感情具体话,不输给:感时花溅泪,恨别鸟惊心。展开全文 原微博