几句常用的美国俚语

 几句常用的美国俚语

1. Peter's vacation plans went up in smoke when a crisis arose in the office.

办公室出了问题，彼得的假期泡汤了。

2. We should probably hit the road. It's going to take us two hours to get home.

我们可能该上路了吧?到家的两个小时呢!

3. You'd better shape up if you want to stay on.

如果你还想留下来的话最好乖一点儿。

4. Don't sneak¹ up behind me like that. You scared the shit out of me.

不要那样从后面突然吓我。你吓死我了。

5. He pulled some strings² and managed to get us front row seats for the concert.

他运用关系替我们拿到音乐会前排的位子。

6. This car is a real lemon. It has broken down four times.

这辆车真次，已经坏了四次了!

7. The movie was a flop³. Nobody went to see it.

这部电影卖座率奇低，没有人去看。

8. Chris flipped⁴ out when I told him that we won the game.

我告诉克里斯我们赢了比赛时，他乐坏了。

9. Cathy is such a stick in the mud. She never wants to try anything new.

凯西真保守，她从不想尝试新事物。

10. Let me spring for dinner.

我来请客吧。

1 sneak   

vt.潜行(隐藏,填石缝)；偷偷摸摸做；n.潜行；adj.暗中进行

参考例句：

• He raised his spear and sneak forward.他提起长矛悄悄地前进。
• I saw him sneak away from us.我看见他悄悄地从我们身边走开。

2 strings   

n.弦

参考例句：

• He sat on the bed,idly plucking the strings of his guitar.他坐在床上，随意地拨着吉他的弦。
• She swept her fingers over the strings of the harp.她用手指划过竖琴的琴弦。

3 flop   

n.失败(者)，扑通一声；vi.笨重地行动，沉重地落下

参考例句：

• The fish gave a flop and landed back in the water.鱼扑通一声又跳回水里。
• The marketing campaign was a flop.The product didn't sell.市场宣传彻底失败，产品卖不出去。

4 flipped   

轻弹( flip的过去式和过去分词 )； 按（开关）； 快速翻转； 急挥

参考例句：

• The plane flipped and crashed. 飞机猛地翻转，撞毁了。
• The carter flipped at the horse with his whip. 赶大车的人扬鞭朝着马轻轻地抽打。