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趣味又实用——如何地道表达:形形色色的人(转)

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发表于 2004-11-3 05:19 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
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1.  一根筋儿  one track-minded.
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别跟他较劲了。他一根筋,你还不知道?2 u' _& V" a: g' k8 I1 m) ^

+ p7 Y) B7 X% NStop reasoning with him. Don’t you know he is one track-minded?
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/ Z. H5 N" Q. B1 E- ^2.出众的人 a lulu, U' V- I9 c+ n. B  G% E

% v! R9 M- b2 S5 x9 F. Z要说漂亮,我们公司新来的秘书可算是个相貌出众的女孩子了。% b8 K/ k/ S5 ]7 t4 t
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Talking about being pretty, our company’s new secretary is indeed a lulu.+ y6 T9 s' a1 ^  x* O
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3.两面派 two-faced
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) O7 H" ?" M) x" Y" M& ?我知道怎样对付两面派,而且一眼就能看出谁是一贯两面讨好的人。I know how to handle two-faced people and can even tell at the first glance who are in the habit of running with the hare and hunting with the hounds.(注:run with the hare and hunt with the hounds指人两面讨好,不得罪任何一方的做法。)
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% m7 R1 r- O, W( h; ?4.傻大个儿 a lummox5 z& I" M$ I3 u  G8 E$ o1 F
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听说那个傻大个儿把他们公司的买卖搞得一团糟。
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9 Z* n0 D. h7 J% z9 kIt is said that the lummox has loused up their company’s whole business.# A  x: R/ J' n, ]; u
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5.收破烂儿的人 a rag man & U; a- {' C" m" P

, g( q6 L6 u6 q6 ?: J那些收破烂儿的人走街串户,有时也能挣不少钱。
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Those rag men going from door to door sometimes may also earn quite a handsome sum of money.+ N( \3 ?1 r% s5 y' j$ f$ }% Y0 i

; `" {: E7 s% W5 M& u6.乡巴佬 a hayseed6 G: ^4 Z, O+ h4 u, ^
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她说她决不会嫁给一个乡巴佬,不管他多有钱。0 ]' i+ m; ]. v5 r8 `, ^1 S/ J& i
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She insisted that she would not marry herself off to a hayseed, no matter how rich he was.
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7.不三不四的人riff-raffs( a4 ]! `' x2 |6 w

6 z2 H; H% J; V老张的家里总来些不三不四的人,可想而知老张不是什么好东西。  T) t7 q& H7 d7 l9 E

& v5 j+ Q* G5 y3 QThere are always riff-raffs hanging around in LaoZhang’s home, which gives you the feeling that Lao Zhang is not a good guy.- n& d, P- V- L0 _9 _7 e% e
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8.受气包儿 doormat
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她天生就是个受气包儿,什么事都不敢说个不字4 k7 N2 x5 U- w4 G

) W2 O1 I; z, e. Z- {She’s born doormat ,afraid of going against anything.7 p; ?& e  b; S/ j

& l" y8 f5 J- e9 S+ s3 w9.面无表情的人 a deadpan5 i$ I+ D/ P! }1 Z) Q; Z4 U: q
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和那些面无表情的人在一起工作真让人憋气。
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8 L2 x" C/ x2 {" |& ^2 SYou feel choked to work with those deadpans.( J" B) g. r0 R; d% [
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10.扫帚星 a jinx
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She’s said to be a jinx, who would bring bad luck to whoever she marries.
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发表于 2004-11-3 15:08 | 显示全部楼层

好贴,有用, 顶!!!
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发表于 2004-11-10 20:01 | 显示全部楼层
恩,觉得挺好笑的~
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发表于 2004-11-13 02:11 | 显示全部楼层
老杨团队 追求完美
useful vulgar
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发表于 2004-11-22 04:54 | 显示全部楼层
to connie,这是转贴,不知道现实中是不是经常这样用?谢谢
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 楼主| 发表于 2004-11-22 05:19 | 显示全部楼层
应该吧,我在一些美国片中见过其中部分的用法,要不我再核实一下。
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发表于 2004-11-22 20:41 | 显示全部楼层
老杨团队,追求完美;客户至上,服务到位!
有收获
大型搬家
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发表于 2004-11-24 21:26 | 显示全部楼层
我要背下来了,connie都对的吧.
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 楼主| 发表于 2004-11-24 21:30 | 显示全部楼层
老杨团队,追求完美;客户至上,服务到位!
错误应该是没有的,我要核实的是哪些是常用的~~~
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发表于 2004-11-24 21:53 | 显示全部楼层

to connie

老杨团队,追求完美;客户至上,服务到位!
确实趣味又实用!
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