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发表于 2008-3-1 13:03 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
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今天我们要学一个词组:up someone's sleeve。千万不要解释为"在谁的袖子上"。Up someone's sleeve是指某人的秘密。在报导美国国务卿秘密访问贝鲁特时,报纸说: "...if there were no secret visit up the Administration's sleeve ...." 意思是:要是当局不进行秘密访问,(那才是奇怪了...)。
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- Q: F& \) C, Q  T5 b; u+ f人们不太喜欢那种什么事都要保密的人。People dislike those who often have something up their sleeve. 但是,一个妻子为丈夫举行生日聚会而事先不告诉他--The wife has something up her sleeve for his birthday party,这丈夫当然会非常高兴。今天我们学的一个词组是up someone's sleeve...
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& c7 [/ v7 ?; i# Rup someone's sleeve被解释成秘密,首先得是有什么东西被藏在袖子里了。这就让人想起中国旧式的长衫服式。长衫没口袋,穿长衫人有东西就只能往袖子里藏,所以秘密也就在袖子里了。所以这词对我们中国人来说不难理解。这个词组用来形容名词或动词都可以。上面的something up their sleeves(他们有什么东西藏着掖着)里,这一词组用来修饰名词;但在to laugh at someone up one's sleeve中,它就用来修饰动词了,比如: All the time he was laughing up his sleeve at them.=他一直在偷偷取笑他们。+ {+ D$ j* M0 U) Z* S

6 x) k; s' K! \, ^* F1 ?如up one's sleeve与名词card 、ace 、idea等连用,可以表示某人有其他人所没有的办法。请看例句:
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1。If all these methods would not work, I still have a card up my sleeve.=如果这些方法都不管用,那我还有别人都不知道的另一招(还有牌出)。6 T' I: N' V; y9 y* J  [8 J/ [

8 M1 d+ }+ j3 K- q6 ]2。 This casino has an ace up its sleeve. It will allow players to play from home and win prizes.=这家赌场有一(别人都还没有的)高招。它让玩家在家里(联网)就能玩并赢取大奖。/ s! U5 [, c! L9 l7 K1 k! F- [

+ G/ M8 l6 e5 s; _+ W1 J4 j/ V3。If this plan doesn't work out I've still got a few ideas up my sleeve.=如果这一计划无法实现,我还有(别人还不知道的) 几个主意。
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0 w8 ?9 o9 c! G* W. d; K3 \  t另一个用到sleeve的词组是wear something on one's sleeve. 这on one's sleeve有表明心迹明确告示的意思,与up one's sleeve正好相反。比如:
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1。Some people feel the need to wear their patriotism on their sleeve.=有些人总是觉得需要表明他们的爱国立场(把他们的爱国主义穿在他们的袖子上,以防别人不知道)。
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2。 She always wears her heart on her sleeve, so there's no doubt who she'll be supporting.=她把她的观点及感情都已亮明,所以不需要怀疑她支持谁。当然,如果不愿意表明心迹,你也可以说: I just don't like to wear my heart on my sleeve on this issue.
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在中国男女朋友之间为表明心迹要发重誓,经常会说"恨不得把心拿( 挖)出来给你看看"。在英语文化里,人们不仅把心拿出来,而且还别在袖子上。不仅仅在两情之间,在一些小事情上(如讨论议题、谁帮谁等等),也经常掏心窝子往衣袖上别。
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最后还有个非常实用的关于sleeve的词组,叫roll up one's sleeves。大人批评小孩做事不认真时常会说: 干活就要有个干活的样。是啊,人要是耷拉个袖子还怎么干活! 必须要把袖子卷起来。英语文化中也同此理,因此roll up one's sleeves不仅仅是把真的袖子卷起来,而且还有准备好认真干活的意思。例句:
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When he saw how much snow had fallen he simply rolled up his sleeves and went to find the shovel.=当他看到下了这么多雪时,他立马卷起袖子找铁锹(来要铲雪)。2 j$ B/ ^) C0 t0 s- K: r, c
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注意: 这最后一个词组中,sleeves是复数,而前两个里都是单数。学外文必须学会观察那些中文里所没有的细节。
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