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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
老杨团队,追求完美;客户至上,服务到位!
1.  一根筋儿  one track-minded.7 _% n' D7 _/ b; I; h$ {3 _

# h+ D  P. n: b3 D5 |+ T4 J别跟他较劲了。他一根筋,你还不知道?
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! g4 s4 @8 p* F+ n' o9 j- V9 PStop reasoning with him. Don’t you know he is one track-minded?
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- W3 W+ P6 v0 L2.出众的人 a lulu
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7 [8 j$ z5 V. H; F% S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。. D% w1 f- T% O2 H

4 t9 V. q" j$ g$ Y; d8 _( {) ^/ X9 QTalking about being pretty, our company’s new secretary is indeed a lulu.
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  Z7 c) Y# y5 _4 |$ @% d% G8 B3.两面派 two-faced9 P. }- x: p/ e: Y$ O2 g) C) e. G# U2 V

# W) ]  p! o( i  B3 o) e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。)% x5 K2 ~2 Q( L7 `
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4.傻大个儿 a lummox
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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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It is said that the lummox has loused up their company’s whole business.
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1 d" F1 P8 ~7 i  P( D; E2 x- G. H' P5.收破烂儿的人 a rag man # T9 S: `0 c" `6 J2 b8 W$ _
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那些收破烂儿的人走街串户,有时也能挣不少钱。4 U0 _6 U2 {5 d7 {
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Those rag men going from door to door sometimes may also earn quite a handsome sum of money.
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6.乡巴佬 a hayseed
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! ^. j$ R1 h" o. w7 u) B, N1 [她说她决不会嫁给一个乡巴佬,不管他多有钱。& c. y& @* ]# L& w, M1 F1 R

5 \1 d6 O( S) f1 j+ sShe insisted that she would not marry herself off to a hayseed, no matter how rich he was.0 t0 w1 c1 i, W) N
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7.不三不四的人riff-raffs6 l. R: v- d3 X. Z

/ }5 q8 @9 `* L) A* V8 ~9 ^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。1 J3 ^8 h% t) E# b5 x; P

" h7 A$ D# N3 e! Y% xThere are always riff-raffs hanging around in LaoZhang’s home, which gives you the feeling that Lao Zhang is not a good guy.
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- X4 M& H6 t" a" @) t6 {8.受气包儿 doormat# z/ p2 K1 Y0 S' \) C5 p

$ |3 d5 u7 v+ X4 z+ k/ ?她天生就是个受气包儿,什么事都不敢说个不字
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9.面无表情的人 a deadpan
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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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9 B9 ~4 J( s! G5 T  [You feel choked to work with those deadpans.
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10.扫帚星 a jinx
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有人说那个女人是个扫帚星,谁跟她结婚谁倒霉。% j# h9 J" |+ T6 N

6 F( F+ N& k6 U4 l0 b/ ^" L9 GShe’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
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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
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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多谢多谢!
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