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每天5分钟,轻松学口语

老外说“You are an old dog”可不是骂你,理解错误就尴尬了!

10 Jun 2020

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虽然狗狗很可爱但在汉语里只要带狗字,百分之九十以上都是在骂人狗改不了吃屎、狗仗人势、狗眼看人低、狗腿子……听到“You are an old dog”估计很多人下意识里就冒火了但其实,这句话真不是骂人的“old dog”是什么意思?如果老外对着自己的狗说“an old dog”按字面的意思就可以理解成“老狗”但如果老外对你说“You are an old dog”可不要以为是在骂你old dog 有一个常用的意思“老手;上了岁数的人”所以You are an old dog = 你是个老手了例:He is an old dog in the field of movies. 他在电影领域是一名老手。James is an old dog in cooking. James是烹饪的老手。“top dog”是什么意思?top dog�“老大,一把手;优胜者”“剑桥词典是这样解释的:the most important person in a particular situation例:Once she's won, she's top dog.一旦胜利了,她就是老大。“a sad dog”是什么意思?a sad dog 可不要理解成“一只伤心的狗”这个俚语的意思是:鲁莽的人;放荡的人例:You're a sad dog. You spoiled everything.你真鲁莽,把一切都搞砸了。“hot dog”不只是“热狗”hot dog 除了表达热狗(香肠面包)在口语中还有一层意思来看剑桥词典的解释:即:当你对某事非常满意时说的一些话这里的 hot dog = 太棒了,太赞了例:You won your race? Hot dog!你赛跑赢了?太棒了!“yellow dog”不只是“黄色的狗”在英语中“yellow”还可以表达“胆怯的,懦弱的”所以yellow dog除了“黄色的狗”口语中常用来表达:卑鄙的人;懦夫;小人如果有人很讨厌,或者为人卑鄙你就可以说他是 a yellow dog例:I dislike Mike for he is a yellow dog. 我讨厌迈克,因为他是个卑鄙无耻的小人。“work like a dog”是什么意思?最后我们来说说work like a dog这不是一个贬义词指一个人“非常努力工作”例:My sister worked like a dog to become successful. 我姐姐为了让自己成功,工作很努力。

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