點滴英語天天學第182期:雅思詞彙(21)

1.表述：cakes and ale

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釋義：Simple material pleasures; fun or lively enjoyment in general.（生活中的樂事，吃喝玩樂）

例句：Any reasonable person knows that life is not all cakes and ale.

任何通情達理的人都知道生活不全是吃喝玩樂。

Kids these days think only of cakes and ales—and not of the hard work they need to put in to be successful.

如今的孩子們只想着吃喝玩樂，而不想着他們需要付出多少努力才能成功。

2.表述：have one’s cake and eat it

釋義：To have or do two things that one desires that are normally contradictory or impossible to have or do simultaneously. （兩者兼得）

例句：You're never going to save enough money to buy a house if you keep buying expensive appliances and cars. You can't have your cake and eat it, too.

如果你一直購買昂貴的電器和汽車，你永遠也存不了足夠的錢來買房子。魚與熊掌不可兼得。

Too many people want to have their cake and eat it, demanding all sorts of social benefits from the government but being unwilling to pay any taxes to fund them.

太多的人想魚與熊掌兼得，一方面要求政府提供各種社會福利，另一方面又不願繳納資助他們的稅款。