吸血鬼日記S03E01筆記:以爲鄉下人會更容易相信別人
1、I thought you country folk were supposed to be more trusting.
我還以爲你們鄉下人會更容易信任別人。
country/farming folk
住在鄉下的人;在鄉下工作的人
e.g: simple country folk
普通村民
2、Just shopping for the party you're trying to bail out on.
爲你的生日派對購物呢,你別想溜。
bail out
逃離;避開;離開
e.g: They bailed out after the dancing party.
舞會後他們離開了。
3、Another dead end you mean?
你是說,又要白跑一趟?
dead end
死衚衕;僵局;無任何進展
e.g: The negotiations have reached a dead end.
談判陷入了僵局。
4、My dad's side of the family is like wet paint that never dries.
我爸這邊的事兒可多了,沒完沒了的。
like wet paint that never dries
連續不斷的;沒完沒了的
e.g: There are so much work like wet paint that never dries.
這麼多工作沒完沒了。
5、Something's up with your mother.
你媽肯定有什麼事。
something is up with somebody
某人不對勁;有問題
e.g: Is something up with Julie? She looks really miserable.
朱莉怎麼了?看着愁眉苦臉的。
6、Now your type are very hard to come by.
現在可很難遇見你這種人。
come by something
獲得,得到(很稀有或難得到的東西)
e.g: How did you come by these pictures?
你是怎麼得到這些畫的?
7、I don't know why you just don't come clean and tell her where we are.
我不明白你爲什麼不說實話,告訴她我們在哪兒。
come clean
徹底交待;坦白承認;告知真相
e.g: The government should come clean about its plans.
政府應該坦白告訴大家計劃。
8、You know I just need to chill out.
你知道的,我只是需要冷靜一下。
chill out
冷靜
e.g: I spent the afternoon chilling out.
一個下午我都在冷靜。
9、This room's off limits.
這房間不能進。
off limits
禁止入內;禁區
e.g: Footpaths are, of course, off limits to bikers.
人行道是自行車和摩托車的禁區。
10、You put on a good show Stefan.
演得不錯,斯特凡。
put up a good/poor show
表演的好/不好
e.g: Our team put up a pretty good show, but we lost in the end.
我們隊表演的非常好,但是最後還是輸了。