美國電影裏常見的俚語習語句型(5)
day person:白天精力充沛、興致勃勃的人
a person who prefers to be active during the daytime. (Compare this with a night person.)
例句:I am strictly a day person. Have to be in bed early.
day one:第一天,一開始
the very beginning; the very first day. (*Typically: from ~; since ~.)
You haven't done anything right since day one! You're fired!
She was unhappy with her new car from day one.
day in and day out 或者 day in, day out: 一天又一天(天天)
on every day; for each day.
She watches soap operas day in and day out.
They eat nothing but vegetables, day in, day out.
dawdle over something:在(某事上)浪費(時間),閒混(時間),虛度(光陰);在(工作)中拖拖拉拉,慢吞吞地幹(工作等),拖延;偷懶
to waste time when one should be doing a particular task; to loaf while doing something.
Don't dawdle over your makeup, we don't want to be late for the concert.
你別慢吞吞地化妝,我們不想音樂會遲到.
Don't dawdle over your hamburger.
The lunch period ends in two minutes. Don't dawdle over it. Get it done.
Dad fetch my buttons! 天啊,真沒想到.與What a surprise!; Goodness me! 意思相同.
Dad fetch my buttons! It's a letter from Aunt Rita!
真沒想到,麗塔姑姑來信啦!
Dad fetch my buttons, I never was so happy in all my life!
從來不敢想象那時我是多麼的幸福啊!
eke something out:解釋:增補,補充,彌補...的不足;勉強維持(生活),竭力維持(生計),設法過(活)
to extend something; to add to something.
He worked at two jobs in order to eke his income out.
He managed to eke out a living.
egg someone on:慫恿,煽動
to encourage, urge, or dare someone to continue doing something, usually something unwise.
John wouldn't have done the dangerous experiment if his brother hadn't egged him on.
The two boys kept throwing stones because the other children were egging them on.
He egged her on to throw a stone through the window.
他慫恿她扔一塊石頭打破窗戶.
eavesdrop on someone:竊聽,偷聽
to listen in on people having a private conversation.
I saw her eavesdropping on them. Please don't eavesdrop on me.
eat(en) up with something:沉迷於,熱衷於
consumed with something, such as jealously.
Jed was so eaten up with hatred that he couldn't see straight.
Effie was eaten up with jealously.
to eat up with one's own conceit 自負得發昏
eat like a pig (informal):吃的多而且吃相不好
to eat a lot, or to eat noisily and unpleasantly
Christine is one of those lucky people who can eat like a pig and still stay thin.
eat like a bird:吃得極少;飯量很小
to eat very little
We went out for a meal, but she ate like a bird and hardly said a word.
fall into decay:衰敗,衰落;腐朽;損壞,倒塌,年久失修
to degenerate; to rot.
The house was very old and had fallen into decay.
The small town fell into decay, and people moved out.
