凱瑟琳升職記:面試篇之你擊敗對手的希望落空了
【情景再現】
Catherine在面試一個大公司時一波三折,終於進了最後一關。到最後一輪面試的時候,她卻被告知要進行英語綜合測試。英語一直是Catherine相對薄弱的環節,Jenny知道後,嘆息說:what a pity ,you don't have a prayer of beating your erine心裏很困惑,便問到:why should I pray?Jenny 知道她又誤會了 便給她解釋
J:what a pity ,you don't have a prayer of beating your opponents
J: 真可惜,你擊敗對手的希望落空了
C:why should I pray? I don't think praying can help me .
C:我爲什麼要祈禱呢 我不覺得祈禱能幫上我什麼忙
J: well,I'm misunderstood don't have a prayer of beating your opponents means that you have little or no hope to beat your opponents since English is your weakness.
J:啊,我又被誤解了。You don't have a prayer of beating your opponents 意思是說 英語是你的弱項,所以你打敗對手的希望很渺茫
C: you're right. I don't have a prayer of beating my opponents
C:你說的是。我擊敗對手的希望落空了
【小編的小喇叭】
You don't have a prayer of beating your opponents你擊敗對手的希望落空了。
have a prayer是”對某事心存希望,祈禱某事成真“的意思。那麼此處否定形式就是“希望落空,沒有希望”的意思。
【情景劇】
carl:My opponent has the experience of studying English is a piece of cake for hin.
卡爾:我的對手有留學經歷,所以英語對他來說是小菜一碟
Amanda:Well,you don't have a prayer of beating your opponents.
阿曼達:你擊敗對手的希望落空了