英語三級(jí)短語講解(3)


a domino effect
骨牌效應(yīng)
Those workers make good money. Why are they on strike?
(這些工人的收入不錯(cuò)。他們?yōu)槭裁匆T工呢?)
It's a domino effect. Other lower-paid workers just got their wages raised, so now everybody wants more money.
(這是骨牌效應(yīng)。其它工資較低的工人剛獲得加薪,所以現(xiàn)在每個(gè)人都想要更多錢。)
another story
另一回事
I like to stay up late. It's the best time for me to write.
(我喜歡熬夜。那是我寫作最好的時(shí)間。)
But it's quite another story for those of us who have to be at work by 8 a.m.
(但那對(duì)我們這些得在八點(diǎn)前上班的人來說就完全是另外一回事了。)
at ease
輕松自若
Were you nervous the first time you taught in front of the whole class?
(你第一次站在全班面前講課會(huì)緊張嗎?)
Not really. My students were so cute that they made me feel completely at ease.
(其實(shí)還好。我的學(xué)生很可愛,他們讓我覺得非常輕松自在。)
at the eleventh hour
在最后一刻
Thank God, you're here. I thought you might not be able to make it.
(感謝上帝,你終于來了。我還以為你到不了了。)
I looked everywhere to find my passport. Then I found it at the eleventh hour.
(我到處找我的護(hù)照。終于在最后一刻找到了。)
at the end of one's rope
失去耐性
I'm at the end of my rope with you. Are you coming with me or not?
(我對(duì)你失去耐性了。你到底要不要跟我一起去?)
Give me ten more minutes. I want to know how the show ends.
(再給我十分鐘。我想知道這個(gè)節(jié)目的結(jié)局如何。)
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